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# MAPS Tool overview
## The scope of this guide
This guide is aimed at technical users wishing to understand the system architecture and components of the MAPS tool with a view to contributing to the tool functionality or setting up a mirror of the MAPS tool on their own internal infrastructure
## Accessing the MAPS tool
The MAPS tool can be accessed directly from <https://maps.micronutrient.support/> or <https://maps.micronutrient.support/maps-tool>, and via our shortcut <https://www.maps.africa/>. All three links lead to exactly the same version of the tool.
The MAPS tool has been optimised for screen sizes typically found with desktop and laptop devices, rather than smaller mobile devices. Using smaller devices is possible, but will not provide the intended user experience of the interfaces. The tool will work in widely used commercial operating systems and web browsers (as at 2024).
Access is free of charge and does not require users to log-in. Users of the full scope of functionality, i.e. the cost & effectiveness modelling, and/or bring-your-own data, may prefer to create a user account in order to save for a later date their own input data and models.
::: callout-note
The current version of the tool is , and **returning users** may need to check a locally cached earlier version is not being used. If this is the case, follow your browser instructions to clear the cache and refresh your version of the MAPS tool.
:::
## MAPS Source Code Repositories
Source code for the various components of the MAPS tool along with various data processing scripts, utility packages are provided on the *micronutrientsupport* organisation on Github at <https://github.com/micronutrientsupport>. Unless otherwise stated, most repositories are provided under an MIT License.
Key repositories for the running and deploying the MAPS tool are listed below:
- [micronutrient-support-tool](https://github.com/micronutrientsupport/micronutrient-support-tool) - The front-end interface of the tool, an Angular web-application
- [database-architecture](https://github.com/micronutrientsupport/database-architecture) - The postgres database that stores the data behind the tool
- [api](https://github.com/micronutrientsupport/api) - A node.js API used by the front-end to access data