OpenStreetMap's Open Database License (ODbL) allows any third-party to use its data with the appropriate attribution (though this attribution doesn't always happen).

Enter Arnis, an open source project from [Louis Erbkamm] that can pull in geographic data from OpenStreetMap and turn it into a highly detailed Minecraft map with just a few keystrokes.

Facebook's Map With AI and RapiD aim to make mapping data validation for OpenStreetMap volunteers easier than ever before.

Data vandal changes name of New York City to “Jewtropolis” across multiple apps [Updated] 20-day old change, long corrected by OpenStreetMap, was pushed out via Mapbox.

The extraction contains a wealth of GIS data to help civic hackers, data analysts, citizens and other users create maps, do research and learn about cities.

The OpenStreetMap project is an excellent example of how powerful crowdsourced data can be, but that’s not to say the system is perfect. Invalid data, added intentionally or otherwise, can so… ...

OpenStreetMap formally launched on August 9, 2004, meaning the crowdsourced mapping platform is now 20 years of age.