Name: Missing Maps Lisbon Mapathon
Start: 2025-04-01T15:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-04-01T17:30:00+01:00
Location: IDEA Spaces - Saldanha

Missing Maps Lisbon Mapathon

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in more than 60 countries to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe. For more information, please visitwww.doctorswithoutborders.org.

Doctors Without Borders

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) invites you to participate in an in-person Missing Maps event on Tuesday, April 1.

IDEA Spaces - Saldanha

You're invited to an exclusive Missing Maps event on Tuesday, April 1 from 3:30-6:00pm GMT in Lisbon, Portugal. At this mapathon, you will map along with MSF staff to contribute directly to our work in the field. Both beginners and experienced mappers are welcome to join, and the event will include a tutorial for new mappers. <h3>What to bring:</h3><ul><li>A laptop computer</li><li>A mouse (a mouse isn't absolutely necessary but it does makes the mapping A LOT faster)</li></ul>Before the event, we also highly recommend creating an OpenStreetMap account ahead of time: <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/new" title="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/new" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/new</a>If you already have an account, then you can get straight to mapping at the event! <h3>Agenda:</h3>3:30 - 3:50: Introduction 3:50 - 4:05: Mapping training 4:05 - 5:20: All volunteers mapping! 5:20 - 5:30: Closure <h3>What is the Missing Maps program?</h3>A special initiative founded by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), American Red Cross, British Red Cross, and the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, Missing Maps is powered by volunteers around the world. Using OpenStreetMap, an open, free, and crowd-sourced platform, volunteers map underserved regions in order to provide international and local NGOs and individuals with geographic data to better respond to crises.At this mapping party, we will be mapping parts of the world's most remote locations to help MSF respond more effectively to humanitarian emergencies like disease outbreaks, natural disasters, and more. We will be utilizing the <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/" title="https://www.openstreetmap.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OpenStreetMap Platform</a> and the <a href="https://tasks.hotosm.org/" title="https://tasks.hotosm.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Tasking Manager</a>.<a href="http://www.missingmaps.org/" title="http://www.missingmaps.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Learn more about the Missing Maps Project here</a>. <h3>Join Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for a fun, engaging evening that directly contributes to our humanitarian work in the field!</h3>

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