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Having hosted the Olympic Games, Paris is now preparing to welcome another international gathering centered on community, openness, and diversity. Like the sporting disciplines themselves, OpenStreetMap’s mapping covers a multitude of themes and territories. Nature and hiking enthusiasts will find a space for expression there, as well as professionals in the field of geographic data.
Join us in Paris from August 28th to 30th, 2026, for State of the Map!
Watch the
announcement video
This annual gathering brings together OpenStreetMap volunteers, professionals, and enthusiasts to share knowledge, showcase innovations, and highlight the impact of open mapping.
Whether you’re a seasoned contributor, a curious newcomer, or a professional in the field, SotM 2026 is a chance for you to connect with the global community, learn about the latest developments, and contribute to the growth of OpenStreetMap. Mark your calendars and be part of this extraordinary event!
Save the date! Stay tuned via our website,
2026.stateofthemap.org
for more updates on speakers, agenda, ticketing, and how to get involved as the event draws closer.
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The
State of the Map
conference is the annual, international conference of OpenStreetMap
organised by the
OpenStreetMap Foundation
. The
OpenStreetMap Foundation
is a not-for-profit organisation, formed to support the OpenStreetMap Project. It is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free geospatial data for anyone to use and share. The OpenStreetMap Foundation owns and maintains the infrastructure of the OpenStreetMap project, is financially supported by membership fees and
donations
, and organises the annual, international
State of the Map
conference. Our volunteer
Working Groups
and small core staff work to support the OpenStreetMap project.
Join the OpenStreetMap Foundation
for just £15 a year or
for free if you are an active OpenStreetMap contributor
OpenStreetMap
was founded in 2004 and is an international project to create a free map of the world. To do so, we, thousands of volunteers, collect data about roads, railways, rivers, forests, buildings and a lot more worldwide. Our map data can be downloaded for free by everyone and used for any purpose – including commercial usage. It is possible to produce your own maps which highlight certain features, to calculate routes etc. OpenStreetMap is increasingly used when one needs maps which can be very quickly, or easily, updated.
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Voting for the
2025 board election
has started. You can read the board candidates’ answers and manifestos
here
Emails were sent to eligible OSM Foundation members today, and link directly to the voting page – listing each candidate in random order and allowing you to rank the candidates in order of preference.
Eligibility to vote
You are eligible to vote in the election if
you have been a member for the full 90 days prior to the date of the
Annual General Meeting
(which will take place on 13 September 2025)
, and
your membership is not in arrears 7 days before the date of the Annual General Meeting, and
you are a natural person.
OpaVote voting email
If you are eligible to vote, the OpaVote email was sent to the email address associated with your OSM Foundation membership.
The subject of the email is: [OpenStreetMap Foundation] Voting on 2025 board election [some_random_letters]
The sender is: noreply at opavote.com
If you believe you should have received a voting email but can’t find it, please check your spam folder. If it’s still missing, send a message to the email addresses mentioned
here
Voting information and FAQ
You can find more
information about voting and answers to frequently asked questions here
. Please make sure to read the warning on the page before voting.
Deadline for voting:
Saturday 13 September 2025 at 16:00 UTC
The polls will remain open for one week, closing on Saturday 13 September 2025 at 16:00 UTC, when the Annual General Meeting
(which you can join online)
will commence. We kindly ask you to vote in advance.
Do you want to translate this and other blog posts in
another language
..? Send an email to
communication@osmfoundation.org
with subject: Helping with translations in [your language]
The
OpenStreetMap Foundation
is a not-for-profit organisation, formed to support the OpenStreetMap Project. It is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free geospatial data for anyone to use and share. The OpenStreetMap Foundation owns and maintains the infrastructure of the OpenStreetMap project, is financially supported by membership fees and
donations
, and organises the annual, international
State of the Map
conference. Our volunteer
Working Groups
and small core staff work to support the OpenStreetMap project.
Join the OpenStreetMap Foundation
for just £15 a year or for free if you are an active OpenStreetMap contributor
Get notified about new blog posts:
Subscribe to the English RSS feed
(feeds also available for other languages)
Official OSM logo by Ken Vermette, CC-BY-SA 3.0 & trademarks apply.
OpenStreetMap Foundation
members will vote to elect a new board in September. There are seven seats on the
foundation board
and board members are volunteers. Board members typically serve for two years until their seat is up for re-election.
There will be at least
three board seats available
in this election: of Dani Waltersdorfer, Guillaume Rischard and Roland Olbricht, whose board terms are ending. The terms of Craig Allan, Héctor Ochoa Ortiz, Laura Mugeha and Maurizio Napolitano will continue.
