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The mailing lists are the traditional communication channel of the OpenStreetMap project, and nowadays coexist with other platforms such as the forums. An attempt to collect the information about local communication channels is done at the osm-community-index (browse as a website).
The canonical list of mailing lists available is at lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo.
Please note that even if the lists are moderated, you have to become a member of the mailing list to send an email to that list!
Contents
Lists provided by OSMF or a local chapter
The OpenStreetMap mailing lists by OSMF live on lists.openstreetmap.org/. The French and the German local chapters provide lists at lists.openstreetmap.fr and lists.openstreetmap.de. The following list excludes unused lists.
Topic lists in English
| Info | Description | Admins | Moderators | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| accessibility | For discussion about accessibility: OSM for disabled users and mappers (Blind, wheelchair, deaf etc.). | Lulu-Ann | Bahnpirat | archive |
| announce | A moderated announcement list. OSMers should subscribe to this list for all the important announcements (low traffic) | Mike Collinson Jonathan Bennett |
archive | |
| dev | For developer discussion. | Mikel Maron Mike Collinson Andy Robinson |
archive Nabble | |
| diversity-talk | For discussion of diversity initiatives in OpenStreetMap | archive | ||
| geocoding | For discussion of geocoding. | Tom Hughes | archive | |
| historic | Historic mapping (time dimension) | Mikel Maron | archive | |
| HOT | For Humanitarian OSM Team discussion and response. | Mikel Maron | archive Nabble | |
| HOT-announce | Important HOT announcements and updates only. Very low volume. | archive | ||
| imports | For discussion of data imports. | Ian Dees | archive | |
| imports-us | For discussion of data imports impacting the United States. | archive | ||
| josm-dev | For JOSM developer discussion. | Frederik Ramm | archive Nabble | |
| learnosm-coord | Coordination group for LearnOSM.org | archive | ||
| legal-general | General discussions about alternative OSM licensing scenarios. | Mike Collinson Frederik Ramm |
archive | |
| legal-talk | For discussion of specific legal issues relating to the current and proposed license including use of OSM data and compatibility of other data sources. | Richard Fairhurst | archive Nabble | |
| local-chapters | General discusion of topics relevant for (local) chapters of the OSM Foundation | Simon Poole | archive | |
| lorodux-dev | LoroDux developers | Lulu-Ann Daniel Haenssgen |
archive | |
| mapcss | For MapCSS implementers and stylesheet authors. | Richard Fairhurst | archive | |
| maproulette | MapRoulette general discussion and development | archive | ||
| merkaartor | For Merkaartor OpenStreetMap editor for Unix/Windows/Mac discussion. | Christian Browet | archive Nabble | |
| openhiking | Mailing list to discuss tagging and rendering hiking trails using the OpenStreetMap Database | archive | ||
| osm-professional | OSM Professional. A general discussion forum for professional (commercial, government, non-profit , NGO, ...) users of OpenStreetMap geodata. | Kate Chapman | archive | |
| osm2world | Discussion about OSM2World, the 3D renderer | Tobias Knerr | archive | |
| osm4j | Discussion about osm4j, a lightweight Java programming framework for working with OSM data | archive | ||
| osmcha-dev | Discussion of OSMCha development and APIs (higher level talks, announcements of downtime and releases, etc) | archive | ||
| osmf-announce | OpenStreetMap Foundation member announcements (low volume), Foundation members only. | Mike Collinson | archive | |
| osmf-talk | Talk about the OpenStreetMap Foundation, closed list for Foundation members. | Mike Collinson Frederik Ramm Simone Cortesi |
archive | |
| osmosis-dev | For Osmosis developer discussion. | Brett Henderson | archive Nabble | |
| osrm-talk | Mailing list to discuss Project OSRM | archive | ||
| outdoor-natural | Outdoor sports, wilderness and natural features mapping. Everything from scuba diving to paragliding, from undersea volcanoes to Mount Everest, related software and talk. All languages welcome. | User:RicoZ | archive | |
| Overpass dev | Overpass API development / system administration list | User:Sletuffe | archive | |
| party | For discussion and organisation of mapping parties. | Richard Fairhurst | archive | |
| photon | Photon Geocoder | archive | ||
| photos | For discussion and organisation of the use of photos in mapping. | John McKerrell | archive | |
| potlatch-dev | For Potlatch developer discussion. | Richard Fairhurst | archive Nabble | |
| rails-dev | Discussion of rails port (web site) development | Tom Hughes | archive | |
