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Welcome to OpenStreetMap, the project that creates and distributes free geographic data for the world. We started it because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive, or unexpected ways.
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- ...more on contributing map data
- Use OpenStreetMap for your software
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| 2024 | |
| 11 Apr | Join the OpenStreetMap Foundation! Here are three great reasons to join the OSM Foundation as a member. |
| 4 Apr | The academic track at the 2024 State of the Map conference has opened for submissions as well! Learn more about submitting your academic research. |
| 20 Mar | The call for participation in the 2024 State of the Map conference is open! Learn more about submitting an idea for a presentation. |
| 12 Mar | The OpenStreetMap Foundation Board looks ahead to 2024. |
| 12 Mar | Help us grow and diversify OSM Foundation membership worldwide! |
| 14 Feb | Welcome OpenStreetMap Belgium, the newest (and returning) OSMF Local Chapter. |
| 13 Feb | OpenStreetMap giving recap: Mappers, universities, companies, and nonprofits contributed over £373,000 to support OSM in 2023. |
| 11 Feb | 2024: announcing the year of the OpenStreetMap vector maps. |
| 5 Feb | OpenStreetMap named as digital public good by United Nations-affiliated agency. |
| 23 Jan | Tom Hughes recognized for OpenStreetMap contributions on OpenUK’s 2024 Honours List. |
| 10 Jan | The State of the Map 2024 Travel Grant Program is open, applications due January 31. |
| 2023 | |
| 9 Dec | The OpenStreetMap Foundation's Annual General Meeting and the deadline for voting for the OpenStreetMap Foundation Board. |
| 8 Dec | FOSSGIS e.V. commits to annual support of OpenStreetMap. |
| 25 Nov | The CC-0 Advantage: How the EU Open Data Directive can benefit from simplified licensing for geodata. |
| 25 Oct | Microsoft pledges $150,000 to support OpenStreetMap. |
| 12 Oct | Learn about Local Chapters: what they are, what they do, and how you can get involved. |
| 24 Sep | New map style available on OpenStreetMap.org: Tracestrack Topo → Try. See featured tile layers. |
| 8 Sep | OpenStreetMap Foundation announces new membership guidelines for Corporate Sponsorship. |
| 1 Sep | Learn about the OpenStreetMap Foundation board elections. |
| 18 Aug | OpenStreetMap Foundation publishes Strategic Plan V.2 (see weeklyOSM 683) |
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| See also | Recently approved tags · OpenStreetMap Blog · weeklyOSM · OpenStreetMap in the media |
Upcoming events (add) – See also: Past Events Event archive 2004-2020
| 16th April | OSM-PH outreach in Tagbilaran, with UB-YMC | Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines |
| 16th April | Réunion du groupe local de Lyon | Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 16th April | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
| 16th April | 174. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 16th April | OSM Edinburgh pub meetup | City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| 17th April | [Online] Map-py Wednesday | |
| 17th April | OSM Ostwestfalen-Lippe | Gütersloh, North Rhine – Westphalia, Germany |
| 17th April | Mapping-Party "Surveillance under surveillance" Kiel | Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| 17th April | Stammtisch Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| 19th April | 💻 Oficina de importação de POIs no OpenStreetMap, a partir de um arquivo de pontos - YouthMappers UFRJ | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 20th April | Arricchire i dati di OSM con i linked open data: impariamo a usare QLever | |
| 24th April | iD Community Chat | |
| 24th April | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 24th April | 71. Wiener OSM-Stammtisch | Vienna, Austria |
| 25th April | 5. Treffen Aachener Stammtisch 2.0 | Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 25th April | Radnetz Brandenburg Mapping Abend #6 | Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany |
| 26th April | OSMF Engineering Working Group meeting | |
| 27th April | OpenStreetMap visual impaired accessibility initiative - kickoff (online) | |
| 29th–30th April | State of the Map Madagascar | Fianarantsoa, Haute Matsiatra, Madagascar |
| 29th April | Missing Maps Mapathon at the Department of Geography | Brno, Southeast, Czechia |
| 30th April | OSM Africa April Mapathon - Map Madagasikara | Fianarantsoa, Haute Matsiatra, Madagascar |
| 2nd May | OSM-Stammtisch Dresden | Dresden, Saxony, Germany |
| 3rd–5th May | FOSSGIS-OSM-Communitytreffen 2024 Nummer 20 | Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 5th May | OSM-Workshop | Bochum, North Rhine – Westphalia, Germany |
| 6th May | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #64 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 7th May | Missing Maps London Mapathon | |
| 7th May | Encontro OSM Brasil (online) | |
| 8th May | Stuttgarter OpenStreetMap-Treffen | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| 8th May | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 8th May | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | Ohio, United States |
| 11th May | OpenStreetMap-Stammtisch Mainz | Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| 11th May | SotM Asia 2024 monthly meeting | |
| 13th May | 163. OSM-Stammtisch Zürich | Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland |
