Other open and crowdsourced geodatabases

This page lists other geographical databases that like OpenStreetMap have an open license and are crowdsourced.

Streets and/or POI

These projects can be said to compete with OpenStreetMap (at least in terms of attracting attention and contribution efforts).

Name, weblink	Data license	Description
fosm [1]	CC-BY-SA	CC-BY-SA licensed clone of OpenStreetMap. Fully populated and synced with OSM content
GeoNames [2]	CC BY 4.0	wiki-style geographical database, download available
Wikimapia [3]	CC-BY-NC-SA [4]	User generated geography on top of Google maps

Geotagged photos

See also Photo linking.

Name, weblink	Data license	Description
Mapillary [5]	CC-BY-SA (with exception for OSM)	owned by Facebook, the official apps are proprietary
Wikimedia Commons [6]	various free licenses

POI reviews

Name, weblink	Data license	Notes
lib.reviews [7]	CC BY-SA 4.0	You cannot just sign up, you need an invitation link.
Mangrove Reviews [8]	CC-BY 4.0	Uses public key cryptography for authentication.
Open place reviews [9]		Uses block chain and open database.

Wireless signals

Name, weblink	Data license	Description
OpenBmap [10]	cell data under CC BY-SA 3.0 wifi data under ODbL	Collecting wirelless cell positions (GSM,UMTS,WLAN,...)
OpenCellID [11]	CC BY-SA 4.0	Collecting GSM radio cell positions

Other data

Name, weblink	Country or region	Data license	Description
BuioMetria Partecipativat [12]	Italy	?	collection of light pollution data
EinviroCar [13]	Worldwide	ODbL[14]	Crowdsourcing georeferenced vehicle drives including engine parameters (ODB-II) along the track to get a better idea of ecologic driving
HealthSites.io [15]	Worldwide	ODbL	health care location data generated by institutions and users
Kulturlandschafts-Wiki [16]	Germany	?	Collecting historical geo facts
Mundraub.org [17]	Germany	custom license	Spots on free trees and localities where you can collect vegetables and fruits for free
Naviki [18]	Germany	CC BY-SA 2.0[19]	?
OpenDEM	?	?	Working on a free digital elevation modell
OpenFlights [20]	?	ODbL[21]	Collecting aircraft flights data between the airports
OpenAerialMap	?	CC-BY 4.0[22]	tries to collect free orthophotos (DOP) by using amateur devices
Turistautak [23]	Hungary	?	User-generated hike/tourism map of Hungary, with high quality tourist paths, large community.
Wikidata [24]	Worldwide	CC0	User contributed data organized by topîc and languages and including geolocation data.
Wikimedia Commons Atlas of the World [25]	Worldwide	CC-BY-SA (and other free licences for media files)	Free, organised and commented collection of topographic, geopolitical, statistical and historical maps (directly usable on Wikipedia and other wikis, including on this OSM Wiki).
WikiTravel [26]	Worldwide	CC-BY-SA 3.0	User generated worldwide travel guide
Wikivoyage [27]	Worldwide	CC-BY-SA 3.0	Originally a fork of Wikitravel, Wikivoyage is now bigger and part of the Wikimedia Family (including Wikipedia, Commons, ...)
NZOpenGPS [28]	New Zealand	LINZ/Corax Data License (similar to CC-BY-SA). But explicit agreement received for import in OSM.	Government (Land Information New Zealand)-sourced data of 100+ data types, modified and corrected by NZ Open GPS community

See also

• Collaboration with Wikipedia
• List of OSM-based services#Edit
• Potential datasources