UPDATE 4/26:
We have changed the venue and RE-OPENED RSVPs / removed the cap to accommodate as many interested volunteers and those hoping to learn more about HOTOSM. We hope you can join us to to dive in and help with emergency humanitarian assistance following this weekend’s devastating earthquake in Nepal. This event will be co-hosted by our friends at MapGive, HOT (Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team), Red Cross & Maptime DC.
"Red Cross Societies across the globe, including the American Red Cross, are rushing into Nepal with emergency humanitarian assistance following this weekend’s devastating earthquake. The American Red Cross has disaster specialists, including an information manager, on the way to Nepal. The American Red Cross is working closely with the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) and global Red Cross network to coordinate additional support. The American Red Cross is providing remote mapping and information management support to the earthquake response to obtain a more accurate assessment of the destruction. We depend heavily on OpenStreetMap data to do our assessments and planning. Quite frankly we need more data to do our work. We are throwing our doors open for all the support we can get on Wednesday night and hope you will join us." - Dale Kunce, Senior Geospatial Engineer and GIS Team Lead at The Red Cross
