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UN Mappers is a community of mappers supporting UN field activities with open data. UN Mappers is part of the UN Maps initiative. 🇺🇳 Become a #UNMapper!
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📣 Learn how to map to support peace. 🕊
We invite you to our #OpenStreetMap (OSM) beginner trainings! 🗺

OSM iD editor Training
🗓Tuesday, 20 January

JOSM Training
🗓Friday, 23 January

✅Register via: tinyurl.com/UNMTraining-...

Become a UN Mapper!💙

#UNMaps #UNMappers #volunteering #GIS #opendata
January 12, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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🚨 New projects alert! 🚨

Join our mission to map vital areas for peacekeeping in Somalia. 🇸🇴

📍 tinyurl.com/UNMprojSom
👩‍💻 Open to beginner and expert mappers
⏳ Target completion date: 31 January

Become a #UNMapper! 💙

#UNMappers #UNMaps #MappingforPeace #OpenStreetMap #volunteering
January 12, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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Our first #ValidationFriday of the year!

Let's validate roads👇
tasks.hotosm.org/projects/34626

📚 Visit our #UNMaps Learning Hub for to learn #mapping 👩‍💻 maps.un.org/learning/

Stay tuned for upcoming trainings! 💙

#UNMappers #openstreetmap #openmapping #volunteering #UNvolunteering #UNvolunteers
January 9, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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As we welcome the new year, we look back to our efforts and impact in 2025, and look forward to the opportunities coming this 2026! 🎯✨

Check our #UNMappers #2025wrapped 👉 tinyurl.com/UNM2025wrapped

Here’s to another year of #mappingforpeace together! 🕊🌐

#UNMaps #UNMappers #OpenStreetMap
January 7, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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Thank you for joining our Mappy H🕙ur in November and December! 💙

The recording of the December #MappyHour is now on Youtube 🎥 youtu.be/C5ohaH6c6JA

Stay tuned for updates!

#OpenStreetMap #opendata #events #volunteering #UNMappersMappyHour #events #UNvolunteers #UNvolunteering #community #crowdmap
December 29, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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From 1 to 4 December 2025, #UNGSC, in collaboration with @un.org OICT and the #UNGeospatial Network, organized the UN Maps Clinic sessions remotely. 🌐🗺

Read more 👉 tinyurl.com/UNMapsClinic...

#UNMapsConference #unitednations #UNMaps #openstreetmap #GIS #peacekeeping #opendata #maps #mapservices
December 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Join us for our last UN Mappers #MappyHour for 2025, in collaboration w/ @hotosm.org Mentorship, happening this Friday! 🎉

📅 19 December
⏱️ 10:00 UTC | 11:00 CET | 18:00 SG
🌐 Open to everyone!
📌 RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/un-mappers...

#UNMaps #UNMappers #OpenStreetMap #mentorship #volunteering
December 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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🎉 Our Mappers of the Month for December are the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) Master's students! 🎉

Since 2022, UJI has been collaborating with #UNMappers to provide #OpenStreetMap, #opendata and open-source tools, and #UNMaps training with Erasmus+ Master's students.

Read more👉 tinyurl.com/MOTM1225
December 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Happening tomorrow! Let’s show our solidarity through mapping 🗺️ ✊🏼

REGISTER NOW 👉 forms.gle/yRZ8z5GybSdN...

Every contribution matters. Become a UN Mapper! 💙

In collaboration w/ #OpenMapping Hub Asia-Pacific 🌏

#SolidarityMapathon #OpenMapping #UNMaps #UNMappers #openstreetmap #gischat #opendata
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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🗺 DAY 4 and Closing Session of the UN Maps Clinics 🗺

Today's session focused on 3D Tools and Features 💻, and Ways Forward ⏭

#UNMapsConference #unitednations #geospatial #UNMaps #UNMappers #openstreetmap #GIS #peacekeeping #UNGSC #cartography #opendata #maps #UNgeospatial #mapping #mapservices
December 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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🗺 DAY 3 of the UN Maps Clinics 🗺

Today's session focused on Location Services & Community. 📍👐

Conference Agenda here: 👉 maps.un.org/conference/2...

#UNMapsConference #unitednations #geospatial #UNMaps #UNMappers #openstreetmap #GIS #peacekeeping #UNGSC #opendata #maps #mapping #mapservices
December 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Are you a validator or curious about validating data and #mappingforpeace?

