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2017
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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19 Sep.2017-09-19–2017-09-20 Bonner Stammtisch, Bonn, Germany 19 Sep.2017-09-19–2017-09-20 Mappertreffen Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany 19 Sep.2017-09-19–2017-09-20 Chesterfield (Nottingham) Pub Meetup, Chesterfield, United Kingdom 20 Sep.2017-09-20–2017-09-21 Stammtisch, Köln, Germany 20 Sep.2017-09-20–2017-09-21 もくもくマッピング！ #09, Osaka, Japan 21 Sep.2017-09-21–2017-09-22 Mapathon Missing Maps @LLL, Liberté Living Lab, Paris, France 21 Sep.2017-09-21–2017-09-22 Josm Workshop at 2017 AGIC Conference, Prescott, Arizona, United States 21 Sep.2017-09-21–2017-09-22 Stammtisch, Karlsruhe, Germany 21 Sep.2017-09-21–2017-09-22 Stammtisch Freiberg, Germany 21 Sep.2017-09-21–2017-09-22 Mapathon Missing maps, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom 21 Sep.2017-09-21–2017-09-22 Pub meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom 22 Sep.2017-09-22–2017-09-23 HackMeeting Bolivia: Mapas, Datos y Geochelas, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santa Cruz, Bolivia 23 Sep.2017-09-23–2017-09-24 Wikigita a Santo Stefano Magra, Santo Stefano di Magra, La Spezia, Liguria, Italy 23 Sep.2017-09-23–2017-09-24 東京！街歩かない！マッピングパーティ3, Tokyo, Japan 23–24 Sep.2017-09-23–2017-09-25 State of the Map Asia 2017, Lalitpur, Nepal 25 Sep.2017-09-25–2017-09-26 OpenStreetMap Taipei Meetup, MozSpace, Taipei, Taiwan 25 Sep.2017-09-25–2017-09-26 Bremer Mappertreffen, Bremen, Germany 25 Sep.2017-09-25–2017-09-26 Stammtisch Graz, Graz, Austria 25 Sep.2017-09-25–2017-09-26 111.1 Berlin-Brandenburg Sonderstammtisch Intergeo, Berlin, Germany 26 Sep.2017-09-26–2017-09-27 OSM Utah GeoBeers, Salt Lake City, United States 26 Sep.2017-09-26–2017-09-27 Mapathon Missing maps, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom 26–28 Sep.2017-09-26–2017-09-29 Intergeo 2017, Berlin, Germany 27 Sep.2017-09-27–2017-09-28 Leuven Monthly OpenStreetMap Meetup, Leuven, Belgium 27 Sep.2017-09-27–2017-09-28 OSM US Virtual Mappy Hour 28 Sep.2017-09-28–2017-09-29 Mapathon missing maps à Lyon à l'atelier des médias, L'atelier des médias, Lyon, France 28 Sep.2017-09-28–2017-09-29 Lübecker Stammtisch, Lübeck, Germany 29 Sep.2017-09-29–2017-09-30 Stammtisch Düsseldorf, Germany 30 Sep.2017-09-30–2017-10-01 West End Mapping Party, West End, Brisbane, Australia 30 Sep.2017-09-30–2017-10-01 伊勢河崎でマッピングパーティ, Ise, Japan 30 Sep.2017-09-30–2017-10-01 Mapas Digitales para Periodistas, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia 1 Oct.2017-10-01–2017-10-02 Viverone mapping party, Viverone, Biella, Piemonte, Italy 4 Oct.2017-10-04–2017-10-05 Mappertreffen Essen, Essen, Germany 4 Oct.2017-10-04–2017-10-05 Stuttgarter Stammtisch, Stuttgart, Germany 4 Oct.2017-10-04–2017-10-05 Les Mercredis cartographie, Montréal, Canada 5 Oct.2017-10-05–2017-10-06 Stammtisch Dresden, Dresden, Germany 5 Oct.2017-10-05–2017-10-06 Mapping Night, Salt Lake City, United States 8 Oct.2017-10-08–2017-10-09 Mappertreffen Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany 8 Oct.2017-10-08–2017-10-09 福智町の歴史・文化まち歩きプロジェクト～自分のチカラで世界中にタカラ発信！～, Fukuchi, Japan 9 Oct.2017-10-09–2017-10-10 Réunion mensuelle, Rennes, France 10 Oct.2017-10-10–2017-10-11 Rencontre mensuelle ouverte, Lyon, France 10 Oct.2017-10-10–2017-10-11 Stammtisch, München, Germany 10 Oct.2017-10-10–2017-10-11 Rostocker Treffen, Rostock, Germany 10 Oct.2017-10-10–2017-10-11 Atelier-découverte « Transports et déplacements » (dans le cadre de la Fête de la Science Nantes, France. 13 Oct.2017-10-13–2017-10-14 112. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch, Berlin, Germany 14 Oct. 東京！街歩き！マッピングパーティ：第12回 旧古河庭園, Tokyo, Japan 14 Oct. Muoversi a Torinoː Torino mapping party, Torino, Italy 13–15 Oct.2017-10-13–2017-10-16 Opération libre à Jacou, Jacou, Hérault France 13–15 Oct.2017-10-13–2017-10-16 Participation au « Village des sciences » lors de la Fête de la Science à l'ENSA, Nantes, France. 17 Oct.2017-10-17–2017-10-18 Bonner Stammtisch, Bonn, Germany 17 Oct.2017-10-17–2017-10-18 Mappertreffen Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany 17 Oct.2017-10-17–2017-10-18 Pub meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom 18 Oct.2017-10-18–2017-10-19 Stammtisch, Karlsruhe, Germany 19–22 Oct.2017-10-19–2017-10-23 State of the Map U.S. 2017, Boulder, United States 21–22 Oct.2017-10-21–2017-10-23 Hack Weekend October 2017, Karlsruhe, Germany 23–28 Oct.2017-10-23–2017-10-29 FOSS4G+State of the Map Argentina 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentina 23 Oct.2017-10-23–2017-10-24 Bremer Mappertreffen, Bremen, Germany 23 Oct.2017-10-23–2017-10-24 OpenStreetMap Taipei Meetup, MozSpace, Taipei, Taiwan 23 Oct.2017-10-23–2017-10-24 Stammtisch Graz, Graz, Austria 23 Oct.2017-10-23–2017-10-24 Stammtisch Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany 24 Oct.2017-10-24–2017-10-25 Nottingham Pub Meetup, Nottingham, United Kingdom 25 Oct.2017-10-25–2017-10-26 byGIS meetup, Minsk, Belarus 26 Oct.2017-10-26–2017-10-27 FOSS4G Belgium 2017, Brussels, Belgium 26 Oct.2017-10-26–2017-10-27 Lübecker Stammtisch, Lübeck, Germany   Future big events 29 Nov. – 2 Dec.2017-11-29–2017-12-03 State of the Map LatAm 2017, Lima, Perú   2018 21–24 Mar.2018-03-21–2018-03-25 FOSSGIS 2018, Bonn, Germany