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OpenStreetMap US is celebrating 15 years as a nonprofit organization! Thank you for being along for the ride, we've got even bigger plans for the next 15!
Help OSM US grow! Your financial support is essential in our work to advocate, educate, build community and improve access to OSM in the US.
Last year over 10 million images were uploaded in the U.S. by the 2023 awardees of the OSM US + Mapillary Camera Grant. Now, we're back for round 2, with 40 cameras up for grabs to capture imagery across the country!
Our team is thrilled to announce OpenStreetMap US Microgrants, a new program for investing directly in the people growing the US OpenStreetMap community.
OSM US wants to feature local mappers and community groups in our 2024 annual report! Do you have photos, stories, or projects to share from last year? Email newsletter@openstreetmap.us!
✨ Mapper Highlight: MapRVA ✨
The Mapper Highlights have moved to the OSM US Blog, where they will be released bi-monthly, to provide more room for the fantastic stories and projects of mappers around the US. Here's an excerpt from April's highlight with Richmond, Virginia's MapRVA:
"In January 2025, Richmond experienced a week-long water crisis, during which our city lost water service. It was a confusing time, with little communication from the government about the extent of the outage. MapRVA cobbled together an online survey asking residents to report if they had water at home. We published a map on our website visualizing this data, which caught the attention of local news outlets including our local NPR station..."
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