| 15th–19th May | State of the Map Croatia 2024 | City of Zagreb, Croatia |
| 15th May | Stammtisch Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| 16th May | [Online] Map-py Wednesday | |
| 16th May | OSM Utah Monthly Map Night | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| 16th May | OSM-Stammtisch Hannover | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 21st May | 175. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 29th May | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 30th May | [Online] OpenStreetMap Foundation board of Directors - public videomeeting | |
| 3rd June | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #65 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 4th June | Missing Maps London Mapathon | |
| 5th June | OSM Indoor Meetup | |
| 6th June | OSM-Stammtisch Dresden | Dresden, Saxony, Germany |
| 12th June | OSM Utah Monthly Map Night | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| 12th June | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | Ohio, United States |
| 13th June | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 16th June | OSM-Stammtisch Hannover | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 18th June | 176. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn (Juni 2024: 20 Jahre OSM - 15 Jahre Stammtisch Bonn) | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 19th June | 13. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) | Stainach-Pürgg, Styria, Austria |
| 19th June | Stammtisch Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| 27th June | [Online] OpenStreetMap Foundation board of Directors - public videomeeting | |
| 28th–30th June | SotM-FR 2024 - Lyon | Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 28th June | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 1st–7th July | FOSS4G Europe 2024 | Tartu, Estonia |
| 2nd July | Missing Maps London Mapathon | |
| 8th July | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #66 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 9th July | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 10th July | OSM Utah Monthly Map Night | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| 10th July | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | Ohio, United States |
| 16th July | 177. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 17th July | OSM-Stammtisch Hannover | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 18th–21st July | State of the Map Europe 2024 | Łódź, Łódzkie Voivodship, Poland |
| 25th July | 72. Wiener OSM-Stammtisch | Vienna, Austria |
| 1st–3rd August | State of the Map Congo | Kintélé, Brazzaville, Congo-Brazzaville |
| 5th August | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #67 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 6th August | Missing Maps London Mapathon | |
| 14th August | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 14th August | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | Ohio, United States |
| 17th August | OSM-Stammtisch Hannover | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 20th August | 178. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 3rd September | Missing Maps London Mapathon | |
| 6th–8th September | State of the Map 2024 | Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya |
| 9th September | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #68 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 11th September | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | Ohio, United States |
| 11th September | 14. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) | Stainach-Pürgg, Styria, Austria |
| 12th September | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 17th September | 179. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 1st October | Missing Maps London Mapathon | |
| 7th October | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #69 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 8th October | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 9th October | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | Ohio, United States |
| 15th October | 180. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 30th October | 73. Wiener OSM-Stammtisch | Vienna, Austria |
| 5th–8th November | FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2024 | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| 5th November | Missing Maps London Mapathon | |
| 11th November | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #70 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 13th November | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | Ohio, United States |
| 13th November | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 19th November | 181. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 3rd December | Missing Maps London Mapathon | |
| 9th December | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #71 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 11th December | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | Ohio, United States |
| 12th December | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 17th December | 182. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 18th December | 15. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) | Stainach-Pürgg, Styria, Austria |
| 8th January | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | Ohio, United States |
| 14th January | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
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