Consider participating in a global community event focused on open mapping that is taking place soon - OpenStreetMap's (OSM) Geography Awareness Week activities (OSMGeoWeek). This is an annual coordinated community effort driven by the OSM community to encourage teachers, students, community groups, governments, private sector organizations, and map-lovers around the world to host “mapathons” and to create much-needed map data for humanitarian and development efforts. OSM works closely with MapGive, a State Department public initiative focused on open mapping that is amplifying outreach and organization for the event.
Last year, in partnership with HOT, MissingMaps, MapGive, YouthMappers, PEPFAR, and many more, there were 140 events in 42 countries - this year
