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Welcome to OpenStreetMap, the project that creates and distributes free geographic data for the world. We started it 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.
More about OpenStreetMap | How to contribute | Where to get help
- Browse our world map
- Check the ready-to-use products for your mobile device, your desktop computer or the web services
- ...more on using OpenStreetMap
- Browse the map feature documentation
- Browse the Mapping projects
- ...more on contributing map data
- Use OpenStreetMap for your software
- Contribute to the OpenStreetMap software
| 2025 | |
| 5 Oct | Maintenance: The OpenStreetMap.org website and our mapping API will be read-only for server maintenance on the 5 October 2025 between 9:00 and 12:00 (UTC/GMT). Further details will be posted on community.osm.org and Mastodon. |
| 24 Sep | Meet Pablo Brasero Moreno, the OSMF's new Core Software Engineer! |
| 20 Sep | Voting for the OpenStreetMap Awards is open now and closes Sept. 30! There are seven categories and the winners will be announced at State of the Map 2025 in Manila. |
| 6 Sep | OSM Foundation board election: Voting is open until 13 September 2025 at 1600 UTC. |
| 2 Sep | Read about the OSM Foundation's participation in the United Nations' Open Source Week, attended by Minh Nguyễn and Sarah Hoffman. |
| 16 Aug | The Call for posters for the State of the Map 2025 conference is open! Submit yours by September 15. |
| 1 Aug | Apply to be the OpenStreetMap Core Software Engineer |
| 22 Jul | Vector Tiles are deployed on OpenStreetMap.org |
| 20 Jul | The Call for Venues for the 2026 State of the Map conference is now open! Can your community host this great event? Bid submissions are due August 31. |
| 16 Jul | The State of the Map 2025 conference programme was published. |
| 14 Jul | Have a bold, brilliant idea that could improve the OpenStreetMap ecosystem? Then we’ve got good news for you: the OpenStreetMap Foundation is thrilled to launch the 2025 edition of our Engineering Microgrants program! The deadline for submissions was extended to July 31. |
| 11 Jul | There was a fix to openstreetmap-website security, if you are a developer using this, some action may be required. |
| 1 Jul | Nominations for OpenStreetMap Awards 2025 are open until 23 July 2025. |
| 18 Jun | The call for State of the Map 2026 venues is open until August 31. |
| 15 Jun | Nominate yourself until July 5 to be an OSM Foundation board candidate. Or submit questions to OSM Foundation board candidates (until July 12). |
| 9 Jun | State of the Map 2025 early bird tickets (for in-person or just online participation) are now available. |
| 29 May | Help test a fix for this wiki’s Unicode character encoding issues. |
| 28 May | Additional users have been granted administrator rights. |
| 30 Apr | The TemplateStyles extension is now installed. You can define a full CSS stylesheet for any template or module. |
| 28 Apr | Meet OSMF's new Core Software Development Facilitator! |
| 26 Apr | 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 Apr | Several users have been nominated to become administrators. Please share your feedback and vote on these proposals. |
| 16 Apr | 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 Apr | Notice to OSM Foundation members: There was a change in membership handling regarding auto-renewals. |
| 3 Apr | OSMF Board member Dani Walersdorfer shared her thoughts about attending the State of the Map Latin America 2024 conference |
| 10 Mar | Manila, Philippines will host the State of the Map 2025 from 3 to 5 October! Read more about the event here! |
| 7 Feb | Eight new companies joined the OSM Corporate Membership Program in 2024! |
| 7 Jan | Want to work on OpenStreetMap? Apply to be the OSM Core Software Development Facilitator! Applications will be accepted until January 21. |
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| See also | Recently approved tags · OpenStreetMap Blog · weeklyOSM · OpenStreetMap in the media |
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