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

• OpenStreetMap

• Mapping
• Pro bono and volunteer
• Help out

With this mapathon, the UN Mappers community wants to join the efforts of the NGO Yer Çizenler and the OpenStreetMap community to map buildings and roads in the area.

• Mapping
• Crowdsourcing
• Civic maps

Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş ve depremi yoğun bir şekilde hisseden Güneydoğu Anadolu illerinde sokakta kalan vatandaşlara

• earthquakes

• Civic data
• Civic maps
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

This interactive global map of Public Interest AI projects aims to help foster research on Public Interest AI projects, demonstrate their self-understanding, and provide publicly accessible data about them to the broader public.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Civic tech catalogs
• Civic maps

A map of Seattle and areas with accessibility in mind, including hill steepness and sidewalk curb barriers

• Civic maps
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

A civic explainer by the Brennan Center for Justice

• guides

• Voting and elections
• Civic literacy

Tracking Current Wildfires in the US

• fires

• Civic maps
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

ArcGIS Field Maps is an all-in-one app that uses data-driven maps to help mobile workers perform data collection and editing, find assets and information, and report their real-time locations.

• Organize campaigns
• Canvassing

The Open Mapping Hub - Eastern and Southern Africa exists to serve communities in the region by supporting the creation, maintenance, distribution, and use of high-quality open maps that are relevant for and contributed to by local communities.

• humanitarian

• Civic data
• Mapping

We've mapped more than 17,000 New Deal sites and now have more than 100 sites documented in every state.

• Civic maps
• Archives

Mapping data on economic security, housing, health, education and more in NYC

• Civic maps
• Access social benefits

Identifying audiences via TV, internet and news consumption patterns

• YouTube

• Media
• Media and social media analysis

A map visualizing the Atlantic Council’s DFRLab research on coordinated disinformation campaigns.

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Civic maps

The front of each can of Fair Maps IPA shows Wisconsin's state legislative and congressional districts prior to 2011, then the back reveals the drastic change in election maps after the last round of redistricting.

• gerrymandering

• Artistic interventions

ADL H.E.A.T. Map is the first-of-its-kind interactive and customizable map detailing hate, extremist and antisemitic incidents by state and nationwide. ADL Center on Extremism experts developed this unique visualization using data points from information sources including news and media reports, government documents (including police reports), victim reports, extremist-related sources, Center on Extremism investigations and more. ADL H.E.A.T. Map is updated monthly. A compilation of the most recent cases of anti-Jewish vandalism, harassment, and assault may be viewed at the ADL Tracker of Antisemitic Incidents.

• anti-harassment
• hate speech
• racial equity

• Civic maps

In Close Up at a Distance, Laura Kurgan offers a theoretical account of these new digital technologies of location and a series of practical experiments in making maps and images with spatial data.

• Mapping
• Books

• Civic maps
• Predecessors

• resources

• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Track developments in rhino poaching court cases across South Africa

• animals

• Civic maps

A development-focused map of Africa with layers for water, maize, etc.

• Civic maps

Tonika Lewis Johnson’s Folded Map™ Project visually connects residents who live at corresponding addresses on the North and South Sides of Chicago.

• racial equity

• Civic maps
• Artistic interventions

Explore Nepal Using Data

• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals
• Civic maps

Visualize the public-interest ecosystem of the private, public, academic and independent players that are directly (or indirectly!) collaborating on key public problems.

• Learn about civic tech
• Data visualization
• Civic tech catalogs

Visualize your impact, track data trends, and share the stories that matter most.

• human rights

• Evaluate impact

The CUNY Mapping Service at CUR engages with foundations, government agencies, businesses, nonprofits, and other CUNY researchers to use spatial information and analysis techniques to develop and execute applied research projects.

• gerrymandering

• Data visualization
• Mapping

In January 2022, CIR launched the Eyes on Russia project to collect and verify videos, photos, satellite imagery, or other media related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The goal of the project is simple: to provide the world with timely and reliable information concerning the impact of Russia's invasion on Ukraine and its people.

• refugees
• Ukraine

• Crowdsourcing
• Civic maps
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

To take part in STEW-MAP, a person or group collects data from stewards serving their community.

• cities
• neighborhoods
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

A collection of data-enriched NYC maps for election results, mutual aid groups, official city boundary data, and more.

Map-based surveys with sentiment visualization

• place-based

• Mapping tools
• Surveys & polling

VividMaps allowed you to engage your community by mapping local assets, special places, or respond to place-based surveys. Build a collaborative map that anyone can easily access with their smartphones on-the-go, or online from home or work.

• Graveyard
• Digital participation platforms
• Mapping tools

In this citizen created roadmap, we outline how to humanize technology, move beyond transparency for transparency's sake, and ensure we have government technology that works for the people, built with the people.

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

HURUmap gives infomediaries like journalists and civic activists an easy ‘plug & play’ toolkit for finding and embedding interactive data visualisations into their storytelling. The project's underlying data is quality-checked, from reputable official sources including the government Census, PEPFAR and Uwezo.

Kita finden leicht gemacht.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Aktuelle Badegewässerqualität und Informationen rund um die Berliner Badestellen

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

‎Read reviews, compare customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about Wheely NYC. Download Wheely NYC and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

Mapping NYC automobile collisions and their resulting injuries and fatalities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

This map shows the combined areas forming a 10-minute "walkshed" around NYC's 470 subway stations.

• mass transit
• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

We propose an effort to develop a “Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools”. This will be delivered by an informal group of like-minded organizations coming together around a common purpose.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Citizen science

As a healthcare provider, lab, or other business, follow these steps to submit information on COVID-19 testing locations that Apple may display to its users.

• civic features
• Apple

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

• The People
• Evaluate impact

Explore 366 South American civic tech entities in a data viz

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Civic tech catalogs

A map visualizing traffic in the city with incidents

• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Data to understand who is working in a given region and what are their assets; this can improve outcomes for many applications, at multiple scales.

• Sustainable cities and communities

• Mapping tools

Create greener communities and explore our urban forests, together.

• Life on land

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Local governments working together to address the epidemic with data and maps

• opioids

• Civic maps

Supply chain mapping software that enables companies to trace products to the source – tracking social, financial, and environmental risks every step of the way

• supply chain

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

A collaboration of government, nonprofits, and you to map all the trees of San Francisco's urban forest and understand the ecosystem services they provide.

• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

This story map was created with the Story Map Series application in ArcGIS Online.

• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

The Displacement Alert Map is a rich resource of more than a decade of key data on residential displacement in New York City.

• housing

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Find Meetups about Civic Hacking and meet people in your local community who share your interests.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups