{"id":1732,"slug":"openstreetmap-founded-2004-steve-coast","title":"OpenStreetMap founded 2004 by Steve Coast — response to UK Ordnance Survey not releasing data freely; OSMF established 2006","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","dev","candid-team"],"topics":["open-data","web-tech-history","open-data-licensing"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** **OpenStreetMap** was founded in **2004** by **Steve Coast** as a response to the UK Ordnance Survey not releasing map data freely. The OpenStreetMap Foundation (**OSMF**) was established in **2006**. OSM imported US Census **TIGER** road data 2007–2008.\n\n**Source:** Wikipedia / OSM wiki.\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\n**Why this matters for Candid:** The non-government half of the open-data story — community-built data filling a gap where commercial vendors had charged for access. Cross-link [[census-tiger-public-domain]] for the data OSM imported.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"census-tiger-public-domain","title":"US Census TIGER/Line — geographic data, public domain, released annually","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"ordnance-survey-paid-licensed-mid-2000s","title":"UK Ordnance Survey mid-2000s — sold map data for purchase; the contrast that motivated OpenStreetMap","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"supersedes"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-falling-cost-floor-real-web-functionality-smb-june-2026","title":"Research brief: the falling cost floor of \"real\" web functionality for SMBs (June 2026)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"timeline-three-drivers-converge-2004-2014","title":"Timeline 2004–2014: the decade when each of the three historically-expensive parts independently got cheap","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"census-tiger-public-domain","title":"US Census TIGER/Line — geographic data, public domain, released annually","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-06-21T13:17:00.618Z","updated_at":"2026-06-21T13:17:00.618Z"}