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== What is OpenStreetMap? And what is the OpenStreetMap Foundation? ==
OpenStreetMap is an open initiative to create and provide free geographic data.
The OpenStreetMap Foundation is an nonprofit organisation, a legal body incorporated by the registrar of companies for England and Wales.
This is the raw data describing the positions of roads, rivers, towns, points interests etc. It can be used to make a map, but is not a map. If you want that, wrong question, see ''Where do I get OpenStreetMap maps?''!
The best starting point is [
You can write programs and scripts quite easily to extract what you need or you can use some of the tools and procedures developed by the OpenStreetMap community.
== Where do I get OpenStreetMap maps? ==
If you are not making your own maps, the list of resources for OpenStreetMap maps made by OpenStreetMap community members, clubs and companies grows day by day. [
If you just want to see what our maps can look like go to [
If you want an electronic map of a specific area quickly, the Export tab of
Or you might want map tiles.
We are in principle happy for our map tiles to be used by external users for creative and unexpected uses - in contrast to most web mapping providers.
However, the OpenStreetMap servers are run entirely on donated resources. They have strictly limited capacity. Heavy use of OSM tiles adversely affects people's ability to view and edit the map, and is an abuse of the individual donations and sponsorship which provide hardware and bandwidth. As a result, we request that users of the tiles abide by [
== Do you offer consulting or commercial services? ==
No. [
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