diff --git a/docs/source/release/v4.1.0/diffraction.rst b/docs/source/release/v4.1.0/diffraction.rst
index 52da835a3370e9652e82e7a6861f65b488760032..f73a4926e2406238b158968b3d4d198d3deb1d76 100644
--- a/docs/source/release/v4.1.0/diffraction.rst
+++ b/docs/source/release/v4.1.0/diffraction.rst
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ Improvements
 
 - The Pearl scripts now crop to a dspacing of 8 on long-mode to avoid negative values caused by noise after this point.
 
+- New example mapping files for GEM and POLARIS have been added to the ISIS powder scripts.
+
 Bug Fixes
 #########
 
diff --git a/scripts/Diffraction/isis_powder/gem_routines/Examples/Gem_Mapping.yaml b/scripts/Diffraction/isis_powder/gem_routines/Examples/Gem_Mapping.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7e65933bc3c1a22c79e6ac478416fcfacce25005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/Diffraction/isis_powder/gem_routines/Examples/Gem_Mapping.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+56207-57783:
+  label: "cycle_11_4"
+  offset_file_name: "offsets_2011_cycle111b.cal"
+  Rietveld:
+    vanadium_run_numbers: "56224" #V
+    empty_run_numbers: "56225"
+
+64300-66000:
+  label: "cycle_13_3"
+  offset_file_name: "offsets_2011_cycle111b.cal"
+  Rietveld:
+    vanadium_run_numbers: "64399" #VNb
+    empty_run_numbers: "64398"
+
+84213-84272:
+  label: "cycle_17_2_700MeV"
+  offset_file_name: "offsets_2011_cycle111b.cal"
+  Rietveld:
+#    vanadium_run_numbers: "84258" #V
+    vanadium_run_numbers: "84246" #VNb
+    empty_run_numbers: "84247"
+
+  PDF:  # none collected for 700MeV proton beam energy
+    vanadium_run_numbers: "83883" #VNb
+    empty_run_numbers: "83884"
+
+
+
+83881-84212:
+  label: "cycle_17_3"
+  offset_file_name: "offsets_2011_cycle111b.cal"
+  Rietveld:
+#    vanadium_run_numbers: "83882" #V
+    vanadium_run_numbers: "83883" #VNb
+    empty_run_numbers: "83884"
+
+  PDF:    
+    vanadium_run_numbers: "83883" #VNb
+    empty_run_numbers: "83884"
+
+84275-84312:
+  label: "cycle_17_4"
+  offset_file_name: "offsets_2011_cycle111b.cal"
+  Rietveld:
+#    vanadium_run_numbers: "83882" #V
+    vanadium_run_numbers: "84288" #VNb
+    empty_run_numbers: "84278"
+
+  PDF:    
+    vanadium_run_numbers: "83883" #VNb
+    empty_run_numbers: "83884"
+
+84313-85335:
+  label: "cycle_18_1"
+  offset_file_name: "offsets_2011_cycle111b.cal"
+  Rietveld:
+#    vanadium_run_numbers: "83882" #V
+#    vanadium_run_numbers: "84732" #VNb
+#wk     vanadium_run_numbers: "84697-84702" #VNb Methane tests, 110K
+#wk     empty_run_numbers: "84731"
+     vanadium_run_numbers: "85105"
+     empty_run_numbers: "85107"
+
+85336-86000:
+  label: "cycle_18_2"
+  offset_file_name: "offsets_2011_cycle111b.cal"
+  Rietveld:
+#wk    vanadium_run_numbers: "84732" #VNb
+#wk    empty_run_numbers: "85107"
+    vanadium_run_numbers: "85590" #VNb
+    empty_run_numbers: "85591"
+
+#86001-86093:
+  label: "cycle_18_2"
+  offset_file_name: "offsets_2011_cycle111b.cal"
+  Rietveld:
+##wk    vanadium_run_numbers: "84732" #VNb
+##wk    empty_run_numbers: "85107"
+    vanadium_run_numbers: "86017" #VNb
+    empty_run_numbers: "86018"
+
+
+  PDF:    
+#    vanadium_run_numbers: "83883" #VNb
+#    empty_run_numbers: "83884"
+#    vanadium_run_numbers: "84856-84858" #VNb
+#    empty_run_numbers: "84859"
+#    vanadium_run_numbers: "85374" #VNb
+#    empty_run_numbers: "85359,85375"
+#    vanadium_run_numbers: "85710,85731,85734,85787,85822,85823,85828,85829,85910,85911" #VNb
