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The OpenStreetMap Foundation promotes and supports the [[OpenStreetMap]] project but does not formally own the project or its contents.<ref>{{cite book|title=Manual of Digital Earth|editor1-first=Huadong|editor1-last=Guo|editor2-first=Michael F.|editor2-last=Goodchild|editor3-first=Alessandro|editor3-last=Annoni|publisher=[[Springer Nature]]|date=January 1, 2020|page=603|isbn=978-981-32-9914-6|doi=10.1007/978-981-32-9915-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HvK-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA603|via=Google Books}}</ref> The foundation's relatively low profile in OpenStreetMap's development has been contrasted with the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]'s relationship to [[Wikipedia]].<ref>{{cite book|title=OpenStreetMap in GIScience: Experiences, Research, and Applications|editor1-first=Jamal Jokar|editor1-last=Arsanjani|editor2-first=Alexander|editor2-last=Zipf|editor3-first=Peter|editor3-last=Mooney|editor4-first=Marco|editor4-last=Helbich|publisher=Springer|date=March 3, 2015|page=153|isbn=978-3-319-14279-1|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-14280-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uHIKBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA153|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Digital Condition|first=Felix|last=Stalder|translator-first=Valentine A.|translator-last=Pakis|publisher=[[Polity Press]]|___location=Cambridge|date=January 16, 2018|page=214|isbn=978-1-5095-1959-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eVhHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT214|via=Google Books}}</ref>
In addition to day-to-day operations within the [[OpenStreetMap]] project, the foundation and its working groups run several initiatives to promote the project's growth. Its annual [[State of the Map]] conference is the flagship conference within the OpenStreetMap community. The GPStogo program lends [[Satellite navigation device|GPS receiver]]s to mappers in developing countries.<ref>{{cite book|title=OpenStreetMap|first=Jonathan|last=Bennett|publisher=Packt|___location=Birmingham|date=September 2010|isbn=9781847197511|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SZfqRcPXApoC&pg=PT42|via=Google Books}}</ref>
 
In addition to day-to-day operations within the [[OpenStreetMap]] project, the foundation and its working groups run several initiatives to promote the project's growth. Its annual [[State of the Map]] conference is the flagship conference within the OpenStreetMap community. The GPStogo program lends [[Satellite navigation device|GPS receiver]]s to mappers in developing countries.<ref>{{cite book|title=OpenStreetMap|first=Jonathan|last=Bennett|publisher=Packt|___location=Birmingham|date=September 2010|isbn=9781847197511|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SZfqRcPXApoC&pg=PT42|via=Google Books}}</ref>
 
== Funding ==