# Maps and Mappers - related concepts

We see several interrelated concepts. Here are definitions of these concepts. **bold** is added by me.

# UN Mappers

a community of mapping enthusiasts collaborating to collect, validate, and disseminate **geospatial open data** in areas where the United Nations caries out field operations with the goal of supporting the **decision-making** process with more accurate location-based data.

# UN Maps

an initiative aimed at enriching topographic and operational data in UN Missions and providing **peacekeeping and humanitarian actors** with better topographic maps, operational geoinformation, search and navigation tools, and imagery and street-level base maps.

# Smart Maps

application of modern web map technologies for **informed-decision**.

# UN Smart Maps Group

a volunteer group of engineers, educators, and students, among others, that works as a community of practice. The 7th domain working group under the UN Open GIS Initiative. Its vision is to keep web maps open for a better world. Its mission is to test new technologies for future geospatial operations.

# UN Smart Mappers

participants in the UN Smart Maps Group.

# Sources

* [https://mappers.un.org/](https://mappers.un.org/)
    
* [https://speakerdeck.com/hfu/smart-maps-for-the-united-nations-with-the-united-nations](https://speakerdeck.com/hfu/smart-maps-for-the-united-nations-with-the-united-nations)