+#    empty_run_numbers: "85711,85732,85824,85825,85832,85833,85912,85913"
+    vanadium_run_numbers: "85952" #VNb
+    empty_run_numbers: "85951"
+
+86095-86575:
+  label: "cycle_18_3"
+  offset_file_name: "offsets_2011_cycle111b.cal"
+  Rietveld:
+##wk    vanadium_run_numbers: "84732" #VNb
+##wk    empty_run_numbers: "85107"
+    vanadium_run_numbers: "86100" #VNb
+    empty_run_numbers: "86101"
+
+  PDF:   
+    vanadium_run_numbers: "86333,86344,86355" #VNb
+    empty_run_numbers: "86343,86354"
+
+86576-88000:
+  label: "cycle_18_4"
+  offset_file_name: "offsets_2011_cycle111b.cal"
+  Rietveld:
+    vanadium_run_numbers: "86576,86580" #VNb
+    empty_run_numbers: "86577"
+
+  PDF:   
+#    vanadium_run_numbers: "86581,86583,86584" #VNb
+#    empty_run_numbers: "86582,86585,86586"
+#    vanadium_run_numbers: "87154" #VNb
+#    empty_run_numbers: "87155"
+    vanadium_run_numbers: "87411" #VNb
+    empty_run_numbers: "87412"
+
+87567-90000:
+  label: "cycle_19_1"
+#  offset_file_name: "offsets_2011_cycle111b.cal"
+  offset_file_name: "offsets_2019_cycle191.cal"
+  Rietveld:
+    vanadium_run_numbers: "87568" #VNb
+    empty_run_numbers: "87569"
+
+  PDF:   
+#    vanadium_run_numbers: "86581,86583,86584" #VNb
+#    empty_run_numbers: "86582,86585,86586"
+#    vanadium_run_numbers: "87154" #VNb
+#    empty_run_numbers: "87155"
+    vanadium_run_numbers: "87573" #VNb
+    empty_run_numbers: "87574"
diff --git a/scripts/Diffraction/isis_powder/polaris_routines/Examples/polaris_cycle_map.yaml b/scripts/Diffraction/isis_powder/polaris_routines/Examples/polaris_cycle_map.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ef83a087cc2df7b200cf83a7bb4f99738a4886ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/Diffraction/isis_powder/polaris_routines/Examples/polaris_cycle_map.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+
+# NOTE: the data in the 8 lines below are TEST data - 
+# it is not representative of any actual cycles/data values used
+
+# Used in ISIS Powder tutorial
+#98531-98534:
+#  # Calibration run
+#  offset_file_name : "cycle_16_5_silicon_all_spectra.cal"
+#  label : "17_1"
+#  Rietveld:
+#    vanadium_run_numbers : "98532"
+#    empty_run_numbers : "98531"
+
+
+118851-:
+# Note: Bank 5, Module 7, PMT Channel 17 u/s - not fixed
+#     : exclude s2674, s2682, s2685, s2686 = UDETs 507026, 507034, 507037, 507038
+    offset_file_name : "cycle_19_1_silicon_all_spectra.cal"
+    label : "19_1"
+    Rietveld:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "118863"
+        empty_run_numbers : "118862"
+    PDF:
+       vanadium_run_numbers : "118868"
+       empty_run_numbers : "118857-118858"
+
+114377-118850:
+# Note: Bank 5, Module 7, PMT Channel 17 u/s - not fixed
+#     : exclude s2674, s2682, s2685, s2686 = UDETs 507026, 507034, 507037, 507038
+    offset_file_name : "cycle_18_4_silicon_all_spectra.cal"
+    label : "18_4"
+    Rietveld:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "114378"
+        empty_run_numbers : "114380"
+    PDF:
+       vanadium_run_numbers : "114400-114404"
+       empty_run_numbers : "114384-114388"
+
+113669-114376:
+    offset_file_name : "cycle_18_3_silicon_all_spectra.cal"
+    label : "18_3"
+    Rietveld:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "113676"
+        empty_run_numbers : "113677"
+    PDF:
+       vanadium_run_numbers : "113684-113688"
+       empty_run_numbers : "113679-113683"
+
+112838-113668:
+    offset_file_name : "cycle_18_2_silicon_all_spectra.cal"
+    label : "18_2"
+    Rietveld:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "112841"
