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OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a collaborative, open geographic database project that creates and maintains freely reusable spatial data about features and places around the world [1][2]. Its data are contributed and updated by a distributed community of volunteers and other participants, who use sources such as local knowledge, GPS observations, and aerial imagery to map geographic features [1]. The database represents real-world entities—including roads, paths, buildings, land use, and points of interest—as structured geographic objects with associated attributes [1][3]. OpenStreetMap is a prominent example of volunteered geographic information (VGI), in which geographic data are collected and maintained through distributed contributions rather than exclusively by a single authoritative mapping agency [3]. Its data can be downloaded, analysed, edited, and incorporated into mapping applications, navigation systems, and GIS workflows [1][2].

OpenStreetMap OSM volunteered geographic information open geographic data collaborative mapping GIS spatial database
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  1. OpenStreetMap contributors. About OpenStreetMap. OpenStreetMap. https://www.openstreetmap.org/about
  2. OpenStreetMap Foundation. Copyright and License. OpenStreetMap. https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
  3. Mordechai Haklay; How Good is Volunteered Geographical Information? A Comparative Study of OpenStreetMap and Ordnance Survey Datasets. Environ. Plan. B Plan. Des. 2010, 37, 682-703. [CrossRef]
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