Conferences / State of the Map
State of the Map Europe 2025
Nov 14–15, 2025 · Abertay University (Kydd Building), Dundee, SCT, United Kingdom
- Conference
- State of the Map Software engineering
- Dates
- Nov 14, 2025 – Nov 15, 2025
- Venue
- Abertay University (Kydd Building)
- Place
- Dundee, SCT, United Kingdom
- Format
- In person
- Status
- Past
- Attendance
- —
- Website
- 2025.stateofthemap.eu
- Recorded
- 9 sponsors · 65 speaker appearances
- Notes
- Organised by OpenStreetMap UK CIC. Tickets sold out. Fringe events (nature mapping walk, pre-conference social) on 13 Nov. Speakers: every scheduled session from the pretalx schedule export (talks, workshops, academic track where published separately), one row per speaker per session; affiliations taken from each speaker's pretalx bio where it states an employer/university, else null.
Ticket prices
Sponsorship packages
| Package | Price | Valid until | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supporter | £500 | — | 2025.stateofthemap.eu | |
| Bronze | £1,500 | — | 2025.stateofthemap.eu | |
| Silver | £5,000 | — | 2025.stateofthemap.eu | |
| Gold | £10,000 | — | 2025.stateofthemap.eu | |
| Platinum | £20,000 | — | 2025.stateofthemap.eu |
Sponsors 9
Silver 2
- HERE Technologies · Silver Sponsor
- Overture Maps Foundation · Silver Sponsor
Bronze 4
- Abertay University · Bronze Sponsors
- Geofabrik · Bronze Sponsors
- Mapbox · Bronze Sponsors
- Meta · Bronze Sponsors
Community 3
- Infrageomatics · Supporters
- TomTom · Supporters
- Verso · Supporters
Speakers and talks 65
| Speaker | Company | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Hain | — | Speaker | A better relationship between the mapping community and data consumers | — |
| Andy Allan | Thunderforest | Speaker | What's New With Our Website | — |
| Anna Zanchetta | The Alan Turing Institute | Speaker | An academic insight on the functioning of fAIr | — |
| Anna Zanchetta | The Alan Turing Institute | Speaker | Where are we at with MapTCHA? | — |
| Bart Louwers | — | Workshop | Make your own base map with MapLibre and Planetiler [workshop] | — |
| Bastian Greshake Tzovaras | — | Speaker | Where are we at with MapTCHA? | — |
| Benjamin Herfort | HeiGIT | Speaker | MapSwipe Today and its Future in OSM | — |
| Benjamin Herfort | HeiGIT | Speaker | Goodbye OSHDB - Welcome ohsomeDB! | — |
| Benjamin Herfort | HeiGIT | Speaker | An academic insight on the functioning of fAIr | — |
| Bright Nejo | — | Speaker | fAIr: Community AI-Assisted Mapping for Humanitarian Response | — |
| Chris Fleming | — | Speaker | State of the Map Scotland | — |
| Christian Quest | — | Speaker | State of Panoramax ! | — |
| Christos Konstantinou | European Cyclists' Federation | Speaker | Complementing OSM Cycling Data through Official Datasets | — |
| Dave Craig | — | Speaker | Using OpenStreetMap data to create audio only maps | — |
| David Whittingham | — | Speaker | Kreuzungen - Where open geospatial data and cycling intersect. | — |
| Donald Noble | — | Speaker | Mapping hydropower schemes in Scotland | — |
| Dustin Carlino | A/B Street | Speaker | How did the mapper cross the road? | — |
| Emmanuel Jolaiya | — | Speaker | fAIr: Community AI-Assisted Mapping for Humanitarian Response | — |
| Francis Andorful | Heidelberg University | Speaker | Transparency and Trust in Collaborative Mapping: Concerns and Dilemmas in AI-Generated Road Integration within OpenStreetMap | — |
| François Lacombe | — | Workshop | Enabling power grid mapping with appropriate tools [workshop] | — |
| Frédéric Rodrigo | — | Speaker | OSM Data replication under Quality Constraints with Clearance, OSM Logical History and UnderpassAPI | — |
| Frederik Ramm | Geofabrik | Speaker | Overpass Turbo goes PostGIS | — |
| Gala Camacho | — | Speaker | At the intersection of python and inclusive urbanism - does this school have the worst crossing in Edinburgh? | — |
| Gala Camacho | — | Panelist | Maps, maps and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion [panel] | — |
