OpenStreetMap 17th Anniversary Birthday party

In 2021 the project birthday, the OpenStreetMap 17th Anniversary Birthday party was celebrated on or around 8th August 2021 in cities all around the world!

Birthday events

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OSM 17th Birthday Celebration - Asia Pacific (August 6-9. 2021)

6 August

Tanzania OSM Africa Monthly Mapathon: Map Tanzania https://osmcal.org/event/811/
HOTOSM (Global/remote) #ValidationWeekend in celebration of #OpenStreetMap17: Project 10091 - Local Governance Impact Activity in Zambia (Chibombo District)

7 August

Fiji OSM Fiji Country-wide Mapathon
Philippines YouthMappers Chapters in the Philippines with MapBeks
Sri Lanka OSM Sri Lanka/ Eastern University Sri Lanka
Turkey Yer Cizenler
HOTOSM (Global/remote) #ValidationWeekend in celebration of #OpenStreetMap17: Project 10091 - Local Governance Impact Activity in Zambia (Chibombo District)

8 August

OSM 17-hour Global Mapathon

17 local communities around the world will host mapathons kicking off every hour for 17 hours! This event is organised by the OSMF's Chapters and Communities Working Group

Time (UTC)	Time (local)	Country Host	Community/group	Theme	Contact person(s)
03:00	13:00 [1]	Oceania	OSGeo Oceania*	TBD	Edoardo Neerhut
04:00	12:00	Philippines	OSM Philippines community	Schools	Eugene Alvin Villar, Arnalie Vicario
05:00	07:00	Italy	Wikimedia Italia*	Improve Asti	Anisa Kuci
06:00	11:30	India	OSM India community	Power Plants in India	Naveen Francis
07:00	10:00	Uganda	MapUganda / OSM Uganda	TBD	Geoffrey Kateregga
08:00	11:00	Tanzania	OSM Tanzania community		Innocent Maholi
09:00	11:00	Zambia	OSM Zambia	TBD	Chomba Chishala
10:00	13:00	Turkey	Yer Çizenler	Missing Roads in Turkey	Can Ünen
11:00	20:00	Japan	OpenStreetMap Foundation Japan*	Local streets	K_Sakanoshita
12:00	14:00	Belgium	OpenStreetMap Belgium*	Road Completion	Jonathan Beliën
13:00	15:00	Kosovo	Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova (FLOSSK)*	TBD	Besfort Guri
14:00	16:00	Hungary	OpenStreetMap Hungary	Mapping landcover (either farmlands, either forests)	Attila Kun
15:00	10:00 (CDMX UTC-5:00)	Mexico - están invitad@s de cualquier lado de América	OpenStreetMap Mexico - Geochicas	Ríos en zonas inundables. Edificios. Vea los proyectos	mapeadora
16:00	17:00	United Kingdom	OpenStreetMap United Kingdom*	Tourism	Jez Nicholson
17:00	18:00	Portugal	OSGeo Portugal	Addresses (endereços de Portugal)	Jorge Gustavo Rocha
18:00	15:00 (Brasília)	Brazil	OSM Brasil/OSM Ceará	Road Completion	Narcélio de Sá
19:00	15:00 (EDT) 14:00 (CDT) 13:00 (MDT) 12:00 (PDT)	United States	OpenStreetMap US*	Playgrounds	Maggie Cawley

Also on August 8th:

Nepal Kathmandu Living Labs
Zambia OpenStreetMap Zambia - 3 PM - UTC+02:00
Uganda OpenStreetMap Uganda - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (UTC+03:00)
HOTOSM (Global/remote) #ValidationWeekend in celebration of #OpenStreetMap17: Project 10091 - Local Governance Impact Activity in Zambia (Chibombo District)
Iran Celebrating 17th birthday of OSM with introducing OpenStreetMap and reviewed contributions of MohamadReza Norouzi in memory of him with #OpenStreetMap17 and #RIPNorouzi hashtags, then had discussion about next 6 days. 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM - (GMT+4:30)

9 August

Hungary Hungary/20210809 Birthday celebration with ice cream, cakes, snacks and drinks at lake Feneketlen in Budapest
Philippines Philippine Red Cross Internal Mapathon training of volunteers under the Community Resilience in Bicol Project to map/update 20 barangays.
Iran Drawing roads in OpenStreetMap 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM - (GMT+4:30)

10 August

Iran Adding business in OpenStreetMap 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM - (GMT+4:30)

11 August

Time (UTC)	Time (local)	Country Host	Community/group	Theme	Contact
12:00	18:00	Bangladesh	OSMBDF	Bridging The Community	Tasauf A Baki Billah

Iran Humanitarian edits OpenStreetMap 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM - (GMT+4:30)

12 August

Iran Introducing different ways of contributing on OpenStreetMap 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM - (GMT+4:30)

13 August

Iran Detecting and improving ways in OpenStreetMap 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM - (GMT+4:30)

14 August

Iran Past year; Future year! with Iran community of OpenStreetMap 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM - (GMT+4:30)

Gallery

Event Photos

OSM Philippines group photo (doing the 17 hand sign) during the #OpenStreetMap17 Global Mapathon, 8 August 2021. Screenshot by Ian Lopez
OSM Mexico mapathon and relaxed chat, showing to beginners how to map through the projects proposed, during the #OpenStreetMap17 anniversary / Global Mapathon, 8 August 2021. By mapeadora.
OSM US - Colorado group photo during the #OpenStreetMap17 Global Mapathon, 8 August 2021. by @arnalielsewhere
Japan - the traditional OpenStreetMap cake! #OSMAsiaPacific 6, August 2021. by @taichi
YouthMappers AGU/FuruhashiLab., CrisisMappersJapan/DRONEBIRD from Japan - Core training session with simple meet up #OSMAsiaPacific 6 August 2021. by @taichi
Filipino YouthMappers | MapBeks | DYACC | Guang Ming College | PSHS ZRC | Grab Philippines launched the Mapa and Puno Project during the #OSMAsiaPacifc OSM 17 party last 7 August 2021 by @ockim16
Grab Map Operation Vietnam joined the celebration in mapping areas in Ho Chi Minh City last 9 August 2021 #OSMAsiaPacific by @nhinguyen
Yer CIzenler celebrated with the #OSMAsiaPacific party by mapping bush fire vulnerable areas with MapRoulette last 07 August 2021 by @ockim16
OSM Tajikistan engaged remote mappers from the region with the local community last 12 August 2021 #OSMAsiaPacific
OSM Tajikistan group Photo during the #OpenStreetMap17 celebration!
YouthMappers Eastern University Sri Lanka introducing OSM to students as part of the #OSMAsiaPacific and #OpenStreetMap17 celebration last 7 August 2021 by @suthakaran
Kathmandu Living Labs celebrated with the whole #OSMAsiaPacific by mapping Bardiya National Park last 09 August 2021 by @aishworya
OpenStreetMap Bangladesh Community celebrated the 17th Birthday of #OpenStreetMap with an online "Community Mappy Hour'' in association with local #YouthMappers chapters and multiple teams/groups of OSM in #Bangladesh last 11 August 2021 #OSMAsiaPacific by @osmbangladesh
Perkumpulan OSM Indonesia (POI) held their Community Meet up last 06 August 2021 #OSMAsiaPacific by @hot_id
Japan - OpenStreetMap 17th Birthday cake! 9th August 2021. by ikiya