OSM Awards 2025

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The Latin American OpenStreetMap community has been working on various issues and has several community achievements to show:
- It has organized two successful SotM Latam events after a five-year hiatus.
- It has begun organizing SotM events by country, as is the case in Brazil and Argentina.
- It has revitalized the topic of Notes in OSM, organizing notathons and resolving years-old notes. It has also reviewed their relevance and improved their usage procedures.
- It has reactivated inactive communities OSM communities in countries such as Ecuador, Bolivia, Guatemala, and others.
-National communities such as those of Colombia, Peru and Ecuador have mobilized on the occasion of national mapathons in disaster risk prevention, with critical young leadership.

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The GIS Tech Center of Southern Leyte State University stands as a leading institutional force in advancing open mapping and geospatial education in the Philippines. With a firm commitment to community resilience and data-driven governance, the center played a key role in the award-winning project, “Building Resilience through Open Mapping Tools,” where it led the training of municipal personnel in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and OpenStreetMap (OSM) for Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment (CDRA) and Comprehensive Land Use Planning (CLUP). By equipping local government units with practical geospatial skills, the GIS Tech Center strengthened local capacity for disaster preparedness, environmental sustainability, and urban development. The center also supported humanitarian response efforts during the 2025 Myanmar earthquake by mobilizing resources and guiding data contributions through HOTOSM. Through its strong partnership with the Southern Leyte State U YouthMappers, the GIS Tech Center continues to promote open data, collaborative mapping, and inclusive digital transformation. Its sustained impact in bridging academic expertise with community needs.
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The Southern Leyte State U YouthMappers stands as a leading example of youth-driven innovation and impact in the open mapping community. In 2024, the chapter made history as the first organization in Asia to be funded by the EU Green Diplomacy Week for its climate-focused initiative, “Map for Climate.” This milestone recognized the chapter’s pioneering work in using OpenStreetMap (OSM) to map climate-vulnerable areas and support data-driven planning in local communities. Beyond this, the chapter has consistently led outstanding initiatives such as the award-winning “Building Resilience through Open Mapping Tools” project, which trained municipal personnel in GIS and OSM for Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment (CDRA) and Comprehensive Land Use Planning (CLUP). The team also supported humanitarian mapping efforts for the 2025 Myanmar earthquake through the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOTOSM), contributing critical geospatial data for response and recovery. They continue to mobilize youth through mapathons, educational forums, and collaborations with local and international mapping networks. Recognized nationally for innovation, social relevance, and leadership, the Southern Leyte State U YouthMappers has successfully bridged open mapping with governance, education, and sustainability.
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UPRI YouthMappers have consistently shown what it means to use open mapping for public service. Over the years, they’ve worked with diverse communities such as OpenStreetMap-Philippines, Open Mapping Hub-Asia Pacific, Mapillary/Meta, TomTom, Karta, UN Mappers, and Grab-Philippines, to grassroots partners like Buklod Tao and Tiklop Society of the Philippines—always grounding their work in development needs and addressing UN Sustainable Development Goals.

They’ve promoted a holistic practice of mapping that brings together disaster resilience, sustainable mobility, education, and youth leadership. Their flagship projects including PedalMap, developed during the Open Data Day celebration in 2024, was recently recognized through the Gawad Pangulo sa Natatanging Organisasyong Pangmag-aaral, the highest distinction for student organizations in the University of the Philippines. More than just producing maps, they build relationships, mentor young mappers, and push for inclusive use of open data in governance and community planning.

Their impact is steady, collaborative, and deeply rooted in service.
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Marco Minghini for his contribution to building and sustaining a global academic network around OpenStreetMap.

Over the years, Marco has played a key role in connecting the academic world with the OSM community, particularly through his leadership and coordination of the academic track at the State of the Map conferences. He has helped create a space where researchers from all over the world can present, collaborate, and share ideas that both draw from and give back to the OSM ecosystem.

Marco’s work has amplified OSM’s credibility in scientific research, public policy, and education — especially within the European Commission, where he now works at the Joint Research Centre (JRC). His efforts go beyond advocacy: he contributes hands-on to data, tools, and applications that benefit the wider OSM community.

Thanks to his tireless efforts, an entire team of researchers, institutions, and students now sees OpenStreetMap not just as a dataset, but as a collaborative digital commons. Marco’s work exemplifies how long-term commitment and quiet leadership can turn individual passion into collective progress.
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For its unwavering commitment to delivering weekly OpenStreetMap news —translated into multiple languages— and for its comprehensive coverage of the global OSM community, including mapping campaigns, community events, technological developments, research, and surprising real-world uses of OSM data.
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