An informal term to describe the denizens of the Map Thread and, nowadays, the various map threads covering the Books and Media forum (formerly the inaccurately named Books, Movies, Games and Websites forum). Mappists consist of people who regularly post maps and comment on other people’s maps.

Note that the mainstream Mappists do not always overlap with the FH Mappists (see: Committee of Shadow).

Long-established Mappists include Highlander, Thande, Scarecrow, Shadow Knight, Hapsburg and euio. Scarecrow and Shadow Knight are noted for inventing the BAM.