The two main pages that have the information about the board election and the 2025 Annual General Meeting, which will take place on 2025-09-13, are:
OSM wiki:
and
OSM Foundation website:
Submission of self-nominations is now open
until 5 July at 23:59:59 UTC
Please check the
eligibility criteria
(also below) and “
what the board is/is not, rules and responsibilities and why run
“. You can
create an account on the OSM wiki
and you can nominate yourself by adding your name to the candidates’ table – edit the page
here
. Deadline: 5
th
of July at 23:59:59 UTC.
A lot of the foundation’s work is done by the volunteers of our
Working Groups
, and if you want to help the foundation, you can also look at joining one of them.
Eligibility criteria
Any natural person may be elected to become a board member, provided that:
they have been a normal OSM Foundation member [1] or an associate member[2] during the full 180 days before the General Meeting, which will take place on 13 September 2025, and
have been a normal member for the full 28 days prior to the General Meeting, and
are willing to act as a board member, and
are permitted by law to do so.
[1]
Normal members
provide their full residential address and can vote on all issues. Their residential address may be disclosed to other members.
[2]
Associate members
provide just their country of residence - which may also be disclosed to other members - and can vote - but not on all issues. Additionally, they cannot be board candidates.
If you want to find out the type of your OpenStreetMap Foundation membership (normal or associate), please check the most recent approval/renewal membership email or email the volunteers of the
Membership Working Group
at
membership@osmfoundation.org
from the email account associated with your OSM Foundation membership.
Please note that you can
change the type of your membership
Submission of community questions to board candidates is now open
OSM Foundation members can submit questions to the board candidates
on the OSM wiki
until July 12 (“by end of day”, in UTC). An official set of questions, based on the community questions and questions from previous years, will be published on the page above by the
facilitator
, Brian Sperlongano, on July 26.
Resolutions proposed by OSM Foundation members
OSM Foundation members can submit resolutions and ask the membership to vote on them. The resolutions need to be supported by at least 5% of members eligible to vote, in order to be added to the ballots. Please read:
Companies Act 2006: Members’ power to require circulation of written resolution
. The deadline for providing the supported resolutions is the end of July 12 (in UTC).
How you can help
A few of the current and past board members have mentioned that the thought of being a candidate did not cross their mind until it was suggested to them. So, you might want to consider running for the board or suggesting it to others.
The
OpenStreetMap Foundation
is a not-for-profit organisation, formed to support the OpenStreetMap Project. It is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free geospatial data for anyone to use and share. The OpenStreetMap Foundation owns and maintains the infrastructure of the OpenStreetMap project, is financially supported by membership fees and
donations
, and organises the annual, international
State of the Map
conference. Our volunteer
Working Groups
and small core staff work to support the OpenStreetMap project.
Join the OpenStreetMap Foundation
for just £15 a year or for free if you are an active OpenStreetMap contributor
Get notified about new blog posts:
Subscribe to the
RSS feed
Official OpenStreetMap logo by Ken Vermette, CC-BY-SA 3.0 & trademarks apply.
We want to notify
OpenStreetMap Foundation members
about an important recent change in the renewal process for memberships set to be automatically renewed via PayPal, and how it may affect you.
If you had enabled the automatic renewal of your membership via PayPal, you must have received an email from PayPal stating: “We stop all recurring payments of all members to prevent inadvertent double payment”. We confirm that, for the time being, OSM Foundation members will need to renew their membership manually.
Reason for the change
The
Membership Working Group
has decided to stop automatic email renewals via PayPal for all members for now. This decision was made because many payments do not register automatically, leading to incorrect reminder emails that confuse and annoy members and can result in double payments. Over the past two years, we have been unable to resolve this issue, and managing problems with automatic renewals requires significant volunteer time, which we currently lack.
While automatic renewals offer convenience and ensure that your membership remains active without any interruption, given the current challenges, we have had to disable this feature.
Manual renewal process
Until we find a proper solution, all membership renewals will need to be done manually. We understand that this may cause some inconvenience, and we appreciate your understanding. We have set up an automatic reminder system and you will likely receive automatic email reminders before your membership is due to end.
The automatic reminder emails sent four and two weeks before your membership ends, will contain a link which you can use to renew. You will also get additional reminders if you let your membership lapse, spaced out over several months.
Alternatively, you can renew via
. Please ensure that you:
Select the correct membership type.
