The First OSM US Community Project: OpenStreetMap Americana
OpenStreetMap US has officially welcomed OpenStreetMap Americana as our first Community Project! OSM Americana began in 2021 as a project inspired by the cartographic aesthetic of American paper maps. Today, there is...
Reflections on State of the Map US 2024
The OpenStreetMap US team is gearing up for State of the Map US 2025. Before we kick off our planning efforts, we are taking a moment to look back at State of...
Wicked Good News - Save the date for State of the Map US 2025!
Mark your calendars, State of the Map US is headed to Boston June 19–21, 2025! Main conference events will be held at Boston University on Friday and Saturday, with workshops and welcome...
Welcoming our newest Strategic Member, the National Park Service!
The OpenStreetMap US team is pleased to welcome the National Park Service (NPS) as a Strategic Organizational Member of OSM US and the second member representing the U.S. Federal Government. The NPS...
Applications Open: OpenStreetMap US Community Projects
Exciting news! OpenStreetMap US is thrilled to announce the Community Project program to provide formal support to innovative, volunteer-driven projects within the OpenStreetMap ecosystem. In 2020 we launched our Charter Project program,...
Esri joins OpenStreetMap US as a Strategic Member – Welcome, Esri!
The OpenStreetMap US team is thrilled to announce that Esri has become our latest Strategic Organizational Member. OpenStreetMap data has been a key part of Esri’s content offerings for over a decade,...
Meta joins OpenStreetMap US as a Strategic Member – Welcome, Meta!
The OpenStreetMap US team is thrilled to announce that Meta has become a Strategic Organizational Member. OpenStreetMap has been an important part of Meta’s mapping journey, helping to power location based experiences...
Join OSM US in Welcoming Alyssa Castronuovo to the Team!
Please join us in welcoming Alyssa Castronuovo to the OpenStreetMap US team! Alyssa joins the team from Richmond, Virginia, having worn many hats from event planning, volunteer coordination, and fundraising in the...
Announcing MassGIS as our latest Organizational Member
The OpenStreetMap US team welcomes our latest Organizational Member, the Massachusetts Bureau of Geographic Information (MassGIS). MassGIS is the one-stop-shop for all things geospatial in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. They provide interactive...
Join OSM US in Welcoming Jake Low to the Team!
Please join us in welcoming Jake Low to the OpenStreetMap US team! Jake is a software developer and will be working primarily on MapRoulette and OSMCha, both of which are OpenStreetMap US...
Happy 20th Birthday OpenStreetMap!
As we celebrate 20 incredible years of the OpenStreetMap project and community, we are reminded of the immense impact that dedicated mappers and contributors have had on mapping the world for the...
A look back on State of the Map US 2024!
Thank you to everyone who made State of the Map US 2024 a memorable and meaningful event! Our generous sponsors, enthusiastic speakers, and helpful volunteers (to mention just a few) helped make...
Tickets available for State of the Map US 2024
Ticket are still available for State of the Map US 2024, happening June 6th to 8th in Salt Lake City, Utah. Our annual conference is open to everyone, bringing together mappers, academics,...
Announcing our first Community Organizational Member: Kendall County, IL
The OpenStreetMap US team is excited to announce our first community organizational member: Illinois Kendall County Department of GIS. Welcome Kendall County! “At Kendall County, we use and contribute to OpenStreetMap pretty...
OSMCha has a new home at OpenStreetMap US
At the beginning of 2023 we announced OSMCha as a charter project of OpenStreetMap US. After almost 10 years of being generously hosted by Mapbox, OSMCha moved to a new home at...
Announcing the OSM US Pedestrian Working Group
OSM US is excited to launch a new working group to convene diverse stakeholders with an interest in OpenStreetMap pedestrian data to find ways to collaborate and improve pedestrian accessibility across the...
Nominations for the 2024 Board Elections Open Soon
It’s election season at OpenStreetMap US! Nominations for the OpenStreetMap US Board of Directors will open on Saturday, January 20, 2024, and we hope that you consider running. As a member of...
Creating meaningful volunteer experiences with URISA’s GISCorps
OpenStreetMap US and GISCorps are proud to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to formalize our collaboration in creating meaningful volunteer opportunities for geospatial professionals and improving OpenStreetMap across...
Call for proposals now open for State of the Map US 2024!
We are calling on all members of the OpenStreetMap community to share your ideas and session proposals for the 12th State of the Map US. Whether you are brand new to OSM...
Let us celebrate YOU! Honoring our Volunteers with the Presidential Volunteer Service Award
For the entirety of the nearly two decades that OpenStreetMap has operated and changed the availability of global geospatial data, the project has relied on the dedication and innovation of volunteers around...
