Community mapping is a method used to assist communities to self-identify key resources and areas of concern. We would work with target communities using handheld GPS units to collect data points for each feature of the community-generated map. Georeferenced photos would be taken to provide a visual baseline. Features identified as significant by communities are often missing from “conventional†maps. They may include natural resources that are economically important, culturally important, or linked to other amenities, such as recreational sites or places of shelter.Data from community mapping will be incorporated into a base map, using an open source mapping tool or API, complete with annotated data points. Georeferenced photos would also be added. Additional data layers to be added include available remote sensing imagery, data layers derived from downscaled global climate models, and available GIS layers showing land use/land cover, infrastructure, hydrological features, physical features, etc. Combining these data will enable the community to “find itself†in the “official†geography.