Fill the email address associated with your OSM Foundation membership, if you have multiple email addresses.
Have the OpenStreetMap user name ready that shall fulfill the
baseline activity requirement
. If you have an
Active Contributor Membership
with your membership fee waived
via mapping contributions
(so you are not affected by this issue with auto-renewals), you still need to have at least 42 mapping days in the past 365 days at the time of your membership renewal.
To ensure that your membership remains active, we strongly advise you to:
Add a reminder about your need to renew the membership to your personal calendar, and
Check that you receive a confirmation email after manually renewing.
Questions about your membership?
If you have questions about your membership, please email us at
membership@osmfoundation.org
, from the email address associated with the membership. Please note that we are just a few volunteers, dedicating our free personal time to Foundation issues, so there might be some delay in the replies.
We need your help
Additionally, we are looking for volunteers to help with various tasks, including managing issues with membership renewals. You can read more information about what we do
here
. If you are interested in volunteering your time, please let us know at
mwg@osmfoundation.org
with subject “Helping the Membership Working Group”. Your support would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your continued support to OpenStreetMap and for your membership.
Best regards,
Michael Spreng,
Membership Working Group Volunteer
—–
Do you want to translate this and other blogposts in your language…? Please email communication@osmfoundation.org with subject: Helping with translations in [your language]
The
OpenStreetMap Foundation
is a not-for-profit organisation, formed to support the OpenStreetMap Project. It is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free geospatial data for anyone to use and share. The OpenStreetMap Foundation owns and maintains the infrastructure of the OpenStreetMap project, is financially supported by membership fees and
donations
, and organises the annual, international
State of the Map
conference. Our volunteer
Working Groups
and a very small core staff are the primary support for the OpenStreetMap project.
Join the OpenStreetMap Foundation
for just £15 a year or for free if you are an active OpenStreetMap contributor.
Official OSM logo by Ken Vermette, CC-BY-SA 3.0 & trademarks apply.
This weekend take the opportunity to read the
board candidates’ answers and manifestos
and vote in the
2024 OSM Foundation Board election
The OpaVote voting emails will be sent to eligible OSM Foundation members this
Saturday 12 October 2024,
after
16:00 UTC
and will link directly to the voting page – listing each candidate in random order and allowing you to rank the candidates in order of preference.
Eligibility to vote
You are eligible to vote in the election if
you have been a member for the full 90 days prior to the date of the Annual General Meeting
(which will take place on 19 October 2024
), and
your membership is not in arrears 7 days before the date of the Annual General Meeting, and
you are a natural person.
OpaVote email
The email from the OpaVote online voting platform will be sent to the email address associated with your OSM Foundation membership, and
the subject of the email will be: [OpenStreetMap Foundation] Vote for 2024 Board Elections
[some_random_letters]
the sender will be:
noreply@opavote.com
If you believe you should have received a voting email but can’t find it by Sunday, 13 October, please check your spam folder. If it’s still missing, send a message to the email address mentioned
here
Voting information and answers to frequent questions
You can find more information about voting and answers to frequently asked questions on
this page
Please make sure to read the warning on the page before voting.
Deadline for voting:
Saturday 19 October at 16:00 UTC
The polls will remain accessible for one week, closing on Saturday 19 October 2024 at 16:00 UTC, when the
Annual General Meeting
will commence. We kindly ask you to vote in advance.
Do you want to translate this and other blog posts in
another language
..? Send an email to
communication@osmfoundation.org
with subject: Helping with translations in [your language]
The
OpenStreetMap Foundation
is a not-for-profit organisation, formed to support the OpenStreetMap Project. It is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free geospatial data for anyone to use and share. The OpenStreetMap Foundation owns and maintains the infrastructure of the OpenStreetMap project, is financially supported by membership fees and
donations
, and organises the annual, international
State of the Map
conference. Our volunteer
Working Groups
and small core staff work to support the OpenStreetMap project.
Join the OpenStreetMap Foundation
for just £15 a year or for free if you are an active OpenStreetMap contributor
Get notified about new blog posts:
Subscribe to the English RSS feed
(feeds also available for other languages)
Official OSM logo by Ken Vermette, CC-BY-SA 3.0 & trademarks apply.
Submission of self-nominations for the
2024 OSM Foundation board election
is open. At least four of the seven board seats are available. Board members are volunteers and typically serve for two years until their seat is up for re-election.
