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Please note that even if the lists are moderated, you have to become a member to send an email!
The OpenStreetMap mailing lists live on http://lists.openstreetmap.org/.
Contents |
Topic Lists:
| Info | Description | Admins | Moderators | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| accessibility | For discussion about accessibility: OSM for disabled users and mappers (Blind, wheelchair, deaf etc.). | Lulu-Ann | Bahnpirat | archive |
| announce | A moderated announcement list. It's strongly recommended you subscribe to this list. | Mike Collinson Jonathan Bennett |
archive Gmane | |
| design | This is a place to discuss design related issue in OpenStreetMap. The topics include things such as user interface, user experience and general aesthetics. | Kate Chapman | archive | |
| dev | For developer discussion. | Mikel Maron Mike Collinson Andy Robinson |
archive Nabble | |
| geocoding | For discussion of geocoding. | Tom Hughes | archive | |
| gpstogo | GPSToGo Team (OpenStreetMap scheme for providing GPS receivers) | Sam Larsen | archive | |
| gpstogo-announce | GPSToGo Announcements (OpenStreetMap scheme for providing GPS receivers) | Sam Larsen | archive | |
| HOT | For Humanitarian OSM Team discussion and response. | Mikel Maron | archive | |
| imports | For discussion of data imports. | Steve Coast | archive Gmane | |
| josm-dev | For JOSM developer discussion. | Frederik Ramm | archive Nabble Gmane | |
| legal-talk | For discussion of specific legal issues relating to the current and proposed license including use of OSM data and compatibility of other data sources. | Richard Fairhurst | archive Nabble Gmane | |
| legal-general | General discussions about alternative OSM licensing scenarios. | Mike Collinson Frederik Ramm |
archive | |
| local-chapters | Nick Black | archive | ||
| local-contacts | A list of lists for internal use to help propagate announcements in to local languages and get them sent out. Please see Local_Contacts. | Steve Coast | archive | |
| lorodux-dev | LoroDux developers | Lulu-Ann Daniel Haenssgen |
archive | |
| mapcss | For MapCSS implementers and stylesheet authors. | Richard Fairhurst | archive | |
| merkaartor | For Merkaartor OpenStreetMap editor for Unix/Windows/Mac discussion. | Christian Browet | archive Nabble Gmane | |
| newbies | Created for benefit of new users. Here they can ask all questions they have without being overwhelmed by tons of emails on talk list. Long term OSM users are encouraged to also subscribe to this list, in order to be able to answer questions. | Richard Fairhurst | archive | |
| osm-professional | OSM Professional. A general discussion forum for professional (commercial, government, non-profit , NGO, ...) users of OpenStreetMap geodata. | Kate Chapman | archive | |
| osmf-announce | OpenStreetMap Foundation member announcements (low volume), Foundation members only. | Mike Collinson | archive | |
| osmf-talk | Talk about the OpenStreetMap Foundation, closed list for Foundation members. | Mike Collinson Frederik Ramm Simone Cortesi |
archive | |
| osmosis-dev | For Osmosis developer discussion. | Brett Henderson | archive | |
| party | For discussion and organisation of mapping parties. | Richard Fairhurst | archive | |
| photos | For discussion and organisation of the use of photos in mapping. | John McKerrell | archive | |
| potlatch-dev | For Potlatch developer discussion. | Richard Fairhurst | archive | |
| rails-dev | Discussion of rails port (web site) development | Tom Hughes | archive | |
| rebuild | Temporary forum for technical discussion of process, tools and functionality for rebuilding the OSM database ready for ODbL change-over | Mike Collinson | archive | |
| routing | For discussion about routing with vector data. | Jörg Ostertag | archive Nabble Gmane | |
| strategic | Fundraising, planning and strategy for OSMF | Mikel Maron | Richard Weait | archive |
| tagging | For tag discussion, strategy and related tools. | Richard Fairhurst | archive Nabble Gmane | |
| taginfo-dev | For developers of Taginfo, users of the Taginfo API and people running their own Taginfo instance. | Jochen Topf | archive | |
| talk | For general OpenStreetMap user discussion. High traffic! | Mikel Maron Mike Collinson Andy Robinson |
archive Nabble Gmane | |
| talk-transit | For discussion about public transport. | Peter Miller Frankie Roberto Stefan Bethke |
archive | |
| tilesathome | For discussion of tiles@home, a distributed program to render osmarender maps. | Frederik Ramm | archive Nabble |
Country-Specific Lists:
| Info | Description | Admins | Moderators | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| talk-af | Afghanistan specific topics and discussion | Kate Chapman | archive | |
| talk-africa | Mikel Maron | archive | ||
| talk-alps | European Alps specific topics and discussion. Discussion in Italian, French, German, Slovenian, Romanche and English welcome. | Simone Cortesi | archive | |
