Organised Editing/Activities/DRC Ebola 2025
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Context of the Activation An outbreak of the Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV) was declared in Kasai Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo by the country's Ministry of Public Health on 4 September 2025. At least 81 confirmed cases were recorded, while at least 28 people have died. (Source: Wiki) To support their response Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) identified the need to map OSM buildings, roads and residential areas across four health zones (Bulape, Mweka, Mushenge, Kakenge). | ||||||||||||||
Contacts
- Coordination: MSF
- Open Mapping Hub Eastern and Southern Africa Coordination: Wilson Munyaradzi - [email protected]
- Support: Sam Colchester [email protected]
If you are part of an organization or community involved in the response and have OSM data needs, please reach out to Wilson Munyaradzi - [email protected] to share your priority locations and/or features for mapping.
Hashtag
All contributions through HOT's Tasking Manager are tracked with a unique change set comment tag: #EbolaDRC2025
ohsomeNow Stats page for tracking overall contributions
Timeline
- Start: 5 Sep 2025
- End: TBC
Accessing OpenStreetMap data
For wide area downloads use the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX), see the HDX DRC OSM datasets of OSM exports for DRC.
For more targeted downloads: from a Tasking Manager project page, scroll down to the 'Download OSM Data' section once the project is 100% complete.
About This Disaster Activation
History of this Activation
- 5 Sep 2025: First MapSwipe project published by MSF
- 8 Sep 2025: Size-up completed by Sam Colchester
- 8 Sep 2025: OSM DRC community contacted by MSF
- 10 Sep 2025: First Tasking Manager project published by MSF
Data Quality
Validation
Validation permissions for Tasking Manager projects are restricted to users in these teams: YouthMappers Validation Hub, Validator Trainees, HOT Global Validators, MSF Validators.
For Mappers
How You Can Contribute
Learn to Map
- Most of our volunteer needs are for remote OSM contributors, visit LearnOSM.org to get started.
Mapping Priority
- Please choose from highest priority first.
- We call for local mappers to prioritize local knowledge on the area.
Tasking Manager
HOT Tasking Manager projects and their progress can be seen here: DRC Ebola 2025. For any projects that are marked 'Published', select to launch a project and you will be able to contribute.
MapSwipe
DRC MapSwipe projects can be found here: https://web.mapswipe.org/ and in the MapSwipe mobile app
Mapping Instructions
- For buildings: See this project.
- For residential areas: See this project