2017 Hurricanes Irma and Maria

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Track map of Hurricane Irma of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. The points show the location of the storm at 6-hour intervals. The colour represents the storm's maximum sustained wind speeds as classified in the Saffir–Simpson scale (see below), and the shape of the data points represent the nature of the storm. This track however does not show the full extent of areas that have been severely impacted, which extends to more than 100 km from the track.
Animated satellite view of Hurricanes Irma and Jose between 2 and 9 September.
Track map of Hurricane Maria of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. The points show the location of the storm at 6-hour intervals. The colour represents the storm's maximum sustained wind speeds as classified in the Saffir–Simpson scale (see below), and the shape of the data points represent the nature of the storm. This track however does not show the full extent of areas that have been severely impacted, which extends to more than 100 km from the track.

2017 Hurricane Irma and Maria Response is an Activation of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) to provide map data to assist the response to, and recovery from, these hurricanes which devastated parts of the Caribbean in 2017 starting on 5 September. This is still an active disaster response and recovery project, with emergencies still to manage and a lot of people to assist in their basic needs and longer-term recovery.

Hurricane Irma, one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the Atlantic traveled through the northern British Virgin Islands and towards Florida after passing a string of small eastern Caribbean islands, impacting civilians and infrastructure. The hurricane first severely impacted the islands of Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Saint-Barthélemy, the French and Dutch parts of Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten, Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands. It then impacted the eastern and northern coasts of Puerto Rico, northern part of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the northeastern part of Cuba, the Bahamas, and Florida.

Then followed Hurricane Maria which started to hit the same areas on 19-20 september and evolved in less than 12 hours from Category 1 to Category 5 when reaching the Lesser Antillas. Devastations by extreme winds, floods, landslides are reported throughout Dominica, the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Follow the situation report for Hurricane Maria from Humanity Road!

Read more about this activation update on the webpage.

For aid organizations

Map and data services

Map showing the editing activity of OSM contributors during Typhoon Haiyan

About OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap offers an online map (and spatial database) which is updated by the minute. Various tools and services allow data extracts for GIS specialists, Routable Garmin GPS data, Smartphone GPS navigation, and other device-compatible downloads. With an internet connection, regular syncing is possible with open access to the community contributed data as it comes in, with OpenStreetMap's bulk data downloads ideal for use offline. In addition, maps can also be printed to paper.

Browse the activation area to get a feel for the data that is currently available. Different map styles including an Humanitarian style can be selected on the right side, and some data may not render (appear) on the map, but could be exported from the underlying database (See export section below).

Paper maps

Poster size Maps and normal sized paper atlases of custom areas can be printed:

  • FieldPapers Paper Maps with grid for field survey or general navigation purposes,

Exporting OpenStreetMap data

Anyone can use OSM data for free under the Open Database Licence (ODbL) as long as OSM contributors are credited. Exports of the OSM data for affected areas of Hurricanes Irma and Maria can be downloaded from the OSM Export Tool, and the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) platform (Twitter user@humdata). Datasets are being published through the Export Tool as mapping projects are being completed on the Tasking Manager. Please check back frequently for new datasets listed in the table below.

Offline road navigation with small devices

The exports listed in the table below contain formats for Garmin (.imp) and .mwm which works in the mobile app MAPS.ME

Usage of OSM data for humanitarian missions

For mappers

  • HOT response September 5 - November 30 complete; thank you! See below for other mapping or links to local mapping projects.

How you can contribute

Learn to map

  • You can contribute to the response via the internet by tracing buildings, roads, waterways, etc. (as requested by project). To react rapidly to support humanitarians deploying, we need a lot of contributors for remote editing. Visit the Missing Maps beginners section to get started.
  • For more information visit LearnOSM.org for modular training on a wide variety of OSM topics from beginner to advanced.

Mapping

  • Please choose from highest priority first. Pre-disaster situations should be simple to complete fast, just validating the essential missing infrastructures. Post-disaster mapping could require much more work and more complex planning of emergencies, but will require newer specific imagery source.
  • Generic instructions on how to use the Task Manager and map roads, buildings and waterways can be found here.
  • For experienced mappers, information on validating the tasks can be found here.

Areas being covered by projects in Tasking Manager can be seen on the uMap for 2017 Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Projects

Project No. Priority Location What to map Imagery source Mapping status Validation status Exported datasets
Recovery Projects for Hurricane Maria
Project ### PRIORITY LOCATION, COUNTRY Roads and buildings Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe In progress (0%) In progress (0%)
Active OSM-US projects for Hurricanes Maria and Irma
US Project 129 Medium Hollywood, Miami-Dade Metro Area, Southeastern Florida (USA) Building only Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe In progress (53%) In progress (1%) Download Southern Florida data (2017-11-28) NOT YET VALIDATED
US Project 128 Urgent Puerto Rico (USA) Roads validation only in JOSM - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe In progress (87%) Not needed? (14%) Download Puerto Rico roads data (daily since 2017-09-22 on HDX)
US Project 125 Medium Saratosa (South) and Arcadia, Southwestern Florida (USA) Roads validation only in JOSM - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe In progress (75%) Not needed (0%) Download Southern Florida data (2017-11-28) NOT YET VALIDATED
US Project 122 Medium Clearwater Building Import, Southwestern Florida (USA) Import buildings and validation - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe In progress (97%) In progress (0%) Download Southern Florida data (2017-11-28) NOT YET VALIDATED
US Project 121 Medium Tampa Building Import, Southwestern Florida (USA) Import buildings and validation - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) In progress (0%) Download Southern Florida data (2017-11-28) NOT YET VALIDATED
US Project 119 Low Miami-Dade Metro Area, Southeastern Florida (USA) Validation and road improvement - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe In progress (93%) In progress (1%) Download Southern Florida data (2017-11-28) NOT YET VALIDATED
Active HOT projects for Hurricane Irma
Project 3524 High Andros Island (The Bahamas) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Arcgis Online In progress (1%) In progress (0%)
Archived projects for Hurricane Maria
Project 3782 Done Puerto Rico recovery (Caguas and Aguas Buenas area) Buildings only ESRI/All Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-12-04)
Project 3716 Done Puerto Rico 11 (Mayagüez to San Germán) (beginner friendly, but some dense areas around Mayagüez!) Buildings only ESRI/All Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-11-30)
Project 3696 Done Puerto Rico 10 (Arecibo to Utuado) Buildings only ESRI/All Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-11-29)
Project 3694 Done Puerto Rico 9 (Sabana Grande to Adjuntas) Buildings only ESRI/All Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-11-23)
Project 3684 Done Puerto Rico 8 (Florida and Manati) Buildings only ESRI/All Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-11-21)
Project 3671 Done Puerto Rico 7 (Ponce to Jayuya) (beginner friendly, but some dense areas around Ponce!) Buildings only ESRI/All Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-11-12)
Project 3665 Done Puerto Rico 6 (Comerio to Vega Baja) Buildings only ESRI/All Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-11-02)
Project 3661 Done Puerto Rico 5 (Cidra to Santa Isabel) Buildings only ESRI/All Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-10-15)
Project 3656 Done Puerto Rico 4 (Carolina and Trujillo Alto) Buildings only ESRI/All Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-11-05)
Project 3643 Done Puerto Rico 3 (south-east, from Guayama to Humacao and Gurabo) Buildings only ESRI/All Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-10-23)
Project 3633 Done Puerto Rico 2 (Guajataca Dam) Buildings only ESRI/All Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-10-16)
Project 3631 Done Puerto Rico 1 (North-East, between Loíza and Naguabo) and Isla de Vieques Buildings only ESRI/All Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-10-05)
Project 3595 Done Saint Croix (US Virgin Islands) Buildings only Bing/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-10-05)
Project 3593 Done Montserrat (Northwest) (UK) Roads and buildings DigitalGlobe Premium Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-10-03)
Project 3589 Done Dominica Buildings mostly + unoffsetting Bing Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-20)
Archived projects for Hurricane Irma
Project 3579 Done Saint-Martin (French part) - pass 2 Roads and buildings Specific hi-resolution imagery Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-10-16)
Project 3547 Done Keys 1 (East), Southern Florida (USA) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download Florida Keys data (2017-09-19)
Project 3540 Done Bonita Springs, Southwestern Florida 2 (USA) Buildings only - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Sufficient (30%) Download Southern Florida data (2017-11-28)
Project 3537 Done Naples, Southwestern Florida 1 (USA) Buildings only - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download Southern Florida data (2017-11-28)
Project 3536 Done Isabela de Sagua (Cuba) Buildings only - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-10)
Project 3535 Done Moron-Bolivia-Primero (Cuba) Buildings only - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-11)
