Tools

UNHCR Guidelines on Map Production and Dissemination
Doc: Word      Size: 2.77 MB

      

Map Colour Style Guide for Advanced GIS Users
Doc: Pdf      Size: 126 KB

      

UNHCR Map Style Guide for Advanced GIS Users
Doc: Pdf      Size: 171 KB

      

Creating Maps in PowerPoint (Map Pack)
Doc: PowerPoint      Size: 3.96 MB

      

UNHCR Dashboard Tool (Excel Dashboards)
Doc: Excel      Size: 1.19 MB

      

Guidance on Geo-Tagging Photos
Doc: Word      Size: 2.26 MB

      

UNHCR Addressing Guidance
Doc: Word      Size: 860 KB

      

Links

Humanitarian Response, Common and Fundamental Operational Datasets Registry
http://cod.humanitarianresponse.info/

Map Action: Field Guide to Humanitarian Mapping, First Edition, March 2009
http://redhum.org/archivos/pdf/ID_5047_YB_Redhum-GL-Guia-Guia_de_campo_para_Mapeo_Humanitario-MapAction-(In...

Photo-editing tips for PowerPoint
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z-ss3AgnmY

Using GPS in the Field: Manual and Reference, UNHCR Geographic and Information Mapping Unit, September 2004

Examples

Dollo Ado, Ethiopia, Who’s Doing What, Where Map
Doc: Powerpoint      Size: 1.39 MB

      

UNHCR Lebanon, Registration Trends for Syrians
Doc: Excel      Size: 3.38 MB

      

UN Security Map for Afghanistan
Doc: Word      Size: 154 KB

      

Please see the guidance notes for information management considerations.
As advancements in the field are made, tools, examples and links will be added here.