You can put yourself forward as a board candidate by adding your information to the
OSM wiki
Please check the
eligibility requirements
and read
what the board is/is not, rules and responsibilities
Deadline:
13 August 2024, 23:59:59 UTC
Submission of questions to candidates
Community members can submit questions to the candidates
here
, until 24 August 2024 at 23:59:59 UTC. The official set of questions, which candidates will be asked to answer, will be based on the questions from the community and previous years. The facilitator for the questioning process this year, selected by the board, is
Brian Sperlongano
Resources regarding the 2024 board election and the 18th Annual General Meeting
For more information regarding the 2024 board election and the 18th Annual General Meeting, please see the following links:
OSM wiki:
OSMF website:
Key dates
List
on the OSM wiki.
Monthly view
– Please check the description of each event for exact dates and times — the OSM wiki is the authoritative source.
How you can help
Besides asking questions and voting, a few of the current and past board members have mentioned that the thought of being a candidate did not cross their mind until it was suggested to them. So, you might want to think if you’d like to run for the board or to propose being a candidate to others.
Do you want to translate this and other blog posts in
another language
..? Send an email to
communication@osmfoundation.org
with subject: Helping with translations in [your language]
The
OpenStreetMap Foundation
is a not-for-profit organisation, formed to support the OpenStreetMap Project. It is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free geospatial data for anyone to use and share. The OpenStreetMap Foundation owns and maintains the infrastructure of the OpenStreetMap project, is financially supported by membership fees and
donations
, and organises the annual, international
State of the Map
conference. Our volunteer
Working Groups
and small core staff work to support the OpenStreetMap project.
Join the OpenStreetMap Foundation
for just £15 a year or for free if you are an active OpenStreetMap contributor
Get notified about new blog posts:
Subscribe to the English RSS feed
(feeds also available for different languages)
Official OSM logo by Ken Vermette, CC-BY-SA 3.0 , trademarks apply.
OpenStreetMap Foundation
members will vote to elect a new board in October. There will be
four seats available:
of Arnalie Vicario, Craig Allan, Mateusz Konieczny and Sarah Hoffmann, whose board terms are ending. The terms of Dani Waltersdorfer, Guillaume Rischard and Roland Olbricht will continue. There are seven seats on the
foundation board
and board members are volunteers.
Self-nominations of board candidates will open on 28 July 2024 and you will be able to nominate yourself on this OpenStreetMap wiki page:
You can create an account on the OSM wiki
here
and you will be able to add your name to the table that will be added on that date by editing the page
here
(please wait until 28 July 2024 to do so). Self-nominations will close on the 13
th
of August at 23:59 UTC.
Election timeline
The timeline of the election is here:
What the board is/is not, rules and responsibilities and why run
Please read the
links on the OSM wiki
A lot of the foundation’s work is done by the volunteers of our
Working Groups
, and if you want to help the foundation, you can also look at joining those.
Who can become a board candidate
Any natural person may be elected to become a board member, provided that:
they have been a normal OSM Foundation member [1] or an associate member
[2] during the full 180 days before the General Meeting, which will take place on 19 October 2024, and
have been a normal member for the full 28 days prior to the General Meeting, and
are willing to act as a board member, and
are permitted by law to do so.
[1]
Normal members
provide their full residential address and can vote on all issues. Their residential address may be disclosed to other members.
[2]
Associate members
provide just their country of residence - which may also be disclosed to other members - and can vote - but not on all issues. Additionally, they cannot be board candidates.
If you want to find out the type of your OpenStreetMap Foundation membership (normal or associate), please check the most recent approval/renewal membership email or email the volunteers of the
Membership Working Group
at
membership@osmfoundation.org
from the email account associated with your OSM Foundation membership. Please see the
OSM wiki
regarding changing your membership type.
Resources about the 2024 board election and Annual General Meeting
The main two pages that have the information about the 2024 board election and
Annual General Meeting
are:
OSM wiki:
and
OSM Foundation website:
Resolutions proposed by OSM Foundation members
OSM Foundation members can submit resolutions and ask the membership to vote on them. The resolutions need to be supported by at least 5% of members eligible to vote, in order to be added to the ballots. Please read:
Companies Act 2006: Members’ power to require circulation of written resolution
. The deadline for providing the supported resolutions will be the 24th of August.
How you can help
A few of the current and past board members have mentioned that the thought of being a candidate did not cross their mind until it was suggested to them. So, you might want to think if you’d like to run for the board or to suggest being a candidate to others.
