CartONG
 Created in 2006 and based in Chambéry, CartONG is a French support NGO specialized in the full range of Information Management (IM) expertise – including Geographic Information Systems, Mobile Data Collection, data processing and transversal IM approaches. CartONG’s main mission is to put data at the service of humanitarian, development and social action projects. Our use of IM tools and methodologies is dedicated to improving the quality and accountability of field activities, in particular through better needs assessments and monitoring & evaluation. We promote sharing and appropriation of data, tools and methods and are committed to working in a spirit of collaboration and partnership for sustainable impact. CartONG is registered in France as a nonprofit, secular and apolitical "loi 1901" association and is run democratically and transparently. To find out more and follow our projects and latest news, visit our website. |
History of CartONG with OSM
CartONG is among the relatively early users of OpenStreetMap in the humanitarian sector: we started promoting the concept back in 2008 and have also had the opportunity of working with some of the pioneers of the platform. In 2011 we became an organization member of the French OSM association. During the Ebola outbreak and as part of our partnership with MSF-CH, we led our first important project using OSM in 2014. Convinced of the tremendous potential of OSM in disaster response, CartONG decided to get further involved on this topic and to this end joined the Missing Maps project in 2015. Along the years we have successfully built a strong volunteer community of mappers and validators and we managed to implement multiple OSM-based projects.
Our projects with OSM
Missing Maps mapathon
Field data collection (French Guyane)
Refugee site mapping (Ethiopia)
- Remote mapping support for our main humanitarian partners and other small NGOs: between 2015 and 2020 CartONG has run about 200 on-site and online mapathons for about 30 different partners supporting more than 35 humanitarian and development projects
- Refugee site mapping as part of our ongoing partnership with UNHCR: remote refugee site mapping, field data collection and OSM integration.
- OSM-based participatory mapping projects: we extended the remote & field OSM contribution into a larger package of activities designed to better take into account the views and inputs of beneficiaries and local populations and bring new insights into humanitarian and development projects.
- Remote support to local OSM communities: in particular, we have supported the creation of a local OSM group in Madagascar and we have since then continued to support them to structure and develop their activities, as well as other country communities
- Promoting and raising awareness about OSM and Open Data in general.
The detail of our OSM projects can be found on the wiki page for organized editing projects led by CartONG.
Ongoing projects
| Year | Project / Activation campaign | Country | Partner / Donor | Additional information / Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 - 2018 | Urban improvement project support in Boassa precarious settlement | Burkina Faso | Yaam Solidarités | Project's wiki page |
| 2023 - 2022 | Development project in the rural communities of Vallée de Jacmel and Bainet, south-east Haiti. | Haiti | Habitat Cité | |
| 2023 - 2019 | Urban rehabilitation program assessment support in Tunisia | Tunisia | ARRU / AFD | News on CartONG's website |
| 2023 - 2016 | Refugee site mapping | Multiple | UNHCR | News on CartONG's website about Ethiopia activation (2020)
Storymap on the Ethiopia activation (2019) News on CartONG's website about Republic of Congo activation (2018) |
| 2023 - 2018 | Water, sanitation and waste management project support in Dessalines | Haiti | Pays de Savoie Solidaires |
Past projects
| Year | Project / Activation campaign | Country | Partner / Donor | Additional information / Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Resilience and Food Security program support in Morombe District | Madagascar | SIF | News on CartONG's website |
| 2022 | Micro-mapping of vegetation cover
Plan verde Universidad Nacoional de ingeneria de Managua |
Nicaragua | Apoyo Urbano | Project's wiki page |
| 2022 | Support for water access and waste management project | Haiti | CEFREPADE | |
| 2022 | Support for water access project | Mali | Arcade | |
| 2022 | Support for water access project | Ethiopia | Avec l'Ethiopie | |
| 2022 | Support for tourism development project | Lebanon | Chambéry Solidarité internatial | |
| 2022 | Participatory urban assesment in 4 precarious neighborhoods of Phnom Penh | Cambodia | Planète Enfants & Développement | |
| 2021 | Mapping of villages in Tajikistan for Climate Change Adaptation | Tajikistan | Little Earth / GIZ | Project's wiki pageNews on CartONG's website |
| 2021 | Supporting Sustainable Development Goals in Dankassari | Nigeria | Association d'Echanges Solidaires Cesson-Dankassari & Réseau d'Actions Educatives pour un Développement Durable | |
| 2020 | Refugee site mapping - Myanmar | Myanmar | Solidarités International & UNHCR | News on CartONG's website |
| 2020 | Environmental assesment support in Lome | Togo | MapATI / AMI CartONG bénévoles | News on CartONG's website |
| 2020 | Water supply project support in Douala | Cameroon | Hydrauliques Sans Frontières | |
| 2019 | Urban improvement project support in Saint Laurent du Maroni informal settlement | French Guyane | MaroniLab / EPFAM | News on CartONG's website |
| 2019 | Implementation of Healthsites.io platform in Senegal and data collaborative | Senegal | Healthsites.io - OSM-SN - Geomatica / PATH | News on CartONG's website |
| 2018-2019 | Prevention of natural disaster and child trafficking projet support in Karnali region | Nepal | Karya | uMap produced during the project |
