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Free Geographic Data OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. It is made by people like you. OpenStreetMap creates and provides free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. OpenStreetMap allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth. The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive, or unexpected ways.	Show me the map! I want to see maps – get out of my way!	Image of the Week Template:Iotw text/2025-27 Other featured images
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OSMS meets VPE Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 6th July OSM India monthly mapping party (online) Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India 8th July South Bay Map Night San Jose, California, United States 8th July Hamburger Mappertreffen Hamburg, Germany 8th July Münchner OSM-Treffen Munich, Bavaria, Germany 10th July Meagan 10th July OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup Ohio, United States 11th July UN Mappers Community Discussion: Ambassadors Pilot Initiative Plan 11th July OSMF Engineering Working Group meeting 11th July OSM-Stammtisch Berlin-Brandenburg Berlin, Germany 12th July OSM Africa July 2025 Mapathon Gaborone, Botswana 13th July OSMmapperCPH Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark 13th July 18th OpenStreetMap Delhi Mapping Party Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India 14th–20th July FOSS4G Europe 2025 Mostar, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina 14th July OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #78 Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan 15th July OSM Utah Monthly Map Night Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 15th July Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] 15th July OSM Edinburgh Social Meet-up City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom 15th July Lüneburger Mappertreffen Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 16th July Stammtisch Karlsruhe Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 17th July Missing Maps Mapathon in Heidelberg MSF Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 22nd July Kieler Mapper*innentreffen Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany 22nd July South Bay Map Night San Jose, California, United States 22nd July OSM-Verkehrswende #69 Berlin, Germany 24th July OSM-Stammtisch Hannover Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany 24th July 75. Wiener OSM-Stammtisch Vienna, Austria 28th July Bremer Mappertreffen Bremen, Bremen, Germany 30th July Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 31st July [Online] OpenStreetMap Foundation board of Directors - public videomeeting 1st August UN Mappers #ValidationFriday Mappy Hour 5th August OSM Treffen Salzburg Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria 5th August East Midlands Pub Meet-up & OSM 21st Birthday Party Derby, England, United Kingdom 5th August South Bay Map Night San Jose, California, United States 5th August Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng] 6th August iD Community Chat 6th August iD Community Chat 9th August Stuttgarter OSM-Geburtstagtreffen Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 10th August COSCUP 2025 OpenStreetMap x Wikidata開放內容議程軌 Gongguan, Taipei, Taiwan 10th August OSMmapperCPH Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark 11th August OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #79 Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan 13th August Missing Maps - DRK & MSF Online Mapathon 13th August Münchner OSM-Treffen Munich, Bavaria, Germany 14th August OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup Ohio, United States 19th August Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] 19th August South Bay Map Night San Jose, California, United States 19th August Lüneburger Mappertreffen Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 20th–22nd August Mostra de projetos de mapeamento - Workshop MPCS 2025 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 23rd–24th August OSM auf der Maker Faire Hannover 2025 Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany 24th August OSM-Stammtisch Hannover Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany 26th August OSM Radinfra-Mapathon #3 Vogtei, Thuringia, Germany 27th August Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 28th August [Online] OpenStreetMap Foundation board of Directors - public videomeeting 2nd September OSM Treffen Salzburg Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria 2nd September Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng] 4th–6th September SotM LatAm 2025 Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia 11th September Münchner OSM-Treffen Munich, Bavaria, Germany 11th September OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup Ohio, United States 15th September Ardenne belge - Social Habay-la-Neuve, Luxembourg, Belgium 15th September OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #80 Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan 15th September Ardenne belge - Meeting Habay-la-Neuve, Luxembourg, Belgium 16th September Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] 16th September Lüneburger Mappertreffen Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 17th–18th September Jornadas de SIG Libre / SOTM España Girona, Catalonia, Spain 17th September 18. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) Stainach-Pürgg, Styria, Austria 25th September FOSS4G Belgium Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek, Belgium 25th September [Online] OpenStreetMap Foundation board of Directors - public videomeeting 25th September OSM-Stammtisch Hannover Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany 26th September Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 3rd–5th October State of the Map 2025 Quezon City, Philippines 7th–10th October State of the Map Nigeria 2025 Conference Enugu Enugu State, Nigeria 7th October Vortrag - Wie nutze ich OpenStreetMap - BWS Lehen-Vorstadt, Salzburg Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria 7th October Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng] 9th October OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup Ohio, United States 13th October OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #81 Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan 17th–18th October Open Transport Community