Timeline

In reverse chronological order, with most recent events first.

2025-05

STAC based OpenAerialMap

🚀 Complete overhaul of the OAM backend, in partnership with DevelopmentSeed. OAM can now be globally federated / decentralised (providing data sovereignty for communities).

2025-01

Drone-TM Release

🚁 A platform to collaboratively collect drone imagery, but it needs to go somewhere!

2023

Global Mosaic

🗺️ Global mosaic layer is launched for OAM, developed by Kontur.

2022

HOT x Kontur Collab

🤝 HOT & Kontur collaborate to improve OAM (v2).

2018

Uploader Improvements

🚀 Big usability improvements to uploader and tiler for OAM.

2017

Pacific Drone Imagery Dashboard

🏝️ PacDID was developed alongside communities to make drone imagery accessible via OAM. Details here

2015-11

First Version

🏁 First version of OAM released by HOT.

2014-06

Initial Research & Concept

🔬 OpenAerialMap & Open Imagery Network concept started. More info here

2010

Imagery Used In Haiti

❤️ Imagery from OAM was used to assist the response in the Haiti earthquake.

2007

First Imagery Becomes Available

🛰️ Some satellite imagery providers started making their data freely available for disaster response mapping.