| talk-ar | Argentina specific topics and discussion | Guillermo Sansovic | archive | |
| talk-at | Austria specific topics and discussion | Wolfgang Silbermayr Norbert Wenzel Wolfgang Wasserburger Andreas Labres |
archive | |
| talk-au | Australia specific topics and discussion | Richard Weait | archive Nabble | |
| talk-bd | Bangladesh specific topics and discussion | Larry O'Neill Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed |
archive | |
| talk-be | Belgium specific topics and discussion | Johan Huysmans Mark Van den Borre |
archive | |
| talk-bf | Burkina Faso specific topics and discussion | Helge Fahrnberger | archive | |
| talk-br | Brazil specific topics and discussion (Brazilian Portuguese) | Vitor George | archive | |
| talk-ca | Canada specific topics and discussion | Richard Weait | archive | |
| talk-ch | Switzerland specific topics and discussion | Jiuka | archive | |
| talk-cl | Chile specific topics and discussion | Julio Costa | archive | |
| talk-cn | China specific topics and discussion | Sun Ning | archive | |
| talk-co | Colombia specific topics and discussion | Fredy Rivera | archive Nabble | |
| talk-cr | Costa Rica-specific topics and discussion | Ben Konrath Jorge R |
archive | |
| talk-cu | Cuba specific topics and discussion | Elpbatista Mike Collinson |
archive | |
| talk-cz | Czech discussion | Dan Barta | archive | |
| talk-de | German discussion - High traffic! | Frederik Ramm | archive Nabble Gmane | |
| Germany Regional lists | Due to the high traffic on talk-de, separate lists for regions in Germany are available on lists.openstreetmap.de. Infos on requesting regional lists: Deutsche Mailinglisten | |||
| talk-dk | Danish discussion | archive | ||
| talk-ee | Estonia-specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-es | Spanish discussion | Francisco Santos Iván Sánchez Ortega |
archive Nabble | |
| talk-et | Ethiopia-specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-fi | Finland-specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-fr | French speaking discussion | archive | ||
| dev-fr | Technical topics in French | archive | ||
| openstreetmap.fr lists | Mailing lists hosted by openstreetmap.fr (CA, CA privé, contact, international, tech) | |||
| talk-fr-bzh | Mapping, mapping parties and localisation in the Bretagne / Breizh / Brittany region of France. | archive | ||
| nantes | French speaking discussion around Nantes. | archive | ||
| abul | French speaking discussion around Bordeaux and Aquitaine. | archive | ||
| talk-gb | UK-specific topics, such as UK mapping parties and meetups | Matthew Newton | archive | |
| talk-gb-midanglia | Mapping in the UK area loosely based around Cambridge | David Earl | archive | |
| talk-gb-london | Mapping in the UK London area | Mike Collinson | archive | |
| talk-gb-oxoncotswolds | Mapping and development in the UK area of ["Oxfordshire"], the Cotswolds and nearby. | Richard Fairhurst | archive | |
| talk-gb-thenorth | Mapping in the North of England, UK | Simon Ward Tim Waters |
archive | |
| talk-gb-westmidlands | Mapping in the UK West Midlands (Birmingham) area | Andy Robinson | archive | |
| talk-hr | Croatia-specific topics, discussion, List as Usenet,Google Groups | archive | ||
| talk-ht | Haiti-specific topics, in English and French | Jaakko Helleranta | archive | |
| talk-hu | Hungarian discussion | archive | ||
| talk-id | Indonesia-specific topics, in Bahasa Indonesian | archive | ||
| talk-ie | Ireland-specific topics, such as Irish mapping parties and meetups | Gareth Eason | archive | |
| talk-in | India-specific topics, such as Indian mapping parties and meetups | archive | ||
| talk-ir | Iran-specific topics and discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-is | Iceland-specific topics, such as the OSM data in Iceland and Icelandic mapping parties. Discussions in Icelandic or English | archive | ||
| talk-it | Italian discussion - but english is welcome | Simone Cortesi | archive Nabble | |
| talk-it-bici | Italian bicycle discussion - but english is welcome | Luca Delucchi | archive | |
| talk-it-fvg | Italian region Friuli Venezia Giulia discussion - but english is welcome | archive | ||
| talk-it-lazio | Italian region Lazio discussion - but english is welcome | archive | ||
| talk-it-liguria | Italian region Liguria discussion - but english is welcome | Luca Delucchi | archive | |
| talk-it-piemonte | Italian region Piemonte discussion - but english is welcome | archive | ||
| talk-it-trentino | Italian region Trentino discussion - but english is welcome | Luca Delucchi | archive | |
| osmveneto | Italian region Veneto discussion - but english is welcome | archive | ||
| talk-il | Israel discussion - preferred language: Hebrew. This is being phased out in favour of Israel-Forum | archive | ||
