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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

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2017
30 Dec.2017-12-30–2017-12-31	OpenStreetMap France is now formally established as a foundation local chapter.
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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Event Calendar ± – See also Past Events

4 Jan.2018-01-04–2018-01-05 Stammtisch Dresden, Dresden, Germany 8 Jan.2018-01-08–2018-01-09 Niederbayerntreffen, Passau, Germany 9 Jan.2018-01-09–2018-01-10 Rencontre libre mensuelle, Lyon, France 9 Jan.2018-01-09–2018-01-10 Réunion mensuelle, Nantes, France 10 Jan.2018-01-10–2018-01-11 Réunion mensuelle, Rennes, France 11 Jan.2018-01-11–2018-01-12 115. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch, Berlin, Germany 13 Jan.2018-01-13–2018-01-14 東京！街歩き！マッピングパーティ：第15回 品川神社, Tokyo, Japan 13 Jan.2018-01-13–2018-01-14 幕末京都マッピングパーティ#01：京の町家と大獄と, Kyoto, Japan 13 Jan.2018-01-13–2018-01-14 Brisbane Photo Mapping, Brisbane, Australia 17 Jan.2018-01-17–2018-01-18 Köln Stammtisch, Köln, Germany 17 Jan.2018-01-17–2018-01-18 Réunion mensuelle, Toulouse, France 18 Jan.2018-01-18–2018-01-19 Stammtisch Obersteiermark, Leoben, Austria 25 Jan.2018-01-25–2018-01-26 Stammtisch Ulmer Alb, Urspring, Germany 25 Jan.2018-01-25–2018-01-26 Lübecker Mappertreffen, Lübeck, Germany 28 Jan.2018-01-28–2018-01-29 Mappertreffen, Essen, Germany 1 Feb.2018-02-01–2018-02-02 Stammtisch Dresden, Dresden, Germany 7 Feb.2018-02-07–2018-02-08 Les Mercredis cartographie, Montréal, Canada 7 Feb.2018-02-07–2018-02-08 Stuttgarter Stammtisch, Stuttgart, Germany 9 Feb.2018-02-09–2018-02-10 116. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch, Berlin, Germany 10 Feb.2018-02-10–2018-02-11 Beaudesert Mapping Party, near Brisbane, Australia   Future big events 19–22 Feb.2018-02-19–2018-02-23 FOSS4G-IT 2018, Roma, Italy 22 Feb.2018-02-22–2018-02-23 Lübecker Mappertreffen, Lübeck, Germany 22 Mar.2018-03-22–2018-03-23 Lübecker Mappertreffen, Lübeck, Germany 21–24 Mar.2018-03-21–2018-03-25 FOSSGIS 2018, Bonn, Germany 13–14 Apr.2018-04-13–2018-04-15 State of the Map Poland 2018, Poznań, Poland 26 Apr.2018-04-26–2018-04-27 Lübecker Mappertreffen, Lübeck, Germany 1–3 Jun.2018-06-01–2018-06-04 State of the Map France 2018, Bordeaux, France 28–30 Jul.2018-07-28–2018-07-31 State of the Map 2018 (international conference), Milan, Italy