| Grant Slater | OpenStreetMap Foundation | Speaker | Servers on Fire: Keeping OpenStreetMap Online | — |
| Gregory Marler | — | Panelist | News From Europe [panel] | — |
| Harry Wood | — | Speaker | Working with OSM Notes and getting OSM Notes working | — |
| Jack Gilmore | NHS Education for Scotland | Speaker | Mapping Waste the Open Way: Building OpenWasteMap | — |
| Jakub Zmrzlik | — | Speaker | From Trails to Cycle Routes: Making OpenStreetMap Work for Outdoor Enthusiasts | — |
| Jens Flemming | — | Speaker | Visualization and analysis of OSM's public transport stop data with PTSA | — |
| Jerry Clough | — | Speaker | Schrodinger's Data in OpenStreetMap | — |
| Jez Nicholson | — | Speaker | 5 Things I Learned Plotting Every House in Brighton & Hove | — |
| Jochen Topf | — | Speaker | Everything Everywhere All at Once | — |
| Jochen Topf | — | Speaker | What's happening in Germany? | — |
| Joost Schouppe | — | Speaker | Disaster data: OSM POI data with stable IDs for emergency planning | — |
| Kshitij Raj Sharma | — | Speaker | fAIr: Community AI-Assisted Mapping for Humanitarian Response | — |
| Kurt Schellhase | Meta | Speaker | AI-Assisted Pedestrian Infrastructure Mapping | — |
| Lynn Janzen | Sozialhelden | Workshop | What's next in accessibility tagging? [workshop] | — |
| Marcus Wittig | Zwickau University of Applied Sciences | Speaker | Visualization and analysis of OSM's public transport stop data with PTSA | — |
| Marta Magnani | HeiGIT | Speaker | An academic insight on the functioning of fAIr | — |
| Nicole Siggins | — | Speaker | MapSwipe Today and its Future in OSM | — |
| Noon van der Silk | — | Speaker | At the intersection of python and inclusive urbanism - does this school have the worst crossing in Edinburgh? | — |
| Oliver Fritz | — | Speaker | Where are we at with MapTCHA? | — |
| Olivia Ragone | National Trust | Speaker | Equal Access at the National Trust | — |
| OSM UK Board | — | Speaker | OSM UK AGM | — |
| Patrik Brigant | Médecins Sans Frontières | Panelist | Quality of OSM data created by humanitarian mappers [discussion group] | — |
| Paul Knight | British Red Cross | Speaker | Building Data Readiness using OpenStreetMap as part of a Nigerian Red Cross/ British Red Cross Programme | — |
| Paul Norman | — | Speaker | Shortbread Steering Committee meeting | — |
| Paul Norman | — | Speaker | Minutely vector tiles deep dive | — |
| Paul Norman | — | Speaker | Using the new vector tiles | — |
| Prativa Thapa | Kathmandu University | Speaker | From the Himalayas to the Highlands: Youth-Led Mapping for Climate Resilience | — |
| Professor Lynne Coventry | Abertay University | Speaker | Human elements of trust and data misuse in open maps | — |
| Quincy Morgan | — | Speaker | What’s going on in America? | — |
| Robert Whittaker | — | Speaker | "Survey Me" - Using external data comparisons to flag issues in OSM | — |
| Roland Olbricht | — | Speaker | Overpass API | — |
| Roland Olbricht | — | Panelist | Future of the OpenStreetMap Foundation [discussion group] | — |
| Said Turksever | — | Speaker | AI-Assisted Pedestrian Infrastructure Mapping | — |
| Sam Colchester | Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team | Panelist | Missing Maps Panel | — |
| Sam Colchester | Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team | Speaker | Mapping Damage in a Humanitarian Context | — |
| Sarah Hoffmann | — | Panelist | It's traditional - Boundaries and Places in the UK [discussion group] | — |
| Sarah Hoffmann | — | Speaker | Many paths lead to the summit - Complex hiking and cycling routes in OpenStreetMap | — |
| Sebastian Felix Zappe | Sozialhelden | Workshop | What's next in accessibility tagging? [workshop] | — |
| Sophia Chen | Canadian Red Cross | Panelist | From Coast to Coast: OSM Coastal Landforms Tagging & Mapping Strategies across the Atlantic [panel] | — |
| Stuart lynm | — | Speaker | Where are we at with MapTCHA? | — |
| Topi Tjukanov | Mapbox | Speaker | Beyond the Footprint: Automated Roof Shape Classification and Detailed 3D Buildings | — |