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== Introduction ==
 
== Introduction ==
Open Street Map is an open and editable map.  
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Open Street Map is an open and editable map. It has a global coverage, and is created and edited by a community effort.  
  
It has a global coverage, and is created and edited by a community effort. Please visit the project homepage in order to learn more and also how to contribute to build an even better map. The project is located at the following URL: http://www.openstreetmap.org. Samples of two selected places in Denmark and Austria are shown in the figure below.   
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Please visit the project homepage in order to learn more and also how to contribute to build an even better map. The project is located at the following URL: http://www.openstreetmap.org. Samples of two selected places in Denmark and Austria are shown in the figure below.   
  
 
[[File:OpenStreetMapSample.png|center|thumb|800px|Samples of Open Street Map (left: Part of Aalborg, Denmark, right: Part of Vienna, Austria)<br>© OpenStreetMap contributors]]
 
[[File:OpenStreetMapSample.png|center|thumb|800px|Samples of Open Street Map (left: Part of Aalborg, Denmark, right: Part of Vienna, Austria)<br>© OpenStreetMap contributors]]

Revision as of 09:50, 22 September 2022


Introduction

Open Street Map is an open and editable map. It has a global coverage, and is created and edited by a community effort.

Please visit the project homepage in order to learn more and also how to contribute to build an even better map. The project is located at the following URL: http://www.openstreetmap.org. Samples of two selected places in Denmark and Austria are shown in the figure below.

Samples of Open Street Map (left: Part of Aalborg, Denmark, right: Part of Vienna, Austria)
© OpenStreetMap contributors

Data License

OpenStreetMap is open data, licensed under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL). The full license text is available from http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright. You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt our data, as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors.

Credits

OpenStreetMap require that you use the credit “© OpenStreetMap contributors”. Please remember to add this text when using Open Street Map Data.

External links