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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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18 Sep.2018-09-18–2018-09-19 Bonner Stammtisch, Bonn, Germany 18 Sep.2018-09-18–2018-09-19 Pub Meetup, Nottingham, United Kingdom 18 Sep.2018-09-18–2018-09-19 Stammtisch Ulmer Alb, Lonsee, Germany 18 Sep.2018-09-18–2018-09-19 OSM Stammtisch Viersen, Viersen, Germany 19 Sep.2018-09-19–2018-09-20 Stammtisch, Karlsruhe, Germany 20 Sep.2018-09-20–2018-09-21 OpenStreetMap Foundation public board meeting, Mumble, everywhere 20 Sep.2018-09-20–2018-09-21 Stammtisch Obersteiermark, Leoben, Austria 22 Sep.2018-09-22–2018-09-23 幕末京都オープンデータソン#06：壬生の浪士と新撰組, Kyoto, Japan 22 Sep.2018-09-22–2018-09-23 首都圏マッピングパーティー 戸山公園で山登り!?, Tokyo, Japan 22 Sep.2018-09-22–2018-09-23 Réunion franco-allemande à Strasbourg, La Mandragore, France 23 Sep.2018-09-23–2018-09-24 Typhoon Ompong Mapa-thon, Kapitolyo, Pasig, Philippines 23 Sep.2018-09-23–2018-09-24 宮崎マッピングパーティ, Miyazaki, Japan 24 Sep.2018-09-24–2018-09-25 Stammtisch Graz, Graz, Austria 24 Sep.2018-09-24–2018-09-25 Bremer Mappertreffen, Bremen, Germany 25 Sep.2018-09-25–2018-09-26 Lüneburger Mappertreffen, Lüneburg, Germany 27 Sep.2018-09-27–2018-09-28 Maptime! Manila Meet-up, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines 27 Sep.2018-09-27–2018-09-28 Mannheimer Mapathons, Mannheim, Germany 28–30 Sep.2018-09-28–2018-10-01 Global Mapathon to help end female genital mutilation (FGM), globally, New York, United States 29 Sep.2018-09-29–2018-09-30 Incontro mapper di Biellese, Canavese e Vercellese, Biella, Italy 29 Sep.2018-09-29–2018-09-30 End FGM Mapa-thon x GeoLadies, Department of Community and Environment Resource Planning, UP Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines 1 Oct.2018-10-01–2018-10-02 Mappy Hour, Toronto, Canada 8 Oct.2018-10-08–2018-10-09 Réunion mensuelle, Rennes, France 9 Oct.2018-10-09–2018-10-10 Rencontre mensuelle pour tous, Lyon, France 9 Oct.2018-10-09–2018-10-10 Atelier-découverte « Aménagement du territoire » dans le cadre de la Fête de la Science Nantes, France 9 Oct.2018-10-09–2018-10-10 Münchner Stammtisch, München, Germany 10 Oct.2018-10-10–2018-10-11 Rencontre des contributeurs de Montrouge, France 12 Oct.2018-10-12–2018-10-13 124. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch, Berlin, Germany 12–14 Oct.2018-10-12–2018-10-15 Participation au « Village des sciences » lors de la Fête de la Science à l’Hôtel de région, Nantes, France 15–18 Oct.2018-10-15–2018-10-19 Intergeo 2018, Frankfurt_am_Main, Germany 16 Oct.2018-10-16–2018-10-17 Bonner Stammtisch, Bonn, Germany 16 Oct.2018-10-16–2018-10-17 Lüneburger Mappertreffen, Lüneburg, Germany 20 Oct.2018-10-20–2018-10-21 Cartopartie "Commerces de Viarme", Nantes, France 5 Nov.2018-11-05–2018-11-06 Mappy Hour, Toronto, Canada 3 Dec.2018-12-03–2018-12-04 Mappy Hour, Toronto, Canada   Future big events 24–25 Sep.2018-09-24–2018-09-26 State of the Map Latam 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina 5–7 Oct.2018-10-05–2018-10-08 State of the Map US 2018, Detroit, United States 17–18 Nov.2018-11-17–2018-11-19 State of the Map Asia 2018, Bangalore, India 20–23 Nov.2018-11-20–2018-11-24 FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018, Melbourne, Australia   2019 21–23 Sep.2019-09-21–2019-09-24 State of the Map 2019 (international conference), Heidelberg, Germany 27 Sep.2018-09-27–2018-09-28 Lübecker Mappertreffen, Lübeck, Germany 28 Sep.2018-09-28–2018-09-29 Stammtisch, Düsseldorf, Germany 3 Oct.2018-10-03–2018-10-04 Stuttgarter Stammtisch, Stuttgart, Germany 4 Oct.2018-10-04–2018-10-05 Mappertreffen, Bochum, Germany