# UN Smart Maps Report [](https://hackmd.io/WzRo5xB0QPu9GlSFHv8R4A) 2023-08-18 UN Open GIS Monthly Good local time! --- ## 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) --- # Pilot project formation --- ### 2023-08-09: Smart Maps Meetup Atlantic (Quarterly)  --- ### 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) --- # Community building --- ### 2023-08-16: Face-to-face meeting in Tokyo  --- ### 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.  --- ### 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_. --- ### Thank you