The workshop team on a rooftop in Douma, photographed from a drone

Workshop · In person

Workshop with the Douma Local Council GIS team

Name: Workshop with the Douma Local Council GIS team
Start: 2026-09-19T10:00:00+03:00
End: 2026-09-19T14:00:00+03:00
Location: Douma Local Council

Date: Saturday 19 September 2026
Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Place: Douma Local Council, Rural Damascus
With: The council’s GIS team

Workshop slides Douma project on the Tasking Manager

About the workshop

An in-person workshop with the GIS team at the Douma Local Council, introducing the OSM Syria project and community and open geographic data, with hands-on training in humanitarian mapping and in using drones to map for development and aid.

Agenda

10:00 – 11:30Introducing the OSM Syria project and community, and open geographic dataAn introduction to humanitarian mapping with HOT
11:3030-minute break
After the breakContinuing mapping projects in Aleppo and Rural Damascus on the Tasking Manager
12:00 – 2:00How drones are used to map for development and humanitarian aidA test drone flight, coordinated with the city council