OpenStreetMap 16th Anniversary Birthday party

This year the project birthday, the OpenStreetMap 16th Anniversary Birthday party will be celebrated on or around Saturday, 8th August 2020 in cities all around the world! In some cities, people might meet even a week later — see the individual announcements below. Don't skip the fun!

Planning an online video meeting?

You can use the BigBlueButton video server of the OpenStreetMap Foundation! To get a free account and your own video room, please signup.

You can use your video room even after the birthday, for any OSM-related event.
Community members in low-bandwidth environments may benefit from using BigBlueButton's low-bandwidth settings.

Thank you :)

Other ideas

Post why you love OpenStreetMap. We will publish a collection of messages later :)
Post a photo of yourself with a message :)
Use the hashtag #OpenStreetMap16 on social media (search at: Mastodon (@fosstodon.org),Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn)
Make/order a birthday cake. See previous examples of OSM cakes for inspiration. Don’t forget the attribution!
If your photos are accompanied with the text “CC-BY-SA 2.0” (or another open license), we can add them to this page (or feel free to add them yourself!).
On the Geochicas account at twitter, we will be posting information about OpenStreetMap tools and stories.

Birthday events

Order by longitude in time order (from East to West). Use {{flagicon|country}}.

7 August

Mapbox is hosting a virtual mapathon for employees on August 7th, focusing efforts on four projects: TIGER 'desert' ZIP codes, coverage of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the US, MapRoulette's racial justice campaigns, and a HOT humanitarian mapping task.

8 August

Philippines Sweet 16 OSM Party - 3PM to 5PM (+800 GMT)
India OSM contributors celebrates OSM16 on India Virtual Mappy Hours - 9 to 10 pm IST (+5:30 GMT)
Afghanistan Phisical (at Kabul) and Virtual celebration of OSM16 - 5-7PM (+4:30 GMT)
Uganda Mapathon in Kampala for OSM@16 9am -1pm EAT(+3:00 GMT)
Hungary - Agárd POI & beach mapping, OSM birthday dinner