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Using OpenStreetMap

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• Browse our world map
• Check the ready-to-use products for your mobile device, your desktop computer or the web services
• ...more on using OpenStreetMap

Contribute free map data

Beginners' Guide

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• Browse the map feature documentation
• Browse the Mapping projects
• ...more on contributing map data

Software Development

Develop and use the Platform

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• Use OpenStreetMap for your software
• Contribute to the OpenStreetMap software

News
2020
20 Aug2020-08-20–2020-08-21	Mappers can now become an Associate member of OpenStreetMap Foundation at no cost by applying for Active Contributor Membership. A minimum 42 days of editing are required in the last 365 calendar days.
10 Jul2020-07-10–2020-07-11	ÖPNVKarte becomes a new featured tile layer on openstreetmap.org.
4 Jul2020-07-04–2020-07-05	State of the Map 2020 conference is held online this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019
3 Aug2019-08-03–2019-08-04	Most pages on this wiki load faster following a redesign of the language bar. Please report any problems on the language bar's talk page.
12 Jun2019-06-12–2019-06-13	The events calendar has been streamlined for easier editing. See Template:Calendar for updated instructions.
11 Apr2019-04-11–2019-04-12	The OSM Foundation is now an affiliate member of the Open Source Initiative.
23 Mar2019-03-23–2019-03-24	OSM wins the 2018 Free Software Foundation award, adding another trophy to our collection.
23 Jan2019-01-23–2019-01-24	Wiki pages containing outdated but historically relevant information can be marked with the templates {{Historic artifact start}} and {{Historic artifact end}}.
10 Jan2019-01-10–2019-01-11	Data Working Group announces that the Organised Editing Guidelines have been officially put online. (More context on the OSMF blog.)
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Event Calendar  – See also Past Events

Current events Consider adding and subscribing to events at OSMCal 1 Dec2020-12-01–2020-12-02 Virtuelles Niederbayern-Treffen, Germany 1 Dec2020-12-01–2020-12-02 Missing Maps London Mapathon, London, United Kingdom 2 Dec2020-12-02–2020-12-03 Stuttgarter Stammtisch (online), Stuttgart, Germany 3 Dec2020-12-03–2020-12-04 Bochum OSM-Stammtisch (Online) [1], Bochum, Germany 3 Dec2020-12-03–2020-12-04 Dresdner OSM-Stammtisch (online), Dresden, Germany 3 Dec2020-12-03–2020-12-04 Civic Hack & Map Night, San José, California, United States 4 Dec2020-12-04–2020-12-05 HOT Virtual Summit (online), online, World 5 Dec2020-12-05–2020-12-06 Visualizing OSM Data with R by Anirudh Govind, India 6 Dec2020-12-06–2020-12-07 (Discord) OSM World Mapathon, online, World 7 Dec2020-12-07–2020-12-08 OSM x Wikidata #23, MozSpace, Taipei, Taiwan 7 Dec2020-12-07–2020-12-08 Michigan Online Meetup, Michigan, USA 8 Dec2020-12-08–2020-12-09 Hamburg OSM-Stammtisch (Online) [2], Hamburg, Germany 8 Dec2020-12-08–2020-12-09 Mannheimer Mapathons e.V. - Int'l. Mapathon (online), Heidelberg, Germany 8 Dec2020-12-08–2020-12-09 OpenStreetMap Utah Map Night, Salt Lake City / Virtual, United States 10 Dec2020-12-10–2020-12-11 Münchner Treffen, Munich, Germany 10 Dec2020-12-10–2020-12-11 Code for San José Winter Virtual Mixer, San José, California, United States 10 Dec2020-12-10–2020-12-11 OSMF Public Board Meeting, online, World 10 Dec2020-12-10–2020-12-11 Missing Maps Slovakia online mapathon #1, online, Slovakia 11 Dec2020-12-11–2020-12-12 150. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch (Online), Berlin, Germany 15 Dec2020-12-15–2020-12-16 OSM-Verkehrswende #18 (Online), Berlin, Germany 15 Dec2020-12-15–2020-12-16 134. Bonner OSM-Stammtisch (Online), Bonn, Germany 15 Dec2020-12-15–2020-12-16 Nottingham pub meetup, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom 16 Dec2020-12-16–2020-12-17 Virtual mappy hour, United States   2021 7 Jan2021-01-07–2021-01-08 Bochum OSM-Stammtisch (Online) [3], Bochum, Germany   Future big events