# UN Smart Maps Report
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2023-08-18 UN Open GIS Monthly
Good local time!
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## Updates (2023-07-27/08-18)
### Pilot project formation
- 2023-08-09: Smart Maps Meetup Atlantic (Quarterly)
### Community building
- 2023-08-16: F2F meeting in Tokyo
- 2023-08-18: Smart Maps Meetup Pacific (Monthly)
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# Pilot project formation
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### 2023-08-09: Smart Maps Meetup Atlantic (Quarterly)

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### 2023-08-09: Smart Maps Meetup Atlantic (Quarterly)
SMG introduced its principles (identity, vision, mission), Smart Maps Assistant (LLM), and Smart Maps Bazaar (IPFS). Use cases to explore:
- **Language analysis** with Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Multilingual assistant, hate speech analysis.
- **Digital Twin** and Basemaps with Interplanetary Filesystem (IPFS)
- _Gather data limitlessly, carry them anywhere._
- 3D city models in CityGML, drone data, etc.
Awaiting for use cases and sample data (after internal clearance)
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# Community building
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### 2023-08-16: Face-to-face meeting in Tokyo

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### 2023-08-18: Smart Maps Meetup Pacific
A guest presentation about _Virtual Shizuoka_, one of the best digital twin / experiment field project by Shizuoka prefectural government.

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### Community Development: recent progress
- SMG as a **people hub** - expanding the group by improved _onboarding_ process and materials.
- Distributed web for **QGIS** - feeding _FlatGeobuf_ from IPFS.
- **Digital Twin** - collaboration with existing projects to provide _experiment fields_ for FOSS4G.
- Better and more stable **workshop experience** - Use Raspberry Pi _remotely_.
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### Thank you

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