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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
2024 | |
20 Dec | Sovereign Tech Fund Invests in €384K OpenStreetMap |
19 Dec | Meta has donated €178k to the OpenStreetMap Foundation to support community and core infrastructure. Read more about their donation. |
17 Dec | All services are back live - map away :) |
17 Dec | All OpenStreetMap services should be back by the European evening on Tuesday 17 December 2024 - we are switching to the new ISP. |
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
27th–30th December | OSM@38C3 | Hamburg, Germany |
27th December | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine – Westphalia, Germany |
3rd January | OSMF Engineering Working Group meeting | |
3rd–5th January | Community-Hackday vom 3. - 5. Januar 2024 im JuNo, Moers Repelen | Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
7th January | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
7th January | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng] | |
8th January | Stuttgarter OpenStreetMap-Treffen | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
8th January | iD Community Chat | |
8th January | OSM Utah Monthly Map Night | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
8th January | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | Ohio, United States |
12th January | OSMmapperCPH | Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark |
13th January | Mapathon en ligne saison 24/25 CartONG | Chambéry, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
13th January | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #72 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
14th January | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
14th January | Asamblea General Extraordinaria Enero 2025 Asociación OSM España (Online) | |
15th January | [Online] Map-py Wednesday | |
16th January | ||
19th January | Nieuwjaarsborrel OSGeo.nl, OSM.nl en QGIS Gebruikersvereniging Nederland | Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands |
20th January | OSM-Stammtisch Hannover | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
21st January | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] | |
21st January | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
21st January | 184. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
23rd January | 149. OSM-Stammtisch Lübeck und Umgebung | Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
27th January | Mapathon en ligne saison 24/25 CartONG | Chambéry, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
27th January | Bremer Mappertreffen | Bremen, Bremen, Germany |
28th January | Srbija OpenStreetMap okupljanje | Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia |
28th January | OSM-Verkehrswende #65 | Berlin, Germany |
29th January | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
30th January | GeoMob London | London, England, United Kingdom |
4th February | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng] | |
4th February | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
10th February | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #73 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
14th–16th February | I Love Free Software Day Community-Hackday vom 14. - 16. Februar 2024 im JuNo, Moers Repelen | Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
18th February | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] | |
18th February | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
18th February | 185. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
19th February | [Online] Map-py Wednesday | |
19th February | OSM-Stammtisch Hannover | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
26th February | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
4th March | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
4th March | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng] | |
10th March | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #74 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
18th March | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] | |
18th March | 186. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
26th–29th March | FOSSGIS-Konferenz 2025 | Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
28th March | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
14th April | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #75 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
15th April | 187. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
30th April | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
12th May | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #76 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
20th May | 188. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
28th May | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
9th June | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #77 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
17th June | 188. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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 |
11th August | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #79 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
15th September | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #80 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
17th–18th September | SIGLibre de Girona | Girona, Catalonia, Spain |
13th October | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #81 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
10th November | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #82 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |
8th December | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #83 | Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan |