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Sketch Map Tool use-case: Mapping Congestion at Mimboman Junction

The UN Mappers Ambassadors for Cameroon and OSM ENSTP used…
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Emergency Needs Assessment Planning and Information Management (ENAPIM) Training for the Baltic National Societies and Civil Protection

In late August, our colleague supported the technical design of…

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Disaster Risk Composer: A Dashboard for Multi-Hazard Risk Assessments in Anticipatory Action

Disaster Risk Composer: A Dashboard for Multi-Hazard Risk Assessments in Anticipatory Action

The new Disaster Risk Composer makes multi-hazard risk assessment faster…
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Collecting Street-Level Imagery in Mozambique to Advance Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Logistics

HeiGIT and Data4MOZ have launched a collaboration to collect street-level…
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Dynamic routing for disaster response in Venezuela

Following the catastrophic earthquakes in Venezuela on June 24, 2026,…

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A Computer Vision Workshop with Tomorrow’s Mappers

At Explore Science 2026, young students experimented with computer vision…
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Sketch Map Tool use-case in the EVCA context 

The Colombian Red Cross’s Disaster Risk Management (DRM) team works…

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New Paper: “Food Insecurity Projections for Anticipatory Action: Comparative Spatiotemporal Analysis of FEWS NET and the IPC in Somalia”

Food insecurity projections are a central component of anticipatory action…
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Filling In The World Map With Street-Level Imagery and Deep Learning: MapSwipe and Hug-a-Panorama

HeiGIT has been working with deep learning models and street-level…

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Dynamic Routing for Disaster Response: Integrating Earth Observation into Humanitarian Logistics Systems

As disasters grow more frequent and complex, the REER project…
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New Paper “From Flood Risk to Caloric Loss: Compound Flood Impacts on Agriculture in Madagascar”

This study is based on Celina Thomé’s master thesis. It…
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Global Data on Healthcare and Education Accessibility with OpenAccessLens

The new OpenAccessLens platform provides open, global data on accessibility…
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Building a Global GIS Learning Community for the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

In 2023, a shared vision emerged to make geospatial skills…

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A map is better than a thousand words: global data reveals gaps in access to education and healthcare

Numbers alone do not show whether a child can reach…

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Strengthening national risk management using the Sketch Map Tool in Colombia

The Sketch Map Tool was strategically used within Colombia’s National…

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Open Risk Assessment Datasets for Easier Humanitarian Action

New open, ready-to-use global risk assessment datasets can simplify risk…
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