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OpenStreetMap

Explore a collaborative map and geographic features described by contributors.

What this source helps you find

Explore a collaborative map and geographic features described by contributors.

Limit to retain in your conclusion

Read feature history and tags; a collaborative map does not replace a field survey or cadastral document.

Useful search anchors

  • Place / coordinates
  • Exact query

Fields to record when citing a result

  • Document identifier
  • Version / revision
  • Access date and time zone
  • Observed passage / value

Evidence record to retain

Feature type and identifier, version, tags, coordinates and access date.

Check before drawing a conclusion

Compare the same feature version; an edit date is not necessarily a field-observation date.

Official reference page
Consultation date :
Reference content consulted.

This record concerns the cited page on this date, not permanent service availability or every feature. Data, files and APIs may have different access conditions.

Cross-check this source in a research route

Cross-check a mapped feature

Identify the feature and coordinates, compare public layers and select a satellite acquisition for the relevant date.

Coordinates, map update and acquisition are different references; record their respective precision.

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