+ description: Browse the wiki for in-depth OSM documentation.
+ about_page:
+ next: Next
+ copyright_html: <span>©</span>OpenStreetMap<br>contributors
+ used_by: "%{name} powers map data on hundreds of web sites, mobile apps, and hardware devices"
+ lede_text: |
+ OpenStreetMap is built by a community of mappers that contribute and maintain data
+ about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world.
+ local_knowledge_title: Local Knowledge
+ local_knowledge_html: |
+ OpenStreetMap emphasizes local knowledge. Contributors use
+ aerial imagery, GPS devices, and low-tech field maps to verify that OSM
+ is accurate and up to date.
+ community_driven_title: Community Driven
+ community_driven_html: |
+ OpenStreetMap's community is diverse, passionate, and growing every day.
+ Our contributors include enthusiast mappers, GIS professionals, engineers
+ running the OSM servers, humanitarians mapping disaster-affected areas,
+ and many more.
+ To learn more about the community, see the <a href='%{diary_path}'>user diaries</a>,
+ <a href='http://blogs.openstreetmap.org/'>community blogs</a>, and
+ the <a href='http://www.osmfoundation.org/'>OSM Foundation</a> website.
+ open_data_title: Open Data
+ open_data_html: |
+ OpenStreetMap is <i>open data</i>: you are free to use it for any purpose
+ as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors. If you alter or
+ build upon the data in certain ways, you may distribute the result only
+ under the same licence. See the <a href='%{copyright_path}'>Copyright and
+ License page</a> for details.
+ partners_title: Partners