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Category: News

From time to time we post a news article here in addition to on social media or our email newsletter. This is the news archive.

People chatting after the AGM.

OpenStreetMappers gather in London

After another year improving and using OpenStreetMap, members and guests of the CIC met in London last month. The afternoon kicked off with our AGM, where we thanked Brian Prangle […]

July 19, 2019December 28, 2019 Gregory Marler News
Group of people inside Newspeak House.

OSMUK Annual Gathering 2019

It’s AGM time again and this time we will be in the London. The 2019 OSMUK Annual Gathering will be held on Saturday 29 June at Newspeak House in Bethnal […]

June 7, 2019December 28, 2019 Jez News

Transport API join as a corporate member

We are very pleased to announce Transport API as a OSMUK corporate member. Transport API is an online service providing UK-wide travel data across rail, bus and car and is […]

January 11, 2019December 28, 2019 Jez News

2019 Q1 Project: Food Hygiene Ratings Revisited

A New Year is upon us (a happy New Year to all OSMers!) and so is a new Quarterly Project. A modern map includes information about a whole range of […]

January 9, 2019December 28, 2019 Jez News

Augmented audio firm Third Skin join OSM UK

We continue to grow our corporate membership by welcoming Third Skin on board. Founded in 2015, Third Skin have developed Hy; a pair of ear-worn computers that augment your reality […]

October 29, 2018December 28, 2019 OpenStreetMap UK CIC News
Image of a "Come in we are open" sign.

OpenStreetMap’s response to the UK Geospatial Commission call for evidence

In late 2017 the UK Government announced the formation of a new Geospatial Commission to unlock the potential of geospatial data in the UK. At that time we set out […]

October 28, 2018December 28, 2019 OpenStreetMap UK CIC News

Revisiting addresses for the 2018 Q4 Quarterly Project

A modern map includes information about a whole range of things and OpenStreetMap is no different. Our dedicated community all love to add to the map and since 2015 we […]

October 3, 2018December 28, 2019 OpenStreetMap UK CIC News

Reduce your costs by switching to OpenStreetMap

The change of terms by Google from June 11 2018 for using their map services will potentially leave many developers and websites struggling to absorb the extra costs. There is […]

June 2, 2018December 28, 2019 Rob News

JOY DIVERSION Manchester mapping party

Calling all ramblers, explorers and meanderers. Surveyors, cartographers and inquisitors – people who look up to the rooftops and down into the culverts. Join us for an afternoon of mapping, […]

April 28, 2018December 28, 2019 Rob News

OpenCage Data join as a corporate member

We are delighted to share with you the news that OpenCage Data have joined us as a corporate member. The team at OpenCage Data are long term supporters of OpenStreetMap […]

March 7, 2018December 28, 2019 Rob News

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