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UN Maps offers a comprehensive suite of features tailored to meet the diverse needs of the United Nations and its partners. From detailed street-level mapping to high-resolution image visualization, UN Maps provides tools for navigation, data analysis, and decision-making.
Users can access route planning, search functionality, and operational tools to support mission-critical activities and humanitarian efforts. With an interactive globe view, UN Maps offers a unique perspective on global dynamics and interconnectedness.
Whether you're navigating urban environments or monitoring remote regions, UN Maps empowers users to explore, analyze, and address challenges on a global scale.
Map Features
UN Streetmap
With its versatile basemap options, UN Streetmap offers a tailored experience to suit every need and preference.
Choose from three distinct flavors—standard, light, and dark—each meticulously crafted to provide optimal visibility and clarity. Users can use these basemaps for custom maps or their own web applications and have access to accurate and up-to-date basemap data sourced from both open data and UN-specific sources.
With UN Streetmap, users can customize their mapping experience to suit their unique needs and preferences, empowering them to map with confidence and efficiency across diverse environments.
UN Image Map
UN Image Map is a set of high-resolution satellite and drone imagery mosaiced together to offer users a captivating visual experience unlike any other. Immerse yourself in a collection of meticulously mosaiced imagery provided by UN actors, capturing the Earth's surface with unparalleled detail and precision.
From sprawling urban metropolises to remote wilderness areas, users can zoom in and discover intricate details with remarkable clarity.
Whether analyzing terrain, monitoring changes over time, or identifying key features, UN Image Map provides a powerful tool for gaining insights and understanding the world around us.
UN Globe
With UN Globe, users can visualize geographic information in three dimensions, offering a dynamic and engaging perspective on the world around us.
UN Globe transforms traditional mapping data into a captivating 3D experience, allowing users to navigate through landscapes with depth and realism.
Whether analyzing topography, exploring urban environments, or understanding spatial relationships, UN Globe provides a powerful tool for gaining a deeper understanding of our planet. With its intuitive interface and interactive features, users can interact with data in new ways, unlocking new insights and possibilities.
Experience the world in 3D with UN Globe, where every contour, every elevation, and every feature comes to life in stunning detail.
Operational Features
UN Operational Map
Designed to provide users with comprehensive insights into operational landscapes, UN Operational Map offers a dynamic visualization platform for a wide range of UN-specific data.
Explore security checkpoints, flight paths to missions, vulnerability areas, and military personnel locations with precision and clarity. With UN Operational Map, users can seamlessly navigate through complex operational environments, gaining valuable insights into spatial relationships, resource allocation, and situational awareness.
Whether coordinating emergency response efforts, managing supply chains, or monitoring security situations, UN Operational Map equips users with the tools and information needed to make informed decisions. By visualizing UN-sourced data in a clear and intuitive manner, this feature enhances operational efficiency, effectiveness, and safety across diverse missions and scenarios.
Direction
Direction is a powerful feature within UN Maps designed to streamline route planning and ensure safe navigation from point A to point B. By leveraging both open data and operational information, Direction offers users a comprehensive tool for efficient and secure travel.
Whether navigating through urban landscapes or traversing remote regions, Direction takes into account various factors such as road accessibility and safety considerations. With access to operational information, Direction prioritizes the safest supply routes, ensuring users reach their destinations with confidence.
By combining the latest open data with mission-critical operational insights, Direction empowers users to make informed decisions and navigate complex terrain with ease.
Search
Search is a versatile feature within UN Maps that revolutionizes the way users access relevant points of interest information. By harnessing the power of both open data and operational insights, Search offers a comprehensive tool for quickly finding critical information with ease.
Whether seeking specific addresses, landmarks, or geographic coordinates, Search provides intuitive access to a wealth of data sources. By tapping into open data repositories and leveraging mission-specific operational information, Search ensures users can locate points of interest relevant to their needs, whether they are humanitarian workers or military personnel.
From identifying key facilities to pinpointing strategic locations, Search empowers users to make informed decisions and take action with confidence.
Maps On Demand Application
Introducing Maps On Demand (MOD), a cutting-edge web application designed specifically for UN Peacekeeping Missions personnel. MOD empowers users to effortlessly download maps tailored to their areas of focus, streamlining operational planning and enhancing situational awareness.
Built with user experience in mind, MOD boasts an intuitive interface that ensures seamless navigation and accessibility for all users, including non-GIS personnel such as uniformed and military staff. With just a few clicks, users can access a variety of map types to suit their specific needs.
MOD offers topographic maps at a 50k scale, providing comprehensive coverage of UN Peacekeeping mission areas. These maps integrate open data basemaps with UN-sourced operational information, highlighting both natural and human features crucial for mission planning and execution.
For urban environments, MOD delivers detailed 10k and 15k scale maps, showcasing building footprints and points of interest within cities. Users have the flexibility to customize these maps, selecting which points of interest to emphasize from a rich array of open data sources.
Additionally, MOD offers site maps at unparalleled precision, available at scales of 1:2500 and 1:5000. These maps combine UN-sourced operational data with high-resolution satellite imagery, offering invaluable insights into UN field camps and other critical areas of interest.
Excitingly, MOD now features Road Books, a dynamic tool for navigating routes with ease. Users can input their departure and arrival points, generating a comprehensive PDF guide complete with essential information for each intersection. Drawing from both open and UN-sourced road data, Road Books ensure safe and efficient travel throughout mission areas.
With its user-friendly interface and comprehensive map offerings, MOD revolutionizes the way UN Peacekeeping Missions personnel access and utilize geographic information, empowering them to make informed decisions and effectively fulfill their missions.