Do you want to translate this and other blog posts in
another language
..? Send an email to
communication@osmfoundation.org
with subject: Helping with translations in [your language]
The
OpenStreetMap Foundation
is a not-for-profit organisation, formed to support the OpenStreetMap Project. It is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free geospatial data for anyone to use and share. The OpenStreetMap Foundation owns and maintains the infrastructure of the OpenStreetMap project, is financially supported by membership fees and
donations
, and organises the annual, international
State of the Map
conference. Our volunteer
Working Groups
and small core staff work to support the OpenStreetMap project.
Join the OpenStreetMap Foundation
for just £15 a year or for free if you are an active OpenStreetMap contributor
Get notified about new blog posts:
Subscribe to the RSS feed
The OpenStreetMap Poland Association is pleased to invite all members of the OSM community to the
State of the Map
Europe
2024 conference
, to be held in
Łódź, Poland
, from 18–21 July 2024. In addition to many
interesting presentations and talks
, it will be an opportunity to meet, discuss and exchange experiences.
Conference tickets
Conference tickets can be purchased at:
Traveling and accommodation
If you would like some advice on how to get to the conference, and suggestions for accommodation, we have compiled some information at:
If you have questions about traveling to Poland or you would like to ask something else related to the conference, you can write at:
Volunteering
As you know, ’State of the Map Europe’ is a non-profit event, and for organizational purposes we need people who can help us on a volunteer basis.
During the event, we will need volunteers who will be ready to support us in Łódź — mainly on the premises of the Łódź University of Technology (unless other requirements are mentioned). To check what we need and what we offer in return, please see this page:
For volunteers from outside Łódź, a limited accommodation will be available.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the conference!
OSM Poland board
OpenStreetMap Poland
is a
Local Chapter
of the
OpenStreetMap Foundation
which supports the OpenStreetMap project.
OpenStreetMap
was founded in 2004 and is an international project to create a free map of the world. To do so, we, thousands of volunteers, collect data about roads, railways, rivers, forests, buildings and a lot more worldwide. Our map data can be downloaded for free by everyone and used for any purpose – including commercial usage. It is possible to produce your own maps which highlight certain features, to calculate routes etc. OpenStreetMap is increasingly used when one needs maps which can be very quickly, or easily, updated.
The members of the
OpenStreetMap Foundation
(OSMF) will vote to elect a new board in December. Voting will start on 2 December 2023 at 16:00 UTC and the results will be announced on 9 December 2023, during the 2023 Annual General Meeting.
Available seats in this election
There will be at least three board seats available in this election: of Guillaume Rischard, Mikel Maron and Roland Olbricht, whose board terms are ending. Meanwhile, the terms of Arnalie Vicario, Craig Allan, Mateusz Konieczny and Sarah Hoffmann will continue. There are seven seats on the foundation board.
Please note that Guillaume Rischard and Roland Olbricht have decided to rerun. Mikel Maron cannot rerun, according to the Foundation’s
Articles of Association
. All board members are volunteers.
Who has the right to vote
All normal members [1] and associate members [2] (including members who joined via the
active contributor membership program
) have the right to vote provided that:
they are a member or associate member throughout the period of 90 days prior to the date on which the meeting is held; and
their membership account is not in arrears 7 days prior to the date on which the general meeting is held and
they are a natural person (human).
[1]
Normal members
provide their full residential address and can vote on all General Meeting resolutions. Their residential address may be disclosed to other members.
[2]
Associate members
provide just their country of residence - which may also be disclosed to other members - and can vote - but not on all General Meeting resolutions. Additionally, they cannot be board candidates.
Please note that “90 days” means that the start date of your current membership has to be before the beginning of Sunday 10 September 2023 in UTC, if the Annual General Meeting takes place on 9 December 2023, as scheduled.
If you want to vote and you have an OSM Foundation membership which ends before the 2023 General Meeting, please make sure to renew it in advance. To find the end date of your membership, or the type, you can check the email you received during your previous membership renewal. If you can’t find the email, or have not received the automatic reminder about membership renewal, you could also ask the volunteers of the
Membership Working Group
Board rules, responsibilities and why run
Please read the
links on the OSM wiki to find out about the board rules, responsibilities and why run
A lot of the foundation’s work is done by the volunteers of our
working groups
, and if you want to help the Foundation, you can also look at joining those.
A few of the current and past board members have mentioned that the thought of being a board candidate did not cross their mind until it was suggested to them. So, you might want to think if you’d like to run for the board or to suggest being a candidate to others.
Eligibility criteria for board candidates
Any person may be elected to become a board member, provided that:
They are
normal
OSMF members 28 days before the General Meeting, and
they have been a normal member or associate member during the full 180 days [3] before the General Meeting, and
are willing to act as a board member, and
are permitted by law to do so.