+        empty_run_numbers : "112842"
+    PDF:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "112845-112848"
+        empty_run_numbers : "112849-112854"
+
+109226-112837:
+# Note: Files from BOTH Cycles 2018/1a AND 2018/1 will be saved to a
+#       single folder in the ISIS data archive (ISIS_cycle = "18_1")
+    offset_file_name : "cycle_18_1_silicon_all_spectra.cal"
+    label : "18_1"
+    Rietveld:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "109228"
+        empty_run_numbers : "109229"
+    PDF:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "109239-109247"
+        empty_run_numbers : "109234-109238"
+
+106851-109225:
+# Note: Files from BOTH Cycles 2018/1a AND 2018/1 will be saved to a
+#       single folder in the ISIS data archive (ISIS_cycle = "18_1")
+    offset_file_name : "cycle_18_1a_silicon_all_spectra.cal"
+    label : "18_1a"
+    Rietveld:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "106851"
+        empty_run_numbers : "106852"
+    PDF:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "106911"
+        empty_run_numbers : "106910"
+
+102989-106850:
+    offset_file_name : "cycle_17_4_silicon_all_spectra.cal"
+    label : "17_4"
+    Rietveld:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "102992"
+        empty_run_numbers : "102993"
+    PDF:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "102998-103001"
+        empty_run_numbers : "103002-103005"
+
+100004-102988:
+    offset_file_name : "cycle_17_3_silicon_all_spectra.cal"
+    label : "17_3"
+    Rietveld:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "100005"
+        empty_run_numbers : "100016"
+    PDF:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "100022-100027"
+        empty_run_numbers : "100028-100033"
+
+99927-100003:
+    offset_file_name : "cycle_17_2_silicon_all_spectra.cal"
+    label : "17_2_700MeV"
+    Rietveld:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "99953"
+        empty_run_numbers : "99954"
+    PDF:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "99964-99969"
+        empty_run_numbers : "99970-99975"
+
+99154-99926:
+    offset_file_name : "cycle_17_2_silicon_all_spectra.cal"
+    label : "17_2"
+    Rietveld:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "99156"
+        empty_run_numbers : "99155"
+    PDF:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "99162"
+        empty_run_numbers : "99163"
+
+93000-99153:
+    offset_file_name : "cycle_17_1_silicon_all_spectra.cal"
+    label : "17_1"
+    Rietveld:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "98532"
+        empty_run_numbers : "98531"
+    PDF:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "98537"
+        empty_run_numbers : "98538"
+
+69963-73060:
+# Note: run 73060 (last run in Journal Folder 14_1 is
+#       VANADIUM ROD run from start of Cycle 2014/2
+    offset_file_name : "Cycle_14_1_silicon_all_spectra.cal"    
+    label : "14_1"
+    Rietveld:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "69963"
+        empty_run_numbers : "69967"
+#    PDF:
+#        vanadium_run_numbers : ""
+#        empty_run_numbers : ""
+
+63761-64299:
+    offset_file_name : "Cycle_12_2_group_masked_collimator.cal"    
+    label : "13_2"
+    Rietveld:
+        vanadium_run_numbers : "63763"
+        empty_run_numbers : "63764"
+#    PDF:
+#        vanadium_run_numbers : ""
+#        empty_run_numbers : ""
+        
+        
+        
+        
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