100 Million Edits to OpenStreetMap! The collective contribution of nearly 1 billion features globally over 16 years, by over 1.5 million mappers. Changeset 100,000,000 was uploaded by user Lamine Ndiaye, adding buildings in Nianiane, Sénégal. blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/02/25/100…
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- Happy 20th Birthday OpenStreetMap! "OpenStreetMap has grown exponentially or quadratically over the last twenty years depending on the metric you’re interested in . . . The story isn’t so much about the data and technology, and it never was. It’s the people. " --@SteveC,
- 🎁 HAPPY BIRTHDAY OpenStreetMap! You've come a long way in the last 20 years. 😍 Here's @SteveC's desktop at University College London, the original OSM "server" until 2006. birthday20.openstreetmap.org #20YearsofOSM #opendata #Foss4G #opensource
- OpenStreetMap now has more than 1 million map contributors! blog.openstreetmap.org/2018/03/18/1-m…
- 🗺️🚀 Big news! @openstreetmap will be embracing vector tiles in 2024, transforming the map experience with dynamic, up-to-date data. #OSM #VectorMaps2024 blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/02/11/202…
- At 19 years old, OSM is the most significant #opensource #geospatial project in the world--by a lot. Billions of data, tens of thousands of active mappers, endless humanitarian, business, and research uses--the list of why it's so important is long. 3/5 blog.openstreetmap.org/2023/08/09/hap…
- OpenStreetMap is a freely editable map, which sometimes attracts vandalism. We condemn anti-semitism, and the recent defacement around New York. The community fixed this issue within 2 hours, and the vandal has been blocked from further editing. blog.openstreetmap.org/2018/08/30/osm…
- OpenStationMap openstationmap.org reveals indoor mapping data (where it has been added) specifically for railway stations
- We are happy to announce the deployment of #VectorTiles on OSM Foundation servers & the publication of the layer on the OSM website. We have been working hard to bring you a fresh look to OSM data, paired with exciting technological upgrades. For details: blog.openstreetmap.org/2025/07/22/vec…
- OSMnx by @gboeing is a tool which uses OSM data to compare street networks and urban forms. Read more on his blog: geoffboeing.com/2017/04/urban-…
- The OpenStreetMap.org map now has a right-click context menu openstreetmap.org/user/mcld/diar… Nice one @mclduk
















