MapSwipe

2025 has been an incredible year for MapSwipe!

From a major backend revamp to brand new project types (View Streets, Completeness, Assess Images) and stronger community collaboration. In this conversation, Nicole & Amar from the MapSwipe governance team look back on what was achieved, why it mattered, and what’s coming in 2026 👀

👉 Read the full reflection: https://mapswipe.org/en/blogs/2026-01-19-mapswipe-2025-reflections/

#MapSwipe #OpenStreetMap #OpenSource #HumanitarianMapping #MissingMaps #CivicTech

This is a new type of project on MapSwipe! You can help validate locations of villages and towns mapped on #OpenStreetMap in Chad. Open up the app on your phone and give it a go. As it's a new project feedback is also welcome

#MapSwipe

Tropical Cyclone Gezani has caused massive destruction in the eastern coastal town of Toamasina in Madagascar. Approximately 250,406 people have been affected, 36,807 homes destroyed, 6,874 individuals displaced and 31 fatalities.

Please join us in mapping to help save lives and protect the livelihoods of those impacted by the cyclone. 🙏

#cyclonegezani #madagascar #humanitarianmapping #geospatial #volunteer

Start swiping now & support MSFs work in Chad

On week ago was #worldrefugeeday. You can get into action now and support our project in chad, where MSF is providing medical care and assistance to displaced people and local communities.

Click the link below and start swiping!

https://web.mapswipe.org/#/de/projects/-ORzUXxPW4o07JR6tWRB

What would you do in the middle of the jungle in Papua New Guinea if you had an injured youngster with a fever, no doctor in the community, no pharmacy within walking distance, and no suitable medical supplies either?

Volunteers like you used MapSwipe to identify grass airstrips in Papua New Guinea so medical aid groups like MSF could more effectively reach rural communities.

https://mapswipe.org/en/blogs/2025-04-03-papua-new-guinea-swiping-to-find-airstrips/

📢 Exciting news📢 🥳

:openstreetmap: #MapSwipe4Web is now here which means you can swipe from your browser on any device 🎉💻

🖱️ Try it out here and happy swiping! https://web.mapswipe.org

Check out the blog post from @heigit@mapstodon.space https://heigit.org/the-new-mapswipe-web-app-is-here/

#mapswipe #geospatial #mapping #osm

From revamping the UI to launching a merch store, the MapSwipe team has big plans for the future! The team met up in Belgium late last year to reflect on where MapSwipe has come and plan what will come next. https://mapswipe.org/en/blogs/2025-01-24-mapswipe-belgium-meetup/

Help us finish our project in Papua New Guinea and support #OSM Papua New Guinea in #mapping buildings affected by a recent earthquake to improve local response efforts :openstreetmap:

🖱️ Click the link below and get swiping

https://mapswipe.org/en/get-involved/

#mapswipe #geospatial #OpenStreetMap

Looking for a convenient way to give back this weekend? Consider MapSwipe!

Volunteers just like you have helped map critical infrastructure like rural airstrips in Papua New Guinea, helping @DoctorsWithoutBorders@newsie.social deliver essential medical aid to remote communities.

Read more about this valuable work: https://mapswipe.org/en/blogs/2025-04-03-papua-new-guinea-swiping-to-find-airstrips/

And start mapping today! https://mapswipe.org/en/get-involved/

Today is #ForestDay and this year's theme emphasizes the need for new technological innovations to combat deforestation and forest degradation.

:openstreetmaps: Help us complete our project to accurately map the Amazon and contribute towards improved sustainability and protection in the area!

📍 Click the link to join the app and start #mapping https://mapswipe.org/en/#startMapswiping

🌳 Check out more on Forest Day here: https://www.fao.org/international-day-of-forests/key-messages/en/

#IntlForestDay #OpenStreetMap #OSM

👁️‍🗨️Check out this video from Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team #HOT on how MapSwipe improves humanitarian mapping!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGB7ZsSb5eE

#OSM #OpenStreetMap #mapping #humanitarian #mapswipe

🔍Check out another video by #HOT on how MapSwipe #data has been applied in Libya!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlw00kpwEQc

#OSM #OpenStreetMap #mapping #geospatial #mapswipe

📣 🌐 Calling for volunteers or anybody who wants to help translate the MapSwipe app!
There are several languages that are just a few translations away from being 💯!
https://explore.transifex.com/mapswipe/
(If you have issues with Transifex, let us know and we can help you troubleshoot getting added to the project.)

#mapswipe #geospatial #osm #translation #translator #volunteer

Interested in learning more about MapSwipe's history and its contributions to the #geospatial data space? 🔍 Check out our #StoryMap here!

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4ed670067e9647b5b2f23d107b6d36ea

#mapswipe #mapping #humanitarian #HumanitarianData #gis #osm #data #missingmaps