OpenStreetMap US

Mapping Made Easier with RapiD 2.0!

Feb 15, 2023 · The Maps@Meta Team

This is a guest blog post by the Maps@Meta Team to share news with the OpenStreetMap US community. Do you have a story to tell? OpenStreetMap US news or info to share?...

OpenStreetMap Americana Speaks Your Language

Dec 19, 2022 · Brian Sperlongano

This a guest blog post featuring OpenStreetMap community member and OSM US board member, Brian Sperlongano. Do you have a story to tell? OpenStreetMap US news or info to share? Message us...

Mapping the 9/11 National Memorial Trail

Jun 22, 2022 · Leanne Janowski and Steve All

This a guest blog post featuring Leanne Janowski, Communications Coordinator at the September 11th National Memorial Trail Alliance and OSM Contributor Steve All . Do you have a story to tell? OpenStreetMap...

A Student Reflection on State of the Map US 2022

Apr 18, 2022 · Hayden MacLachlan

This a guest blog post featuring Hayden MacLachlan’s experience at State of the Map US 2022 in Tucson, Arizona. Hayden is a fourth-year undergraduate student at George Washington University and currently the...

From Sandbox to Construction Zone to a Beautiful National Network of Bicycle Routes

Aug 24, 2021 · Steve All

This a guest blog post featuring OpenStreetMap community member Steve All on the US Bicycle Route System project. Do you have a story to tell? OpenStreetMap US news or info to share?...

Mapping to End FGM in Tanzania - & How You Can Help

Mar 4, 2021 · Janet Chapman

This a guest blog post featuring OpenStreetMap community member Janet Chapman from Crowd2Map Tanzania. Do you have a story to tell? OpenStreetMap US news or info to share? Message us at team@openstreetmap.us...

Spot the Box! Help identify missing or unusable USPS Collection Boxes

Aug 21, 2020 · Russ Biggs

This a guest blog post featuring OpenStreetMap community member Russ Biggs. Do you have a story to tell? OpenStreetMap US news or info to share? Message us at team@openstreetmap.us and we’ll work...

What can I do during a pandemic when my internship or summer camp is cancelled? Well map of course!

Jul 2, 2020 · Dara Carney-Nedelman

This a guest blog post featuring OpenStreetMap community member Dara Carney-Nedelman. Do you have a story to tell? OpenStreetMap US news or info to share? Message us at team@openstreetmap.us and we’ll work...

Announcing the Nodes & Ways Podcast

Apr 6, 2020 · Austin Bell

This a guest blog post featuring OpenStreetMap community member Austin Bell. Do you have a story to tell? OpenStreetMap US news or info to share? Message us at team@openstreetmap.us and we’ll work...

OpenStreetMap Education in High School

Apr 1, 2020 · Celeste Reynolds

This a guest blog post featuring OpenStreetMap community member Celeste Reynolds. Do you have a story to tell? OpenStreetMap US news or info to share? Message us at team@openstreetmap.us and we’ll work...

GIS Day in Duluth, Minnesota

Dec 5, 2019 · Ross Thorn

This a guest blog post featuring OpenStreetMap community member Ross Thorn. Ross is a GIS Analyst/Developer with North Point Geographic Solutions in Duluth, MN. He stays active in the cartography community by...

My State of the Map US 2019 Experience

Nov 14, 2019 · Tina Nanda

This a guest blog post featuring OpenStreetMap community member Tina Nanda’s experience at the State of the Map US 2019 in Minneapolis, MN. Tina is a geographer and the author of Urban...

Adding Playgrounds to the Map: Improving Equity in Children’s Health by Locating Play-Deserts

Oct 12, 2019 · Jonathan Dandois

This a guest blog post from OpenStreetMap community member and MaptimeBmore organizer Jonathan Dandois. Do you have a story to tell? OpenStreetMap US news or info to share? Message us at team@openstreetmap.us...

State of the Map US 2019 Recap

Sep 17, 2019 · Austin Bell

This a guest blog post featuring OpenStreetMap community member Austin Bell’s experience at the State of the Map US 2019 in Minneapolis, MN. Do you have a story to tell? OpenStreetMap US...

OpenStreetMap in Conservation: A Conversation with Valerie Anderson

Aug 18, 2019 · Valerie Anderson and Maggie Cawley

This a guest blog post featuring a conversation with OpenStreetMap community member Valerie Anderson & Interim Executive Director Maggie Cawley. Do you have a story to tell? OpenStreetMap US news or info...

OpenStreetMap & RoadBotics

Jun 12, 2019 · Miles Campbell and Maggie Cawley

This a guest blog post with OpenStreetMap community partner Miles Campbell. Miles reached out to Maggie Cawley recently to ask a few questions about OpenStreetMap and how he could begin hosting community...

Map editing with automatically derived map features

Apr 30, 2019 · Edoardo Neerhut and Lindsey Higgins

This a guest blog post by OpenStreetMap community members Lindsey Higgens and Edoardo Neerhut (@eneerhut). Got OpenStreetMap US news or info to share? Hit us up at board@openstreetmap.us and we’ll work with...

Portland, Maine Fall Mapathon

Nov 19, 2018 · Allison Fisher

This a guest blog post by OpenStreetMap US community member Allison Fisher from the City of Portland, ME. She and her team in Portland sent in a report from their recent mapathon...

Daniela visits State of the Map US 2018

Oct 23, 2018 · Daniela Waltersdorfer

This a guest blog post by OpenStreetMap US community member Daniela (Dani) Waltersdorfer (@DWaltersdorfer). She has attended four SOTMUS events, with her first being State of the Map US in New York...

Guest Post: Strengthening Cuba’s Own Grassroots Internet Culture

Feb 6, 2017 · Danny Spitzberg and Maggie Cawley

The following is the first in a new series of guest blog posts where we feature the many amazing things happeninig within our OpenStreetMap US community. If you are also interested in...

On the Trail with Open Data

Mar 29, 2015 · Jereme Monteau

How OpenTrails and OpenStreetMap can work together in the great outdoors. With the Spring Mapathon ‘The Great Outdoors’ fast approaching, we want to highlight interesting developments and tools around open data for...

Red Cross: Why we're hosting the Sprint Day for State of the Map US

Mar 28, 2014 · Dale Kunce and Robert Banick

This is a guest blog post from Dale Kunce and Robert Banick from the American Red Cross. We can’t tell you how excited we are to be hosting the Sprint Day for...