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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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• 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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A selection of Android apps for different types of OpenStreetMap contribution and use, presented by Claire Halleux at a recent mapathon in Kinshasa.

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News ±
2017
30 May2017-05-30–2017-05-31	New OSM ↔ Wikidata matcher tool.
25 May2017-05-25–2017-05-26	Over one million notes have been created since the introduction of the feature in 2013.
4 May2017-05-04–2017-05-05	The migration of multipolygon relations to modern mapping standards, part of a broader effort to clean up area geometries in OSM, has been completed.
11 Apr.2017-04-11–2017-04-12	Community survey for the State of the Map 2017 program.
27 Feb.2017-02-27–2017-02-28	OpenStreetMap is participating in Google Summer of Code 2017.
2016
22 Oct.2016-10-22–2016-10-23	The OpenStreetMap Forum (forum.openstreetmap.org) has been moved to a new server.
10 Jul.2016-07-10–2016-07-11	A node with the id 232 is created. Support for 64-bit Identifiers has become a necessity for software working with OSM.
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Elsewhere	OpenStreetMap Blog · WeeklyOSM · OpenStreetMap in the media

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30 Sep.2017-09-30–2017-10-01 Mappingparty Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany 30 Sep.2017-09-30–2017-10-01 West End Mapping Party, West End, Brisbane, Australia 30 Sep.2017-09-30–2017-10-01 伊勢河崎でマッピングパーティ, Ise, Japan 30 Sep.2017-09-30–2017-10-01 Mapas Digitales para Periodistas, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia 1 Oct.2017-10-01–2017-10-02 Viverone mapping party, Viverone, Biella, Piemonte, Italy 2 Oct.2017-10-02–2017-10-03 OSM Meetup Budapest, Budapest, Hungary 4 Oct.2017-10-04–2017-10-05 Mappertreffen Essen, Essen, Germany 4 Oct.2017-10-04–2017-10-05 Stuttgarter Stammtisch, Stuttgart, Germany 4 Oct.2017-10-04–2017-10-05 Les Mercredis cartographie, Montréal, Canada 5 Oct.2017-10-05–2017-10-06 Stammtisch Dresden, Dresden, Germany 5 Oct.2017-10-05–2017-10-06 Mapping Night, Salt Lake City, United States 8 Oct.2017-10-08–2017-10-09 Mappertreffen Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany 8 Oct.2017-10-08–2017-10-09 福智町の歴史・文化まち歩きプロジェクト～自分のチカラで世界中にタカラ発信！～, Fukuchi, Japan 9 Oct.2017-10-09–2017-10-10 Réunion mensuelle, Rennes, France 10 Oct.2017-10-10–2017-10-11 Rencontre mensuelle ouverte, Lyon, France 10 Oct.2017-10-10–2017-10-11 Stammtisch, München, Germany 10 Oct.2017-10-10–2017-10-11 Rostocker Treffen, Rostock, Germany 10 Oct.2017-10-10–2017-10-11 Atelier-découverte « Transports et déplacements » (dans le cadre de la Fête de la Science Nantes, France. 10 Oct.2017-10-10–2017-10-11 OSM Stammtisch Viersen, Viersen, Germany 13 Oct.2017-10-13–2017-10-14 112. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch, Berlin, Germany 14 Oct. 東京！街歩き！マッピングパーティ：第12回 旧古河庭園, Tokyo, Japan 14 Oct. Muoversi a Torinoː Torino mapping party, Torino, Italy 14 Oct. Carto-Party : Environment et Arbres, Caen, France 13–15 Oct.2017-10-13–2017-10-16 Opération libre à Jacou, Jacou, Hérault, France 13–15 Oct.2017-10-13–2017-10-16 Participation au « Village des sciences » lors de la Fête de la Science à l'ENSA, Nantes, France. 17 Oct.2017-10-17–2017-10-18 Bonner Stammtisch, Bonn, Germany 17 Oct.2017-10-17–2017-10-18 Mappertreffen Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany 17 Oct.2017-10-17–2017-10-18 Pub meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom 18 Oct.2017-10-18–2017-10-19 Stammtisch, Karlsruhe, Germany 19 Oct.2017-10-19–2017-10-20 Stammtisch Obersteiermark, Leoben, Austria 19–22 Oct.2017-10-19–2017-10-23 State of the Map U.S. 2017, Boulder, United States 21–22 Oct.2017-10-21–2017-10-23 Hack Weekend October 2017, Karlsruhe, Germany 23–28 Oct.2017-10-23–2017-10-29 FOSS4G+State of the Map Argentina 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentina 23 Oct.2017-10-23–2017-10-24 Bremer Mappertreffen, Bremen, Germany 23 Oct.2017-10-23–2017-10-24 OpenStreetMap Taipei Meetup, MozSpace, Taipei, Taiwan 23 Oct.2017-10-23–2017-10-24 Stammtisch Graz, Graz, Austria 23 Oct.2017-10-23–2017-10-24 Stammtisch Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany 24 Oct.2017-10-24–2017-10-25 Nottingham Pub Meetup, Nottingham, United Kingdom 24 Oct.2017-10-24–2017-10-25 Mapping Party Chur, Chur, Switzerland 25 Oct.2017-10-25–2017-10-26 Mapping Party Bern, Bern, Switzerland 25 Oct.2017-10-25–2017-10-26 byGIS meetup, Minsk, Belarus 26 Oct.2017-10-26–2017-10-27 FOSS4G Belgium 2017, Brussels, Belgium 26 Oct.2017-10-26–2017-10-27 Lübecker Stammtisch, Lübeck, Germany 1 Nov.2017-11-01–2017-11-02 Stuttgarter Stammtisch, Stuttgart, Germany 1 Nov.2017-11-01–2017-11-02 Les Mercredis cartographie, Montréal, Canada 2 Nov.2017-11-02–2017-11-03 Stammtisch Dresden, Dresden, Germany 2 Nov.2017-11-02–2017-11-03 Mappertreffen Essen, Essen, Germany 7 Nov.2017-11-07–2017-11-08 Rostocker Treffen, Rostock, Germany 7–9 Nov.2017-11-07–2017-11-10 CubaConf, La Conferencia Cubana de Tecnologías Libres, La Habana, Cuba 8 Nov.2017-11-08–2017-11-09 Stammtisch, München, Germany 8 Nov.2017-11-08–2017-11-09 Purdue University Libraries GIS Day Mapathon (sign up), Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States 9 Nov.2017-11-09–2017-11-10 113. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch 2017, Berlin, Germany   Future big events 29 Nov. – 2 Dec.2017-11-29–2017-12-03 State of the Map LatAm 2017, Lima, Perú 1–3 Dec.2017-12-01–2017-12-04 State of the Map Cameroun 2017, lors des premières Journées nationales de la Géomatique, Yaoundé, Cameroun   2018 21–24 Mar.2018-03-21–2018-03-25 FOSSGIS 2018, Bonn, Germany 28–30 Jul.2018-07-28–2018-07-31 State of the Map 2018, (international conference), Milan, Italy