Use OpenStreetMap

Find out about how you can benefit from the OpenStreetMap project!

Getting started

Read our introduction: Using OpenStreetMap

The whole planet
A regional extract
The subset you need
Into GIS software if you are used to use it
- converting map data between formats
Annotate features using metadata
- Keep up to date with recent changes in metadata definition

Get Maps

on your website
- as embedded HTML
- deploy your own slippy map
on your GPS device
- OSM Map On Garmin (for Garmin devices)
on paper
in three dimensions (3D)

Applications of OpenStreetMap

Browsing our world map
Ready-to-use applications
- Routing software both online and offline
- web services based on OpenStreetMap data
See also Applications of OpenStreetMap

Open problems as ideas for student projects

Legal issues

More about our copyright, our licenses and how to credit OpenStreetMap on www.openstreetmap.org
Open Database License
Terms of use
Disclaimer