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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
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• Use OpenStreetMap for your software
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News
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.
2019
3 Aug2019-08-03–2019-08-04	Most pages on this wiki load faster following a redesign of the language bar. Please report any problems on the language bar's talk page.
12 Jun2019-06-12–2019-06-13	The events calendar has been streamlined for easier editing. See Template:Calendar for updated instructions.
11 Apr2019-04-11–2019-04-12	The OSM Foundation is now an affiliate member of the Open Source Initiative.
23 Mar2019-03-23–2019-03-24	OSM wins the 2018 Free Software Foundation award, adding another trophy to our collection.
23 Jan2019-01-23–2019-01-24	Wiki pages containing outdated but historically relevant information can be marked with the templates {{Historic artifact start}} and {{Historic artifact end}}.
10 Jan2019-01-10–2019-01-11	Data Working Group announces that the Organised Editing Guidelines have been officially put online. (More context on the OSMF blog.)
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Upcoming events (Add) – See also Past Events Event archive 2004-2020

21st January Virtual Civic Hack & Map Night San Jose, California, United States 22nd January Virtual community meeting. Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland 24th January 2021 OpenStreetMap x Wikidata 新手教學工作坊 Taichung, Taiwan 25th January Bremer Mappertreffen (Online) Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany 26th January Missing Maps CZ Mapathon 2021 #1 Prague, Prague, Czechia 26th January Virtual OpenStreetMap Belgium meeting Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium 29th January HOT Community WG: Mapping for Covid 19 Response and Resilience: Global Coordination Supporting Local Action 29th January Virtual community meeting. Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland 30th–31st January Mapping Uganda's New Cities Kampala, Central Region, Uganda 30th January Compleanno Local Chapter italiano OSM Rome, Lazio, Italy 1st February eMWRE Mapathon Delft, South Holland, Netherlands 1st February OSM x Wikidata #25 Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan 2nd February Osm2pgsql Virtual Meetup 2nd February Missing Maps London Mapathon 2nd February Virtuelles Niederbayern-Treffen Oberframmering, Landau an der Isar, Bavaria, Germany 3rd February The European Missing Maps Mapathon 4th February Virtual Civic Hack & Map Night San Jose, California, United States 4th February Dresdner OSM-Stammtisch Dresden, Saxony, Germany 9th February Hamburger Mappertreffen Hamburg, Germany 10th February Münchner OSM-Stammtisch Munich, Bavaria, Germany 11th February OSM-Treffen Zürich Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 11th February OpenStreetMap Michigan Meetup Michigan, United States 12th February 152. Berlin-Brandenburg OpenStreetMap Stammtisch (Online) Berlin, Berlin, Germany 16th February 136. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 16th February Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 17th February Stammtisch Köln 18th February Virtual Civic Hack & Map Night San Jose, California, United States 4th March Virtual Civic Hack & Map Night San Jose, California, United States 8th March OSM x Wikidata #26 Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan 9th March Hamburger Mappertreffen Hamburg, Germany 11th March OSM-Treffen Zürich Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 11th March Münchner OSM-Stammtisch Munich, Bavaria, Germany 11th March 153. Berlin-Brandenburg OpenStreetMap Stammtisch (Online) Berlin, Berlin, Germany 12th–13th March Remote Regio Hackathon Berlin, Berlin, Germany 16th March 137. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 16th March Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 13th April Hamburger Mappertreffen Hamburg, Germany 20th April Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 20th April 138. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 23rd April Swiss OpenStreetMap Association Annual General Meeting Weggis, Luzern, Switzerland 11th May OSM-Treffen Zürich Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 11th May Hamburger Mappertreffen Hamburg, Germany 18th May Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 18th May 139. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 15th June Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 15th June 140. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn 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