June | 2025 | OpenStreetMap Blog

Tickets are now available for State of the Map 2025 in Manila! Get ready for an incredible experience to connect, learn, and celebrate OpenStreetMap!

The moment you’ve been waiting for has arrived – tickets for State of the Map 2025 in Manila are officially on sale!

Act Fast! Early Bird Tickets Available Now! To make it easier for you to join us, we’re offering Early Bird tickets at a special discounted rate. This is a limited opportunity to secure your place for less!

We have two types of Early Bird tickets available:

Community Early Bird Specifically for individuals who contribute to OpenStreetMap as a hobbyist.
Regular Early Bird: Our standard discounted rate.

Early Bird Pricing:

Community: ~~GBP 150.00~~ GBP 70.00
Regular: ~~GBP 300.00~~ GBP 220.00

These Early Bird tickets are limited in number (currently 200 of each type available) and are only offered for a limited time, so grab yours before they’re gone!

SotM is the premier global conference for the entire OpenStreetMap community. It’s where mappers, developers, researchers, users, companies, and everyone passionate about the world’s free and open map comes together. This is your chance to share your amazing work, learn groundbreaking new things, discover exciting projects, and make real-world connections with fellow enthusiasts from every corner of the globe.

Why attend SotM 2025 in Manila?

Experience a vibrant global community gathering in Southeast Asia!
Attend inspiring talks and practical workshops.
Meet the people behind the map and expand your network.
Be part of discussions shaping the future of OpenStreetMap.
Enjoy the atmosphere and connect with friends, old and new!

And of course, soak in the unique culture, hospitality, and buzz of Manila!
Ready to join us in Manila?
Head over to the official SotM 2025 website to get your tickets today at 2025.stateofthemap.org/tickets

Don’t wait too long – grab your ticket, secure your place at the heart of the OpenStreetMap community, and start planning your trip to Manila!

We absolutely can’t wait to see you there!

The State of the Map Working Group

The State of the Map conference is the annual, international conference of OpenStreetMap, organised by the OpenStreetMap Foundation. The OpenStreetMap Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation, formed to support the OpenStreetMap Project. It is dedicated to encouraging the growth, development and distribution of free geospatial data for anyone to use and share. The OpenStreetMap Foundation owns and maintains the infrastructure of the OpenStreetMap project, is financially supported by membership fees and donations, and organises the annual, international State of the Map conference. Our volunteer Working Groups and small core staff work to support the OpenStreetMap project. Join the OpenStreetMap Foundation for just £15 a year or for free if you are an active OpenStreetMap contributor.

OpenStreetMap was founded in 2004 and is an international project to create a free map of the world. To do so, we, thousands of volunteers, collect data about roads, railways, rivers, forests, buildings and a lot more worldwide. Our map data can be downloaded for free by everyone and used for any purpose – including commercial usage. It is possible to produce your own maps which highlight certain features, to calculate routes etc. OpenStreetMap is increasingly used when one needs maps which can be very quickly, or easily, updated.

We are excited to announce the call for nominees for the OpenStreetMap Awards 2025! The awards ceremony will take place this October at the State of the Map 2025 conference in Manila!

These community awards are nominated and chosen by the community. The OpenStreetMap Awards is a global recognition event that celebrates contributors from all corners of the OSM project – including mappers, developers, community organizers, writers, and everyone who makes OSM great. We need your help to identify the best and brightest of OpenStreetMap globally!

The awards are back with the following categories to recognize a wide range of contributions:

Core Systems Award
Innovation Award
Influential Writing Award
Greatness in Mapping Award
Expanding the Community Award
Team Achievement Award
Ulf Möller Memorial Award

You can find more details about what each award represents on the wiki: OSM Awards

We are primarily looking for recent impactful contributions. Therefore, projects, works, and activities should have occurred or been announced between January 1st, 2024, and April 1st, 2025 to be eligible for most categories. The Ulf Möller Memorial Award is an exception; anyone is eligible regardless of when they were active in the project.

Think about the individuals, teams, or groups whose efforts have impressed you during this time. Have you seen fantastic mapping, innovative tools, inspiring community work, or influential writing? This is your chance to make their contributions visible to the entire world! You can even nominate yourself or your team if you believe your work deserves recognition.

Ready to nominate? It’s quick and easy!

Visit the official OSM Awards website to add your nominees: SotM Nominations

The call for nominees will close on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025.

Please make sure to add your nominations before the deadline. The more nominees we receive, the better we can represent the breadth and depth of amazing work happening in OpenStreetMap, and the more exciting the final voting and ceremony will be.