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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
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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
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News
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23 Jan2019-01-23–2019-01-24	Wiki pages containing outdated but historically relevant information can be marked with the templates {{Historic artifact start}} and {{Historic artifact end}}.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 10 Aug2020-08-10–2020-08-11 OSM x Wikidata #19, MozSpace, Taipei, Taiwan 11 Aug2020-08-11–2020-08-12 Hamburger Mappertreffen, Hamburg, Germany 11 Aug2020-08-11–2020-08-12 OSM birthday buffet lunch and a little mapping, Budapest, Hungary 11 Aug2020-08-11–2020-08-12 Virtuelles Niederbayern-Treffen, Germany 12 Aug2020-08-12–2020-08-13 Münchner Stammtisch, Munich, Germany 14 Aug2020-08-14–2020-08-15 146. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch, Berlin, Germany 15 Aug2020-08-15–2020-08-16 Lysterfield Friends/OSGeo Oceania tree planting and mapping day, Lysterfield South, Victoria, Australia 15 Aug2020-08-15–2020-08-16 120. Mapping-Party/OSM Meetup Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 18 Aug2020-08-18–2020-08-19 130. Bonner OSM-Stammtisch (Online), Bonn, Germany 18 Aug2020-08-18–2020-08-19 Lüneburger Mappertreffen, Lüneburg, Germany 18 Aug2020-08-18–2020-08-19 14. OSM-Berlin-Verkehrswendetreffen (Online), Berlin, Germany 19 Aug2020-08-19–2020-08-20 Köln Stammtisch ggf. ONLINE, Cologne, Germany 19 Aug2020-08-19–2020-08-20 Virtual mappy hour, United States 25 Aug2020-08-25–2020-08-26 Derby pub meetup, Derby, England, United Kingdom 26 Aug2020-08-26–2020-08-27 Düsseldorfer OSM-Stammtisch, Düsseldorf, Germany 1 Sep2020-09-01–2020-09-02 Missing Maps London Mapathon, London, United Kingdom 2 Sep2020-09-02–2020-09-03 Stuttgarter Stammtisch, Stuttgart, Germany 7 Sep2020-09-07–2020-09-08 OSM x Wikidata #20, MozSpace, Taipei, Taiwan 10 Sep2020-09-10–2020-09-11 147. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch, Berlin, Germany 10 Sep2020-09-10–2020-09-11 Münchner Treffen, Munich, Germany 11 Sep2020-09-11–2020-09-12 121. OSM Meetup Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 12 Sep2020-09-12–2020-09-13 Stammtisch Obersteiermark, Leoben, Styria, Austria 15 Sep2020-09-15–2020-09-16 Lüneburger Mappertreffen, Lüneburg, Germany   Future big events 31 Oct – 1 Nov2020-10-31–2020-11-02 2020 State of the Map Asia, Kandy, Sri Lanka 5–8 Nov2020-11-05–2020-11-09 State of the Map U.S. (postponed), Tucson, Arizona, United States