Join the community

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Join the community

Before you can contribute to OpenStreetMap you will need to sign up and agree to share your contributions under OpenStreetMap's license. This ensures that the data stays free for everyone and that changes can be attributed to specific sources. You don't need to use your real name as your user name. Many people use pseudonyms or nicknames instead. The email address you provide is just for validation and messages between users. It is never revealed directly to other users.

Congratulations, you are now a member of a very large community of contributors to OpenStreetMap!

Communication

Now that you're a user, you can communicate with the community in a variety of ways.

Stay up to date

Keep up with OSM news through these links:

See also