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Use OpenStreetMap

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
• ...more on using OpenStreetMap

Contribute free map data

Beginners' Guide

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• Browse the map feature documentation
• Browse the Mapping projects
• ...more on contributing map data

Software Development

Develop and use the Platform

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

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OpenStreetMap Lesotho members on Lesotho National TV show talking about #MapLesotho

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News +/-
16 Feb	Routing feature was enabled on main website openstreetmap.org, based on Open Source Routing Machine, GraphHopper and MapQuest Routing API
6 Oct	WeeklyOSM was relaunched: a weekly news collection with everything about OSM, based on German Wochennotiz. WeeklyOSM is available there in English, Spanish, Romanian, Japanese and Türkish
18 Sep	OSM2World takes first place in Thomas-Krenn open source awards
9 Aug	Celebrations for the tenth anniversary of OpenStreeetMap take place around the world
28 Jun	The weekly notes will be stopped after 4years, if there is nobody willing to continue the translation from DE
28 Jun	The wiki main page was redesigned to be lighter and strictly use-case oriented, and we introduce navigation pages
4 Jun	After State Of The Map Europe 2014 has ended, a lot of video footage is available from its wiki page.
8 Jun	OSM contributors can now add their ORCID identifier to their user page on this wiki, using {{User ORCID}}.
5 Jun	Mapbox releases Mapbox GL, a framework for client-side rendered vector maps on iOS using OpenStreetMap data.
5 May	New release of Mapsforge 0.4.0 (offline vector map rendering framework)
Now	2014 West Africa Ebola Response
9 Apr	Imagery from DigitalGlobe now available for use via mapbox [1]
4 Apr	A new editor is released, Level0.
	older news...       OpenStreetMap in the media

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Up and running

Event Calendar +/-

4 Mar Stammtisch Stuttgart, Germany 4 Mar 45. Wiener Stammtisch 5 Mar Lübecker Mappertreffen, Germany 5 Mar Stammtisch Dresden 5 Mar Mappa Mercia, Birmingham, UK 6 Mar Fiesta de Mapeo - UNAN Managua - Marzo 2015, Nicaragua 9 Mar Mappertreffen Passau, Germany 10 Mar OSM-Stammtisch Hamburg, Germany 10 Mar Rencontre mensuelle mappeurs, Lyon, France 11 Mar OSM-Stammtisch Zürich, Switzerland 11–13 Mar FOSSGIS 2015 conference, Münster, Germany 13 Mar Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch 17 Mar Bonner Stammtisch, Bonn 17 Mar Edinburgh, Scotland 17 Mar Mappertreffen Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany 17 Mar Nottingham, England 19 Mar Stammtisch Innsbruck 19 Mar OSM-Stammtisch München, Germany 19 Mar Mappertreffen Lüchow-Dannenberg, Lüchow, Germany 21 Mar Mappertreffen Essen, Essen, Germany 21–22 Mar Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2015, Chemnitz, Germany 23 Mar Stammtisch Graz 23 Mar Bremer Mappertreffen, Bremen, Germany 25 Mar Portsmouth University Mapathon, England 27 Mar Stammtisch Düsseldorf, Germany 28–29 Mar Présence aux JDLL de Lyon, France 29 Mar ÖPNV-Mapping VRR, Dortmund, Germany 1 Apr Stammtisch Stuttgart, Germany 2 Apr Lübecker Mappertreffen, Germany 2 Apr Stammtisch Dresden 2 Apr Mappa Mercia, UK 11–12 Apr Mapaton, Santiago, Chile 14 Apr Rencontre mensuelle mappeurs, Lyon, France 30 Apr – 2 May HOT Summit, US 29–30 May State of the Map France 2015 30–31 May Berlin Hack Weekend May 2015 6–8 Jun State Of The Map U.S. 2015 more events…