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| 2024 | |
| 9 Aug | OpenStreetMap's 20th birthday. See where birthday parties and meetings were held. |
| 7 Jun | See a progress update on vector tiles from the Engineering Working Group to learn more about this exciting improvement to openstreetmap.org. |
| 21 May | Read about what the OSM Foundation Board has been up to -- highlights from the OSMF Board Spring 2024 Meeting. |
| 17 Apr | Learn about changes in authorizations with OAuth 1.0a and HTTP Basic Auth shutdown on OpenStreetMap.org. |
| 11 Apr | Join the OpenStreetMap Foundation! Here are three great reasons to join the OSM Foundation as a member. |
| 4 Apr | The academic track at the 2024 State of the Map conference has opened for submissions as well! Learn more about submitting your academic research. |
| 20 Mar | The call for participation in the 2024 State of the Map conference is open! Learn more about submitting an idea for a presentation. |
| 12 Mar | The OpenStreetMap Foundation Board looks ahead to 2024. |
| 12 Mar | Help us grow and diversify OSM Foundation membership worldwide! |
| 14 Feb | Welcome OpenStreetMap Belgium, the newest (and returning) OSMF Local Chapter. |
| 13 Feb | OpenStreetMap giving recap: Mappers, universities, companies, and nonprofits contributed over £373,000 to support OSM in 2023. |
| 11 Feb | 2024: announcing the year of the OpenStreetMap vector maps. |
| 5 Feb | OpenStreetMap named as digital public good by United Nations-affiliated agency. |
| 23 Jan | Tom Hughes recognized for OpenStreetMap contributions on OpenUK’s 2024 Honours List. |
| 10 Jan | The State of the Map 2024 Travel Grant Program is open, applications due January 31. |
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| See also | Recently approved tags · OpenStreetMap Blog · weeklyOSM · OpenStreetMap in the media |
Upcoming events (add) – See also: Past Events Event archive 2004-2020
| 1st September | 🗺️🎂 [Bremen] Mobile Mappingparty mit Kuchen | Bremen, Bremen, Germany |
| 6th–8th September | State of the Map 2024 | Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya |
| 8th September | OSMmapperCPH | Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark |
| 9th September | Atelier de rentrée du groupe local OpenStreetMap de Grenoble | Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 9th September | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #68 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 10th September | Hamburger Mappertreffen | Hamburg, Germany |
| 11th September | OSM Utah Monthly Map Night | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| 11th September | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | Ohio, United States |
| 11th September | 14. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) | Stainach-Pürgg, Styria, Austria |
| 12th September | 195. Berlin-Brandenburg OpenStreetMap Stammtisch | Berlin, Germany |
| 12th September | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 12th September | Bochumer OSM Treffen | Bochum, North Rhine – Westphalia, Germany |
| 13th September | OSMF Engineering Working Group meeting | |
| 14th September | Mapping Lynnwood | Lynnwood, Washington, United States |
| 16th September | OSM Ostwestfalen-Lippe | Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 16th September | OSM UK Online Chat | England, United Kingdom |
| 17th September | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] | |
| 17th September | Réunion du groupe local de Lyon | Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 17th September | 180. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 18th September | Geomob London | London, England, United Kingdom |
| 18th September | Stammtisch Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| 19th–21st September | OSM auf den 22. Kieler Open Source und Linux Tagen | Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| 19th September | Maptime Amsterdam End of Summer Meetup | Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands |
| 19th September | Stammtisch Dresden | Dresden, Saxony, Germany |
| 21st September | OSM auf den Datenspuren Dresden | Dresden, Saxony, Germany |
| 21st September | OpenStreetMap Ireland AGM 2024 | Dublin, Ireland |
| 21st September | Dia do Software Livre | Lamego, Portugal |
| 23rd September | 1er Atelier de cartographie sur OpenStreetMap | Strasbourg, Grand Est, France |
| 23rd September | Rencontre OSM Luxembourg | Arlon, Luxembourg, Belgium |
| 26th September | [Online] OpenStreetMap Foundation board of Directors - public videomeeting | |
| 26th September | 146. OSM-Stammtisch Lübeck und Umgebung | Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| 27th September | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine – Westphalia, Germany |
| 28th–29th September | State of the Map Bangladesh - SotMBD '2024 | Cox's Bazar, Chattogram Division, Bangladesh |
| 1st October | OSM Treffen Salzburg | Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria |
| 1st October | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng] | |
| 3rd–6th October | FOSSGIS-OSM-Communitytreffen Nr. 22 | Essen, North Rhine – Westphalia, Germany |
| 7th October | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #69 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 8th October | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 9th October | OSM Utah Monthly Map Night | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| 9th October | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | Ohio, United States |
| 10th October | Bochumer OSM Treffen | Bochum, North Rhine – Westphalia, Germany |
| 15th October | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] | |
| 15th October | Réunion du groupe local de Lyon | Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 15th October | 181. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 16th October | Stammtisch Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| 19th–20th October | Karlsruhe Hack Weekend October 2024 | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| 24th October | 147. OSM-Stammtisch Lübeck und Umgebung | Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| 30th October | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine – Westphalia, Germany |
| 30th October | 73. Wiener OSM-Stammtisch | Vienna, Austria |
| 2nd–3rd November | OSM Hackweekend Berlin 11/2024 | Berlin, Germany |
| 5th–8th November | FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2024 | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| 5th November | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng] | |
| 11th November | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #70 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 13th November | OSM Utah Monthly Map Night | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| 13th November | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | Ohio, United States |
| 13th November | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 14th November | Bochumer OSM Treffen | Bochum, North Rhine – Westphalia, Germany |
| 19th November | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] | |
| 19th November | Réunion du groupe local de Lyon | Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 19th November | 182. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 20th November | Stammtisch Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| 27th November | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine – Westphalia, Germany |
| 28th November | 148. OSM-Stammtisch Lübeck und Umgebung | Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| 3rd December | Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng] | |
| 9th December | OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #71 | Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 11th December | OSM Utah Monthly Map Night | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| 11th December | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | Ohio, United States |
| 12th December | Bochumer OSM Treffen | Bochum, North Rhine – Westphalia, Germany |
| 12th December | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 17th December | Réunion du groupe local de Lyon | Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France |
| 17th December | 183. OSM-Stammtisch Bonn | Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 18th December | 15. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) | Stainach-Pürgg, Styria, Austria |
| 18th December | Stammtisch Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| 27th December | Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) | Dusseldorf, North Rhine – Westphalia, Germany |
| 8th January | OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup | Ohio, United States |
| 14th January | Münchner OSM-Treffen | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| 23rd January | 149. OSM-Stammtisch Lübeck und Umgebung | Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
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