| routing | For discussion about routing with vector data. | Jörg Ostertag | archive Nabble | |
| science | Discuss anything science related in the OpenStreetMap ecosystem | Joost Schouppe | archive | |
| sotm-asia | Planning for SotM Asia | archive | ||
| strategic | Fundraising, planning and strategy for OSMF | Mikel Maron | Richard Weait | archive |
| tagging | For tag discussion, strategy and related tools. - High traffic! | Richard Fairhurst | archive Nabble | |
| taginfo-dev | For developers of Taginfo, users of the Taginfo API and people running their own Taginfo instance. | Jochen Topf | archive | |
| talk | For general OpenStreetMap user discussion. | Mikel Maron Mike Collinson Andy Robinson |
archive Nabble | |
| talk-transit | For discussion about public transport. | Peter Miller Frankie Roberto Stefan Bethke |
archive | |
| teachOSM | teachOSM project discussion | archive | ||
| tile-serving | For discussion about OSM tile serving infrastructure. | archive | ||
| umap | Discussions about uMap project | archive |
Topic lists in a local language
| Info | Description | Admins | Moderators | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dev-fr | Technical topics in French | archive | ||
| dev-italia | Developer discussion in Italian | archive | ||
| HOT-francophone | For Humanitarian OSM Team discussion and response (discussion in French). | sev_osm FofB |
augustind | archive |
| tagging-fr | For tag discussion, strategy and related tools (discussion in French). | sev_osm | archive | |
| transport | French public transport discussion | archive |
Country-specific lists
| Info | Description | Admins | Moderators | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| talk-af | Afghanistan specific topics and discussion | Kate Chapman | archive | |
| talk-africa | African topics | Mikel Maron | archive | |
| talk-al | OpenStreetMap mailing list of the Albanian speaking community | archive | ||
| talk-alps | European Alps specific topics and discussion. Discussion in Italian, French, German, Slovenian, Romanche and English welcome. | Simone Cortesi | archive | |
| talk-ar | Argentina specific topics and discussion | Guillermo Sansovic | archive | |
| talk-asia | OpenStreetMap across Asia | archive | ||
| talk-at | Austria specific topics and discussion | Wolfgang Silbermayr Norbert Wenzel Wolfgang Wasserburger Andreas Labres Nabble Account: Markus Mayr |
archive Nabble | |
| talk-au | Australia specific topics and discussion | Richard Weait | archive Nabble | |
| talk-ba | Bosnia and Herzegovina specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-baltics | Discussion on topics for three small baltic states - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania | archive | ||
| talk-bd | Bangladesh specific topics and discussion | Larry O'Neill Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed |
archive | |
| talk-be | Belgium specific topics and discussion. English used as compromise between French and Dutch. But everyone can use their own language, especially for regional topics. | Johan Huysmans Mark Van den Borre |
archive | |
| talk-bf | Burkina Faso specific topics and discussion | Helge Fahrnberger | archive | |
| talk-bi | Burundi specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-bj | Benin specific topics and discussion | Benedikt saliousoft |
archive | |
| talk-blr | Belarus specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-bo | Bolivia specific topics and discussion | Alex Infantes Marco Antonio Frias |
archive | |
| talk-br | Brazil specific topics and discussion (Brazilian Portuguese) | Vitor George | archive | |
| talk-ca | Canada specific topics and discussion | Richard Weait | archive | |
| talk-carib | Caribbean-related content | archive | ||
| talk-cat | Catalan mailing list | archive | ||
| talk-cd | Democratic Republic of the Congo, mostly in French - Discussions sur OSM en RDC | archive | ||
| talk-cf | Liste de discussion sur OpenStreetMap en République Centrafricaine | archive | ||
| talk-ci | Côte d'Ivoire specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-cl | Chile specific topics and discussion | Julio Costa | archive | |
| talk-cm | Cameroon specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-cn | China specific topics and discussion | Sun Ning | archive | |
| talk-co | Colombia specific topics and discussion | Fredy Rivera | archive Nabble | |
| talk-cr | Costa Rica-specific topics and discussion | Ben Konrath Jorge R |
archive | |
| talk-cu | Cuba specific topics and discussion | Elpbatista Mike Collinson |
archive | |
| talk-cz | Czech discussion | Dan Barta Tom.k |
archive | |
| talk-de | German discussion | Frederik Ramm | archive Nabble | |
| Germany Regional lists | Due to the high traffic on talk-de, separate lists for regions in Germany are available on lists.openstreetmap.de. Infos on requesting regional lists: Deutsche Mailinglisten | |||
| talk-dk | Danish discussion | archive | ||
| talk-do | Dominica specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-ee | Estonia-specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-es | Spain discussion | Francisco Santos Iván Sánchez Ortega |
archive Nabble | |
| talk-et | Ethiopia-specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-fi | Finland-specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-fr | French speaking discussion | archive Nabble | ||
| openstreetmap.fr lists | Mailing lists hosted by openstreetmap.fr: association, conseil-administration, contact, ga (Groupe d'Accompagnement), opentraffic, pro-fr, roborthos (aerial imagery), tech, transport, many local-* lists, others | |||
| talk-fr-bzh | Mapping, mapping parties and localisation in the Bretagne / Breizh / Brittany region of France. | archive | ||
| talk-gb | UK-specific topics, such as UK mapping parties and meetups | Matthew Newton | archive Nabble | |
| talk-gb-london | Mapping in the UK London area | Mike Collinson | archive | |
| talk-gb-midanglia | Mapping in the UK area loosely based around Cambridge | David Earl | archive | |
| talk-gb-oxoncotswolds | Mapping and development in the UK area of ["Oxfordshire"], the Cotswolds and nearby. | Richard Fairhurst | archive | |
| talk-gb-thenorth | Mapping in the North of England, UK | Simon Ward Tim Waters |
archive | |
| talk-gb-westmidlands | Mapping in the UK West Midlands (Birmingham) area | Andy Robinson | archive | |
| talk-ge | Georgia, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-gh | Ghana specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-gr | Greece specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-hn | Honduras specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-hr | Croatia-specific topics, discussion | archive | ||
| talk-ht | Haiti-specific topics, in English and French | Jaakko Helleranta | archive | |
| talk-id | Indonesia-specific topics, in Bahasa Indonesian | archive | ||
| talk-ie | Ireland-specific topics, such as Irish mapping parties and meetups | Gareth Eason | archive | |
| talk-il | Israel discussion - preferred language: Hebrew. This is being phased out in favour of Israel-Forum | archive | ||
| talk-in | India-specific topics, such as Indian mapping parties and meetups | archive | ||
| talk-iq | Iraq specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-ir | Iran-specific topics and discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-is | Iceland-specific topics, such as the OSM data in Iceland and Icelandic mapping parties. Discussions in Icelandic or English | archive | ||
| talk-it | Italian discussion - but english is welcome | Simone Cortesi | archive Nabble | |
| talk-it-appulo-lucana | Italian regional talk list for Basilicata and Puglia - Lista regionale della Basilicata e della Puglia | archive | ||
| talk-it-cai | Italian Alpine Club - Discussioni riguardanti la convenzione con il CAI | archive | ||
| talk-it-bici | Italian bicycle discussion - but english is welcome | Luca Delucchi | archive | |
| talk-it-fvg | Italian region Friuli Venezia Giulia discussion - but english is welcome | archive | ||
| talk-it-lazio | Italian region Lazio discussion - but english is welcome | Martin Koppenhöfer | archive | |
| talk-it-liguria | Italian region Liguria discussion - but english is welcome | Luca Delucchi | archive | |
| talk-it-marche | Italian region Marche discussion - but english is welcome | Lorenzo Mastrogiacomi | archive | |
| talk-it-piemonte | Italian region Piemonte discussion - but english is welcome | archive | ||
| talk-it-sardinia | Italian region Sardegna discussion - but english is welcome | archive | ||
| talk-it-sicilia | Italian region Sicilia discussion - but english is welcome | archive | ||
| talk-it-southtyrol | Italian regional South Tyrol discussion - Lista regionale dell' Alto Adige - Regionale Mailingliste für Südtirol - (Italian, German and English welcome) | Martin Raifer | archive | |
| talk-it-trentino | Italian region Trentino discussion - but english is welcome | Luca Delucchi | archive | |
| talk-it-veneto | Italian region Veneto discussion - but english is welcome | archive | ||
| talk-ja | Japanese discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-ke | Kenya specific topics and discussion. | Daniel Westergren Mikel Maron |
archive | |
| talk-kg | Kyrgyzstan discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-ko | Korean discussion. Korean and English language. | archive | ||
| talk-kosovo | Kosovo specific topics and discussion. Discussion in English and Albanian. | archive | ||
