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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.
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Upcoming events (add) – See also: Past Events Event archive 2004-2020

29th November How FAO uses different apps to measure Land Degradation Mlowa, Dodoma, Tanzania 30th November OSM Uganda Mapathon 1st December OpenStreetMap Utah Map Night Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 1st December Live Youtube Tropicamap Paris, Ile-de-France, France 2nd December Missing Maps Artsen Zonder Grenzen Mapathon 2nd December OSM-Treffen Bochum (Dezember) Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 7th December MapRoulette Community Meeting 7th December South Bay Map Night San Jose, California, United States 7th December Missing Maps London Mapathon Westminster, England, United Kingdom 7th December Virtuelles Niederbayern-Treffen Kothingeichendorf, Landau an der Isar, Bavaria, Germany 7th December OSM-Verkehrswende #30 (Online) Berlin, Berlin, Germany 7th December Stuttgarter Stammtisch (Online) Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 8th December CASA talk: Ramya Ragupathy, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team 8th December London pub meet-up London, England, United Kingdom 8th December Michigan Meetup Michigan, United States 9th December 3. Virtueller OpenStreetMap Stammtisch Österreich Großarl, Salzburg, Austria 10th December 162. Berlin-Brandenburg OpenStreetMap Stammtisch Berlin, Berlin, Germany 11th December [Online] 15th Annual General Meeting of the OpenStreetMap Foundation 13th December OSM Grenoble Atelier OpenStreetMap Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France 13th December OSM x Wikidata Taipei #35 Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan 14th December Toronto OpenStreetMap Enthusiasts Meeting 14th December MappingDC Mappy Hour Washington, District of Columbia, United States 14th December East Midlands OSM Pub Meet-up : Derby Derby, England, United Kingdom 14th December Reunión mensual de la comunidad española 21st December 146. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 21st December Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 27th December Bremer Mappertreffen (Online) Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany 29th December Düsseldorfer OSM-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 11th January Reunión mensual de la comunidad española Helechosa de los Montes, Extremadura, Spain 15th January EPN des Rancy : Technique de cartographie et d'édition Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France 18th January 147.Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 5th February EPN des Rancy : Technique de cartographie et d'édition Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France 8th February MappingDC Mappy Hour Washington, District of Columbia, United States 15th February 148.Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 16th February Stammtisch Köln Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 9th–12th March FOSSGIS 2022 Marburg, Hesse, Germany 9th March 4. Virtueller OpenStreetMap Stammtisch Österreich Großarl, Salzburg, Austria 12th March EPN des Rancy : Technique de cartographie et d'édition Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France 15th March 149.Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 1st–3rd April State of the Map US Tucson, Arizona, United States 12th April MappingDC Mappy Hour Washington, District of Columbia, United States 19th April 150.Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 17th May 151.Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 14th June MappingDC Mappy Hour Washington, District of Columbia, United States 21st June 152.Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 19th July 153.Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 9th August MappingDC Mappy Hour Washington, District of Columbia, United States 16th August 154.Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 20th September 155.Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 11th October MappingDC Mappy Hour Washington, District of Columbia, United States 18th October 156.Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 15th November 157.Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 20th December 158.Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn Add your event to OpenStreetMap Calendar