Humanitarian OSM Team/HOT Tasking Manager Organization Usage

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HOT Tasking Manager: Organization Usage Page

This page has been created to share with organizations before they proceed onto the next stages of onboarding for creating projects on HOT’s Tasking Manager. Organizations are directed to this page after they have completed this form to register their interest. There are a few important points laid out below to clarify before proceeding.

Fair Use

There are over 200 organizations (see list) that use the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)’s instance of the Tasking Manager, so HOT expects everyone to do their part to ensure fair use for all; however HOT does retain the right to fully control all projects including removing them if they are not created or managed well. Of course, you'll have the training first so you will know expectations and be able to ask questions — it is a very rare problem, much more common is a quick notice that something is off on your project and how to fix it.

Tasking Manager Instances

Please be aware that Tasking Manager software is open source (source code); meaning your organization can set-up, run and manage an instance without needing to coordinate with HOT. Since it was first launched, HOT has been delighted to see many organizations set up their own instance of Tasking Manager. Some of these other instances might better fit your needs, such as having and retaining a bit more control — many (but not all) are listed here.

Mappers and Validators

You must 'bring your own crowd' — HOT does not provide mappers or validators. That does not mean mappers and validators who work on HOT projects will not also work on projects your organization publishes, yet it will be reliant on your efforts to attract volunteers to your cause. It is also possible to restrict Tasking Manager projects to specific teams of mappers and validators which HOT will provide instructions on how to do.

Organized Editing Guidelines

Your organization will need to comply with the OpenStreetMap Foundation's Organized Editing Guidelines. HOT can advise, but cannot prevent the Data Working Group from intervening in your mapping if they believe you are not complying. Start here to learn more about how HOT determines what level of effort is required to fulfill the guidelines.

Sustainability Model

HOT’s Tasking Manager has a pay-as-you-go sustainability model that applies to some organizations that use it (OSM communities and small organizations are exempt). To see more details check this document.

Next Steps

If you're relatively new to OSM (<100 edits) please do first gain some more experience by mapping on https://tasks.hotosm.org/. For the sake of ensuring that high quality projects are created on Tasking Manager and that the volunteer community are focused on meaningful work it is important that project creators have experience contributing to OSM. Detailed mapping guidance can be found on LearnOSM: https://learnosm.org/en/ and there are also lots of training at events (often remote) listed here: https://osmcal.org/.

If you have more than 100 changesets please do get back in touch with HOT so that we can schedule the following calls:

  1. 30 minute intro to validation and community
  2. 75 minute walk-through of project creation and management

Before the final call your organization will be set up on Tasking Manager and you’ll be added as ‘Managers’. Organization Managers can create projects and also add new Managers to their organization.

Staying in touch

The best way to keep in touch is to join HOT’s Slack:

To join visit https://slack.hotosm.org and either follow the link to fill out the short form or follow the link to join using Matrix.

Primary contacts:

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