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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 | |
| 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. |
| 10 Jan | The State of the Map 2024 Travel Grant Program is open, applications due January 31. |
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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
| 22nd–24th November | XI Jornadas Anuales de Wikimedia España | Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain |
| 22nd November | Bewakingscamera's op de kaart (wandeling) | Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium |
| 23rd November | OSM Bengaluru Mapping Party | Karnataka, India |
| 23rd November | Campus du Libre 2024 - Lyon - France | Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 23rd November | Bewakingscamera's op de kaart (wandeling) | Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium |
| 23rd November | 국경없는의사회 2024 글로벌 지오위크 매파톤 | Seoul, South Korea |
| 25th November | Strasbourg 3ème Atelier de cartographie sur OpenStreetMap | Strasbourg, Grand Est, France |
| 25th November | Rencontre Saint-Étienne et sud Loire | Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 26th November | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
| 26th November | OSM-Verkehrswende #64 | Berlin, Germany |
| 27th November | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine – Westphalia, Germany |
| 28th November | 148. OSM-Stammtisch Lübeck und Umgebung | Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| 29th November | SotM CZ+SK 2024 | Olomouc, Central Moravia, Czechia |
| 29th November | LiLi-app mapathon | Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium |
| 30th November–1st December | State of the Map Asia | Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh |
| 3rd December | OSM Treffen Salzburg | Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria |
| 3rd December | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng] | |
| 4th December | Stuttgarter OpenStreetMap-Treffen | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| 4th December | OSM Indoor Meetup | |
| 5th December | LCCWG Monthly Meeting | |
| 5th December | Réunion des contributeurs de Montrouge et du Sud de Paris | Montrouge, Ile-de-France, France |
| 8th December | OSMmapperCPH | Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark |
| 9th December | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #71 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 10th December | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
| 11th December | OSM Utah Monthly Map Night | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| 11th December | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | Ohio, United States |
| 12th December | Missing Maps mapathon Žilina #15 | Žilina, Region of Žilina, Slovakia |
| 12th December | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 12th December | Bochumer OSM Treffen | Bochum, North Rhine – Westphalia, Germany |
| 14th December | LCCWG SubCommittee - OSMF Affiliation Models Volunteers Meetup | |
| 17th December | Maptime Amsterdam: Christmas Mapping Party | Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands |
| 17th December | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] | |
| 17th December | Réunion du groupe local de Lyon | Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 17th December | 183. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 18th December | 15. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) | Stainach-Pürgg, Styria, Austria |
| 18th December | Stammtisch Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| 19th December | [Online] Map-py Wednesday | |
| 19th December | OSM-Stammtisch Hannover | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 27th December | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, 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 | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | Ohio, United States |
| 13th January | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #72 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 14th January | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 16th January | [Online] Map-py Wednesday | |
| 21st January | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] | |
| 21st January | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
| 23rd January | 149. OSM-Stammtisch Lübeck und Umgebung | Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| 4th February | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
| 4th February | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng] | |
| 18th February | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] | |
| 18th February | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
| 4th March | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
| 4th March | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng] | |
| 18th March | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] | |
| 26th–29th March | FOSSGIS-Konferenz 2025 | Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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