OpenStreetMap
Sign in to saveOpenStreetMap (OSM) is a map database maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration. Contributors collect data from surveys, trace from aerial photo imagery or satellite imagery, and import from other freely licensed geodata sources. OpenStreetMap is freely licensed under the Open Database License and is commonly used to make electronic maps, inform turn-by-turn navigation, and assist in humanitarian aid and data visualisation. OpenStreetMap uses its own data model to store geographical features which can then be exported into other GIS file formats. The OpenStreetMap website
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OpenStreetMap is a freely available map database created and maintained by volunteers who contribute data through surveys, aerial imagery, and other open sources. It powers electronic maps, navigation systems, and humanitarian projects, and anyone can use and share the data under its open license.
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Key facts
- Website.name
- OpenStreetMap
- Website.logo
- 150px
- Website.screenshot
- border|240px|alt=
- Website.caption
- Homepage showing the world map
- Website.products
- Editable geographic data, tiled web map layer
- Website.commercial
- No
- Website.registration
- Required for contributors, not required for viewing
- Website.language
- 96 languages and variants, local languages for map data
- Website.num_users
- 10.6 million
- Website.content_license
- Open Database License
- Website.owner
- OpenStreetMap Foundation
- Website.author
- Steve Coast
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36 sectionsContents
- History
- Content
- Data structure
- "Any tags you like"
- Coverage
- License
- Distribution
- Mapmaking
- Data sources
- Surveys and personal knowledge
- Satellite/Aerial images
- Street-level image data
- Government data
- Editing software
- Quality assurance
- Community
- Commercial contributors
- Non-governmental organisations
- Conferences
- Criticism
- Operation
- Software development
- Uses
- Cartography
- Geolocation
- Geospatial analysis
- Navigation
- Humanitarian aid
- Gaming
- Recognition
- Influence
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a map database maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration. Contributors collect data from surveys, trace from aerial photo imagery or satellite imagery, and import from other freely licensed geodata sources. OpenStreetMap is freely licensed under the Open Database License and is commonly used to make electronic maps, inform turn-by-turn navigation, and assist in humanitarian aid and data visualisation. OpenStreetMap uses its own data model to store geographical features which can then be exported into other GIS file formats. The OpenStreetMap website itself is an online map, geodata search engine, and editor.
OpenStreetMap was created by Steve Coast in response to the Ordnance Survey, the United Kingdom's national mapping agency, failing to release its data to the public under free licences in 2004. Initially, maps in OSM were created only via GPS traces, but it was quickly populated by importing public domain geographical data such as the U.S. TIGER and by tracing imagery as permitted by source. OpenStreetMap's adoption was accelerated by the development of supporting software and applications and Google Maps' 2012 introduction of pricing.