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 a community-owned data production and sustainability.
The UN Mapper of the Month - June 2025
Our Mapper of the Month for June 2025 is Paolo Frizzera (OSM username: GeoFrizz). Paolo is one of the first consultants who spearheaded the UN Maps project and has previously worked with UNGSC. In his volunteer time, he likes creating maps and generating open data that can used by anyone in various purposes such as planning and humanitarian action.
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 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.
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, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) knowledge in secondary schools in Europe by training teachers and students on collaborative geospatial information.
App Launch: UN Maps Mobile App Version 2.0
The United Nations Global Service Centre’s (UNGSC) UN Maps Programme is pleased to announce the release of the UN Maps Mobile Application (App) version 2.0!
Bringing UN Mappers to universities and OpenStreetMap community
For the past weeks, the UN Mappers Team has been invited to speak to various community events. Read through our community engagements.
#ValidationFriday Campaign and Mappy Hour
In February 2025, UN Mappers have adopted the #ValidationFriday campaign. The campaign is about focusing on verifying features mapped in our active projects every Friday.
The UN Mapper of the month - September 2024
Our Mapper of the Month for September is Włodzimierz Bartczak (Cristoffs in OSM), from Poland.
Włodzimierz distinguished himself during the UN Mappers Mapping Championship held on the occasion of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, emerging as the winner for the quality and quantity of his contributions. His mapping skills were also showcased in 2022 when he was awarded as Mapper of the Month. Włodzimierz is a highly active member of the community.
The UN Mapper of the month - August 2024
Our Mapper of the Month for August 2024 is Taichi Furuhashi, MAPconcierge on OSM, professor at Aoyama Gakuin University in Japan. Driven by a passion for using mapping to support and empower communities, Taichi has been actively involved in disaster response and resilience efforts since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011.