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Using OpenStreetMap

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• 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

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Beginners' Guide

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• Browse the map feature documentation
• Browse the Mapping projects
• ...more on contributing map data

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• Use OpenStreetMap for your software
• Contribute to the OpenStreetMap software

News

2024
20 Dec2024-12-20–2024-12-21	Sovereign Tech Fund Invests in €384K OpenStreetMap
19 Dec2024-12-19–2024-12-20	Meta has donated €178k to the OpenStreetMap Foundation to support community and core infrastructure. Read more about their donation.
17 Dec2024-12-17–2024-12-18	All services are back live - map away :)
17 Dec2024-12-17–2024-12-18	All OpenStreetMap services should be back by the European evening on Tuesday 17 December 2024 - we are switching to the new ISP.
19 Oct2024-10-19–2024-10-20	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 Oct2024-10-12–2024-10-13	Voting is open for the 2024 board election. Read about voting eligibility, instructions and common questions here.
9 Oct2024-10-09–2024-10-10	Learn about how OSM's infrastructure has been progressing with an update from OSM's Senior Site Reliability Engineer.
27 Sep2024-09-27–2024-09-28	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 Aug2024-08-09–2024-08-10	OpenStreetMap's 20th birthday. See where birthday parties and meetings were held.
9 Aug2024-08-09–2024-08-10	Read OSM's founder Steve Coast's thoughts on the 20th birthday of OpenStreetMap.
18 Jun2024-06-18–2024-06-19	OpenStreetMap Foundation board member Sarah Hoffman participated in the United Nations' UN-Maps conference, hear more about how the UN uses OSM.
7 Jun2024-06-07–2024-06-08	See a progress update on vector tiles from the Engineering Working Group to learn more about this exciting improvement to openstreetmap.org.
21 May2024-05-21–2024-05-22	Read about what the OSM Foundation Board has been up to -- highlights from the OSMF Board Spring 2024 Meeting.
17 Apr2024-04-17–2024-04-18	Learn about changes in authorizations with OAuth 1.0a and HTTP Basic Auth shutdown on OpenStreetMap.org.
11 Apr2024-04-11–2024-04-12	Join the OpenStreetMap Foundation! Here are three great reasons to join the OSM Foundation as a member.
4 Apr2024-04-04–2024-04-05	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 Mar2024-03-20–2024-03-21	The call for participation in the 2024 State of the Map conference is open! Learn more about submitting an idea for a presentation.
12 Mar2024-03-12–2024-03-13	The OpenStreetMap Foundation Board looks ahead to 2024.
12 Mar2024-03-12–2024-03-13	Help us grow and diversify OSM Foundation membership worldwide!
14 Feb2024-02-14–2024-02-15	Welcome OpenStreetMap Belgium, the newest (and returning) OSMF Local Chapter.
13 Feb2024-02-13–2024-02-14	OpenStreetMap giving recap: Mappers, universities, companies, and nonprofits contributed over £373,000 to support OSM in 2023.
11 Feb2024-02-11–2024-02-12	2024: announcing the year of the OpenStreetMap vector maps.
5 Feb2024-02-05–2024-02-06	OpenStreetMap named as digital public good by United Nations-affiliated agency.
23 Jan2024-01-23–2024-01-24	Tom Hughes recognized for OpenStreetMap contributions on OpenUK’s 2024 Honours List.
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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
28th December	Chennai Mapping Meetup	Tamil Nadu, India
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	Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng]
7th January	South Bay Map Night	San Jose, California, United States
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	[Online] Map-py Wednesday
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	184. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn	Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
21st January	South Bay Map Night	San Jose, California, United States
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	185. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn	Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
18th February	South Bay Map Night	San Jose, California, United States
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

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