Maps and places · by OpenStreetMap Foundation and OpenStreetMap contributors
OpenStreetMap
A free, editable map of the world built by volunteers, whose full map database can be downloaded as open data.
Every road, building, bench and footpath is mapped by people, and you can download the whole planet and build your own maps from it.
API, no keyDownloadCommercial: conditionsFor your project
- Official API
- Official API · Free editing API, not for bulk reads; map bbox queries capped at 0.25 square degrees and 50,000 nodes; heavy use can get HTTP 509
“For downloading data for purposes other than editing see Downloading data” wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
- Key
- Not needed
“Read requests do not require authorization (except user details).” wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
- Formats
- XML, JSON
- Data download
- Yes, planet-latest.osm.pbf 89 GB; planet-latest.osm.bz2 167 GB (weekly) pbf, osm-xml
“Each week, a new and complete copy of all data in OpenStreetMap is made available” planet.openstreetmap.org/
- License
- ODbL 1.0 OSM map data; the openstreetmap.org tile server has its own usage policy
- Commercial use
- Commercial use with conditions
“You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt our data, as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors.” openstreetmap.org/copyright
- Credit
- Credit required
“Provide credit to OpenStreetMap by displaying our attribution notice.” openstreetmap.org/copyright
- Embedding
- Embedding with conditions
“Show OpenStreetMap licence attribution clearly on the map (typically bottom-right).” operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/tiles/
- Using the website
- Free
Read on OpenStreetMap's own pages on Oct 23, 2026 · license or terms · API docs. Check the license page before you ship.
For your agent
A request your code or agent can make with no key:
https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/node/240109189.json- Use the v0.6 API only for small reads and editing; for querying data use Overpass, planet files or regional extracts, and for map display use your own or a commercial tile host (tile.openstreetmap.org needs a real User-Agent/Referer and forbids bulk or offline use).
- Show the "© OpenStreetMap contributors" attribution visibly on maps and link to openstreetmap.org/copyright
- Share derived databases under ODbL
- Do not bulk-download or prefetch tiles from tile.openstreetmap.org; send an identifying User-Agent
Paste into your agent: Read https://agentgid.com/resources/openstreetmap/agent.md before using OpenStreetMap.
What you can build
- A local amenities finder (cafés, toilets, water points) from an OSM regional extract
- A self-hosted vector-tile map for an app, styled your own way, with OSM attribution
- A data-quality tool that flags missing tags in a city for mappers to fix
More in Maps and places
David Rumsey Map Collection
You can zoom into centuries-old atlases at full detail and lay some of them over today's map to see how places changed.
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The True Size Of
Sliding Greenland down to Africa shows at once how badly standard web maps distort the size of places near the poles.
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Old Maps Online
Pan to any town and see which old maps of it exist across collections around the world.
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MapCrunch
One click puts you on an unknown road somewhere on Earth, which makes it a quiet, endless virtual trip and a natural base for guessing games.
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Atlas Obscura
It is a catalogue of odd, hidden and surprising spots you will not find in ordinary travel guides.
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WindowSwap
Each click drops you into a stranger's flat in another city, with the street noise and weather of that moment.
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