[$] Open-source mapping for disaster response

At FOSDEM 2026 PetyaKangalova, a senior tech partnership and engagement manager for the Humanitarian OpenStreetMapTeam (HOT) spoke about howthe project helps people map their surroundings to assist indisaster response and humanitarian aid. The project hasdeveloped a stack of technology to help volunteers collectively map anarea and add in local knowledge metadata. "One of the core thingsthat we believe is that when we speak about disaster response orpeople having access to data is that they really need accessibletechnology that's free and open for anyone to use."