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Hack Week II: Merging the bigger picture

Our second hack week focused on smarter merging for better big-picture planning.
Coite Manuel
October 20, 2025
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Contributing Open Catchment Data Through HDX

The Crosscut App is certified as a digital public good in the open data category, offering settlement catchment outputs for anyone to use through HDX.
Crosscut
October 6, 2025
App Development

September 2025 updates: Community-level precision and pilot momentum

We spent September supporting WHO's geospatial microplanning work and adding highly requested features to the app.
Crosscut
September 29, 2025
Case Studies

Vital Supply Chain: Building a Fellowship for a New Era in Global Health

Guest author David Sarley discusses how the departure of a major funder like USAID leaves a void that risks reversing decades of progress – and what we can do.
David Sarley
September 22, 2025
Case Studies

Mapping Health Boundaries Where None Existed: Schistosomiasis Control in DRC

How Unlimit Health created precise health boundaries for schistosomiasis control in DRC using the Crosscut App and hand-drawn local maps.
Dr. Pancy Poon
September 15, 2025
App Development

Two-Tiered Catchments: Creating Territories Within Territories

New two-tiered catchments make it easy to create territories within previously created projects.
James McKinnon
September 8, 2025
App Development

August 2025 updates: Nested territories and smarter foundations

In August, we launched a few highly requested features to make geospatial mapping even easier with the Crosscut App.
Crosscut
September 2, 2025
App Development

Our Newest Catchment Area Algorithm: Fair Supervisory Areas

Fair Supervisory areas work for any administrative planning challenge where you need to divide larger areas into balanced operational units.
James McKinnon
August 25, 2025
App Development

Re-engineering Land Blocks in the Crosscut App

Crosscut’s new hybrid land block system blends detailed polygons where people live with lightweight grids where they don’t, delivering faster catchment maps and smoother performance for field workers.
Samuel Hoogewind
August 11, 2025

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