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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
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

22nd June East Midlands OSM Pub Meet-up : Derby Derby, England, United Kingdom 23rd June OSM-Treffen Zürich 23rd June Missing Maps American Red Cross Validation Mappy Hour 24th June Virtual Civic Action & Map Night San Jose, California, United States 25th June [Online] OpenStreetMap Foundation board of Directors - public meeting 25th June Pestújhely mapping party and eating some ice cream Budapest 25th June Düsseldorfer OSM-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 26th June OpenStreetMap Ireland AGM Dublin, Ireland 28th June Bremer Mappertreffen (Online) Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany 29th June Missing Maps CZ Mapathon 30th June Rencontre OpenStreetMap Clermont Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France 2nd July OSM Africa Monthly Mapathon: Map Nigeria 2nd July OSM Africa Monthly Mapathon: Map Nigeria 5th July OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #30 Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan 6th July Missing Maps London Mapathon 6th July Virtuelles Niederbayern-Treffen Oberframmering, Landau an der Isar, Bavaria, Germany 6th July Stuttgarter Stammtisch (Online) Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 8th July OSM-Treffen Bochum Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 9th–11th July State of the Map 2021 13th July Hamburger Mappertreffen Hamburg, Germany 15th July MapABQ July virtual meetup Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States 20th July East Midlands OSM Pub Meet-up : Derby Derby, England, United Kingdom 20th July 141. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 20th July Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 20th July Lüneburger Mappertreffen Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 27th July Virtual OpenStreetMap Belgium meeting City of Brussels, Belgium 31st July–1st August COSCUP 2021 OpenStreetMap x Wikidata 開放內容議程軌 (CfP) Gongguan, Taipei, Taiwan 11th August OSM-Treffen Zürich Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 17th August 142. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 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 13th September Réunion des contributeurs OpenStreetMap, Arlon Arlon, Luxembourg, Belgium 21st September 143. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 21st September Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 11th October OSM-Treffen Zürich Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 19th October 144. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 19th October Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 11th November OSM-Treffen Zürich Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 16th November 145. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 16th November Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 19th–21st November State of the Map Africa 2021 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya 21st December 146. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 21st December Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany Add your event to OpenStreetMap Calendar