State of the Map Asia
State of the Map Asia is a regional State of the Map conference for the continent of Asia. The idea was born at State Of The Map 2012, held in Tokyo, and after some brainstorming held their first conference in 2015.
Asia-wide Community Channels
- Mailing lists
- https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/Talk-Asia - OpenStreetMap discussions across the continent
- https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/sotm-asia - Discussions related to organizing the annual State of the Map across Asia conference
- Social Media
- Facebookː
SotmAsia - Telegramː
@OpenStreetMapAsia - Twitterː
@sotmAsia
- Youtubeː https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR7PMzU0l__u8Pt73QyHWAQ
- Facebookː
State of the Map Asia, by the numbers
· 2015 
· 2016 
· 2017 
· 2018 
· 2019 
· 2020 
(cancelled) · 2022 · 2023 ·2024 ·
| Year | Theme | Location | Organizer | Co-event | Countries | Attendees | Keynote Speakers |
Workshops | Panel Discussion | Presentations | Lightning Talks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Asia | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Charting New Horizons, Bridging Cohesion: Unite. Inspire. Innovate | Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh | Bangladesh Open Innovation Lab (BOIL), OpenStreetMap Bangladesh (OSM BD) and YouthMappers Bangladesh Community | State of the Map Bangladesh YouthMappers Bangladesh Summit 2024 and HOTOpenSummit | 18 | 12 | 352 | 02 | 03 | 02 | 52 | 31 |
| 2023 | Bangkok, Thailand | OSM Thailand | FOSS4G Thailand | |||||||||
| 2022 | Philippines | OSM Philippines | Supported by the HOT unSummit programme | |||||||||
| 2020 | Cancelled | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Think Global, Act Local | Dhaka, Bangladesh | OpenStreetMap Bangladesh (OSM BD) and Bangladesh Open Innovation Lab (BOIL) | 16 | 09 | 461 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 16 | ||
| 2018 | Bringing the OSM community together | Bangalore, India | OpenStreetMap India | India Institute of Management Bangalore; Centre for Internet and Society | 13 | 9 | 277 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 |
| 2017 | From creation to use | Kathmandu, Nepal | Kathmandu Living Labs | 20 | 16 | 170 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 2016 | Mapping the world ♥ together | Quezon City, Philippines | OpenStreetMap Philippines Inc. | Asia Energy Resilience Forum | 21 | 15 | 186 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 8 |
| 2015 | Kick-off SotM Asia!! | Jakarta, Indonesia | Begoodcafe | Asia Energy Resilience Forum | 4 | 4 | 71 | |||||
| 2015 | Pre Kick-off SotM Asia! | Jakarta, Indonesia | GFDRR, Worldbank | World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction | 4 | 4 | 71 | |||||
| 2014 | Bangkok, Thailand | CrisisMappers Japan, Begoodcafe | Asia Energy Resilience Forum | |||||||||
Conference code of conduct
The State of the Map Asia organizing team is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks.
Harassment includes verbal comments that reinforce social structures of domination related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, religion; sexual images in public spaces; deliberate intimidation; stalking; following; harassing photography or recording; sustained disruption of talks or other events; inappropriate physical contact; and unwelcome sexual attention. Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.
Exhibitors or similar actors are also subject to the anti-harassment policy. In particular, exhibitors should not use sexualized images, activities, or other material. Booth staff (including volunteers) should not use sexualized clothing, or otherwise create a sexualized environment.
If a participant engages in harassing behavior, the conference organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the conference with no refund. If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns that you are unable to satisfactorily resolve amongst the person(s) involved, please contact a member of conference team immediately. Escalation to, and incident reporting by a small subset of conference team leaders will ensure that repeat offenders do not go unnoticed.
The conference team will be happy to help participants contact venue security or local law enforcement, provide escorts, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe for the duration of the conference. We value your attendance.
We expect participants to follow these rules at all conference venues and conference-related social events.
History of State of the Map Asia
The first official State of the Map Asia was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2015.
Leading up to this milestone, discussions about establishing a dedicated Asian regional State of the Map conference had already begun within the OpenStreetMap community. After State of the Map 2014 was held in Bangkok in 2014, community members across Asia started exploring the possibility of creating a regional conference focused on the unique mapping challenges and collaborations within Asia.
Later that in 2015, additional discussions toward launching State of the Map Asia took place in Sendai, Japan, during events connected to the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. These conversations helped build momentum and coordination among Asian OpenStreetMap communities, ultimately leading to the successful kickoff of the first official State of the Map Asia in Jakarta in 2015.
Since then, State of the Map Asia has continued to grow as a regional gathering for mappers, researchers, humanitarian organizations, developers, and local communities across Asia to share experiences, technologies, and collaborative mapping initiatives.