Cuando los datos se convierten en prevención: experiencias de mapeo comunitario en Argentina
Escrito por Silvina Meritano
The UN Mapper of the Month - June 2026
Our Mapper of the Month for June 2026 is James Owornte from Nigeria. James is one of our new validation candidates and is our top validator for the Ceel Gadde roads project validating 52 tasks or almost 30% of the project. He is also one of our top mappers for the previous months, adding 35 km of roads.
UN Mappers Humanitarian Mapping Sessions at JNTU Hyderabad
Written by Pawan Muddu
Mapping for Drought Resilience and Forest Fire Prone Areas in Adilabad, Telangana
On March 18, 2026, under my guidance, we organized a mapathon at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) Hyderabad to introduce students to the HOT Tasking Manager and to pilot a project mapping regions within the state of Telangana.
The UN Mapper of the Month - May 2026
Our Mapper of the Month for May 2026 is Nitya Kapoor from India. Nitya supported the communications and promotion of UN Mappers mapathon with FOSS Club - Delhi Technical Campus. She is also one of the top mappers for the India flood mapping projects.
Nairobi Drainage Map and Clean — UN Mappers Kenya (April 17–18, 2026)
Our UN Maps Community Ambassadors, Lucy Kago, together with UN Mappers Kenya and Young Lawyers Voice on Climate Change Foundation (YLVOCCF), led the activity "Nairobi Draining Map and Clean" using KoboCollect and ChatMap. They held training and cleaning activity, mapping 110 drainage points.
Presentamos a los embajadores de la comunidad de Mapas de las Naciones Unidas
Los embajadores comunitarios de UN Maps prestarán apoyo a las actividades de cartografía y de acercamiento a la comunidad de UN Maps. Dirigirán y coordinarán la participación de las comunidades locales mediante iniciativas de desarrollo de capacidades y oportunidades de capacitación. A través de este proyecto piloto, esperamos obtener información sobre cómo podemos fortalecer un sistema de datos abiertos sostenible y gestionado por la comunidad, así como explorar la viabilidad de establecer secciones locales de UN Mappers y/o comunidades.
The UN Mapper of the Month - April 2026
Our Mapper of the Month for April 2026 is Maria Maily from Scotland. She is one of our new validation candidates and is our top validator for the Ceel Gadde roads and waterways projects. She validated 85 tasks or 37% of both projects.
Introducing the UN Maps Community Ambassadors
The UN Maps Community Ambassadors will support mapping and community outreach activities of UN Maps. They will lead and coordinate local community engagement through capacity building and training opportunities. Through this pilot, we hope to gain insights on how we can strengthen a community-owned and sustainable open data, and to explore the feasibility of establishing local UN Mappers chapters and/or communities.
UN Mappers #2025wrapped
You mapped and we are grateful! Here we are sharing our yearly statistics and milestones with the UN Mappers community for 2025:
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.