Join our last #ValidationFriday Mappy Hour for the year this Friday, 5 Dec! 🤩

📍OSMCal with room link 👇🏼
osmcal.org/event/4169/

#UNMaps #UNMappers #OpenStreetMap #mappyhour #volunteering #mappinf #crowdsourcing #gischat
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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🗺 DAY 2 of the UN Maps Clinics 🗺

Today's session focused on Geospatial Information and Mission Dashboards.

Conference Agenda here: 👉 maps.un.org/conference/2...

#UNMapsConference #unitednations #geospatial #UNMaps #GIS #peacekeeping #UNGSC #opendata #maps #UNgeospatial #mapping #mapservices
December 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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🚀🗺 Official opening of the 4th annual #UNMapsConference: “UN Maps Clinics: Enabling #UNMaps - From the Field, For the Field.”

Day1 sessions focused on the different map features, the UN Geoportal and UN Maps mobile app.

Agenda 👉 maps.un.org/conference/2...

#unitednations #geospatial #GIS #UNGSC
December 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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📢 Happening next week: UN MAPS CLINICS 🗺

🌐 Check the Programme: lnkd.in/gnn9mG37

📨 Interested? Please contact us via maps[at]un.org.

Stay tuned for updates! 🔔

#UNMaps #UNMappers #openstreetmap #GIS #peacekeeping #UNGSC #cartography #opendata #maps #UNgeospatial #mapping #mapservices
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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📢 New projects alert! 📢

Join UN’s peacekeeping efforts in Somalia 🇸🇴 by mapping villages 🏘 , barriers 🚧 and roads 🛣

Access the mapping projects 👉 tinyurl.com/UNMprojSom
👩‍💻 Open to beginner and expert mappers

Become a #UNMapper! 💙

#UNMaps #OpenStreetMap #volunteering #UNvolunteering #opendata
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Dhanabo roads, villages and barriers projects are 100% mapped and validated!🗺

THANK YOU for your contributions! 🙌🏼 💙
🏆 Shoutout to our top validators:
- user:Frans S who validated 70% of Project33370 and 43% of Project33369
- user:sab27 who validated 30% of Project33369

#UNMappers #OpenStreetMap
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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✨ Mentees Spotlight ✨

Through the @hotosm's #Mentorship Program, we are mentoring 7 motivated young individuals in two thematic areas: #DatainHumanitarian & #OpenCommunityBuilding.

Check out their work and connect via LinkedIn 🌐🙌

#UNMappers #OpenStreetMap #openmapping #opencollaboration #gischat
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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From June-Sept, #UNMappers mapped 8500km waterways🌊 & 1600km² farmland 🌱 in #OpenStreetMap. The data is now being used to develop a new master plan for agriculture along the Senegal River in Mauritania. 🇲🇷 🗺

Read👉 tinyurl.com/UNMappersxFA...

📸@fao.org/Fabien Lezeau
#opendata #gischat #opensource
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Happy 10years of building maps and mappers @youthmappers.bsky.social 🗺️ 🙌❤️💙

#youthmappers10 #youthmappers #openstreetmap
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Mappy #OSMGeoweek2025! 🎉

Join us this Friday for our November UN Mappers #MappyHour and celebrate #OSMGeoweek with us! 💙

📌 Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/un-mappers...

🌐 Organize an event or find one to join this #OSMGeoweek 👉 osmgeoweek.org

See you! 💙

#UNMaps #OpenStreetMap #opendata
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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UN Mappers joined #StateoftheMap Kerala pre-event 🇮🇳🌐💙

On 7 November, we remotely shared about #UNMaps and how crowdsourced geodata are generated with and impacting communities.

Thank you #OpenStreetMap Indiafor inviting us 🙌🏼

📸 Manoj Karingamadathil

#UNMappers #SotMKerala #conference #opendata
November 14, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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🌎 #OSMGeoWeek is just around the corner!

Join the global OSM community for a week of online mapathons, in-person editing parties, and other events from Nov 17 - 22nd. You can add your event to the worldwide GeoWeek calendar on the OpenStreetMap US website.

🔗 openstreetmap.us/events/osmge...
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Share your cool project or expertise at #MappingUSA2026! Submit your talk, workshop, or mapathon session proposal. The call for proposals closes at 5:00 pm ET on November 24th.

Inspo: openstreetmap.us/events/mappi...

Submission link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#OpenStreetMap
Mapping USA CFP closes Nov 24 at 5 pm ET
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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It’s ValidationFriday!
We are focusing on Project #33370 🛣️📍🗺️

Validate roads 👉🏼 tasks.hotosm.org/projects/33370

#UNMaps #UNMappers #openstreetmap #opendata #openmapping #volunteering #UNvolunteers #UNvolunteering
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 AM