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"Accumulation curves" showing the growth of shops data in the UK by SK53. This image shows a graph for each of the top shop types while his recent blog post compares and analyses growth shapes in various other ways. ^±

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2018
4 Jan.2017-01-04–2017-01-05	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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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 17 Aug.2018-08-17–2018-08-18 10. Micro Mapping Party Rapperswil 2018 (inc. OSM-Treffen), Rapperswil, Switzerland 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 24 Aug.2018-08-24–2018-08-25 Mappy Hour, Vancouver, BC, Canada 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 4 Sep.2018-09-04–2018-09-05 Missing Maps Mapathon, London, United Kingdom 5 Sep.2018-09-05–2018-09-06 Kvartální pivo, Praha - Brno - Ostrava, Czech Republic 5 Sep.2018-09-05–2018-09-06 Stuttgarter Stammtisch, Stuttgart, Germany 6 Sep.2018-09-06–2018-09-07 Mappertreffen, Bochum, Germany 11 Sep.2018-09-11–2018-09-12 Rencontre mensuelle pour tous, Lyon, France 13 Sep.2018-09-13–2018-09-14 123. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch, Berlin, Germany 13 Sep.2018-09-13–2018-09-14 Münchner Stammtisch, München, Germany 15–16 Sep.2018-09-15–2018-09-17 Berliner Hackweekend, Berlin, Germany 18 Sep.2018-09-18–2018-09-19 Bonner Stammtisch, Bonn, Germany 18 Sep.2018-09-18–2018-09-19 Lüneburger Mappertreffen, Lüneburg, 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 19 Sep.2018-09-19–2018-09-20 Stammtisch, Karlsruhe, Germany   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