Name: Can we call it a "world map" if it's missing a billion people?
Uploaded: 2020-08-17T14:52:34Z
Duration: 8 min 22 s
Description: Want to help map the world? Community builder Rebecca Firth explains how the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) is using open-source software powered by volunteers to put one billion people on the map in the next five years. (This ambitious plan is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)

Want to help map the world? Community builder Rebecca Firth explains how the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) is using open-source software powered by volunteers to put one billion people on the map in the next five years. (This ambitious plan is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)

Rebecca Firth: Can we call it a "world map" if it's missing a billion people?

Can we call it a "world map" if it's missing a billion people?

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team's innovation: a world map that aims to make one billion uncharted people visible in five years.

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