Q: What is MapSwipe used for?

A: MapSwipe is used for humanitarian mapping, allowing volunteers to identify areas that need detailed mapping in disaster-prone or vulnerable regions by swiping through satellite imagery.

Q: Who created MapSwipe?

A: MapSwipe was created as part of the Missing Maps project in collaboration with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Q: How does MapSwipe work?

A: Users download the app and swipe through satellite images to identify features like buildings, roads, and settlements, helping to prioritize areas for detailed mapping.

Q: Is MapSwipe free to use?

A: Yes, MapSwipe is free to download and use on both iOS and Android devices.

Q: What organizations support MapSwipe?

A: MapSwipe is supported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and is part of the Missing Maps project.

MapSwipe

mobile app used for humanitarian mapping

MobileApplication mobile_app Q107214534

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Summary

MapSwipe is a mobile app^[1].

Key Facts

Instance of: tasking manager^[2], web application^[3]
Software version identifier: 3.0.1^[4], 3.0.2^[5], 3.0.3^[6], 3.0.4^[7], 0.0.1^[8], 0.1.0^[9], 0.1.1^[10], 0.1.2^[11], 0.1.3^[12], 0.1.4^[13], 0.1.5^[14], 0.1.6^[15], 0.1.7^[16], 0.1.8^[17], 0.1.9^[18], 0.1.10^[19], 0.1.11^[20], 0.2.0^[21], 0.2.1^[22], 0.2.2^[23], 0.2.3^[24], 0.2.4^[25]

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Quick Facts

Instance of mobile app, tasking manager, web application

Official website mapswipe.org, web.mapswipe.org

Part of Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, Missing Maps

Has use humanitarian mapping

Facet of humanitarian mapping

Properties

Distributed by Google Play, App Store (Apple)

P14655 mapswipe

Software version identifier 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 0.0.1, 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.2, 0.1.3, 0.1.4, 0.1.5, 0.1.6, 0.1.7, 0.1.8, 0.1.9, 0.1.10, 0.1.11, 0.2.0, 0.2.1, 0.2.2, 0.2.3, 0.2.4, 0.2.5, 0.2.6, 0.2.7, 0.2.8, 0.3.0, 0.3.1, 0.3.2, 0.3.3, 0.3.4, 3.0.6, 3.0.7

Uses OpenStreetMap database

Identifiers (10)

App store app id 1133855392

Facebook username TheMissingMaps

Github account mapswipe

Google play store app id org.missingmaps.mapswipe

Instagram username themissingmaps

Mastodon address mapswipe@floss.social

Official wiki url wiki.openstreetmap.org

Source code repository url github.com, github.com, github.com

Translation contribution url www.transifex.com

🏷️ Also known as

en Map Swipe en MapSwipe fr Map Swipe

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Distributed by 1

Google Play

Instance of 1

mobile app

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Direct Wikidata claims

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ MapSwipe is an instance of mobile app (Q620615) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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@misc{4ortxyz_mapswipe_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{MapSwipe}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mapswipe}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}

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5w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3 +30

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/674e1f5dd065|details]])"
6w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3 +30

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/9b62d8a85341|details]])"
6w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3 +30

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Software version identifier: 0.0.1, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/24e24052106|details]])"
7w ago · Mxn · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3 +30

P14655 → mapswipe

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14655: mapswipe"
11w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Official website → https://mapswipe.org, https://web.mapswipe.org/

Software version identifier → 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3 +30

Source code repository url → https://github.com/mapswipe/mapswipe-mobile, https://github.com/mapswipe/mapswipe-web, https://github.com/mapswipe/mapswipe-backend

Instance of → mobile app, tasking manager, web application

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Software version identifier: 3.0.1, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/8e683d2fc3c3|details]])"

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