Due to the great need of data, organizations and people throughout the world are donating time mapping spatial information throughout the country.
This information is collected by a crowd of volunteers using Open Street Maps and goes live into the maps immediately. This information is the major source of spatial information for countries where the Red Cross has activities. New Light Technologies decided to take part in the efforts by holding a mapping event with employees and sent personnel to a large-scale collaborative mapping event as well. This event was hosted by various organizations including but not limited to The American Red Cross (http://www.redcross.org/), Missing Maps (http://www.missingmaps.org/), Humanitarian Open Street Maps (http://hotosm.org/), and Maptime DC (http://www.meetup.com/Maptime-DC/events/220505118/).