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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

Use OpenStreetMap

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

Contribute free map data

Beginners' Guide

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

Software Development

Develop and use the Platform

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

Image of the week ^±

The 'standard' OpenStreetMap style was recently changed to represent major roads types with a steady progression of hue and lightness, helping to make them visible over other land types colour. Read more on the blog

Other featured images

News ±
30 Oct	New road style. Major changes to improve legibility and consistency of roads in the cartography of the Standard map style on openstreetmap.org.)
24 Jun	Fundraising target reached. Thank you! (you can still donate)
6 Jun	Launching Fundraising drive 2015
25 Apr	Humanitarian OpenStreetMappers respond to the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
11 Apr	OSM Workshop will be held in Austin, Texas USA to support GeoGO Accessibility Project
16 Feb	Routing feature was enabled on main website openstreetmap.org, based on Open Source Routing Machine, GraphHopper and MapQuest Routing API
6 Oct	WeeklyOSM was relaunched: a weekly news collection with everything about OSM, based on German Wochennotiz. WeeklyOSM is available there in English, Spanish, Romanian, Japanese and Türkish
18 Sep	OSM2World takes first place in Thomas-Krenn open source awards
older news...	OpenStreetMap in the media

Platform Status ±

Up and running

Event Calendar ±

4 Nov Stammtisch Stuttgart, Germany 5 Nov 52. Wiener Stammtisch, Austria 5 Nov Stammtisch Dresden, Germany 5 Nov Mappa Mercia, United Kingdom 5 Nov Lübecker Mappertreffen, Germany 5 Nov 1º Jornada de Geotecnologías Libres, Argentina 7 Nov Mapping party a Volta mantovana, Italy 7–8 Nov OpenRheinRuhr 2015, Oberhausen, Germany 8 Nov Mappertreffen Essen, Essen, Germany 8 Nov Stammtisch Karlsruhe, Germany 8 Nov Cartopartie Patrimoine, Castries, Montpellier, France 9 Nov Mappertreffen Passau, Germany 10 Nov Rencontre mensuelle mappeurs, Lyon, France 10 Nov Missing Maps Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands 10 Nov Hamburger Mappertreffen, Germany 10 Nov OSM Stammtisch Landshut, Germany 11 Nov OSM-Stammtisch München, Germany 12 Nov Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch, Germany 12 Nov Stammtisch Innsbruck, Austria MISC 15–21 Nov OSMGeoWeek 16–30 Nov Curso de OpenStreetMap, Zaragoza, Spain 17 Nov Glasgow, Scotland 17 Nov Derby, England 17 Nov Mozilla GeoWeek Mapathon by Map the Philippines, 2231 Molave Building Chino Roces Avenue, Makati, Philippines 17 Nov Mappertreffen Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany 17 Nov Bonner Stammtisch, Bonn, Germany 18 Nov Rencontres mensuelles, Rennes, France 21–22 Nov Incontro aperiodico, Bologna, Italy 21–22 Nov III Openstreetmap Party Madeira, Calheta, Portugal 21 Nov Wikipedia X OpenStreetMap, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 20–22 Nov Open GIS 2015, Moscow, Russia 23 Nov Bremer Mappertreffen, Bremen, Germany 23 Nov Stammtisch Graz, Austria 24 Nov Stammtisch Ulmer Alb, Urspring, Germany 25 Nov Stammtisch Düsseldorf, Germany 26–27 Nov PGConf.DE (Deutschsprachige PostgreSQL Konferenz) 2015, Hamburg, Germany