MapSwipe
Help improve humanitarian responses worldwide from the comfort of your own phone
Missing Maps · org.missingmaps.mapswipe
UpdatedOct 20, 2025
PublishedJun 16, 2021
Packageorg.missingmaps.mapswipe
MD53be838773e737e89918e13aa0a1ca34f
SHA1 (signer)4D:B2:7B:95:D4:36:02:A6:3E:56:C7:9A:DA:6C:46:76:3D:20:75:A3
Signed byCN=Unknown, OU=Unknown, O=Unknown, L=Unknown, ST=Unknown, C=Unknown
Architecturesx86, x86-64, armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a
Malware scanTRUSTED
Websitehttps://mapswipe.org
Contact[email protected]
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What's new
- Add back button if user is stuck on loading screen.
Description
Humanitarian organizations can't help people if they can't find them. MapSwipe is a mobile app that lets you search satellite imagery to help put the world's most vulnerable people on the map.
In MapSwipe, developed in collaboration with the Missing Maps project, users choose a crisis prone part of the world they want to help, such as spotting villages at risk from a cholera outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They must then swipe through satellite images of the region, tapping the screen when they see features they’re looking for including settlements, roads and rivers.
This information is fed back to mappers who need this information to build detailed and useful maps. At present, they have to spend days scrolling through thousands of images of uninhabited forest or scrubland looking for communities that need mapping. Now, members of the public can directly contribute to MSF’s medical activities by locating people in need more quickly so mappers, and ultimately medical professionals on the ground, can get straight to work.
In MapSwipe, developed in collaboration with the Missing Maps project, users choose a crisis prone part of the world they want to help, such as spotting villages at risk from a cholera outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They must then swipe through satellite images of the region, tapping the screen when they see features they’re looking for including settlements, roads and rivers.
This information is fed back to mappers who need this information to build detailed and useful maps. At present, they have to spend days scrolling through thousands of images of uninhabited forest or scrubland looking for communities that need mapping. Now, members of the public can directly contribute to MSF’s medical activities by locating people in need more quickly so mappers, and ultimately medical professionals on the ground, can get straight to work.
Required features
- Faketouch android.hardware.faketouch
- Screen Portrait android.hardware.screen.portrait
- Wifi android.hardware.wifi
Permissions (9)
MapSwipe requests the following Android permissions:
- Access Network State android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
- Access Wifi State android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
- Internet android.permission.INTERNET
- Receive Boot Completed android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
- Vibrate android.permission.VIBRATE
- Wake Lock android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
- C2dm Permission Receive com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
- Finsky Permission Bind Get Install Referrer Service com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
- Org Missingmaps Mapswipe Dynamic Receiver Not Exported Permission org.missingmaps.mapswipe.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
