We are increasingly using street-level imagery, crowdmapping, and deep learning models to generate high-resolution geodata for under-mapped regions.

These are our most recent advances to help scale data collection and analysis:

🔸an easy way to help volunteers map needed information by swiping on street-level images in the #MapSwipe web app,

🔸a private #Panoramax instance with a dedicated pipeline to automatically analyze crowdsourced street-view imagery.

Blog: https://heigit.org/filling-in-the-world-map-with-street-level-imagery-and-deep-learning-mapswipe-and-hug-a-panorama-2/

I attended a cool event yesterday, a "Mapathon" for the Missing Maps project (https://missingmaps.org/). We learned about Missing Maps, about Medicins Sans Frontieres and their activities in South Sudan (which we would be mapping), how to pick up a mapping task at HOT Task Manager (https://tasks.hotosm.org/), and finally how to work in JOSM. Pretty easy when someone walks you through it, and honestly a fun activity. 1/2

#osm #hotosm #missingMaps #mapSwipe #citizenScience

The new governance team has met for the first time this week. The agenda included onboarding new members, agreeing to another interim meeting this month to work through documents and processes for the next 18 month cycle, and passing a motion. A summary of the governance meeting is posted on the MapSwipe Slack channel after each meeting.

#MapSwipe

🥳 Shout out to the members of the new governance team of #mapswipe :
Amar Shahi
Katherine Kinzer
Sam Colchester
Nicole Siggins
Maria Longley

The governance team, elected by the community for 1,5 year, sets priorities, documents community decisions and supports coordination efforts including communications and monthly meetings.

🗺📲MapSwipe is essential for narrowing down the area of the #MissingMaps projects to where people live. We are happy that @mapswipe is in good hands and thriving!

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

How can we embed innovation into our daily work? 🤔

At HeiGIT, we create space to experiment with new ideas and technologies, without immediate pressure to deliver results. This led to #Innovation Weeks, later evolving into Innovation Summer ☀️, giving teams more flexibility to explore their ideas.

Taking time to try something new, even if it might not succeed, has already led to successful tools like #MapSwipe and #SketchMapTool

🔍 https://heigit.org/?p=41714

#Creativity #GIScience #OpenData

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

Last week at Paléo Festival in Switzerland, visitors had a chance to discover #MapSwipe. Many of them took their first swipe, helped detect buildings and roads in Chad and Indonesia to support ongoing Missing Maps campaigns and even downloaded the app to keep contributing beyond the festival! 🚀

Thank you 🙌