State of the Map 2026
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| Calendar | |
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| 2025 | |
| 18 Jun. | Call for venues opened. |
| 31 Aug. | Call for venues closed. |
| 5 Oct. | Paris announced as host city. |
| 24 Nov. | Event website launched. |
| 6 Dec. | Call for logo published. |
| 2026 | |
| 3 Feb. | Opened applications for travel grants. |
| 1 Mar. | Deadline for travel grant applications. |
| 21 Feb. | Starting call for session proposals. |
| 4 Mar. | Opened Call for Abstracts: OSM Science |
| 27 Apr. | Deadline for sessions proposals. |
| 11 May | Deadline for OSM Science submissions. |
| 20 May | Programme published. |
| 1 Jun. | Registration opens. |
| 21 Jun. | Deadline for 2d round of Travel grant application |
| 19 Jul. | Early bird discount ends |
| 27 Aug. | Venue setup and installation. |
| 28–30 Aug. | Main conference days with presentations and discussions. |
State Of The Map 2026 took place in Paris, France, from August 28 to 30, 2026.
Check the official website: https://2026.stateofthemap.org
The Conference
State of the Map is the annual event for all mappers and OpenStreetMap users. In 2026 the State of the Map conference took place in Paris and online. It's been a three day conference packed with talks, workshops, discussion rounds and more.
Find all informations on the official website : https://2026.stateofthemap.org/
For regular updates, follow us on social media: on Mastodon, on X, on Facebook, on Instagram, or on LinkedIn. Or watch out for SotM posts on the OSM community forum or on the OSM Blog.
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State of the Map 2026 participants in Paris.
Programme : Recordings and slides
Most of the talks were recorded and are available at https://peertube.openstreetmap.fr/c/sotm_2026/videos
Many slides decks are available at https://2026.stateofthemap.org/programme/ - just open the page of the talk you are interested in and check the left side.
The papers from the OSM Science track are available here : https://zenodo.org/communities/osmscience2026/records
Posters
23 Posters were submitted and showed during the event.
https://2026.stateofthemap.org/posters/
Statistics
- 535 on-site attendees + 185 online
- 60+ travel grantees
- 45 countries represented
- 133 talks
- 24 lighting talks
- 27 Bird of Feather (informal) sessions
- 23 posters
- 49 volunteers (12 local)
- Programme committee 13 (+ 7 for scientific track)
Write ups
Attendees wrote about their experience at the SotM :
You can also check what happened on social media with the hashtag #SotM2026
English
Pre-conference:
Post conference:
- My participation in the State of the Map 2026 by Raquel Dezidério Souto (English & Portuguese)
- random musings on SOTM(2026) (1/n) by silversurfer83
- random musings on SOTM(2026) (2/n) by silversurfer83
- State of the Map 2026 (Day 1 - Part 1) by rphyrin
- State of the Map 2026 (Day 1 - Part 2) by rphyrin
- Tasting the Sourdough by rphyrin
- My State of the Map 2026 by juminet
- State of the Map Paris 2026: OpenStreetMap is scaling up by samuel_geovelo (also in french on LinkedIn)
- State of the Map 2026 impressions by Christoph Hormann
Español / Spanish
Français / French
- State of the Map 2026 by juminet
- SOTM Paris 2026 : et OSM changea d’échelle (LinkedIn) by Samuel Deschamps Berger
Português / Portuguese
- Minha participação no State of the Map 2026 by Raquel Dezidério Souto (Inglês & Português)
Русский / Russian
Photos and videos of the event
Medias on Wikimedia Commons :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:State_of_the_Map_2026
On Panoramax:
- Group Photo : https://panoramax.openstreetmap.fr/?s=fp;s2;p7a147f5e-79d2-4a58-af48-6c31d67b4984;c153.80/-12.86/0;m21/48.841063/2.5877252;vd;bs;udefault
- Social Event : https://panoramax.openstreetmap.fr/?s=fp;s2;p7480b719-c1ed-4283-acac-85e14903720f;c355.09/1.07/0;m18.4/48.865932/2.354934;vd;bs;udefault
Travel Grants
The State of the Map Organizing Committee provided a Travel Grant Programme (TGP) to facilitate accessibility at the global SotM 2026 Conference.
More than 60 attendees were helped by this programme.
https://2026.stateofthemap.org/calls/second_travel_grants/
Sponsoring
5 partners and 23 sponsors helped us make it happened : https://2026.stateofthemap.org/#sponsors
We are seeking sponsors for the next conference. Would your company be interested in supporting OpenStreetMap in this way? Write to sponsor-sotm@openstreetmap.org for information.
Venue
The venue was the Cité Descartes campus, located at Champs-sur-Marne, East suburb of Paris. The area is well covered on panoramax if you would like to get an impression of the venue. Checkout the winning hosting bid for more information about Paris and the venue location.
We have been hosted by three universities : Géodata Paris, ENPC and Gustave Eiffel University.
Umap
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/fr/map/sotm-2026-paris_1374311
The map is also available on the SotM 2026 website.
Information for Travellers
Welcome to Paris!
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Night view of the Pont des Invalides and the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France. -
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Olympic rings in the Place du Trocadéro in Paris
Tourism Information and Accommodation
- Information on the event web page https://2026.stateofthemap.org/venue/
- Some useful information can also be found on the wikimania event's webpage https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Travel
- Wikitravel: https://wikitravel.org/en/Paris
Additional notes on using public transportation in Paris
Information provided by StC and Adrian_Shobrooke on community.osm.org
- There are three different kinds of one-trip tickets: all metros and local trains, all buses and trams, and trips to/from airports. Yes, you must pay two different tickets for a bus+metro trip.
- You must buy a pass to put your tickets on (costs 2€) OR you can use your phone with the free Ile-de-France Mobility app. I recommend using the app at least when arriving from the airport or train station, so as to avoid long lines.
- You can also load combined tickets on your passes or phones - check the app or web site.
- The Mobility app also requires installation of a related ticket purchase app, and, as usual an account. Anyone traveling needs their own app, you can’t have another person's tickets on your phone. I found this site to be useful too with respect to travel from/to the airport.
