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2023 | |
9 Dec | The OpenStreetMap Foundation's Annual General Meeting and the deadline for voting for the OpenStreetMap Foundation Board. |
24 Sep | New map style available on OpenStreetMap.org: Tracestrack Topo → Try. See featured tile layers. |
18 Aug | OpenStreetMap Foundation publishes Strategic Plan V.2 (see weeklyOSM 683) |
15 Jan | The wiki was updated to MediaWiki 1.39. |
2022 | |
3 Aug | The wiki's configuration has been updated so that pages load faster, especially those with many images. |
2 Aug | Tag usage statistics in infoboxes are now displayed in the correct language and number format according to your interface language setting (technical details, contribute a translation). |
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Upcoming events (add) – See also: Past Events Event archive 2004-2020
9th December | Resolución de dudas del evento Levantando Construcciones | Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia |
9th December | Cartopartie à vélo des zones commerciales de Saint-Martin d'Hères | Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
9th December | [Online] 17th Annual General Meeting of the OpenStreetMap Foundation (first part) | |
10th December | OSMmapperCPH | Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark |
11th December | Mapathon débutant saison 23/24 CartONG | Chambéry, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
11th December | Budapest OSM Meetup 2023 December | Budapest, Hungary |
11th December | OSM-Stammtisch | Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland |
11th December | Debriefing Cartopartie à vélo du samedi 9 déc à Saint-Martin-d'Hères | Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
11th December | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #59 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
12th December | Edinburgh Pub Meetup | City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom |
12th December | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
13th December | iD Community Chat | |
13th December | OSMF Engineering Working Group meeting | |
13th December | OSM-Stammtisch Hannover | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
13th December | 11. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) | Stainach-Pürgg, Styria, Austria |
14th December | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | Ohio, United States |
14th December | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
14th December | Bochumer OpenStreetMap-Treffen | Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
15th–16th December | State of the Map Ethiopia 2023 | Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
15th December | Maptime Amsterdam - A very Mappy Christmas! | Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands |
15th December | 186. Berlin-Brandenburg OpenStreetMap Stammtisch | Berlin, Germany |
16th December | OpenStreetMap Foundation's board election - Deadline for voting | |
16th December | [Online] 17th Annual General Meeting of the OpenStreetMap Foundation (second part) | |
18th December | London xmas pub meet-up | London, England, United Kingdom |
18th December | DRK Beginner Online Mapathon | Berlin, Germany |
19th December | Rencontre Saint-Étienne et sud Loire | Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
19th December | 170. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
19th December | OSM Nederland bijeenkomst (online) | IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands |
19th December | Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) | Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany |
20th December | Stammtisch Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
26th December | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
29th December | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen | Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
2nd January | Missing Maps London Mapathon | |
8th January | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #60 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
9th January | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
9th January | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
10th January | Brest: rencontre du groupe local | Brest, Brittany, France |
13th January | OSM-Stammtisch Hannover | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
14th January | OSGeo.nl OSM-NL QGIS-NL New Year's Party | Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands |
17th January | Stammtisch Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
18th January | OpenStreetMap meetup & MapComplete workshop at TomTom | Ledeberg, Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium |
19th–20th January | Mapping USA | Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
23rd January | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
25th January | 70. Wiener OSM-Stammtisch | Vienna, Austria |
25th January | 138. OSM-Stammtisch für Lübeck und Umgebung | Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
5th February | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #61 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
6th February | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
6th February | Missing Maps London Mapathon | |
13th February | OSM-Stammtisch Hannover | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
20th February | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
24th–25th February | Karlsruhe Hack Weekend February 2024 | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
5th March | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
5th March | Missing Maps London Mapathon | |
11th March | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #62 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
14th March | 12. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) | Stainach-Pürgg, Styria, Austria |
15th March | OSM-Stammtisch Hannover | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
19th March | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
1st April | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #63 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
2nd April | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
15th April | OSM-Stammtisch Hannover | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
16th April | South Bay Map Night | San Jose, California, United States |
24th April | 71. Wiener OSM-Stammtisch | Vienna, Austria |
6th May | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #64 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
16th May | OSM-Stammtisch Hannover | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
3rd June | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #65 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
16th June | OSM-Stammtisch Hannover | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
19th June | 13. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) | Stainach-Pürgg, Styria, Austria |
1st–7th July | FOSS4G Europe 2024 | Tartu, Estonia |
8th July | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #66 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
17th July | OSM-Stammtisch Hannover | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
25th July | 72. Wiener OSM-Stammtisch | Vienna, Austria |
5th August | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #67 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
17th August | OSM-Stammtisch Hannover | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
9th September | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #68 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
11th September | 14. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) | Stainach-Pürgg, Styria, Austria |
7th October | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #69 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
30th October | 73. Wiener OSM-Stammtisch | Vienna, Austria |
11th November | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #70 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
9th December | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #71 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
18th December | 15. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) | Stainach-Pürgg, Styria, Austria |