Events

Our aim is to provide a platform for interested volunteers, students or professionals to share ideas, experience and knowledge on disaster mapping. Therefore we organize events like guest lectures, hands-on workshops and discussion forums to build bridges between young academics, volunteers and humanitarian organizations.

upcoming events:

• July 5th, 2017:

  Missing Maps Data Collection and Validation Mapathon to help eliminate Malaria

previous events:

• May 18th, 2017: “How to handle OpenStreetMap data” – workshop for beginners, experts and everyone in between
• April 27th, 2017: Semester Start Mapathon
• March 16th, 2017: Mapathon at Makerspace (DAI),  Heidelberg
• March 4th, 2017: Disastermappers @ Kick Off Open Knowledge Lab
• February 2017, Disastermappers Get-together
• January 19th, 2017: Monthly disastermappers mapathon with MSF for Aweil
• December 8th,  2016: Monthly disastermappers mapathon: Christmas Mapping Party
• November 17th, 2016: OSM Geoweek Mapathon (Heidelberg, Geographisches Institut, Berliner Straße 48, Großer Hörsaal, 18 Uhr)
• August 2nd, 2016:Semester closing Mapathon and talk by Kerstin Meyer on the use of OSM data in Togo (Heidelberg, Geographisches Institut, Berliner Straße 48, Großer Hörsaal, 18 Uhr)
• July 14th, 2016: Offenes Disatermappers Treffen (Heidelberg, Café Botanik, Im Neuenheimer Feld 304, 17 Uhr)
• June 8th, 2016: Mapping Sokodé- Remote Support to enable local development (Heidelberg, Geographisches Institut, Berliner Straße 48, Großer Hörsaal, 18 Uhr)
• April 21st, 2016: Mapping Event to support the Ecuador HOT Activation (Heidelberg, Geographisches Institut, Berliner Straße 48, Großer Hörsaal, 18 Uhr)
• November 18th, 2015: Geography Awareness Week Missing Maps Mapathon (Heidelberg, Geographisches Institut, Berliner Straße 48, Großer Hörsaal, 18 Uhr)
• June 8th, 2015: Missing Maps Mapping Event
  Heidelberg, Geographisches Institut, Berliner Straße 48, Großer Hörsaal, 17 Uhr
• May 26th, 2015: Mapping Support Event for Nepal at ISCRAM conference 2015 in Norway
• May 20th, 2015: Disastermappers Kolloquium with Oliver Rack
• May 13th, 2015: Disastermappers Heidelberg on Tour: Mapping Support for Nepal at the Hochschule Karlsruhe
• May 8th, 2015: Post-Earthquake Nepal: Live Skype Chat with fellow Geography student Verena in Kathmandu
• April 26th, 2015: Mapping Event at the Geographical Institute at Heidelberg University to support the relief efforts in the aftermath of the earthquake in Nepal
• February 20-21th, 2015: Open Data Day Mannheim
• February 11th, 2015: Patrick Meier – “The Role of Social Media in Disaster Management”
• December 17th, 2014: Mapping Party in Karlsruhe
• December 10th,  2014: Ryan Burns (University of Washington) – “The Social Dimension of Digital Humanitarianism”
• November 26th,  2014: Workshops for professionals, beginners and everyone in between: 1,000,000,000 ways to handle OpenStreetMap data
• November 19th,  2014: Brainstorming Session on how to get further involved
• November 12th,  2014: Kate Chapman (HOT OSM) – “VGI in Humanitarian Aid”
• November 7th, 2014: Missing Maps Launch Party 
• October 29th, 2014: Kickoff event – “Maps can save lives!” – “Really?!”