2017 Mexico Earthquakes
| General information |
   2017 Mexico Earthquakes Response is an activation of the OSM community across Latin America and the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) to provide map data to assist the response to, and recovery from, these earthquakes that devastated Mexico in September 2017. This is still an ongoing disaster response and recovery project. On Friday 8 September 2017 at 9:49 PM, an powerful earthquake (magnitude 8.1), the strongest in a century, struck southern Mexico (Chiapas and Oaxaca states), 60 miles from Mapastepec, Chiapas. At least 58 people have died, 5,000 homes completely destroyed, and many more damaged and vulnerable. Reports from the affected cities say residents spent the morning using basic tools and their bare hands to dig through the wreckage of collapsed buildings and pull the injured, and the dead, from the rubble. Then on Tuesday 19 September 2017, after two weeks of aftershocks, another powerful earthquake (magnitude 7.1) jolted central Mexico (Puebla state and Mexico City), cracking building facades and scattering rubble on streets in the capital on the anniversary of a devastating 1985 quake. Its epicenter was near the Puebla state town of Raboso, about 76 miles southeast of Mexico City. Follow the situation report for M7.1 Pueblo Earthquake from Humanity Road! On Tuesday 23 September 2017, another powerful earthquake (magnitude 6.2) struck again southern Mexico (Oaxaca state). Its epicenter was between the town of Matias Romero and the city of Juchitan both already affected by the first major quake, and affected other cities notably Tonalá. Read more on the webpage. |
For aid organizations
Map and data services
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 earthquakes in Mexico can be downloaded from the OSM Export Tool, and the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) platform (
@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.
The exports listed in the table below contain formats for Garmin (.imp) and .mwm which works in the mobile app MAPS.ME.
For mappers
- HOT requesting validation for mapping completed September 8 - November 30
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 Mexico earthquakes.
Projects
| Project No. | Priority | Location | What to map | Imagery source | Mapping status | Validation status | Exported datasets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current projects for Central Mexico (States of Puebla, Morelos and Mexico, and Federal District) | |||||||
| Project 3625 | Medium | Colonia San Jose, Puebla (suitable for beginners) | Buildings | Bing | Complete (100%) | In progress (97%) | Download OSM data (2018-06-26) NOT YET VALIDATED |
| Project 3597 | High | Mexico City, Federal District (first affected areas) | Buildings only | Esri World Imagery | In progress (96%) | In progress (88%) | Download OSM data (2018-06-26) NOT YET VALIDATED |
| Project 1202 | Medium | Central Mexico City, Federal District (Earthquake Simulation Drill 2015, Zócalo) (older unfinished related project, which partly overlaps HOT project 3597) | Roads, buildings and open areas | Esri World Imagery | In progress (23%) | In progress (2%) | |
| Current projects for Southeastern Mexico (States of Chiapas and Oaxaca) | |||||||
| Project 3567 | High | Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas | Roads and buildings | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | In progress (59%) | In progress (59%) | Download OSM data (2018-06-26) NOT YET VALIDATED |
| Project 3566 | Medium | Acala, Chiapas | Buildings only | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | In progress (96%) | In progress (93%) | Download OSM data (2018-06-26) NOT YET VALIDATED |
| Archived projects for Central Mexico (states of Puebla, Morelos, Mexico, and Federal District) | |||||||
| Project 3648 | Done | Izúcar de Matamoros (center), Puebla | Roads and buildings | Bing | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-11-26) |
| Project 3647 | Done | Tilapa, Puebla | Roads and buildings | Bing | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-10-17) |
| Project 3646 | Done | Izúcar de Matamoros (south), Puebla (suitable for beginners) | Roads and buildings | Bing | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-11-26) |
| Project 3641 | Done | Tenancingo peripheral villages, Estado de México (suitable for beginners) | Roads and buildings | Bing | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-12-06) |
| Project 3640 | Done | Ocuilan, Estado de México (suitable for beginners) | Roads and buildings | Bing | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-12-03) |
| Project 3639 | Done | Joquicingo Leon de Guzman, Estado de México (suitable for beginners) | Roads and buildings | Bing | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-12-04) |
| Project 3627 | Done | South Atlixco, Puebla (followed by project 3626) | Major roads only | Bing | Complete (100%) | Sufficient (2%) | Download OSM data (2017-10-01) |
| Project 3626 | Done | South Atlixco, Puebla (suitable for beginners) | Roads and buildings | Bing | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2018-06-26) |
| Project 3607 | Done | Northern Axochiapan, Morelos (suitable for beginners) | Buildings only | Bing | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-12-03) |
| Project 3603 | Done | Puebla City (center), Puebla | Roads and buildings | Bing/Esri | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2018-06-26) |
| Project 3602 | Done | Atzitzihuacán, Puebla (suitable for beginners) | Roads and buildings | Bing | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-09-30) |
| Project 3601 | Done | Atlixco, Puebla | Roads and buildings | Bing | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-11-24) |
| Project 3600 | Done | Atzala, Puebla (suitable for beginners) | Roads and buildings | Bing | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-09-20) |
| Archived projects for Southeastern Mexico (states of Chiapas and Oaxaca) | |||||||
| Project 3578 | Done | Jaltenango, Chiapas | Buildings only | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-09-29) |
| Project 3577 | Done | Dolores Jaltenango, Chiapas (suitable for beginners) | Buildings only | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-12-03) |
| Project 3576 | Done | El Porvenir, Chiapas | Buildings only | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2018-06-26) |
| Project 3575 | Done | Siltepec, Chiapas | Buildings only | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2018-06-26) |
| Project 3565 | Done | Chiapilla, Chiapas | Roads and buildings | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-09-14) |
| Project 3564 | Done | Tonalá, Chiapas | Buildings only | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-11-02) |
| Project 3561 | Done | El Parral, Chiapas | Buildings only | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-09-26) |
| Project 3560 | Done | Pijijiapan, Chiapas | Buildings only | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-09-14) |
| Project 3557 | Done | San Dioniso Del Mar, and south-eastern lagoon, Oaxaca | Roads and buildings | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-09-13) |
| Project 3556 | Done | San Mateo del Mar, south-western lagoon, Oaxaca | Roads and buildings | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-11-30) |
| Project 3555 | Done | La Noria, and San Pedro, Oaxaca | Roads and buildings | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-10-08) |
| Project 3549 | Done | Ciudad Ixtepec, Asunción Ixtepec, and El Espinal, Oaxaca | Roads and buildings | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-11-30) |
| Project 3550 | Done | Huazantlán del Río, Villahermosa, and Colonia Cuauhtémoc, Oaxaca | Roads and buildings | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-10-08) |
| Project 3546 | Done | Matías Romero Avendaño, Oaxaca | Roads and buildings | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-09-16) |
| Project 3533 | Done | Juchitán de Zaragoza (north area), Oaxaca | Roads and buildings | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-10-27) |
| Project 3532 | Done | Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, La Noria, and Colonia Lázaro Cárdenas, Oaxaca | Roads and buildings | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-10-17) |
| Project 3530 | Done | Salina Cruz, Oaxaca | Roads and buildings | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-09-28) |
| Project 3525 | Done | Juchitán de Zaragoza (south area), Oaxaca | Buildings only | Bing/Mapbox/DigitalGlobe | Complete (100%) | Complete (100%) | Download OSM data (2017-09-11) |
| General data exports on HDX | |||||||
Northwestern Mexico  |
Download OSM data (NOT FULLY VALIDATED): Roads, Buildings, Waterways, Points of interest (daily since 2017-09-22) | ||||||
| Central and Southeastern Mexico |
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 areas of Mexico, Bing was used as the default imagery.
- 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.
- DigitalGlobe provides two global imagery sets.
- ESRI World Imagery is also a global imagery source.
Alternative imagery sources
- List additional imagery sources here...
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 area of interest (AOI)
Edit-a-thon (Mapathon) events
Local projects
Other links
- Provide any relevant links here...
About this activation
About HOT
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
hotosm
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 8th – Almost immediately HOT community members became aware of the earthquake, within several hours we were coordinating with our local leads.
HOT activates
- September 8th – HOT Lead, Blake Girardot, declares an Activation for the Oaxaca earthquake.
- September 9th – OSM-Mexico and Mexico National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) begin delivering priority zones for mapping.
- September 19th – Puebla earthquake strikes and is added to catalog of disaster mapping events by HOT Lead Russell Deffner.
- November 30th - HOT concludes formal activation team, will continue to support OpenStreetMap-Mexico for remaining mapping and validation.
Coordination
This activation is being co-lead by:
Local lead is Miriam Gonzalez.
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:
- Mhairi O'Hara
- Nate Smith
- Dale Kunce
- Pete Masters
- Alekno
- Verdy_p
- vtcraighead
- Sparks
- Maligna
- Scott
- David
- Nils
Efforts made
As of October 15th:
- Oaxaca earthquake: 1400+ mappers, 165,000+ buildings, 17,000+ kilometers of roads.
- Puebla earthquake: 1000+ mappers, 110,000+ buildings, 6,000+ kilometers of roads.
HOT updates
- Hot activates for three disasters: hurricane Irma, Mexico earthquake, Bangladesh floods, 2017-09-09.
- Hot activates for five disasters (update), 2017-09-26.
- Fall 2017 disaster response: calling all mappers!, 2017-10-10.
- Open Humanitarian mapping in response of Mexico earthquakes (Mapanauta's diary update), 2017-10-14.
Donate
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.
Donate to the OpenStreetMap Foundation.
HOT also need your donations, to help funding humanitarian mapping projects and development/maintenance of systems such as the Tasking Manager and Export Tool.