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Everything #OpenStreetMap related is welcome: software releases, showing of your work, questions about how to tag something, as long as it has to do with OpenStreetMap or OpenStreetMap-related software.

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

Join OpenStreetMap and start mapping: https://www.openstreetmap.org/.

There are many communication channels about OSM, many organized around a certain country or region. Discover them on https://openstreetmap.community/

https://mapcomplete.org/ is an easy-to-use website to view, edit and add points (such as shops, restaurants and others)

https://learnosm.org/en/ has a lot of information for beginners too.

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Sovereign Tech Fund Invests in OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap Blog (blog.openstreetmap.org)

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We are thrilled to announce that the OpenStreetMap Foundation has been selected by the Sovereign Tech Agency for a service agreement in the amount of 384,000 EUR over two years to ensure the stability, growth and modernization of OpenStreetMap’s core software.

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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Doesn't Google control it?

Otherwise users of OSM apps would need to share the data but I doubt it would be enough

[–] Onizuka@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 days ago

There are APIs that can be used though obviously that depends on the country of region. That's surely not easy to implement but they're where money funds come to play.

Obviously, even money can't just magically bring in features, that's for sure.