OpenStreetMap Wiki

(Page count as of: 2022-08-25 wikiFactor as of: 2009-12-20)

The OpenStreetMap Wiki (OSM Wiki) is a very active wiki supporting the OpenStreetMap (OSM) project. The wiki has project  for the main OpenStreetMap server software and also for the myriad of other  offerings in and around the project, and branching out to document many -technologies in general (but mainly from an OpenStreetMap perspective).

OpenStreetMap itself is a project to do with s, but interestingly it is applying wiki principles to map making. You can consider it essentially one big wiki with a single document: a map of the. Contributors can view the map and then move across to the edit tab and edit the map! The OSM project is modelled on Wikipedia, and like Wikipedia, is overseen by a organisation registered in  and Wales, the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF). It releases all of this map data (and wiki content) with an open license; namely the (CC BY-SA 2.0). With over 300,000 registered users, it's a very active community of map makers.

The map itself has special information about wheelchair ramp  and  lanes and pathways.


 * ''See also
 * OpenGeofiction Encyclopedia


 * ''External links