OpenStreetMap's 20th Anniversary Celebration is August 9
OpenStreetMap, founded in 2004 by Steve Coast, marks 20 years as the leading crowdsourced geospatial project. It democratizes geospatial data access, boasting millions of global contributors and extensive mapping capabilities.
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OpenStreetMap is celebrating its 20th birthday, having evolved from a UK-based mapping project to the largest crowdsourced geospatial project globally. Founded by Steve Coast in 2004, OpenStreetMap democratized access to geospatial data, now supported by millions of contributors worldwide. The project's simplicity and tagging system allow for detailed mapping, with over 96 thousand keys and 155 million tags as of February 2024. Over the years, OpenStreetMap has hosted mapping parties, established the OSM Foundation, and engaged in humanitarian projects like mapping Kibera and aiding Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. Partnerships with Yahoo! and Bing for aerial imagery tracing have accelerated mapping efforts. The community organizes annual State of the Map meet-ups to discuss mapmaking and GIS research. OpenStreetMap's impact continues to grow, reaching billions of users through various applications and products using its open-source data under the Open Database License.
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