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Summary

Identifying Gaps in OSM for Disaster Resilience

In times of crisis, mappers often focus their efforts on improving data for impacted areas to support these efforts. However, reactive contributions can result in lower data quality or data may not be mapped quick enough for responders. In this Mappy Hour, UVA Data Science graduate students will present their capstone work aimed at solving this challenge. Students used disaster risk data sets to rank priority areas of the United States by completeness in OSM, resulting in an interactive dashboard. This work will allow the OpenStreetMap US community to focus on closing data gaps in the most at-risk parts of the country before a disaster strikes.

Mappy Hours are virtual gatherings with presentations from community members about OpenStreetMap-related projects or topics. It's a space to meet new people and conversations tend to be about things like:

• Mapping and Tagging
• Imports
• Local groups and local events
• The OSM US organization
• What's happening in the rest of the world
• Anything you want to discuss!

Any recorded past presentations can be found on the OpenStreetMap US YouTube channel.