Education & Open Data
Space & GIS Day Awareness
Public events and campus activations celebrating geospatial science, satellite data, and the power of open mapping.
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Activities & impact
Mapping work that supports Ethiopia's communities, institutions, and resilience
OSM Ethiopia's work spans humanitarian response, mobility, food security, climate, civic infrastructure, education, and technical services. Every activity is community-led and openly shared.
Areas of impact
Where our work lives
Humanitarian mappingMobilityFood securityClimate resilienceEducationPublic healthPeacebuildingCivic infrastructure
Climate Resilience
Drought Mapping in Borena
Field and remote mapping of water points, settlements, and pasture conditions to support drought response in southern Ethiopia.
Mobility
Public Transport Mapping
Mapping bus and minibus routes with the Ministry of Transport, IceAddis, YouthMappers, and AddisMapTransit.
Food Security
Food Security in Omo Zone
Workshops and community mapping to strengthen food security data, markets, and livelihoods in the Omo Zone.
Anticipatory Action
El Niño Early Warning Mapping
Flood preparedness and anticipatory action mapping to help communities prepare for El Niño-driven shocks.
Peacebuilding
Peacebuilding & Reconciliation
Mapping and community engagement supporting reconciliation, social cohesion, and inclusive recovery.
Civic Infrastructure
Digital Addressing System
Supporting the Digital Addressing System (DAS) with data and methods in Bishoftu and Addis Ababa.
Education
School & Youth Outreach
Bringing open mapping into schools and youth groups to grow the next generation of Ethiopian mappers.
Capacity Building
University Chapter Collaboration
Partnering with universities and YouthMappers chapters across Ethiopia for training, mapathons, and research.
Community Mapping
Participatory GIS Workshops
Hands-on workshops where communities co-produce the maps that represent their realities.
Global Collaboration
International Representation
Bringing Ethiopia's mapping community to UN Maps, UN Data Forum, State of the Map Africa, and partner gatherings.
Technical Services
Custom Maps & API Services
Custom map development, data pipelines, and API services for institutional and humanitarian partners.
Our journey
A timeline of community work
- 2026
El Niño anticipatory action mapping; expanded transit mapping; State of the Map Ethiopia.
- 2025
Borena drought mapping; DAS support in Bishoftu; international representation at UN Maps.
- 2024
Omo Zone food security workshops; participatory GIS rollout; new university chapters.
- 2023
Public transport mapping with the Ministry of Transport, IceAddis, and AddisMapTransit.
- 2022
Founding mapathons, school outreach, and the first national Space & GIS Day campaign.
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Moments from the field
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Bring this work to your community
Whether you're a university, NGO, agency, or local government, we can co-design mapping programs that meet your needs and grow open data for Ethiopia.