About

Every day, a global community works tirelessly behind the scenes to make the more complete map of the world.

The resulting work is Open Data and can be used by anyone.

Universal access to geospatial information is heavily changing how people use maps and what they build with them.

The purpose of the Tasking Manager is to divide a large mapping project into smaller tasks that can be completed rapidly and collaboratively, with many people contributing to a collective project goal. The tool shows what needs to be mapped, which areas need to be reviewed and validated for quality assurance and which areas are completed.

This approach allows the distribution of tasks to many individual mappers. It also allows monitoring of project progress and helps to improve the consistency of the mapping (e.g. elements to cover, specific tags to use, etc.)

All work is done through OpenStreetMap. OpenStreetMap is the community-driven free and editable map of the world, supported by the not-for-profit OpenStreetMap Foundation.

Read more on the OSM Wiki or join the discussion with your local OSM community.