Drive mapping is how MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows associate a local drive letter (A-Z) with a shared storage area to another computer (often referred as a File Server) over a network.
Drive mapping is used to locate directories, files or objects, and programs or apps, and is needed by end users, administrators, and various other operators or groups.
Then, with the drive and/or directory (letters, symbols, numbers, names) mapped, they can be entered into the necessary address bar/location(s) and displayed as in the following: Example 1: C:\level\next level\following level or C:\BOI60471CL\Shared Documents\Multi-Media Dept The preceding location may reach something like a company's multi-media department's database, which logically is represented with the entire string "C:\BDB60471CL\Shared Documents\Multi-Media Dept".
All data on various mapped drives will have certain permissions set (most newer systems) and the user will need the particular security authorizations to access it.
WebDAV Drive mapping is supported on Windows, Mac, and Linux.