The State of the Map Europe 2023 conference, organized by the collaborative efforts of the OpenStreetMap Belgium community and TomTom took place from November 10th to 12th in Antwerp, Belgium.  The gathering brought together the most active members of the European OpenStreetMap community, as well as members of the global community and representatives from agencies, NGO’s and big corporations working with OSM. The conference provided a unique platform for us to connect with fellow mappers, developers, and educators.

Meet Raquel  Dezidério Souto, our November 2023 Mapper of the Month. Raquel is a passionate advocate for Free and Open Software, President of IVIDES.org, and a Ph.D. in Geography from Brazil. She participated in our Global training in Portuguese and she empowers others through her "Mapping with OpenStreetMap" course. We asked her to tell us about her journey.

Introducing our October 2023 Mapper of the Month: Gloria Del Puerto! Hailing from Paraguay, Gloria is an accomplished environmental engineer with a passion for GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and cartography. She participated in our English global training, making a significant contribution to mapping and continuing her activity in the following months. Let us read her story!

Meet our September 2023 Mapper of the month: Eduard Reñe Cherto! Currently living in Kenya, Eduard brings a dynamic blend of skills as a Building Engineer with a heart for volunteer humanitarian mapping.

Our Mapper of the month for August 2023 is Nnadozie Uzoma Onyeukwu. He is nigerian geospatial intelligence analyst with expertise in GIS, currently based in Germany.

The recently concluded GEOdaysIT conference that was held from June 12th to June 17th at the Politecnico di Bari and the University of Bari showcased the potential of Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) and open geospatial information.

From June 7th to June 9th 2023, we organized a three-day mapathon aimed at mapping disconnected roads from the main network in Eastern DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo), as a challenge in MapRoulette, a microtask platform for collaborative contribution in OpenStreetMap.

Our Mapper of the Month of July is Pedro André Faria, based in Portugal.  Pedro distinguished himself during the MapRoulette challenge held from June 7th to June 9th, emerging as the winner. His mapping skills were also showcased in 2021 when he secured first place in the UN Map Marathon. Pedro is a highly active member of the community. We asked him some questions about his contributions to the mapping community.

On 30 May, UNGSC Brindisi marked the 75th anniversary of Peacekeeping.

João Pedro de Andrade Eduardo, from Brazil, is our mapper of the month of June 2023. João is a geographer with a master’s degree from the State University of Rio de Janeiro. He has distinguished himself during the “OSM and Humanitarian Mapping” training that was conducted in Portuguese.  Read his story!