| 2019 | Mapping unsafe places based on gender in Jérémie | Haiti | Care Haiti / UN Women | News on CartONG's website |
| 2019 | Disaster Risque Reduction support in Portoviejo | Equator | Portoviejo Municipality | |
| 2019 | WASH project support in Birmania | Myanmar | Solidarités International | |
| 2018 | Flora & fauna assesment support in Rombo Wildlife Conservancy | Kenya | Rombo Wildlife Conservancy | |
| 2018 | Mapping Health infrastucture access in Kalémie | DRC | Ministère de la Santé Publique RDC / GPSDD | News on CartONG's website |
| 2018 | Agricultural and Livelyhooh support in Guano District | Equator | Ecosur | |
| 2018 | Disaster Risk reduction support | Madagascar | Humanity & Inclusion | |
| 2018 | Agricultural and Livelihood support in North Sourou | Burkina Faso | Terre des Hommes CH | |
| 2018 | Refugee site mapping - Bangladesh refugee crisis | Bangladesh | Intercluster Bangladesh, Solidarités International, MSF | News on CartONG's website about the support to MSF |
| 2018 | Heritage protection support in Dessalines | Haiti | Pays de Savoie Solidaires | |
| 2018 | Health access improvment support in Akonolinga | Cameroon | CIRES | |
| 2018- 2017 | Disaster risk reduction support | Madagascar | PHF | News on CartONG's website |
| 2018 | Seismic hazard and toxic waste mapping support in Balken region | Kirghizistan | MSF - Switzerland | |
| 2017 | Support economic development in Diégo Suarez | Madagascar | OSM Madagascar | |
| 2017 | WASH assesment support in Soavinandraiana | Madagascar | Région Aquitaine-Itasy | |
| 2017 | Water access assesment support | Niger - DRC - Kenya | ICRC | News on CartONG's website |
| 2017 | Mapping isolated villages in Borno state | Nigeria | Solidarités International | |
| 2017-2016 | Refugee site mapping | Uganda - Zambie | MSF | News on CartONG's website about Uganda activation (2016) |
| 2017 - 2016 | Demining support | Chad - Laos | HI | |
| 2017-2015 | Support to MSF operations | Kenya - Zimbabwe - Malawi - Mozambique - South Africa - DRC - Uganda - Soudan | MSF | News on CartONG's website about Goma activation in DRC |
| 2016 | Water access assement support in Ouahigouya | Burkina Faso | Chambé Ouahigouya | |
| 2016 | Disaster Risk Reduction support in Diana | Madagascar | SAHI | |
| 2016 | Water access assement support in Dianguirdé | Mali | Ivry-Dianguirdé | News on CartONG's website |
| 2016 | Disaster Risk Reduction support in Kurigam district | Bangladesh | Tdh | |
| 2016 | Support displaced population basic services access | Irak | Tdh |
CartONG team members
The following matrix lists the current "permanent" team of CartONG, i.e. its employees and long-term volunteers ("service civique", the French civil service), who are in charge of the creation and monitoring of the organization's projects.
| Name | OSM username | Current status |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Noblecourt | MarTintamarre | CartONG employee |
| Manon Viou | ManonVi | CartONG employee |
| Léonie Miège | Léonie Miège | CartONG employee |
| Ezechiel Ametovena | AMETOVENA | CartONG service civique |
| Alpha Dia | Alpha Mamoudou Dia | CartONG service civique |
| Clara Castoldi | Clastol | CartONG employee |
The team also includes volunteer contributors and validators who are creating most of the data we map and therefore the source of most of our impact! See next section on how to get involved.
You can find the list of our current validation team members in the HOT tasking manager.
The list of former CartONG permanent team members is the following:
| Name | OSM username | Current status |
|---|---|---|
| Violaine Doutreleau | Violaine_Do | CartONG former employee and current contractor, founder of "A vos cartes" |
| Olivia Kunitani | Olivia_K | CartONG former service civique |
| Colin Giraud | Giraud colin | CartONG former service civique |
| Camille Scheffler | Camischflr | CartONG former service civique |
| Jeanne Sarhan | Sarja! | CartONG former service civique |
| Hana Elattar | HANA ELATTAR | CartONG former service civique |
| Céline Guette | CEGB | CartONG former service civique |
| Zakaria Abdulkhalaf | zakaria2324 | CartONG former service civique |
| Laure Mercier | Lmercier | CartONG former service civique |
| Kelly Green | naranjasol | CartONG employee |
| Eliot Sotty | eliotsotty | CartONG service civique |
| Sorensa Eschbach | Sorensa | CartONG service civique |
| Matthieu Hasser | Matthieu Haasser | CartONG service civique |
Join CartONG's community of volunteer mappers!
Would you like to contribute to humanitarian mapping? Fill the blanks of the World map? Learn or improve your mapping skills? Learn how to use iD Editor and JOSM? Meet new people and chat around a good coffee?
Come join us in a participatory mapping workshop (or Mapathon), it's free and accessible to everyone!
- Scheduled remote mapathons [French speaking]: every Monday evening from 6 to 8 pm (UTC+1), online. More info & registration on this Eventbrite page
- Remote data quality control (validation) sessions [French speaking]: every Thursday morning from 10 to 12 am (UTC+1), online. Accessible to those who have taken part in at least one Mapathon. You're a validator or would like to learn data validation (using JOSM) and contribute to our projects? Please get in touch, we would be pleased to welcome you in the team!
- Specific mapathon events: please check the Missing Maps website calendar for the date of our future in-presence or online specific mapathons.
Please note CartONG offers a wide range of volunteer activities linked with mapping & data management in general, more information on our website.
Get in touch!
- Visit CartONG's website
- Sign up for our newsletters
- Discover GIS, mapping and more Information Management resources on the CartoBlog
- For more information about CartONG's activities linked with OpenStreetMap, please contact us by email
@assoccartong on Twitter
CartONG on Facebook
cartong on LinkedIn