[3] 180 days: OSMF membership start date before 12 June 2023, if the Annual General Meeting takes place on 9 December 2023, as scheduled.
If you are an Associate member and you satisfy the rest of the criteria, it is possible to change your membership type to Normal. Please contact the volunteers of the
Membership Working Group
and provide your residential address.
Resolutions proposed by OSM Foundation members
OSM Foundation members can submit resolutions and ask the membership to vote on them. The resolutions need to be supported by at least 5% of members eligible to vote [4], in order to be added to the ballots. Please read:
Companies Act 2006: Members’ power to require circulation of written resolution
. The deadline for providing the supported resolutions will probably be 25 October 2023. Please check the key dates on the OSM wiki in the coming weeks (link below).
[4] If the vote would take place today, you would need the support of at least 76 OSMF members eligible to vote. Please note that this number will change.
Resources about the 2023 board election and Annual General Meeting
The main two pages that will be enriched in the coming weeks with information about the 2023 board election and the
Annual General Meeting
are:
2023 election on the OSM wiki
– to be enriched.
2023 Annual General Meeting on the OSMF website
– to be enriched.
If you are an OSM Foundation member, you can also keep an eye on osmf-talk (the OSMF members’ mailing list) for updates. As an OSMF member, you can register to osmf-talk
here
(please use the email address associated with your OSMF membership) and the
archive of the mailing list is here
If you would like to read how the election process usually works, you can check the pages for the previous election on the OSM wiki and the OSMF website.
Previous election on the OSM wiki
Previous Annual General Meeting on the OSMF website
About the OpenStreetMap Foundation
The
OpenStreetMap Foundation
is a not-for-profit organisation, formed to support the OpenStreetMap Project. It is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free geospatial data for anyone to use and share. The OpenStreetMap Foundation owns and maintains the infrastructure of the OpenStreetMap project, is financially supported by membership fees and
donations
, and organises the annual, international
State of the Map
conference. Our volunteer
Working Groups
and small core staff work to support the OpenStreetMap project.
Join the OpenStreetMap Foundation
for just £15 a year or for free if you are an active OpenStreetMap contributor.
Dear OpenStreetMappers,
On Sunday January 22nd 2023 between 10:00 and 15:00 UTC/GMT the API database servers will be unavailable due to maintenance. You can see this in your local time zone at
Event Time Announcer – OpenStreetMap API Maintenance 1
We are planning to upgrade the software which runs the main OpenStreetMap database. Unfortunately, we cannot do this without some downtime.
The following services WILL be affected:
www.openstreetmap.org
web site WILL NOT allow edits,
API will NOT allow map editing (using
iD
JOSM
, etc), and
replication updates will be paused (minutely updates and changeset replication).
We expect that the database upgrade will not take the full duration, and we will try as far as possible to keep the API available in read-only mode, but the API may be briefly unavailable.
At times you may be unable to login to services which requires
openstreetmap.org
authentication (e.g.
community
forum
, and
help
).
Other OpenStreetMap provided services should not be affected except for login – all of the following are expected to function normally:
Map viewing on
www.openstreetmap.org
nominatim
(search)
standard tile layer
wiki
taginfo
mailing lists
Distribution of
planet file
and existing diffs
Services not run by the
OpenStreetMap Foundation
will not be impacted, except there will be no updates from OSM.
Technical details are at
Plan API database PostgreSQL upgrade · Issue #548 · openstreetmap/operations · GitHub
Paul Norman
What is OpenStreetMap?
OpenStreetMap
was founded in 2004 and is a international project to create a free map of the world. To do so, we, thousands of volunteers, collect data about roads, railways, rivers, forests, buildings and a lot more worldwide. Our map data can be downloaded for free by everyone and used for any purpose – including commercial usage. It is possible to produce your own maps which highlight certain features, to calculate routes etc. OpenStreetMap is increasingly used when one needs maps which can be very quickly, or easily, updated.
What is the OpenStreetMap Foundation?
The
OpenStreetMap Foundation
is a not-for-profit organisation, formed to support the OpenStreetMap Project. It is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free geospatial data for anyone to use and share. The OpenStreetMap Foundation owns and maintains the infrastructure of the OpenStreetMap project, is financially supported by membership fees and
donations
, and organises the annual, international
State of the Map
conference. The OpenStreetMap Foundation supports the OpenStreetMap project through the work of our volunteer
Working Groups
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