| talk-ja | Japanese discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-ko | Korean discussion. Korean and English language. | archive | ||
| talk-lu | Luxembourg specific topics and discussion. Discussion usually in English, but French, German or Luxembourgish are ok too. | archive | ||
| talk-lb | Lebanon specific topics and discussion. Discussion in Arabic, English, French. | archive | ||
| talk-lv | Latvia specific topics and discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-lt | Lithuania specific topics and discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-md | Moldova specific topics and discussion. This is a Google group. | |||
| talk-mm | Myanmar specific topics and discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-my | Malaysia specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-nl | Dutch discussion | Henk Hoff Martijn van Exel |
archive | |
| talk-np | Nepal specific topics and discussion | PrabhasP | archive | |
| kart | Norwegian discussion. Norway | archive | ||
| nzopengis | New Zealand specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-pe | Peru specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-ph | Philippines specific topics and discussion, | archive | ||
| talk-pl | Poland specific topics and discussion, | archive | ||
| talk-ps | Palestine specific topics and discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-pt | Portuguese specific topics and discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-ro | Romania specific topics and discussion. | archive Nabble | ||
| talk-rs | Serbia specific topics and discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-ru | Russia specific topics and discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-sk | Slovak discussion | archive | ||
| talk-se | Swedish discussion (Feel free to discuss Swedish issues in English though). Sweden | archive | ||
| talk-si | Slovenian discussion | archive | ||
| talk-sy | Syria specific topics and discussion. Discussion in Arabic, English and French | Crataegus | archive | |
| talk-tn | Tunisia specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-tr | Turkish discussion | archive | ||
| talk-tw | Taiwan specific topics and discussion in Chinese. | archive | ||
| talk-us | USA-specific topics, such as US mapping parties and meetups | Dave Hansen | archive Nabble | |
| Use talk-us | San Francisco-specific mapping parties and events in and around the San Francisco Bay Area | archive | ||
| talk-uy | Uruguay specific topics and discussion in Spanish | archive | ||
| talk-ve | Venezuela specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-vi | Vietnam specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-za | South Africa specific topics and discussion | Grant Slater | archive |
Requests for New Lists
If you want a new list for your country or language, send email to Michael Collinson, michael at osmfoundation dot org
Old mailing lists
- The talk-london list was for discussion about the London area, and is now disused. archive
- The talk-midlands list was for discussion about the Midlands area, and is now disused. archive
External mailing lists
A list of externally hosted mailing lists which are pertinent to the OpenStreetMap project.
| Info | Description | Archive |
|---|---|---|
| maps-l | Discussion and development coordinating the integration of OpenStreetMap and other free map sources into Wikimedia projects. | archive |
| mkgmap-dev | General development list for mkgmap. | archive |
| openseamap-maps | Everything about using and creating maps for OpenSeaMap. | archive |
| openseamap-develop | OpenSeaMap developer discusssion. | archive |
Reading mailing lists via newsgroup interface
You can read and participate in the mailing list using a NNTP-compatible newsgroup client. The advantage is that the software shows discussion in a thread-like view. This simplifies following multiple discussions in high volume mailing lists.
Thunderbird has built-in newsgroup-support. To add Gmane.org, a newsgroup server which is syndicating the OSM mailing lists you need to do the following:
- Select Tools -> Accounts...
- Press the 'Add account'-button
- For the account type select Newsgroup-account
- Enter the name that should appear when sending mails to the list in the name field and your email adress in the second one.
- The nntp server address is news.gmane.org
- Enter a descriptive account name for Thunderbird and hit 'Finish'
- Now right-click on the new branch in your Thunderbird folder overview and select 'Subscribe...'
- Enter openstreetmap in the filter field and subscribe to the (regional) osm mailing list(s) of your liking.
Search the mailing lists
As long as the list archive doesn't have its own search you can use Google search or The Mail Archive.
Discussion about the talk list
Here's a discussion about the role, purpose and users' conduct on the talk mailing list: Mailing lists/Talk discussion.
