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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
30 Aug.2018-08-30–2018-08-31	OpenStreetMap condemns recent anti-semitic vandalism, which recently surfaced on the Snapchat app.
4 Jan.2018-01-04–2018-01-05	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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Current events 13 Jan.2018-01-13–2018-01-14 OSGeo.nl and OSM-NL New Year's gathering, Hilversum, Netherlands 14 Jan.2019-01-14–2019-01-15 Réunion mensuelle, Rennes, France 15 Jan.2019-01-15–2019-01-16 SLC Map Night, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 15 Jan.2019-01-15–2019-01-16 Missing Maps January London mid-month mapping party/working group, London, UK 15 Jan.2019-01-15–2019-01-16 Lüneburger Mappertreffen, Lüneburg, Germany 16 Jan.2019-01-16–2019-01-17 Rencontre mensuelle, Toulouse, France 16 Jan.2019-01-16–2019-01-17 Stammtisch, Karlsruhe, Germany 16 Jan.2019-01-16–2019-01-17 Maptime - Stammtisch, Salzburg, Austria 17 Jan.2019-01-17–2019-01-18 OpenStreetMap Foundation public board meeting, Mumble, everywhere 17 Jan.2019-01-17–2019-01-18 Stammtisch Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany 17 Jan.2019-01-17–2019-01-18 Stammtisch Obersteiermark, Leoben, Austria 19 Jan.2019-01-19–2019-01-20 Incontro mensile, Ivrea, Italy 22 Jan.2019-01-22–2019-01-23 Stammtisch Ulmer Alb, Reutti, Germany 22 Jan.2019-01-22–2019-01-23 Nottingham, Nottingham, England 23 Jan.2019-01-23–2019-01-24 Köln Stammtisch, Köln, Germany 24 Jan.2019-01-24–2019-01-25 Lübecker Mappertreffen, Lübeck, Germany 24 Jan.2019-01-24–2019-01-25 Mannheimer Mapathons e.V., Mannheim, Germany 25 Jan.2019-01-25–2019-01-26 Metrotown mappy Hour, Greater Vancouver area, Canada 28 Jan.2019-01-28–2019-01-29 Bremer Mappertreffen, Bremen, Germany 29 Jan.2019-01-29–2019-01-30 OSM Stammtisch Viersen, Viersen, Germany 4 Feb.2019-02-04–2019-02-05 Réunion au Pays d'Arlon, Arlon, Belgium 5 Feb.2019-02-05–2019-02-06 Missing Maps Monthly Mapathon London, London, UK 6 Feb.2019-02-06–2019-02-07 Rencontre mensuelle, Toulouse, France 6 Feb.2019-02-06–2019-02-07 Stuttgarter Stammtisch, Stuttgart, Germany 7 Feb.2019-02-07–2019-02-08 Missing Maps Mapathon at Finnish Red Cross HQ - Feb 2019, Helsinki, Finland 7 Feb.2019-02-07–2019-02-08 Stammtisch Dresden, Dresden, Germany 8 Feb.2019-02-08–2019-02-09 128. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch, Berlin, Germany 9 Feb.2019-02-09–2019-02-10 ÖPNV-Mapathon Ulm, Ulm, Germany 11 Feb.2019-02-11–2019-02-12 Réunion mensuelle, Rennes, France 11 Feb.2019-02-11–2019-02-12 Réunion mensuelle, Bordeaux, France 11 Feb.2019-02-11–2019-02-12 OSM Stammtisch Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 12 Feb.2019-02-12–2019-02-13 Rencontre mensuelle pour tous, Lyon, France 12 Feb.2019-02-12–2019-02-13 SLC Mappy Hour, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 13 Feb.2019-02-13–2019-02-14 Münchner Stammtisch, München, Germany 19 Feb.2019-02-19–2019-02-20 SLC Map Night, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 19 Feb.2019-02-19–2019-02-20 Missing Maps Reading Mapathon, Reading, UK 19 Feb.2019-02-19–2019-02-20 Lüneburger Mappertreffen, Lüneburg, Germany 20 Feb.2019-02-20–2019-02-21 Stammtisch, Karlsruhe, Germany 21 Feb.2019-02-21–2019-02-22 SLUG meeting (with OSM presentation), Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 22 Feb.2019-02-22–2019-02-23 Metrotown mappy Hour, Greater Vancouver area, Canada 23 Feb.2019-02-23–2019-02-24 Incontro mensile, Biella, Italy 1 Mar.2019-03-01–2019-03-02 byGIS Meetup, Minsk, Belarus   Future big events 13–16 Mar.2019-03-13–2019-03-17 FOSSGIS 2019, Dresden, Germany 25–29 Mar.2019-03-25–2019-03-30 Erasmus+ EuYoutH_OSM Meeting, Portmarnock, Ireland 14–16 Jun.2019-06-14–2019-06-17 State of the Map France 2019, Montpellier, France 24–29 Jun.2019-06-24–2019-06-30 Erasmus+ EuYoutH_OSM Meeting, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal 18–23 Sep.2019-09-18–2019-09-24 Erasmus+ EuYoutH_OSM Meeting, Heidelberg, Germany 19–20 Sep.2019-09-19–2019-09-21 HOT Summit 2019, Heidelberg, Germany 21–23 Sep.2019-09-21–2019-09-24 State of the Map 2019 (international conference), Heidelberg, Germany 22–24 Nov.2019-11-22–2019-11-25 State of the Map Africa 2019, Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast