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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
• ...more on contributing map data

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• Use OpenStreetMap for your software
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Image of the week

An artistic perspective view of Cherkasy, Ukraine, created using OpenStreetMap data, QGIS to process an OpenStreetMap base map, Blender for 3D visualisation, and Inkscape for the final layout

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News
2019
3 Aug2019-08-03–2019-08-04	Most pages on this wiki load faster following a redesign of the language bar. Please report any problems on the language bar's talk page.
12 Jun2019-06-12–2019-06-13	The events calendar has been streamlined for easier editing. See Template:Calendar for updated instructions.
11 Apr2019-04-11–2019-04-12	The OSM Foundation is now an affiliate member of the Open Source Initiative.
23 Mar2019-03-23–2019-03-24	OSM wins the 2018 Free Software Foundation award, adding another trophy to our collection.
23 Jan2019-01-23–2019-01-24	Wiki pages containing outdated but historically relevant information can be marked with the templates {{Historic artifact start}} and {{Historic artifact end}}.
10 Jan2019-01-10–2019-01-11	Data Working Group announces that the Organised Editing Guidelines have been officially put online. (More context on the OSMF blog.)
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Event Calendar  – See also Past Events

Current events 1–31 Dec2019-12-01–2020-01-01 PoliMappers Adventures 2019, one mapping quest each day, online, everywhere, world 7–14 Dec2019-12-07–2019-12-15 Voting on OSMF board elections, AoA and other changes, world 13 Dec2019-12-13–2019-12-14 138. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch, Berlin, Germany 13 Dec2019-12-13–2019-12-14 OSM Mapathon @ Mapbox, Helsinki, Finland 13–14 Dec2019-12-13–2019-12-15 DB Open Data XMAS Hack, Berlin, Germany 14 Dec2019-12-14–2019-12-15 OpenStreetMap Foundation's 13th Annual General Meeting, world 14 Dec2019-12-14–2019-12-15 OpenStreetMap Workshop for Metro Manila Bikers, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines 14–15 Dec2019-12-14–2019-12-16 Harika Haftasonu - 1, Turkey 17 Dec2019-12-17–2019-12-18 Atelier OSM Guyane [1], Remire-Montjoly, Guyane, France 17 Dec2019-12-17–2019-12-18 Lüneburger Mappertreffen, Lüneburg, Germany 17 Dec2019-12-17–2019-12-18 Nottingham pub meetup, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom 17 Dec2019-12-17–2019-12-18 HÉRuDi : l'Histoire Étonnante des Rues de Digne, Digne-les-Bains, France 19 Dec2019-12-19–2019-12-20 London Xmas Pub meet-up, London, England, United Kingdom 21 Dec2019-12-21–2019-12-22 Incontro Mensile, Biella, Italy 22 Dec2019-12-22–2019-12-23 Atelier découverte, Rennes, Bretagne, France 27 Dec2019-12-27–2019-12-28 Stammtisch, Düsseldorf, Germany 27–30 Dec2019-12-27–2019-12-31 OpenStreetMap assembly, hosted by Chaos Communication Congress 36C3, Germany   2020 7 Jan2020-01-07–2020-01-08 Missing Maps London, London, England, United Kingdom 8 Jan2020-01-08–2020-01-09 Geomob LDN (featuring OSMUK), London, England, United Kingdom 8 Jan2020-01-08–2020-01-09 Stuttgarter Stammtisch, Stuttgart, Germany 9 Jan2020-01-09–2020-01-10 139. Berlin-Brandenburg Stammtisch, Berlin, Germany 9 Jan2020-01-09–2020-01-10 Mappertreffen, Bochum, Germany 11 Jan2020-01-11–2020-01-12 Mapeia Bahia, Bahia, Brazil 13 Jan2020-01-13–2020-01-14 Réunion mensuelle, Rennes, Bretagne, France 15 Jan2020-01-15–2020-01-16 Shrewsbury Geospatial Forum: Transport (featuring OSMUK), Shrewsbury, England, United Kingdom 15 Jan2020-01-15–2020-01-16 Köln Stammtisch, Cologne, Germany 16 Jan2020-01-16–2020-01-17 Stammtisch Ulmer Alb, Ulmer Alb, Germany 17 Jan2020-01-17–2020-01-18 Mappertreffen, Dortmund, Germany 18 Jan2020-01-18–2020-01-19 Mapeia Maranhão, Maranhão, Brazil   Future big events   2020 6 Mar2020-03-06–2020-03-07 State of the Map Baltics, Riga, Latvia 27 Apr – 1 May2020-04-27–2020-05-02 EuYoutH OSM Meeting, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania 3–5 Jul2020-07-03–2020-07-06 State of the Map 2020, Cape Town, South Africa