Mappa Mercia is a project to grow OpenStreetMap in the West Midlands, UK. We run community events, provide training and support local organisations wishing to open up their data.

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Why OpenStreetMap?

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, but what makes it different from other maps? To find out why we think you should join the community, click here.

Community

We run community events across the West Midlands at least once a month. Find the next one or join our mailing list. For all the details and more head over to our contact page.

Training

We now provide training and tutorials on the basics of contributing to, and using OpenStreetMap. Our tutorials are online. For training sessions please contact us.

Latest from the blog

11 Sep 2016

UK Summer Quarterly Project
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Today saw us pass the 1,000 total for farmyards added during this project(1008 to be precise). Well done to everyone who has participated. What has been the most unusual farm name anyone has... READ MORE

22 Aug 2016

We Are Ten
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August sees mappamercia celebrate its tenth birthday – can you believe it? We didn’t celebrate with a birthday cake but we did meet in Pershore Worcesteshire on Saturday 6th August at the Pickled... READ MORE

6 Jul 2016

Busy days
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Yesterday I attended the Landor Future Highways Conference at the new iCentrum building on Birmingham Science Park, at the invitation of the Birmingham ODI (Open Data Institute) node. It was good to see... READ MORE