Creating an Account
| Help | About | Browsing | Editing | Upload |
An OpenStreetMap Account allows you to begin editing the map data to make contributions to the map. It also allows you to upload new GPS data. It is a separate system from the wiki editing accounts (unfortunately)
Create an OSM account at: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/new
Fill in your email address. Enter it twice, making sure you type it correctly, and remember which one you used. This is the primary means of identifying you. We don't display email addresses directly in public or even to other logged in users (See Privacy Policy#Email Addresses)
Choose a "Display Name". This gets displayed to other users, so think about how you would like to be addressed. Many decide to use real names, but this is not required (Space character is allowed).
Finally choose a password. As usual... avoid using dictionary words, don't use the same password as your bank account, and enter it twice to ensure no problems with typos.
It should send you a confirmation email asking you to click a link to make sure the email address is really yours.
If the confirmation email doesn't arrive, or if you've forgotten the password for your OSM account, you can reset the password at http://www.openstreetmap.org/forgot-password.html
We also have different accounts for some other systems related to open street map:
- Create an account on the wiki to identify your wiki edits
- To create a new bug ticket you can login using your OSM account login parameters.
Password recovery
If you forgot your password we'll email you a new one. Just go to the Forgotten Password form. You will need your email address.
Forgotten which email address you registered with? Well now that's a problem, but all is not lost. See Question:How to recover OSM password without knowing email?
