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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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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.
11 Apr.2017-04-11–2017-04-12	Community survey for the State of the Map 2017 program.
27 Feb.2017-02-27–2017-02-28	OpenStreetMap is participating in Google Summer of Code 2017.
2016
22 Oct.2016-10-22–2016-10-23	The OpenStreetMap Forum (forum.openstreetmap.org) has been moved to a new server.
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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21 Jul.2018-07-21–2018-07-22 Mappertreffen, Essen, Germany 21 Jul.2018-07-21–2018-07-22 東京！街歩き！マッピングパーティ：第21回 増上寺, Tokyo, Japan 21 Jul.2018-07-21–2018-07-22 Je cartographie Blois - Cartopartie sur le thème des espaces verts, Blois, France 21 Jul.2018-07-21–2018-07-22 More Joy Diversion, Manchester, United Kingdom 24 Jul.2018-07-24–2018-07-25 Vélocité, Bordeaux, France 24 Jul.2018-07-24–2018-07-25 Pub Meetup, Nottingham, United Kingdom 25 Jul.2018-07-25–2018-07-26 Stammtisch, Düsseldorf, Germany 26 Jul.2018-07-26–2018-07-27 Lübecker Mappertreffen, Lübeck, Germany 26 Jul.2018-07-26–2018-07-27 Maptime! Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines 27 Jul.2018-07-27–2018-07-28 Introducción al mapeo colaborativo con Openstreetmap, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay 28–30 Jul.2018-07-28–2018-07-31 State of the Map 2018 (international conference), Milan, Italy 1 Aug.2018-08-01–2018-08-02 Stuttgarter Stammtisch, Stuttgart, Germany 2 Aug.2018-08-02–2018-08-03 Mappertreffen, Bochum, Germany 5 Aug.2018-08-05–2018-08-06 みんなのサマーセミナー：地図、描いてますか？描きましょう！, Amagasaki, Japan 7 Aug.2018-08-07–2018-08-08 Missing Maps Mapathon, London, United Kingdom 8 Aug.2018-08-08–2018-08-09 Münchner Stammtisch, München, Germany 9 Aug.2018-08-09–2018-08-10 Stammtisch Ulmer Alb, Urspring, Germany 10 Aug.2018-08-10–2018-08-11 122. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch, Berlin, Germany 12 Aug.2018-08-12–2018-08-13 OpenStreetMap 14th Anniversary Birthday party, around the world 12 Aug.2018-08-12–2018-08-13 東京！街歩き！マッピングパーティ：第22回 富岡八幡宮, Tokyo, Japan 14 Aug.2018-08-14–2018-08-15 OSM Stammtisch Viersen, Viersen, Germany 15 Aug.2018-08-15–2018-08-16 Stammtisch, Karlsruhe, Germany 16 Aug.2018-08-16–2018-08-17 OpenStreetMap Foundation public board meeting, Mumble, everywhere 21 Aug.2018-08-21–2018-08-22 Lüneburger Mappertreffen, Lüneburg, Germany 21 Aug.2018-08-21–2018-08-22 Pub Meetup, Derby, United Kingdom 23 Aug.2018-08-23–2018-08-24 Lübecker Mappertreffen, Lübeck, Germany 26 Aug.2018-08-26–2018-08-27 みんなでエディタソン#01, Takatsuki, Japan 29 Aug.2018-08-29–2018-08-30 Stammtisch, Düsseldorf, Germany 29–31 Aug.2018-08-29–2018-09-01 FOSS4G & HOT Summit 2018, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 30 Aug.2018-08-30–2018-08-31 Maptime! Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines   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