Conference Vienna, Austria 17th–18th October Open Transport Community Conference (ÖBB) Vienna, Austria 21st October Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] 21st October Lüneburger Mappertreffen Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 22nd October 76. Wiener OSM-Stammtisch Vienna, Austria 25th October OSM-Stammtisch Hannover Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany 28th October OSM Radinfra-Mapathon #4 Vogtei, Thuringia, Germany 29th October Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 4th November OSM Treffen Salzburg Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria 4th November Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng] 7th–9th November itWikiCon Catania, Sicily, Italy 8th–9th November Karlsruhe Hack Weekend November 2025 Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 10th November OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #82 Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan 13th November OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup Ohio, United States 14th–15th November State of the Map Europe Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom 18th November Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] 18th November Lüneburger Mappertreffen Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 25th November OSM-Stammtisch Hannover Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany 26th November Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 28th–30th November State of the Map Africa 2025 Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania 2nd December OSM Treffen Salzburg Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria 2nd December Missing Maps London: (Online) Mapathon [eng] 8th December OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Taipei #83 Chengnei, Taipei, Taiwan 11th December OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup Ohio, United States 16th December Missing Maps London: (Online) Mid-Month Mapathon [eng] 16th December Lüneburger Mappertreffen Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany 18th December Düsseldorfer OpenStreetMap-Treffen (online) Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 18th December 19. Österreichischer OSM-Stammtisch (online) Stainach-Pürgg, Styria, Austria 26th December OSM-Stammtisch Hannover Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany 8th January OpenStreetMap Midwest Meetup Ohio, United States Add your event to OpenStreetMap Calendar		Platform status (Wiki status) News 2025 1 Jul2025-07-01–2025-07-02 Nominations for OpenStreetMap Awards 2025 are open until 23 July 2025. 18 Jun2025-06-18–2025-06-19 The call for State of the Map 2026 venues is open until August 31. 15 Jun2025-06-15–2025-06-16 Nominate yourself until July 5 to be an OSM Foundation board candidate. Or submit questions to OSM Foundation board candidates (until July 12). 9 Jun2025-06-09–2025-06-10 State of the Map 2025 early bird tickets (for in-person or just online participation) are now available. 29 May2025-05-29–2025-05-30 Help test a fix for this wiki’s Unicode character encoding issues. 28 May2025-05-28–2025-05-29 Additional users have been granted administrator rights. 30 Apr2025-04-30–2025-05-01 The TemplateStyles extension is now installed. You can define a full CSS stylesheet for any template or module. 28 Apr2025-04-28–2025-04-29 Meet OSMF's new Core Software Development Facilitator! 26 Apr2025-04-26–2025-04-27 The wiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki v1.43. You can enable Dark Mode via the Appearance sidebar. Please provide feedback about incompatible pages using the link in the sidebar. 17 Apr2025-04-17–2025-04-18 Several users have been nominated to become administrators. Please share your feedback and vote on these proposals. 16 Apr2025-04-16–2025-04-17 You can apply for a travel grant to join the State of the Map 2025 conference, either in person or remotely. The call for applications will be open until 16 May 2025, 12:00 UTC. 5 Apr2025-04-05–2025-04-06 Notice to OSM Foundation members: There was a change in membership handling regarding auto-renewals. 3 Apr2025-04-03–2025-04-04 OSMF Board member Dani Walersdorfer shared her thoughts about attending the State of the Map Latin America 2024 conference 10 Mar2025-03-10–2025-03-11 Manila, Philippines will host the State of the Map 2025 from 3 to 5 October! Read more about the event here! 7 Feb2025-02-07–2025-02-08 Eight new companies joined the OSM Corporate Membership Program in 2024! 7 Jan2025-01-07–2025-01-08 Want to work on OpenStreetMap? Apply to be the OSM Core Software Development Facilitator! Applications will be accepted until January 21. 2024 20 Dec2024-12-20–2024-12-21 Sovereign Tech Fund invests €384k in OpenStreetMap. 19 Dec2024-12-19–2024-12-20 Meta has donated €178k to the OpenStreetMap Foundation to support community and core infrastructure. 17 Dec2024-12-17–2024-12-18 All services are back live after an outage – map away. :) 19 Oct2024-10-19–2024-10-20 If you are an OpenStreetMap Foundation member, you can attend the online 18th Annual General Meeting of the Foundation, where the results of the OSM Foundation's board election will be announced. 12 Oct2024-10-12–2024-10-13 Voting is open for the 2024 board election. Read about voting eligibility, instructions and common questions here. 9 Oct2024-10-09–2024-10-10 Learn about how OSM's infrastructure has been progressing with an update from OSM's Senior Site Reliability Engineer. 27 Sep2024-09-27–2024-09-28 You can now read the answers and the manifestos of the 2024 OSM Foundation's board election candidates. Discuss the answers on your local channels or on community.osm.org. 9 Aug2024-08-09–2024-08-10 OpenStreetMap's 20th birthday. See where birthday parties and meetings were held. 9 Aug2024-08-09–2024-08-10 Read OSM's founder Steve Coast's thoughts on the 20th birthday of OpenStreetMap. 18 Jun2024-06-18–2024-06-19 OpenStreetMap Foundation board member Sarah Hoffman participated in the United Nations' UN-Maps conference, hear more about how the UN uses OSM. 7 Jun2024-06-07–2024-06-08 See a progress update on vector tiles from the Engineering Working Group to learn more about this exciting improvement to openstreetmap.org. older news... See also Recently approved tags · OpenStreetMap Blog · weeklyOSM · OpenStreetMap in the media Community Contact Channels ± Get together and communicate with others in the OpenStreetMap Community. 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