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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
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Beginners' Guide

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• Browse the map feature documentation
• Browse the Mapping projects
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• Use OpenStreetMap for your software
• Contribute to the OpenStreetMap software

News
2021
8 Apr2021-04-08–2021-04-09	Read about ideas for mapping for Earth Day and the International Day of Human Space Flight, both in April.
5 Apr2021-04-05–2021-04-06	The Local Chapters and Communities Working Group is looking for volunteer moderators.
2 Apr2021-04-02–2021-04-03	The academic track at the State of the Map 2021 is accepting abstracts.
9 Mar2021-03-09–2021-03-10	Call for talks, workshops and panels at the online State of the Map 2021.
7 Mar2021-03-07–2021-03-08	Announcing the State of the Map logo and website.
25 Feb2021-02-25–2021-02-26	The 100,000,000th changeset is created.
16 Jan2021-01-16–2021-01-17 to 14 Feb	OpenStreetMap Foundation 2021 survey has ended. Results are posted to the OSMF wiki.
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Upcoming events (add) – See also: Past Events Event archive 2004-2020

2nd July OSM Africa Monthly Mapathon: Map Nigeria 24th July Virtueel treffen OpenStreetMap NL 24th July Resolver notas de Bogotá creadas en OpenStreetMap Bogota, Bogotá Distrito Capital, Colombia 26th July Hekkezés-fagyizás a Római parton, séta a zöldben (személyes!) Budapest, Hungary 26th July Bremer Mappertreffen (Online) Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany 27th July Virtual OpenStreetMap Belgium meeting City of Brussels, Belgium 28th July Rencontre OpenStreetMap Clermont Aubière, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France 28th July Missing Maps Zürich Mapathon Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 28th July Düsseldorfer OSM-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 30th July [Online] OpenStreetMap Foundation board of Directors - public meeting 31st July COSCUP 2021 OpenStreetMap x Wikidata 開放內容議程軌 Gongguan, Taipei, Taiwan 31st July Ogresgala kartēšanas pasākums Ogresgals, Ogresgala pagasts, Zemgale, Latvia 3rd August Missing Maps London Mapathon Westminster, England, United Kingdom 3rd August Virtuelles Niederbayern-Treffen Oberframmering, Landau an der Isar, Bavaria, Germany 5th August OSM-Treffen Bochum Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 6th August OSM Africa Monthly Mapathon: Map Tanzania 9th August OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #31 Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan 11th August OSM-Treffen Zürich Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 12th August OpenStreetMap Michigan Meetup 17th August 142. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 17th August Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 18th August Stammtisch Köln Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 24th August East Midlands OSM Pub Meet-up : Derby Derby, England, United Kingdom 25th August Düsseldorfer OSM-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 25th August Missing Maps Zürich Mapathon Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 28th–29th August WikiCamp L'Escandille Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France 13th September Réunion des contributeurs OpenStreetMap, Arlon Arlon, Luxembourg, Belgium 17th–19th September Karlsruhe Hack Weekend Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 21st September 143. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 21st September Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 24th September Düsseldorfer OSM-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 27th September–2nd October FOSS4G 2021 Buenos Aires - Online Edition 11th October OSM-Treffen Zürich Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 19th October 144. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 19th October Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 27th October Düsseldorfer OSM-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 11th November OSM-Treffen Zürich Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 16th November 145. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 16th November Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 19th–21st November State of the Map Africa 2021 22nd November HOT Summit 2021 24th November Düsseldorfer OSM-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 21st December 146. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 21st December Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 29th December Düsseldorfer OSM-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Add your event to OpenStreetMap Calendar