Tyler Radford, Executive Director of Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), Joins Denver Frederick
When you’re driving in your car, and the voice from the phone says, “Take exit 3 in two miles,” that’s a result of the area being well-mapped. But there are parts of the world that are largely unmapped, and they happen to be the very parts wherein natural disaster is likely to strike. So, providing emergency relief to people without any map to go by is a monumental challenge. Fortunately, there is a young, creative organization that has stepped up to fill that gap, and with volunteers no less.