Contribute your time and join relief efforts on the ground in Puerto Rico and Mexico by participating in open-source mapping.

Following the recent hurricane and earthquake, people around the world are using the OpenStreetMap platform to donate their time to hurricane relief efforts. Relief organizations in Puerto Rico and Mexico have requested help with their relief efforts, and libraries (Columbia, Rutgers, U. of Miami, and more) are responding!

During the mapathon, library staff will teach participants how to help with these efforts through some easy-to-learn mapping tasks in a web-based application.

Bring a laptop if you have one. Drop in and out anytime between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Free and open to the public. No mapping experience, knowledge of local geography, or software installation required.

RSVP or more info: halperta@gmail.com

Hosted by LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections and the University of Texas Libraries