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4th Annual Conference: UN Maps Clinics “Enhancing UN Maps – from the field, for the field"

From 1 to 4 December 2025, UNGSC, in collaboration with OICT and the UN Geospatial Network, organized the UN Maps Clinic sessions “Enhancing UN Maps – from the field, for the field”, remotely. Participated by more than 350 UN personnel from 67 UN entities, the UN Maps Clinics provided a series of interactive and hands-on sessions that showcased updates of UN Maps features and applications, demonstrated outputs, and gathered feedback for future enhancement. It co-designed the roadmap of UN Maps to better plan the future steps to deliver coordinated support for UN’s daily operational activities.

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The UN Mapper of the Month - December 2025

Our Mappers of the Month for December 2025 are the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) Master's students! Since 2022, UJI has been collaborating with the UN Mappers Team to provide OpenStreetMap, open data and…

The UN Mapper of the Month - November 2025

Our Mapper of the Month for November 2025 is L Kennedy Vaiphei from India. Kennedy began mapping with UN Mappers in late 2024 and is currently pursuing M.Sc. in Applied Geography and Geoinformatics…

UN Mappers participated in the State of the Map 2025 conference

Photo: Monica May Mendoza, University of the Philippines Resilience Institute

The UN Mapper of the Month - October 2025

Our Mapper of the Month for October 2025 is Rubi Shrestha from Nepal. Rubi started mapping in late 2023 and is part of the Nepal Geomatics Engineering Society (NGES) and Kathmandu University (KU)…

The UN Mapper of the Month - September 2025

Our Mapper of the Month for September 2025 is Gilles Noye (OSM username: gnoye). He is our top validator for the UN Mappers x FAO Agricultural Waterways Mapping in Southern Mauritania Projects - he…

Zoom In: The New UN Street Map is Here!

We are excited to announce the release of the new UN Street Map. This version features a redesigned visual style aimed at improving readability, usability, and visual harmony across all platforms.

The UN Mapper of the Month - August 2025

Our Mapper of the Month for August 2025 is Arnold Nkwabong from Cameroon. Arnold is part of the OSM ENSTP community and has been a UN Mapper since 2022. He is our top contributor for the UN Mappers x…

The UN Mapper of the Month - July 2025

Our Mapper of the Month for July 2025 is the EUthMappers! From April to June 2025, UN Mappers collaborated with EUthMappers to bring open mapping in secondary schools in Europe.

Co-creating the UN Mappers Ambassadors and Chapters Initiative

Building upon the success and  best practices of other open mapping communities, we are exploring to set up a UN Mappers Ambassadors and Chapter initiative to expand the community and establish…

The UN Mapper of the Month - June 2025

Our Mapper of the Month for June 2025 is Paolo Frizzera (OSM username: GeoFrizz).

The UN Mapper of the Month - May 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…

UN Mappers collaborates with EUthmappers to bring Open Mapping in secondary schools in Europe

We have partnered with EUthmappers, a project funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and supported by Politecnico di Milano, Italy, to advance the goal to enhance Science, Technology…

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