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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.
More about OpenStreetMap | How to contribute | Where to get help
- Browse our world map
- Check the ready-to-use products for your mobile device, your desktop computer or the web services
- ...more on using OpenStreetMap
- Browse the map feature documentation
- Browse the Mapping projects
- ...more on contributing map data
- Use OpenStreetMap for your software
- Contribute to the OpenStreetMap software
| 2025 | |
| 7 Jan | Want to work on OpenStreetMap? Apply to be the OSM Core Software Development Facilitator! Applications will be accepted until January 21. |
| 2024 | |
| 20 Dec | Sovereign Tech Fund invests €384k in OpenStreetMap. |
| 19 Dec | Meta has donated €178k to the OpenStreetMap Foundation to support community and core infrastructure. |
| 17 Dec | All services are back live after an outage – map away. :) |
| 19 Oct | If you are an OpenStreetMap Foundation member, you can attend the online 18th Annual General Meeting of the Foundation, where the results of the OSM Foundation's board election will be announced. |
| 12 Oct | Voting is open for the 2024 board election. Read about voting eligibility, instructions and common questions here. |
| 9 Oct | Learn about how OSM's infrastructure has been progressing with an update from OSM's Senior Site Reliability Engineer. |
| 27 Sep | You can now read the answers and the manifestos of the 2024 OSM Foundation's board election candidates. Discuss the answers on your local channels or on community.osm.org. |
| 9 Aug | OpenStreetMap's 20th birthday. See where birthday parties and meetings were held. |
| 9 Aug | Read OSM's founder Steve Coast's thoughts on the 20th birthday of OpenStreetMap. |
| 18 Jun | OpenStreetMap Foundation board member Sarah Hoffman participated in the United Nations' UN-Maps conference, hear more about how the UN uses OSM. |
| 7 Jun | See a progress update on vector tiles from the Engineering Working Group to learn more about this exciting improvement to openstreetmap.org. |
| 21 May | Read about what the OSM Foundation Board has been up to – highlights from the OSMF Board Spring 2024 Meeting. |
| 17 Apr | Learn about changes in authorizations with OAuth 1.0a and HTTP Basic Auth shutdown on OpenStreetMap.org. |
| 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. |
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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
| 4th February | OSM Treffen Salzburg | Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria |
| 4th February | OSM Utah Monthly Map Night | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| 4th February | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng] | |
| 4th February | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
| 4th February | London pub meet-up | London, England, United Kingdom |
| 5th February | Stuttgarter OpenStreetMap-Treffen | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| 5th February | iD Community Chat | |
| 6th February | Réunion des contributeurs de Montrouge et du Sud de Paris | Montrouge, Ile-de-France, France |
| 6th February | 73. Wiener OSM-Stammtisch | Vienna, Austria |
| 6th February | A Synesthete's Atlas: Cartographic Improvisations between Eric Theise and Fernando Feria | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| 7th February | OSMF Engineering Working Group meeting | |
| 9th February | OSMmapperCPH | Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark |
| 10th February | Atelier de février du groupe local de Grenoble | Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 10th February | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #73 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 11th February | Meeting preparing the creation of the Catalan Association of the OSM | |
| 12th February | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 13th February | Bochumer OSM-Treffen | Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 14th–16th February | I Love Free Software Day Community-Hackday vom 14. - 16. Februar 2025 im JuNo, Moers Repelen | Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 15th February | State of the Map Japan 2024 | Sapporo, Japan |
| 15th–16th February | Karlsruhe Hack Weekend | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| 17th February | Panoramax monthly international meeting | |
| 18th February | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] | |
| 18th February | Réunion du groupe local de Lyon | Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 18th February | Réunion Province de Luxembourg | Arlon, Luxembourg, Belgium |
| 18th February | 185. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 18th February | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
| 18th February | Lüneburger Mappertreffen | Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 19th February | [Online] Map-py Wednesday | |
| 19th February | OSM-Stammtisch Hannover | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 19th February | Stammtisch Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| 25th February | East Midlands pub meet-up | Derby, England, United Kingdom |
| 26th February | Maptime Amsterdam: End of Winter Mapping Party | Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands |
| 26th February | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 1st March | 2. Open Data Day in Flensburg | Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| 4th March | OSM Treffen Salzburg | Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria |
| 4th March | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
| 4th March | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng] | |
| 7th–9th March | Starke Frauen, Brot und Rosen Community-Hackday vom 7. - 9. März 2025 im JuNo, Moers Repelen | Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 10th March | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #74 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 13th March | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 15th March | Junta OSM Latam - Avances SotM Latam 2025 Medellín | Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia |
| 17th March | Panoramax monthly international meeting | |
| 18th March | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] | |
| 18th March | Réunion du groupe local de Lyon | Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 18th March | 186. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 18th March | Lüneburger Mappertreffen | Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 19th March | 16. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) | Stainach-Pürgg, Styria, Austria |
| 21st March | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 25th March | East Midlands pub meet-up | Derby, England, United Kingdom |
| 26th–29th March | FOSSGIS-Konferenz 2025 | Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 29th March | FOSSGIS 2025 - OSM-Samstag | Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 1st April | OSM Treffen Salzburg | Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria |
| 8th April | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 14th April | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #75 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 15th April | Réunion du groupe local de Lyon | Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 15th April | 187. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 15th April | Lüneburger Mappertreffen | Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 16th April | 74. Wiener OSM-Stammtisch | Vienna, Austria |
| 22nd April | East Midlands pub meet-up | Derby, England, United Kingdom |
| 30th April | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 6th May | OSM Treffen Salzburg | Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria |
| 12th May | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #76 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 14th May | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 20th May | Réunion du groupe local de Lyon | Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 20th May | 188. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 20th May | Lüneburger Mappertreffen | Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 28th May | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 3rd June | OSM Treffen Salzburg | Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria |
| 9th June | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #77 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 12th June | 17. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) | Stainach-Pürgg, Styria, Austria |
| 12th June | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 17th June | 188. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 17th June | Lüneburger Mappertreffen | Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 19th–21st June | State of the Map US | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| 27th June | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 14th–20th July | FOSS4G Europe 2025 | Mostar, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 14th July | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #78 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 15th July | Lüneburger Mappertreffen | Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 24th July | 75. Wiener OSM-Stammtisch | Vienna, Austria |
| 11th August | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #79 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 19th August | Lüneburger Mappertreffen | Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 15th September | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #80 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 16th September | Lüneburger Mappertreffen | Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 17th–18th September | Jornadas de SIG Libre / SOTM España | Girona, Catalonia, Spain |
| 17th September | 18. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) | Stainach-Pürgg, Styria, Austria |
| 13th October | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #81 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 21st October | Lüneburger Mappertreffen | Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 22nd October | 76. Wiener OSM-Stammtisch | Vienna, Austria |
| 10th November | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #82 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 18th November | Lüneburger Mappertreffen | Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 8th December | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #83 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 16th December | Lüneburger Mappertreffen | Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 18th December | 19. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) | Stainach-Pürgg, Styria, Austria |
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