Building a Sustainable OpenStreetMap Community in the Eastern Caribbean
summary
Saint Lucia runs OpenCities that trains 135 people and records 150,000 map changes and 11,000 building footprints to update decade-old official maps for hazard response. The team builds a damage assessment tool that attaches vulnerability scores and post-event damage to OSM building and road features, and runs a month-long internship and MOUs with Red Cross and YESS. Progress stalls on funding and in-person outreach during COVID but the plan focuses on youth recruitment, an OSM chapter, private-sector partnerships, and scaling to neighboring islands.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:41Presentation Outline
- 1:02Saint Lucia
- 1:54Hazards
- 3:51Team
- 4:13Approach
- 4:38Stakeholders
- 5:23Design Phase
- 5:59Results
- 6:38Challenges
- 7:38Next Steps
- 9:04Outro
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