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A special beer being brewed for the State of the Map 2019 this coming weekend

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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23 Jan2019-01-23–2019-01-24	Wiki pages containing outdated but historically relevant information can be marked with the templates {{Historic artifact start}} and {{Historic artifact end}}.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	DWG 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 17 Sep2019-09-17–2019-09-18 Bonner Stammtisch, Bonn, Germany 17 Sep2019-09-17–2019-09-18 Lüneburger Mappertreffen, Lüneburg, Germany 17 Sep2019-09-17–2019-09-18 Reading Missing Maps Mapathon, Reading, United Kingdom 18 Sep2019-09-18–2019-09-19 Maptime Salzburg Mapathon, Salzburg, Austria 18–21 Sep2019-09-18–2019-09-22 FOSS4GUK 2019, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom 18–23 Sep2019-09-18–2019-09-24 Erasmus+ EuYoutH OSM Meeting, Heidelberg, Germany 19–20 Sep2019-09-19–2019-09-21 HOT Summit 2019, Heidelberg, Germany 21–23 Sep2019-09-21–2019-09-24 State of the Map 2019 [1], Heidelberg, Germany 21 Sep2019-09-21–2019-09-22 Journées européennes du patrimoine, Nantes, France 23 Sep2019-09-23–2019-09-24 Bremer Mappertreffen, Bremen, Germany 24 Sep2019-09-24–2019-09-25 Nottingham pub meetup, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom 25 Sep2019-09-25–2019-09-26 Mannheimer Mapathons, Mannheim, Germany 26 Sep2019-09-26–2019-09-27 Stammtisch Bodensee, Singen (Hohentwiel), Germany 26 Sep2019-09-26–2019-09-27 Lübecker Mappertreffen, Lübeck, Germany 26 Sep2019-09-26–2019-09-27 Latvian OSM Meetup, Riga, Latvia 27 Sep2019-09-27–2019-09-28 Stammtisch, Düsseldorf, Germany 27 Sep2019-09-27–2019-09-28 Mappertreffen, Dortmund, Germany 28 Sep2019-09-28–2019-09-29 第2回まちマップ道場-伊勢湾台風被災地を訪ねる-, Nagoya, Japan 28 Sep2019-09-28–2019-09-29 Rencontre périodique de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France 29 Sep2019-09-29–2019-09-30 京都！街歩き！マッピングパーティ：第12回 穴太寺（あなおじ）, Kameoka, Japan 30 Sep2019-09-30–2019-10-01 Stammtisch, Mainz, Germany 30 Sep2019-09-30–2019-10-01 Incontro mensile, Roma, Lazio, Italy 1 Oct2019-10-01–2019-10-02 London Missing Maps Mapathon, London, United Kingdom 2 Oct2019-10-02–2019-10-03 Stuttgarter Stammtisch, Stuttgart, Germany 2–3 Oct2019-10-02–2019-10-04 State of the Map CZ+SK 2019, Brno, Czech Republic 3 Oct2019-10-03–2019-10-04 Mappertreffen, Bochum, Germany 3 Oct2019-10-03–2019-10-04 Réunion mensuelle, Nantes, France 5 Oct2019-10-05–2019-10-06 湘南マッピングパーティ, Fujisawa, Japan 5 Oct2019-10-05–2019-10-06 Map Ballaghadereen, Ballaghadereen, Ireland 7 Oct2019-10-07–2019-10-08 OSM Hungary Meetup reboot, Budapest, Hungary 8 Oct2019-10-08–2019-10-09 Rencontre mensuelle pour tous, Lyon, France 8 Oct2019-10-08–2019-10-09 Münchner Stammtisch, München, Germany 8 Oct2019-10-08–2019-10-09 SLC Mappy Hour, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 8 Oct2019-10-08–2019-10-09 Hamburger Mappertreffen, Hamburg, Germany 9 Oct2019-10-09–2019-10-10 Köln Stammtisch, Cologne, Germany 9 Oct2019-10-09–2019-10-10 Espace public numérique d'Arlon - Formation Consulter OpenStreetMap, Arlon, Belgium, Arlon, Belgium 10 Oct2019-10-10–2019-10-11 Civic Hack & Map Night, San José, California, United States 11 Oct2019-10-11–2019-10-12 136. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch, Berlin, Germany 12–13 Oct2019-10-12–2019-10-14 Berlin Hack Weekend Oktober 2019, Berlin, Germany 12 Oct2019-10-12–2019-10-13 Joy Diversion 8, Manchester, United Kingdom 14 Oct2019-10-14–2019-10-15 Réunion mensuelle, Bordeaux, France 14 Oct2019-10-14–2019-10-15 OSM x Wikidata #9, MozSpace, Taipei, Taiwan 15 Oct2019-10-15–2019-10-16 Bonner Stammtisch, Bonn, Germany 15 Oct2019-10-15–2019-10-16 Lüneburger Mappertreffen, Lüneburg, Germany 16 Oct2019-10-16–2019-10-17 Espace public numérique d'Arlon - Formation Contribuer à OpenStreetMap, Arlon, Belgium 17 Oct2019-10-17–2019-10-18 Missing Maps Mapathon - Putting the Wolds's Vulnerable People on the Map, Berlin, Germany   Future big events 12 Oct2019-10-12–2019-10-13 State of the Map Argentina 2019, Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Argentina 25–27 Oct2019-10-25–2019-10-28 State of the Map Southeast Europe, Prizren, Kosovo 1–2 Nov2019-11-01–2019-11-03 State of the Map Asia 2019, Dhaka, Bangladesh 12–15 Nov2019-11-12–2019-11-16 FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2019, Wellington, New Zealand 22–24 Nov2019-11-22–2019-11-25 State of the Map Africa 2019, Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast