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Using OpenStreetMap

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• Browse our world map
• Check the ready-to-use products for your mobile device, your desktop computer or the web services
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Beginners' Guide

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• Browse the map feature documentation
• Browse the Mapping projects
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• Use OpenStreetMap for your software
• Contribute to the OpenStreetMap software

News
2021
25 Feb2021-02-25–2021-02-26	The 100,000,000th changeset is created.
16 Jan2021-01-16–2021-01-17 to 14 Feb	OpenStreetMap Foundation 2021 survey has ended. Results are posted to the OSMF wiki.
2020
20 Aug2020-08-20–2020-08-21	Mappers can now become an Associate member of OpenStreetMap Foundation at no cost by applying for Active Contributor Membership. A minimum 42 days of editing are required in the last 365 calendar days.
10 Jul2020-07-10–2020-07-11	ÖPNVKarte becomes a new featured tile layer on openstreetmap.org.
4 Jul2020-07-04–2020-07-05	State of the Map 2020 conference is held online this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Upcoming events (Add) – See also Past Events Event archive 2004-2020

14th April OpenStreetMap U.S. Virtual Mappy Hour Kansas, United States 15th April University of Liverpool Mapathon 2021! Liverpool, England, United Kingdom 15th April Virtual Civic Hack & Map Night San Jose, California, United States 16th April PoliMappers: Humanitarian Mapping with Map For Future 16th April Virtual meeting of the Polish OSM Association Cudniki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland 20th April 138. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 20th April OSM-Verkehrswende #22 (Online) Berlin, Berlin, Germany 20th April OSM East Midlands/Nottingham meetup (online) Nottingham, England, United Kingdom 20th April Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 21st April MapABQ April virtual meetup Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States 21st April Missing Maps DRK Online Mapathon 22nd April Loyola University Chicago Friends of MSF Earth Day Mapathon Chicago, Illinois, United States 23rd April Swiss OpenStreetMap Association Annual General Meeting Weggis, Luzern, Switzerland 23rd April Virtual meeting of the Polish OSM Association Cudniki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland 26th April Bremer Mappertreffen (Online) Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany 28th April Düsseldorfer OSM-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 30th April [Online] OpenStreetMap Foundation board of Directors - public meeting 30th April Map The U Spring 2021 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 30th April Virtual meeting of the Polish OSM Association Cudniki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland 4th May Missing Maps London Mapathon Westminster, England, United Kingdom 4th May Virtuelles Niederbayern-Treffen Oberframmering, Landau an der Isar, Bavaria, Germany 5th May Stuttgarter Stammtisch (Online) Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 5th May Stuttgart: Virtueller Stammtisch am 5. Mai 2021 7th May Virtual meeting of the Polish OSM Association Cudniki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland 11th May OSM-Treffen Zürich Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 11th May Hamburger Mappertreffen Hamburg, Germany 12th May Stammtisch Köln Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 13th May 155. Berlin-Brandenburg OpenStreetMap Stammtisch (Online) Berlin, Berlin, Germany 14th May Virtual meeting of the Polish OSM Association Cudniki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland 18th May 139. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 18th May Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 20th–22nd May Mapping USA 21st May Virtual meeting of the Polish OSM Association Cudniki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland 25th May Virtual OpenStreetMap Belgium meeting City of Brussels, Belgium 26th May Düsseldorfer OSM-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 28th May Virtual meeting of the Polish OSM Association Cudniki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland 4th June 156. Berlin-Brandenburg OpenStreetMap Stammtisch (Online) Berlin, Berlin, Germany 6th–9th June FOSSGIS-Konferenz 2021 (Online) Rapperswil, Rapperswil-Jona, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland 6th June OSM-Sonntag (FOSSGIS-Konferenz 2021) Rapperswil, Rapperswil-Jona, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland 10th June Missing Maps Artsen Zonder Grenzen Mapathon 15th June 140. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 15th June Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 18th June Missing Maps German Red Cross Digitaltag Mapathon 25th June Düsseldorfer OSM-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 9th–11th July State of the Map 2021 20th July Lüneburger Mappertreffen Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 11th August OSM-Treffen Zürich Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 11th October OSM-Treffen Zürich Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 11th November OSM-Treffen Zürich Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 19th–21st November State of the Map Africa 2021 Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya Add your event to OpenStreetMap Calendar