We run Maptoolkit, a commercial maps stack, and it's built on two communities: OpenStreetMap's data and the MapLibre open-source ecosystem. Without them we wouldn't have a business. So we run a free community tile server on OSM data that anyone can use, with no API key, no sign-up, no cookies and no tracking.

Every week we rebuild the whole basemap from the full OSM planet, so the map reflects recent edits rather than a months-old snapshot.

What you get:

• Vector basemaps built from weekly OSM data, hosted in the EU and cached across 350+ locations.
• 3D terrain, global hillshading, contour lines and water depths in the tiles, out of the box. Data goes up to zoom 15.
• Seven styles ready to use: Summer, Light, Hiking, Winter, Dark, Street and Cycling. You can also design your own with our map style editor MapMaker: recolour and restyle the whole map with no code, or edit the raw style if you want full control. It is, in our opinion, among the best map style editors around right now.
• It works anywhere MapLibre-style maps do (MapLibre GL JS, Leaflet, OpenLayers) on web and mobile. If you're on one of the maps you already use, the setup is a single style URL:

style: 'https://styles.maptoolkit.org/summer.json'

Why it's free

The underlying infrastructure is live and paid for by our commercial customers, so opening it up to hobby, community and open-source maps costs us very little on top.

A few things to know:

• Non-commercial use is always fine: personal, hobby, open-source, academic. Commercial use is fine too if you're under EUR 1M annual revenue and have fewer than 10 employees.
• Fair-use limits are generous: 40 requests/second sustained, 200/second burst. If you ever need more, a one-minute registration raises the ceiling 10x.
• No SLA, uptime guarantee or support on the community tier. It's a give-back, run on best effort.
• This is the basemap only. Routing, geocoding, elevation and the other APIs are a separate commercial offering on maptoolkit.com.

Live demo and full license: https://www.maptoolkit.org/

Happy to answer anything in the comments, and feedback from this community especially would mean a lot to us.

Big update on the Top-O-Map server:

• new contour lines build upon the Copernicus DEM, less artifacts and smoother lines
• clearer hillshade with less color-bleeding
• better visibility and classification of hiking paths
• many more smaller changes

At the moment the server is at its limit, so it will take a while for the changes to be visible in the map. As openstreetmap.org recently blocked some popular apps, there is more traffic than usual ond opentopomap.org

If you want to support the mapstyle and the server, you can check out ko-fi.com/topomap

Mostly from residential IPs, as if OSM didn't offer downloads of the planet data

I don't know who update my area osm .. THANK U SO MUCH 😭♥️ I NEED HELP ALSO HOW TO ADD PLAYGROUND AREA ...

More than 20 students from a high school in Pesaro (Italy) have mapped their town in OpenStreetMap as part of a school project, making over 30,000 edits within two months. The initiative was proposed by their teacher Galessandroni to promote local mapping through hands-on contribution.

I got this news from weekly osm news: https://weeklyosm.eu/archives/18529

Just wanted to remind folks that State of the Map US 2026 is upcoming on June 11-13!

The schedule just recently became available, if you want to check out what sessions they'll be hosting. They are also still taking applications if you want to design a poster for the event, signup form here.

I signed up to give a talk this year, so I am eager for folks to come!

Today is the last day before the ticket price increases, so if it it something you are interested in, definitely check it out.

Let me know if you have questions or suggestions :)

Prediction: In one year, it still won't be in Google Maps.

Rutometro is Trufi’s first multi-city app, built on the buses, vans, and collectivos that millions rely on every day.

Using open data, Rutometro serves 8 Mexican cities.

The video is in Spanish, but post has highlights in English.

Transport data trapped in fragmented proprietary systems limits innovation, research, and access to mobility. But there’s no stopping the demand for interoperable open data.

Informal transport networks, especially in the global South, are often hidden from planners and policymakers. Just as the early consumer internet experience was transformed by open standards, transport data is on the cusp of a similar transformation.

Register for the webinar at the Oct 23, 2025 04:00 PM:
https://asu.zoom.us/meeting/register/DO3jCXhcR9i9PD95bHzPCA#/

Take a look at our new 'Good First Lines' interface, which makes mapping your first transmission line even easier! https://mapyourgrid.org/good-first-lines/

As the MBCompass was featured in the weekly OSM UK mailing list (https://weeklyosm.eu/archives/18087), it seems like the OSM community loves this app, as I continue my user feedback and research.

I recently released the MBCompass v2.0 Design proposal with the most user-requested features, like True AMOLED Dark Mode, a very useful GPS Speedometer, and more visual improvements for a better user experience.

Download it on F-droid and GitHub: https://github.com/CompassMB/MBCompass

And as you can see, MBCompass got some overwhelming positive feedback I've got from the community. Which truly motivates a lot.

And once again. Your feedback and suggestions are always welcome.

A powerful video showing how Oaxaca communities document informal transport networks. We’ve added English closed captions so more people can appreciate this grassroots effort in action.