OpenStreetMap Data for the 2026 Ebola Outbreak in DRC and Uganda

171 OSM contributors supported this activation as of June 2, 2026. The dataset contains OpenStreetMap data on buildings, roads, residential areas, and settlement points for areas affected by the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. It was contributed by volunteers through the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team's Tasking Manager and is updated weekly or more frequently.

Use Cases

• Map critical infrastructure for logistics planning based on building and road data.
• Analyze settlement patterns to identify population centers for intervention based on residential area and point data.
• Support epidemiological modeling by providing a geospatial base layer of the affected region.
• Monitor mapping progress and coverage for the humanitarian activation over time.

Strengths

• Data is updated weekly or more frequently as mapping progresses.
• Contains features like buildings, roads, and settlements defined as priorities with Médecins Sans Frontières.
• Based on contributions from 171 OpenStreetMap volunteers as of June 2, 2026.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to volunteer mapping efforts.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the HOTOSM Tasking Manager.

Time Range

From May 2026 onward.

Freshness

Updated weekly or more frequently; last updated 2026-06-02.

Geography

Affected areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri Province, Kinshasa, North Kivu) and Uganda (Kampala).