OpenStreetMap US is now a 1% for the Planet Environmental Partner!
We are pleased to announce OpenStreetMap US has joined 1% for the Planet as an Environmental Partner! This partnership will advance our impact through the OpenStreetMap US Trails Stewardship Initiative by creating...
MapRoulette welcomes TomTom as a financial backer!
MapRoulette has come a long way since starting over a decade ago as a simple tool to fix road imports in the United States. Since its inception, we completely overhauled the design,...
Celebrating two firsts: our member brown bag event and Associate Member, Senzing
We are delighted to share that Senzing has joined forces with the OpenStreetMap US as our first associate organizational member. Senzing is a leading provider of advanced, real‐time entity resolution software. The...
Launching the Utah Campaign: Improving 60,000+ Miles of Trails in OpenStreetMap
With the support of volunteers and land managers, the Trails Stewardship Initiative is launching our first statewide campaign aiming to update trail information on 60,000+ miles of trails in OpenStreetMap across Utah...
Mapping USA 2024 - Call for Proposals & Registration is Now Open!
Save the Date for the Next Mapping USA: January 19 & 20, 2024! We’re excited to announce our fourth virtual conference, Mapping USA 2024 coming this January! Cozy up with the OpenStreetMap...
Public Domain Map: First Pilot Update
Public Domain Map enables organizations to crowdsource authoritative map data in cases where OpenStreetMap isn’t an option. Mappers can address public data gaps while producing high-quality data that is format- and license-compatible...
Celebrating National Public Lands Day
September 23, 2023 marks the 30th anniversary of National Public Lands Day. Organized by the National Environmental Education Foundation, National Public Lands Day seeks to connect people with their environment and encourage...
A look back on State of the Map US 2023!
Thank you to everyone who made State of the Map US 2023 a fun, engaging, and meaningful conference! From our generous sponsors, to the many knowledgeable speakers and helpful volunteers, you helped...
Announcing our first Strategic Organizational Member: the Bureau of Transportation Statistics
The OpenStreetMap US team is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has joined as our first Strategic organizational member and our first member representing...
Announcing our latest organizational member: Locana!
The OpenStreetMap US team is pleased to announce that Locana has joined as a Supporter member. Locana, a location and mapping technology company, provides software products and services that address global business,...
Welcome to the new OpenStreetMap US Website (again!)
On June 10, 2010, Serge Wroclawski announced the launch of the “new OpenStreetMap United States Web site.” Thirteen years later to the day, I had the privilege of making much the same...
Announcing the Mapillary Camera Grant Program
The following post has been adapted from Mapillary’s announcement posted on June 16, 2023. After a long hiatus, Mapillary is launching the return of the Camera Grant Program! OpenStreetMap US is thrilled...
Welcome Mapbox, supporter member of OpenStreetMap US!
The OpenStreetMap US team is excited that Mapbox is now an organizational member of OpenStreetMap US! A leading real-time location platform for developers and location-aware businesses, Mapbox equips organizations with the full...
Public Domain Map: Updates & Next Steps
Background Two years ago, we shared the launch of Public Domain Map, a new project and collaboration with federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Geological Survey. The...
A New Home for Field Papers
OpenStreetMap US is excited to announce the adoption of Field Papers into the suite of tools we support for the larger OSM community. Over the course of 2023, Stamen and OpenStreetMap US...
MapRoulette joins OSM US as a Charter Project
We are excited to announce that MapRoulette is now part of the growing network of Charter Projects supported by OpenStreetMap US. MapRoulette is an open, collaborative and cooperative microtasking platform for improving...
Mappers answer the call to improve rail safety
The 2007–08 TIGER import was infamous for its roads, but did you know it’s also the source of most of OSM’s railroad coverage in the U.S.? TIGER kept roads and railroad tracks...
OpenStreetMap US 2023 Board Election Results
The OpenStreetMap US board elections for 2023 have completed! As a Governance Committee member, I volunteered as this year’s election observer. This involves ensuring that the voting was conducted properly and that...
Tasking Manager, meet Public Domain Map
Last week, OpenStreetMap US launched a revamped version of our Tasking Manager, a tool for collaborating on mapping campaigns. The release includes a number of custom features specific to the needs of...
Welcoming OSMCha as an OSM US Charter Project
OpenStreetMap US is excited to announce our latest Charter Project - OSMCha! OSMCha is an open-source software project started in 2015 focusing on reporting, inspecting, and validating changes to OpenStreetMap. Its mission...
