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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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• Browse our world map
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• Browse the map feature documentation
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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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Current events 1–31 Dec.2018-12-01–2019-01-01 PoliMappers Adventures 2018: One mapping quest each day, online, everywhere 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 18 Dec.2018-12-18–2018-12-19 Stammtisch Ulmer Alb, Reutti, Germany 20 Dec.2018-12-20–2018-12-21 Kosovo Meetup / Takim në Kosovë, Pristina, Kosovo 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, Leipzig, Germany 28 Dec.2018-12-28–2018-12-29 Stammtisch, Düsseldorf, Germany 28 Dec.2018-12-28–2018-12-29 Metrotown mappy Hour, Greater Vancouver area, Canada 29 Dec.2018-12-29–2018-12-30 Incontro mensile, Biella, Italy   2019 8 Jan.2019-01-08–2019-01-09 Rencontre mensuelle pour tous, Lyon, France 10 Jan.2019-01-10–2019-01-11 Stammtisch Dresden, Dresden, Germany 10 Jan.2019-01-10–2019-01-11 127. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch, Berlin, Germany 10 Jan.2018-01-10–2018-01-11 Civic Hack Night & Map Night, San José, California, United States 13 Jan.2018-01-13–2018-01-14 OSGeo.nl and OSM-NL New Year's gathering, Hilversum, Netherlands 14 Jan.2019-01-14–2019-01-15 Réunion mensuelle, Rennes, France 16 Jan.2019-01-16–2019-01-17 Rencontre mensuelle, Toulouse, France 16 Jan.2019-01-16–2019-01-17 Stammtisch, Karlsruhe, Germany 16 Jan.2019-01-16–2019-01-17 Maptime - Stammtisch, Salzburg, Austria 17 Jan.2019-01-17–2019-01-18 Stammtisch Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany   Future big events   2019 1–3 Jun.2019-06-01–2019-06-04 State of the Map France 2019 France 19–20 Sep.2019-09-19–2019-09-21 HOT Summit 2019, Heidelberg, Germany 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