Project 3534 Done Caibarien (Cuba) Buildings only - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-10)
Project 3521 Done Saint Thomas and Saint John (US Virgin Islands) Buildings only - pre-disaster situation Arcgis Online Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-08)
Project 3520 Done Nassau 3 (North) (The Bahamas) Buildings only - pre-disaster situation Arcgis Online Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-08)
Project 3518 Done Nassau 2 (South) (The Bahamas) Buildings only - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-08)
Project 3516 Done Homestead 1 (South), Southeastern Florida (USA) Buildings only - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Sufficient (58%) Download Southern Florida data (2017-11-28)
Project 3515 Done Inagua islands (The Bahamas) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-08)
Project 3514 Done Saint-Barthélemy (France) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-08)
Project 3513 Done Anguilla (UK) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-08)
Project 3512 Done Antigua (Antigua and Barbuda) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-08)
Project 3511 Done Nassau 1 (South-East) (The Bahamas) Buildings only - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-08)
Project 3508 Done Providenciales (Turks and Caicos Islands, UK) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-08)
Project 3506 Done Cockburn Island (Turks and Caicos Islands, UK) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-07)
Project 3504 Done Road Town (British Virgin Islands, UK) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-07)
British Virgin Islands (2017-09-08)
Project 3503 Done Barbuda (Antigua and Barbuda) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-07)
Project 3502 Done Spanish Town (British Virgin Islands, UK) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-07)
British Virgin Islands (2017-09-08)
Project 3501 Done Norman, Peter, and Cooper Islands (British Virgin Islands, UK) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM Data (2017-09-07)
British Virgin Islands (2017-09-08)
Project 3500 Done Anegada Area (British Virgin Islands, UK) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-07)
British Virgin Islands (2017-09-08)
Project 3499 Done Jost Van Dyke Area (British Virgin Islands, UK) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-07)
British Virgin Islands (2017-09-08)
Project 3491 Done Saint-Martin (French part) - pass 1 (followed by project 3579) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-10-05)
Project 3486 Done Sint Maarten (Dutch part) - pass 1 (followed by projects 3573, 3592) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-10-23)
Project 3485 Done Sint Eustatius (The Netherlands) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Complete (100%) Download OSM data (2017-09-07)
US Project 124 Done Naples, Southwestern Florida (USA) Roads validation only in JOSM - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Complete (100%) Not needed (2%) Download Southern Florida data (2017-11-28)
Non-started or interrupted archived projects
Project 3738 Cancelled Puerto Rico 12 (Caguas to Aguas Buenas) Buildings validation ESRI/All Interrupted (20%) Interrupted (4%) Download OSM data (2017-10-24) NOT YET VALIDATED
Project 3592 Interrupted Sint Maarten (Dutch part) - pass 3 Roads and buildings validation only Specific hi-resolution imagery Complete (100%) Interrupted (68%) Download OSM data (2017-10-23)
Project 3573 Interrupted Sint Maarten (Dutch part) - pass 2 (followed by project 3592) Roads and buildings Specific hi-resolution imagery Sufficient (99%) Sufficient (92%) Download OSM data (2017-10-23)
Project 3542 Cancelled Fort Myers (Central) and Rocky Bay, Southwestern Florida 4 (USA) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Not started (0%) Not started (0%) Download Southern Florida data (2017-11-28)
Project 3541 Interrupted Fort Myers (South-West) and Sanibel Island, Southwestern Florida 3 (USA) Buildings only - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Interrupted (4%) Not started (0%) Download Southern Florida data (2017-11-28)
Project 3539 Cancelled Pine Island, Southwestern Florida (USA) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Not started (0%) Not started (0%) Download Southern Florida data (2017-11-28)
Project 3538 Interrupted Cape Coral, Southwestern Florida (USA) Roads and buildings - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Interrupted (1%) Not started (0%) Download Southern Florida data (2017-11-28)
Project 3526 Cancelled Miami (South) and Kendal (North), Souteastern Florida (USA) Buildings only - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Not started (0%) Not started (0%) Download Southern Florida data (2017-11-28)
Project 3522 Interrupted Saba (The Netherlands) Buildings only - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Interrupted (3%) Interrupted (3%) Download OSM data (2017-10-07)
Project 3517 Interrupted Homestead 2 (North) and Kendal (South), Souteastern Florida (USA) Buildings only - pre-disaster situation Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe Interrupted (43%) Interrupted (14%) Download Southern Florida data (2017-11-28)
General data exports on HDX
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda

Download OSM data (NOT FULLY VALIDATED): roads, buildings, waterways, points of interest (daily since 2017-09-22)

British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands

Download OSM data (NOT FULLY VALIDATED): roads, buildings, waterways, points of interest (daily since 2017-09-22)

Dominican Republic Dominican Republic

Download OSM data (NOT FULLY VALIDATED): roads, buildings, waterways, points of interest (daily since 2017-09-22)

Haiti Haiti

Download OSM data (NOT FULLY VALIDATED): roads, buildings, waterways, points of interest (daily since 2017-09-22)

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico

Download OSM data (NOT FULLY VALIDATED): roads, buildings, waterways, points of interest (daily since 2017-09-22)

Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis

Download OSM data (NOT FULLY VALIDATED): roads, buildings, waterways, points of interest (daily since 2017-09-22)

United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands

Download OSM data (NOT FULLY VALIDATED): roads, buildings, waterways, points of interest (daily since 2017-09-22)

Available imagery

OSM default imagery sources

For much of the impacted area of Hurricane Irma and Maria, Bing was used as the default imagery. For Puerto Rico it was determined that Esri World Imagery was most consistent across the island.

  • Bing provides a global imagery data source that is the 'default' Imagery available for OSM (default option in most editors).
  • Mapbox provides a global imagery source and has been found to be more recent in areas impacted by Irma and Maria.
  • DigitalGlobe provides two global imagery sets and the Premium imagery has been found to be more recent in certain areas impacted by Irma and Maria.
  • Esri World Imagery is very consistently aligned with GPS traces on Puerto Rico although may be older than other imagery in the area, when no GPS available, align features to Esri.

Alternative imagery sources

How to add/use alternative imagery

In many cases better imagery is available than the default; when possible we set up a remote link directly via the Tasking Manager, so there is nothing to do, the iD editor and (as long as enabled) JOSM will automatically add the imagery.

Additionally, with JOSM, it's relatively easy to add special imagery if the license is appropriate for tracing into OSM. For more details see JOSM Imagery Help

Other projects in AOI

Edit-a-thon (Mapathon) events

Local projects

Other links

  • Provide any relevant links here...

About this activation

About HOT

Hot logo with text.svg

To learn more about the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), explore more of our wiki pages (portal: HOT) or our website hotosm.org. We are a global community of mostly volunteers, we are also a US nonprofit organization, able to contract with other organizations (email info, “ат”hotosm“ԁοт”org to contact our staff), we are also a US 501-c-3 charitable organization.

History of this activation

Reactivity of the OSM Community

  • September 5th – The HOT Community had been watching the development of Hurricane Irma.

HOT activates

  • September 5th – HOT Lead, Blake Girardot, declares an activation for Hurricane Irma.
  • September 18th – Hurricane Maria is added to catalog of disaster mapping events.
  • September 22nd – Received request from American Red Cross for buildings in Puerto Rico.
  • October 3rd – Received request from United States Federal Emergency Management Agency for Puerto Rico basemap.
  • October 25th – HOT delivers 'first pass' of entire Puerto Rico buildings.
  • November 30th - HOT concludes response.

Coordination

This activation is being co-lead by:

Local leads are Victor Ramirez (Puerto Rico).

You may also chat with HOT on Slack: discussions are archived and don't require a permanent connection.

Support team

This activation is being supported by:

Efforts made

As of October 25th:

  • Hurricane Irma: 2100+ mappers, 540,000+ buildings, 14,000+ kilometers of roads
  • Hurricane Maria: 5300+ mappers, 950,000+ buildings, 30,000+ kilometers of roads

HOT updates

Press coverage

Emergencies such as this put a tremendous strain on OSM resources, particularly our servers and software. Your donations help keep OSM's systems operating in top form.

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HOT also need your donations, to help funding humanitarian mapping projects and development/maintenance of systems such as the Tasking Manager and Export Tool.

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