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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.
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.
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Upcoming events (Add) – See also Past Events Event archive 2004-2020

20th April	Rencontre mensuelle (virtuelle) Lyon	Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
20th April	OSM training	Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
20th April	OSM Duma: Talking about OmsAnd business card, landing page, event scheduling
20th April	138. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn
20th April	OSM East Midlands/Nottingham meetup (online)	Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
20th April	OSM-Verkehrswende #22 (Online)	Berlin, Berlin, Germany
20th April	Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online)	Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
21st April	MapABQ April virtual meetup	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
21st April	JOSM training	Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
21st April	[Local France] Rencontre virtuelle des cartographes et sympathisants du Poitou Charentes et de l’Académie de Poitiers
21st April	Missing Maps DRK Online Mapathon
22nd April	Loyola University Chicago Friends of MSF Earth Day Mapathon	Chicago, Illinois, United States
23rd April	Swiss OpenStreetMap Association Annual General Meeting	Weggis, Luzern, Switzerland
23rd April	Virtual meeting of the Polish OSM Association	Cudniki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
24th April	Incontro mensile OSMers BI-VC-CVL (online)	Biella, Piemont, Italy
26th April	Bremer Mappertreffen (Online)	Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany
27th April	Mapatón Madrid streets	Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
28th April	Düsseldorfer OSM-Treffen (online)	Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
30th April	Map The U Spring 2021	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
30th April	[Online] OpenStreetMap Foundation board of Directors - public meeting
30th April	Virtual meeting of the Polish OSM Association	Cudniki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
4th May	Missing Maps London Mapathon	Westminster, England, United Kingdom
4th May	Virtuelles Niederbayern-Treffen	Oberframmering, Landau an der Isar, Bavaria, Germany
5th May	Stuttgarter Stammtisch (Online)	Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
5th May	~~Stuttgart: Virtueller Stammtisch am 5. Mai 2021~~
7th May	Virtual meeting of the Polish OSM Association	Cudniki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
10th May	OSM x Wikidata Taipei #28	Huashan, Taipei, Taiwan
11th May	OSM-Treffen Zürich	Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
11th May	Hamburger Mappertreffen	Hamburg, Germany
12th May	Stammtisch Köln	Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
12th May	OpenStreetMap Michigan Meetup	Michigan, United States
13th May	155. Berlin-Brandenburg OpenStreetMap Stammtisch (Online)	Berlin, Berlin, Germany
14th May	Virtual meeting of the Polish OSM Association	Cudniki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
18th May	139. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn
18th May	Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online)	Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
20th–22nd May	Mapping USA
21st May	Virtual meeting of the Polish OSM Association	Cudniki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
25th May	Virtual OpenStreetMap Belgium meeting	City of Brussels, Belgium
26th May	Düsseldorfer OSM-Treffen (online)	Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
28th May	Virtual meeting of the Polish OSM Association	Cudniki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
4th June	156. Berlin-Brandenburg OpenStreetMap Stammtisch (Online)	Berlin, Berlin, Germany
6th–9th June	FOSSGIS-Konferenz 2021 (Online)	Rapperswil, Rapperswil-Jona, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
6th June	OSM-Sonntag (FOSSGIS-Konferenz 2021)	Rapperswil, Rapperswil-Jona, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
10th June	Missing Maps Artsen Zonder Grenzen Mapathon
15th June	140. Treffen des OSM-Stammtisches Bonn
15th June	Lüneburger Mappertreffen (online)	Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
18th June	Missing Maps German Red Cross Digitaltag Mapathon
25th June	Düsseldorfer OSM-Treffen (online)	Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
9th–11th July	State of the Map 2021
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

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