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• Browse our world map
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OpenStreetMap data in Poland with each contributor assigned a random colour. Made with Osmosis, PostGIS and QGIS.

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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23 Jan2019-01-23–2019-01-24	Wiki pages containing outdated but historically relevant information can be marked with the templates {{Historic artifact start}} and {{Historic artifact end}}.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 23 Jan2020-01-23–2020-01-24 Missing Maps Mapathon Bratislava #8, Bratislava, Slovakia 23 Jan2020-01-23–2020-01-24 Lübecker Mappertreffen, Lübeck, Germany 23 Jan2020-01-23–2020-01-24 Maptime Salzburg - Mapathon, Salzburg, Austria 23 Jan2019-01-23–2019-01-24 Stammtisch Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany 25 Jan2020-01-25–2020-01-26 Incontro mensile, Ivrea, Italy 27 Jan2020-01-27–2020-01-28 Incontro mensile Roma, Rome, Italy 28 Jan2020-01-28–2020-01-29 Missing Maps Mapathon Praha, Prague, Czech Republic 29 Jan2020-01-29–2020-01-30 Missing Maps Mapathon Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland 29 Jan2020-01-29–2020-01-30 Düsseldorfer OSM-Stammtisch, Düsseldorf, Germany 29 Jan2020-01-29–2020-01-30 OpenStreetMap Sprechstunde, Hannover, Germany 30 Jan2020-01-30–2020-01-31 OpenStreetMap Foundation public board meeting, world 3 Feb2020-02-03–2020-02-04 Budapest gathering, Budapest, Hungary 4 Feb2020-02-04–2020-02-05 OSM-Verkehrswende #8, Berlin, Germany 4 Feb2020-02-04–2020-02-05 Missing Maps London, London, United Kingdom 5 Feb2020-02-05–2020-02-06 Stuttgarter Stammtisch, Stuttgart, Germany 7 Feb2020-02-07–2020-02-08 Mappertreffen, Dortmund, Germany 10 Feb2020-02-10–2020-02-11 Réunion mensuelle, Rennes, Bretagne, France 10 Feb2020-02-10–2020-02-11 Rencontre mensuelle, Grenoble, France 10 Feb2020-02-10–2020-02-11 OSM x Wikidata #13, MozSpace, Taipei, Taiwan 10 Feb2020-02-10–2020-02-11 Toronto Mappy Hour, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 11 Feb2020-02-11–2020-02-12 Rencontre mensuelle pour tous, Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France 11–12 Feb2020-02-11–2020-02-13 Move 2020 (featuring OSMUK), London, England, United Kingdom 11 Feb2020-02-11–2020-02-12 114. OSM Meetup Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 12 Feb2020-02-12–2020-02-13 Münchner Stammtisch, Munich, Germany 13 Feb2020-02-13–2020-02-14 Rencontre mensuelle, Nantes, France 14 Feb2020-02-14–2020-02-15 140. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch, Berlin, Germany 18 Feb2020-02-18–2020-02-19 Lüneburger Mappertreffen, Lüneburg, Germany 15–16 Feb2020-02-15–2020-02-17 Karlsruhe Hack Weekend February 2020, Karlsruhe, Germany 17 Feb2020-02-17–2020-02-18 Mainzer OSM-Stammtisch, Mainz, Germany 18 Feb2020-02-18–2020-02-19 OSM Stammtisch Viersen, Viersen, Germany 18–22 Feb2020-02-18–2020-02-23 FOSS4G-it/OSMit 2020, Torino, Piemonte, Italy 18 Feb2020-02-18–2020-02-19 Derby pub meetup, Derby, England, United Kingdom 23 Feb2020-02-23–2020-02-24 Atelier découverte, Rennes, Bretagne, France 26 Feb2020-02-26–2020-02-27 Stammtisch Bodensee, Singen (Hohentwiel), Germany 26 Feb2020-02-26–2020-02-27 Düsseldorfer OSM-Stammtisch, Düsseldorf, Germany 27 Feb2020-02-27–2020-02-28 Lübecker Mappertreffen, Lübeck, Germany   Future big events 6 Mar2020-03-06–2020-03-07 State of the Map Baltics, Riga, Latvia 11–14 Mar2020-03-11–2020-03-15 FOSSGIS-Konferenz, Freiburg, Germany 14–15 Mar2020-03-14–2020-03-16 Chemnitzer Linux-Tage, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany 27 Apr – 1 May2020-04-27–2020-05-02 EuYoutH OSM Meeting, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania 24–28 Jun2020-06-24–2020-06-29 EuYoutH OSM Meeting, A Guarda, Spain 3–5 Jul2020-07-03–2020-07-06 State of the Map 2020, Cape Town, South Africa