Cycle map

OpenStreetMap allows people to map their community and show the things that are important to them. It is a collection of tools and data to collect information and create beautiful maps that you can use in creative and unexpected ways. There are more people contributing maps data to OpenStreetMap every week. In September of 2008 there were over 60,000 contributors world wide. Update: there are over 133,000 contributors as of 05 May 2009.

Many of those contributors are cyclists and are active in their communities. Why is that?  read more »