| talk-latam | Latin America - Postings in Spanish, Portuguese and Englisch are welcome. | archive | ||
| talk-lb | Lebanon specific topics and discussion. Discussion in Arabic, English, French. | archive | ||
| talk-lk | SriLanka specific topics and discussions. | Vivien Deparday | archive | |
| talk-lt | Lithuania specific topics and discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-lu | Luxembourg specific topics and discussion. Discussion usually in English, but French, German or Luxembourgish are ok too. | archive | ||
| talk-lv | Latvia specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-ly | Libya specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-ma | Morocco specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-mg | Madagascar specific topics and discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-ml | Mali specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-mm | Myanmar specific topics and discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-mn | Mongolia specific topics and discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-mw | Malawi specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-mx | Mexico specific topics and discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-my | Malaysia specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-nc | New Caledonia specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-ne | Niger specific topics and discussion. Discussion usually in French, but English is welcome. | Orsolya Jenei | archive | |
| talk-ng | Nigeria specific topics and discussion | Rafael Ávila Coya | archive | |
| talk-ni | Nicaragua specific topics and discussion | xamanu | archive | |
| talk-nl | Dutch discussion | Henk Hoff Martijn van Exel |
archive Nabble | |
| talk-np | Nepal specific topics and discussion | PrabhasP | archive | |
| talk-nz | New Zealand specific topics and discussion (openstreetmap.org host email list. Jan 2018 - ) | Eliot Blennerhassett | archive | |
| talk-pe | Peru specific topics and discussion | Omar Vega | archive | |
| talk-ph | Philippines specific topics and discussion, | archive | ||
| talk-pl | Poland specific topics and discussion, | Zbigniew Czernik | archive | |
| talk-pr | Puerto Rico specific topics and discussion. | Víctor Ramírez Agustín Graterole |
archive | |
| talk-ps | Palestine specific topics and discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-pt | Portuguese specific topics and discussion. | ViriatoLusitano | archive | |
| talk-py | Paraguay specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-ro | Romania specific topics and discussion. | archive Nabble | ||
| talk-rs | Serbia specific topics and discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-ru | Russia specific topics and discussion. | archive | ||
| talk-sc | Seychelles specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-scotland | Scotland specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-se | Swedish discussion (Feel free to discuss Swedish issues in English though). Sweden | archive | ||
| talk-si | Slovenian discussion | archive | ||
| talk-sn | Senegal specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-sy | Syria specific topics and discussion. Discussion in Arabic, English and French | Crataegus | archive | |
| talk-td | Chad specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-tg | Togo specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-tn | Tunisia specific topics and discussion | Chedli Ghedira | archive | |
| talk-tr | Turkish discussion | archive | ||
| talk-tw | Taiwan specific topics and discussion in Chinese. | archive | ||
| talk-tz | Tanzania specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-ug | Uganda sample topics and discussion. | Douglas Ssebaggala |
archive | |
| talk-us | USA-specific topics, such as US mapping parties and meetups; see also imports-us in Topic Lists table | Dave Hansen | archive Nabble | |
| talk-us-massachusetts | Topics specific to Massachusetts | archive | ||
| talk-us-newyork | New York-specific topics | Richard Welty | archive | |
| talk-us-nps | USA national parks related content | archive | ||
| talk-us-pugetsound | Topics specific to the Puget Sound region, Washington State | archive | ||
| talk-us-sfbay | USA local list for the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California in general | archive | ||
| talk-uy | Uruguay specific topics and discussion in Spanish | archive | ||
| talk-ve | Venezuela specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-vi | Vietnam specific topics and discussion | archive | ||
| talk-za | South Africa specific topics and discussion | Grant Slater | archive Nabble | |
| talk-zm | Zambia specific topics and discussion | archive |
Archived mailing lists
Mailing lists that were removed but archives continue to be available.
