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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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Develop and use the Platform

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• Use OpenStreetMap for your software
• Contribute to the OpenStreetMap software

News
2021
8 Apr2021-04-08–2021-04-09	Read about ideas for mapping for Earth Day and the International Day of Human Space Flight, both in April.
5 Apr2021-04-05–2021-04-06	The Local Chapters and Communities Working Group is looking for volunteer moderators.
2 Apr2021-04-02–2021-04-03	The academic track at the State of the Map 2021 is accepting abstracts.
9 Mar2021-03-09–2021-03-10	Call for talks, workshops and panels at the online State of the Map 2021.
7 Mar2021-03-07–2021-03-08	Announcing the State of the Map logo and website.
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.
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Upcoming events (add) – See also: Past Events Event archive 2004-2020

4th September OSM Africa Monthly Mapathon: Map Malawi 23rd September LATGIS meetGIT runa: OpenStreetMap kopiena 23rd September DRK Missing Maps Online Mapathon 24th September Mapathon Romblon, Philippines 24th September Map and Chat Hour - Asia Pacific 24th September [Online] OpenStreetMap Foundation board of Directors - public meeting 24th September Düsseldorfer OSM-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 25th September OSM Nederland maandelijkse bijeenkomst (online) Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands 27th September–2nd October FOSS4G 2021 Buenos Aires - Online Edition 27th September Bremer Mappertreffen (Online) Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany 28th September Mapathon Missing Maps – Cartographier des cartes humanitaires sur un mode collaboratif et libre. Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France 28th September South Bay Map Night San Jose, California, United States 28th September East Midlands OSM Pub Meet-up : Derby Derby, England, United Kingdom 28th September Virtual OpenStreetMap Belgium meeting City of Brussels, Belgium 30th September Missing Maps mapathon Slovakia online #4 District of Žilina, Region of Žilina, Slovakia 2nd October 京都！街歩き！マッピングパーティ：第26回 Re:一休寺 Kyotanabe, Japan 5th October Missing Maps London Mapathon Westminster, England, United Kingdom 5th October Virtuelles Niederbayern-Treffen Kothingeichendorf, Landau an der Isar, Bavaria, Germany 5th October Stuttgarter Stammtisch (Online) Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 6th October London pub meet-up Kensington, Westminster, England, United Kingdom 7th October Online validation mapathon Prague, Prague, Czechia 7th October OSM-Treffen Bochum (Oktober) Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 8th October UN Mappers: MaPathon - le Università a servizio della cooperazione internazionale 8th October 160. Berlin-Brandenburg OpenStreetMap Stammtisch Berlin, Berlin, Germany 9th October Journey to the Centers of Michigan Michigan, United States 11th October OSM-Treffen Zürich Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 12th October Hamburger Mappertreffen Hamburg, Germany 14th October OpenStreetMap Michigan Meetup 19th October 144. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 19th October Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 27th October Düsseldorfer OSM-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 6th November OSM Local Chapters & Communities Virtual Congress 11th November OSM-Treffen Zürich Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 16th November 145. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 16th November Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 17th November OSM-Stammtisch Köln Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 19th–21st November State of the Map Africa 2021 22nd November HOT Summit 2021 24th November Düsseldorfer OSM-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 21st December 146. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 21st December Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online) Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 29th December Düsseldorfer OSM-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Add your event to OpenStreetMap Calendar