In April 2026, #UNMappers Kenya, led by our #UNMaps Community Ambassador, Lucy Kago, partnered with the the Young Lawyers Voice on Climate Change Foundation YLVOCCF to collect structured, geolocated drainage data on the ground in one of the areas most affected by flooding in Nairobi.

Read more 👉 https://maps.un.org/news/nairobi-drainage-map-and-clean-un-mappers-kenya-april-17-18-2026

#OpenStreetMap
#NairobiDrainage #ClimateAction
#MapForImpact #OpenData
#volunteering #UNvolunteers #UNvolunteering
#KoboCollect #ChatMap #OSMKenya #communitymapping

Publicado originalmente por Silvina Meritano, embajadora comunitaria de #UNMaps:

El Jueves pasado (23/04/2026) realizamos el lanzamiento de la iniciativa de Embajadores de #UNMappers y una introducción a los Capítulos Comunitarios, que estamos tratando de crear en Argentina y otras regiones del mundo.

#UNMappers #OpenStreetMap #OSMArgentina #Mapping #HumanitarianMapping #Geo #gis #collaborativemapping #communitymapping #opendata

Day 18/100: OpenStreetMap nodes as interactive bubbles 🫧

Visualized #OSM point data as bubbles: parks, amenities, buildings, landmarks. Size reflects importance/area, color shows category.

Interaction key: click reveals metadata (tags, names, hours, accessibility), pan/zoom explores regions.

#OpenStreetMap isn't just geometry. Each node carries community knowledge. This visualization surfaces that richness. 🌍

#100DayMapChallenge #DataViz #InteractiveMapping #CommunityMapping #FOSS

Next week, join our first online Mapping with Communities event, co-organized with the UBDC!

Join an inclusive space for mappers and community initiatives to share experiences, challenges, and spark collaborations.

✔️ Attend or present your work
✔️ Two sessions across time zones: 8 & 9 Dec

Register: https://heigit.org/events/mapping-with-communities-online-workshop/
Submit your project: https://heigit.limequery.org/341954?lang=en

We welcome anyone working in participatory mapping, community assets, or grassroots GIS.

#CommunityMapping #GIS

Bringing Community Mapping to GIScience 2025 🌍

Anne Schauss & Diego Pajarito (University of Glasgow) will co-host a workshop on participatory mapping bringing together researchers and practitioners, and share insights from case studies on how these initiatives shape communities — and the challenges & opportunities they bring.

👉 https://heigit.org/events/heigit-and-urban-big-data-centre-at-giscience-conference-2025/

#CommunityMapping, #ParticipatoryResearch #GIS