| Info | Description | Admins | Moderators | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| design | This was a place to discuss design related issue in OpenStreetMap. The topics include things such as user interface, user experience and general aesthetics. | Kate Chapman | archive | |
| moderation | The Moderation mailing list was used to discuss how to respond to Vandalism and mistakes. | archive | ||
| newbies | This list was intended for questions by new users. This role has been taken over by help.openstreetmap.org [1] and the forum [2]. | Richard Fairhurst | archive Nabble | |
| OSMF-membership | OSMF membership services working group | |||
| rebuild | Temporary forum for technical discussion of process, tools and functionality for rebuilding the OSM database ready for ODbL change-over | Mike Collinson | archive | |
| voting | This list was originally used for electronic voting for board members. It has now been superseded by other methods and will probably be deleted. | |||
| welcomewg | Working group discussions: Why do we have such a hard time retaining mappers after they sign up, and do something about it. | archive |
Lists provided by external services
| Info | Description | Admins | Moderators | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| abul | French speaking discussion around Bordeaux and Aquitaine. | archive | ||
| kart | Norwegian discussion. Norway | archive | ||
| openstreetmap-hr | Croatian discussion | archive | ||
| openstreetmap-hungary | Hungarian discussion (Google group) | archive | ||
| maps-l | Discussion and development coordinating the integration of OpenStreetMap and other free map sources into Wikimedia projects. | archive | ||
| mkgmap-dev | General development list for mkgmap. | archive | ||
| nantes | French speaking discussion around Nantes. | archive | ||
| nzopengis | New Zealand specific topics and discussion (Google group) | nzopengis archive | ||
| openrailwaymap | Discussions of users and developers of OpenRailwayMap, but also other railway-related stuff. | archive | ||
| openseamap-develop | OpenSeaMap developer discusssion. | archive | ||
| openseamap-maps | Everything about using and creating maps for OpenSeaMap. | archive | ||
| talk-ch | Switzerland specific topics and discussion | Jiuka | archive | |
| talk-md | Moldova specific topics and discussion. This is a Google group. | |||
| talk-sk | Slovak discussion (google group) | archive |
Requests for new lists
If you want a new list for your country or language, send an email to Michael Collinson, michael at osmfoundation dot org.
Non-ASCII language digest support
OSM lists operate using Mailman. Some lists that use non-ASCII character sets may not display digests correctly. If you are the list administrator a suggested solution is to login to the admin panel, go to "Digest options" and change the digest format to MIME. You may also need to un-set the 'Plain' setting for existing users in the membership list.
Reading mailing lists via newsgroup interface
You can read and participate in the mailing list using a NNTP-compatible newsgroup client. The advantage is that the software shows discussion in a thread-like view. This simplifies following multiple discussions in high volume mailing lists.
Thunderbird has built-in newsgroup-support. To add Gmane.org, a newsgroup server which is syndicating the OSM mailing lists, you need to do the following:
- Select Tools -> Accounts...
- Press the 'Add account'-button
- For the account type select Newsgroup-account
- Enter the name that should appear when sending mails to the list in the name field and your email adress in the second one.
- The nntp server address is news.gmane.org
- Enter a descriptive account name for Thunderbird and hit 'Finish'
- Now right-click on the new branch in your Thunderbird folder overview and select 'Subscribe...'
- Enter openstreetmap in the filter field and subscribe to the (regional) osm mailing list(s) of your liking.
Search the mailing lists
As long as the list archive doesn't have its own search you can use Google search or The Mail Archive.
Download the archives
You can download the archive of a mailing list in Mbox format (compatible with Thunderbird) after registering to it by using the following link and replacing the parameters:
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/mailman/private/LISTNAME.mbox/LISTNAME.mbox
For the Tagging list, for example, replace each LISTNAME by "tagging" (without quotes).
You will then be presented with a form asking your email address and password (the password you chose or that was sent to you when registering to that list).
Optionally, you can set these by adding ?username=YOUREMAILADRESS&password=YOURPASSWORD at the end of the url (replace YOUREMAILADRESS by your email address and YOURPASSWORD by your password).
