The State of the Map (SotM) conference is the annual, international conference of OpenStreetMap. Organised by the OpenStreetMap Foundation it has been held each year since 2007 (except 2015 and 2023).
There are also many other regional and local conferences named "State of the Map" (such as SotM-Asia, SotM-Africa, SotM-US and others). Please note that these regional SotMs are organised exclusively by local teams, which run their own sponsorship programs and have separate budgets from the OpenStreetMap Foundation. If you want to organise a regional SotM, please check whether you need to apply for a SotM quick licence.
World map of State of the Map conferences since 2007.
Planning
The international State of the Map team have started to collate a planners guidebook to help with the organisation of OSM events. Take a look at /Planning.
The conference logo for the State of the Map 2025 is a stylized version of a Jeepney, a form of public transport bus vehicle commonly found in the Philippines.
These regional/local conferences are not organised by the OpenStreetMap Foundation. They are organised exclusively by local teams, which run their own sponsorship programs and have separate budgets from the Foundation.
Since 2011 was the first year that the international State of the Map conference was held outside Europe, the Europeans decided to hold a regional conference for those who are unable to attend the one in the United States. This was held in Vienna, AT on 15-17 July 2011.
After a break in 2014, the forth SotM Scotland was held in Edinburgh from October 2 to 3. The third day, consisting of a map maker day and tutorials for those new to Openstreetmap, is yet to be confirmed.
The fourth conference was held in Torino, in cooperation with Associazione per l'Informazione Geografica Libera GFOSS.it, Regione Piemonte, Università di Torino and CSI Piemonte
The third conference was held in Padova, in cooperation with Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale di Cartografia, Fotogrammetria, Telerilevamento e SIT (CIRGEO) at the University of Padova
The second conference was held in Genova, in cooperation with Laboratorio di Geodesia, Geomatica e GIS del Dipartimento di Ingegneria delle Costruzioni, dell'Ambiente e del Territorio (DICAT) della Facoltà di Ingegneria dell'Università degli Studi di Genova. [1]
2009
The first Italian conference was held in Trento, in cooperation with Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK). [2]
State of the Map Asia was born after the success of the international SotM conference 2012 in Tokyo. The conference is organised by local OpenStreetMap communities and focuses on themes and contents that are current to the region.
The second Asian conference happened in the heart of Manila, Philippines on 1-2 October 2016. Organized by the OpenStreetMap Philippines community, in cooperation with Visions Asia of Japan.
State of the Map conferences in Oceania have so far taken place as joint FOSS4G and State of the Map events organised by OSGeo Oceania, a "volunteer organisation devoted to growing and enabling the OpenStreetMap and Open Source Geospatial communities in Oceania and the surrounding nations."
The fifth conference was held on November 28-December 2 in Suva, Fiji as a combination of the Pacific Islands GIS and Remote Sensing User Conference, and the FOSS4G State of the Map Oceania conference. There was also a local FOSS4G AKL Meetup 2022 event in Auckland, New Zealand.
The fourth conference was held on November 12–13 in Apia, Samoa; Auckland, New Zealand; Canberra, Australia; Hobart, Tasmania; Melbourne, Australia; Perth, Australia; Suva, Fiji; Tarawa, Kiribati; and Wellington, New Zealand.
The third conference was held on November 20. Was planned to be an in-person event in Suva, Fiji, but due to the pandemic it turned to a regional-hub model.
Generic logo of State of the Map.
World map of State of the Map conferences since 2007.
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