MapGive is a U.S. Department of State initiative that encourages and increases participation in the global mapping community and facilitates the creation of open geographic data to support humanitarian relief and development programs.

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Cities' Covid Mitigation Mapping (C2M2)

Second-order impacts of COVID-19 will transform society and economies. The C2M2 project builds on global networks of geospatial experts to analyze second-order impacts of COVID-19. These include long-term effects on informal economies, changing patterns of mobility, and access to basic services.

MapGive in a Box

This guide contains the collective wisdom of the MapGive team, and partners who have organized MapGive events and projects. The goal is to provide clear guidelines for engagement and project design with the MapGive program, for someone with no background in mapping. The MapGive team is ready to help, and MapGive in a Box will help you prepare to work with the team.

MapGive Dashboard

This dashboard shows user contributions to OpenStreetMap by country and time using the #MapGive hashtag.

Secondary Cities

Secondary Cities (2C) is a field-based initiative of the Office of the Geographer to map for Resiliency, Human Security, and Emergency Preparedness. We build partnerships to create geospatial capacity, enhance understanding through data and mapping, enable science-based decision making, and establish a global network to facilitate international engagement for these activities.