About MapSwipe
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...
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.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of MapSwipe since it was posted on our website on 2016-12-26 13:23:27.
The latest version is 2.6.2 and it was updated on 2026-06-29 12:20:14. See below the changes in each version.
MapSwipe version 2.6.2 (1)
Updated At: 2025-10-19
Changes: - Add back button if user is stuck on loading screen.
MapSwipe version 2.5.1 (0)
Updated At: 2025-08-28
Changes: Version upgrades and minor bug fixes
MapSwipe version 2.5.0 (0)
Updated At: 2025-07-16
Changes: - Added a new project type 'Validate Image
- Fixed a bug where 'Continue Mapping' crashed the app
MapSwipe version 2.3.0 (1)
Updated At: 2025-03-03
Changes: - Fixed the accessibility UI bug where all the instructions texts were the same
- Added client type mobile-ios or mobile-android
- Added a changelog pop up on first time app open when the app is updated from the store
MapSwipe version 2.2.10 (0)
Updated At: 2024-08-07
Changes: - Add accessibility feature in 'Find' and 'Compare' project types
- Add a pop up modal to show accessibility feature
- Add the new icons in tutorials
- Updated source english texts
- Similar usernames are no longer valid and cannot be used moving forward (unique migration done for this)
MapSwipe version 2.2.9 (2)
Updated At: 2024-01-03
Changes: - Upgrade React Native version from 0.71.3 to 0.72.5
- Rename "Mission Type" to "Project Type"
- Minor bug fixes
MapSwipe version 2.2.6 (6)
Updated At: 2023-07-11
Changes: This release introduces the following changes:
1. Upgrade React Native to v0.71.3
2. Fix an issue where User Group stats was empty on first load
3. Add support for custom options in footprint projects
4. Add support for dynamic information pages in tutorial
MapSwipe version 2.2.5 (0)
Updated At: 2023-01-13
Changes: This release replaces the old 'More' screen with the all-new 'Profile' screen which includes more statistics about your contributions.
It also introduces User Groups that you can join to have your contributions tracked as part of that user group.
MapSwipe version 2.1.8 (0)
Updated At: 2022-01-15
Changes: We have added support for a new project type which will help with reviewing OSM data quality.
MapSwipe version 2.1.6 (0)
Updated At: 2021-11-02
Changes: This is a technical release which is mostly for upgrading technical requirements. It also improves translations for the Dutch language.
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