The UN Mapper of the Month - May 2025
May 5th, 2025
Our Mapper of the Month for May 2025 is Nicolas Bounet. Nicolas is a GIS enthusiast, and history and geography highschool teacher from France. Since 2023, he has collaborated with the UN Mappers Team to provide three-day online training sessions with the Theophile Gautier Highschool in Tarbes, France. The latest training was in March 2025 and participated by 30 students*, with the supervision of Nicolas.
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