OpenStreetMap
A collaborative project to create a free and open source of geographic data.
About
OpenStreetMap is a global, open-source mapping project with the mission to create a free, editable map of the world. It is built and maintained by a global community of volunteers who collect data from surveys, trace aerial imagery, and import from other freely licensed sources. The data is freely licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL), allowing users to freely share and adapt information as long as they credit the source and keep the data open.
Key facts
At-a-glance profile data
- Website
- openstreetmap.org
- Founded
- 2004
- Total funding
- -
- Business model
- Non-profit
- Tags
- Geographic DataOpen SourceMappingCrowdsourcingCommunity Project
Tech stack
Detected on openstreetmap.org, last scanned 23 Sept 2026. Run your own scan
- Frontend
- Bootstrap
- Email provider
- Self-hosted
“I built a CarPlay navigation app that contributes back to OpenStreetMap. To that end, Clutch Engineering last year became a corporate sponsor of the OpenStreetMap Foundation, and Pelican is the first CarPlay navigation app to support sugges…”
View on Reddit“OpenStreetMap is the basis of open source mapping. If you use any maps alternatives like CoMaps, it uses OSM as the source. Like Wikipedia, it depends on user contributions.”
View on Reddit“I downloaded A lot of openstreetmap data recently, expecting the majority of roads to be correct with just some in rural areas missing. Literally like every other road in my data is just wrong, its in the wrong state, its got the wrong name…”
View on Reddit“Why the world needs OpenStreetMap: As more private companies offer us maps, we need an open-source, editable solution - a cartographical Wikipedia.”
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