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Welcome to OpenStreetMap, the project that creates and distributes free geographic data for the world. We started it because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive, or unexpected ways. More about OpenStreetMap | How to contribute | Where to get help

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Using OpenStreetMap

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The city of Pristina in Kosovo, has adopted OpenStreetMap for their tourism maps, including this leaftlet. Read more on Stereo's diary ^±

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News ±
2018
30 Aug.2018-08-30–2018-08-31	OpenStreetMap condemns recent anti-semitic vandalism, which recently surfaced on the Snapchat app.
4 Jan.2018-01-04–2018-01-05	OpenStreetMap is participating in Google Summer of Code 2018.
3 Jan.2018-01-03–2018-01-04	FOSSGIS e.V. (Germany) is now formally established as a foundation local chapter.
2017
30 Dec.2017-12-30–2017-12-31	OpenStreetMap France is now formally established as a foundation local chapter.
12 Nov.2017-11-12–2017-11-13	OpenStreetMap United Kingdom is now formally established as a foundation local chapter.
30 May2017-05-30–2017-05-31	New OSM ↔ Wikidata matcher tool.
25 May2017-05-25–2017-05-26	Over one million notes have been created since the introduction of the feature in 2013.
4 May2017-05-04–2017-05-05	The migration of multipolygon relations to modern mapping standards, part of a broader effort to clean up area geometries in OSM, has been completed.
2016
10 Jul.2016-07-10–2016-07-11	A node with the id 232 is created. Support for 64-bit identifiers has become a necessity for software working with OSM.
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Event Calendar ± – See also Past Events

Current events 16 Nov.2018-11-16–2018-11-17 Mapatón Pamplona - Médicos sin Fronteras, Pamplona, Spain 16 Nov.2018-11-16–2018-11-17 Mapes i Birres (Trobada trimestral usuaris d'OSM), Barcelona, Spain, Spain 16–18 Nov.2018-11-16–2018-11-19 ItWikiCon 2018, Como, Italy 17 Nov.2018-11-17–2018-11-18 Mapping Party during ItWikiCon 2018, Como, Italy 17 Nov.2018-11-17–2018-11-18 State of the Map CZ 2018, Brno, Czech Republic 17–18 Nov.2018-11-17–2018-11-19 State of the Map Asia 2018, Bangalore, India 17–18 Nov.2018-11-17–2018-11-19 OSM GeoWeek 24h HOT Mapathon, Vantaa, Finland 18 Nov.2018-11-18–2018-11-19 オープンデータソン in 雑賀崎, Wakayama, Japan 20 Nov.2018-11-20–2018-11-21 Bonner Stammtisch, Bonn, Germany 20 Nov.2018-11-20–2018-11-21 Lüneburger Mappertreffen, Lüneburg, Germany 20 Nov.2018-11-20–2018-11-21 Pub Meetup, Derby, United Kingdom 20 Nov.2018-11-20–2018-11-21 London Missing Maps mid-month mapping party/working group, London, United Kingdom 20 Nov.2018-11-20–2018-11-21 Reading Missing Maps Mapathon, Reading, United Kingdom 20–23 Nov.2018-11-20–2018-11-24 FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018, Melbourne, Australia 21 Nov.2018-11-21–2018-11-22 Rencontre mensuelle, Toulouse, France 21 Nov.2018-11-21–2018-11-22 Stammtisch, Karlsruhe, Germany 21 Nov.2018-11-21–2018-11-22 Pub meet-up London, UK 22 Nov.2018-11-22–2018-11-23 Lübecker Mappertreffen, Lübeck, Germany 23–25 Nov.2018-11-23–2018-11-26 ES:State of the Map Costa Rica, Alajuela, Costa Rica 24 Nov.2018-11-24–2018-11-25 【MapaTime!】, Metro Manila, Philippines 24 Nov.2018-11-24–2018-11-25 Monthly Mapping Party,Dublin, Ireland 24 Nov.2018-11-24–2018-11-25 Incontro mensile, Ivrea, Italy 26 Nov.2018-11-26–2018-11-27 Stammtisch Graz, Graz, Austria 26 Nov.2018-11-26–2018-11-27 Bremer Mappertreffen, Bremen, Germany 27 Nov.2018-11-27–2018-11-28 Espace public numérique d'Arlon - Formation Contribuer à OpenStreetMap, Arlon, Belgium 27 Nov.2018-11-27–2018-11-28 Stammtisch Ulmer Alb, Reutti, Germany 28 Nov.2018-11-28–2018-11-29 Stammtisch, Düsseldorf, Germany 29 Nov.2018-11-29–2018-11-30 Civic Hack Night & Map Night[1], San José, California, United States 1 Dec.2018-12-01–2018-12-02 南島原マッピングパーティ #1 「世界文化遺産『原城』をマッピングしよう！」, Minamishimabara, Japan 3 Dec.2018-12-03–2018-12-04 Mappy Hour, Toronto, Canada 4 Dec.2018-12-04–2018-12-05 London Missing Maps Mapathon, London, United Kingdom 5 Dec.2018-12-05–2018-12-06 Kvartální pivo, Praha - Brno - Ostrava, Czech Republic 5 Dec.2018-12-05–2018-12-06 Stuttgarter Stammtisch, Stuttgart, Germany 5 Dec.2018-12-05–2018-12-06 Rencontre mensuelle, Toulouse, France 6 Dec.2018-12-06–2018-12-07 Mappertreffen, Bochum, Germany 6 Dec.2018-12-06–2018-12-07 Stammtisch Dresden, Dresden, Germany 10 Dec.2018-12-10–2018-12-11 Réunion mensuelle, Rennes, France 11 Dec.2018-12-11–2018-12-12 Rencontre mensuelle pour tous, Lyon, France 11 Dec.2018-12-11–2018-12-12 Jubilee Stammtisch Zurich with Fondue, Zurich, Switzerland 13 Dec.2018-12-13–2018-12-14 Missing Maps Mapathon at Finnish Red Cross HQ - Dec 2018, Helsinki, Finland 13 Dec.2018-12-13–2018-12-14 Münchner Stammtisch, München, Germany 14 Dec.2018-12-14–2018-12-15 126. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch, Berlin, Germany 15 Dec.2018-12-15–2018-12-16 Foundation Annual General Meeting, online via IRC, everywhere 18 Dec.2018-12-18–2018-12-19 Bonner Stammtisch, Bonn, Germany 18 Dec.2018-12-18–2018-12-19 Lüneburger Mappertreffen, Lüneburg, Germany 18 Dec.2018-12-18–2018-12-19 Pub Meetup, Nottingham, United Kingdom 23 Dec.2018-12-23–2018-12-24 Recensement des panneaux publicitaires, Rennes, France 27–30 Dec.2018-12-27–2018-12-31 OpenStreetMap assembly, hosted by Chaos Communication Congress 35C3 (more than 15000 participants), Leipzig, Germany 28 Dec.2018-12-28–2018-12-29 Stammtisch, Düsseldorf, Germany   Future big events   2019 1–3 Jun.2019-06-01–2019-06-04 State of the Map France 2019 France 21–23 Sep.2019-09-21–2019-09-24 State of the Map 2019 (international conference), Heidelberg, Germany 22–24 Nov.2019-11-22–2019-11-25 State of the Map Africa 2019, Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast