MapYourGrid
We empower individuals, communities and nations around the world to map the electrical grid.
Help Map the World's Electricity Grids to Power a Fossil-Free Future
Fossil fuels are responsible for over 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions. You can play a vital role in supporting the energy transition by helping to map electrical grids in your local area. These grids need modernization to meet the demands of electrification and decarbonization, but a lack of reliable data is a major barrier. Grid data provides governments, utilities, developers, and researchers with the information needed to plan effectively. That's where you come in.
Despite the urgent need to expand and upgrade electricity infrastructure, there is currently no open global standard for cross-border grid data. OpenStreetMap has emerged as the unofficial, de facto standard used by both industry and academia. Some countries have good grid coverage, but many in the Global South are still lacking. This gap limits rural energy access and slows down climate action:
Improve data reliability and availability to better assess and manage risks for clean energy projects in emerging market and developing economies.
Key Recommendation - International Energy Agency: How to implement the COP28 energy goals
That is why Open Energy Transition has launched this open initiative in collaboration with Datactivist, Jungle Bus, Dynartio and Infrageomatics. We are working with the OpenStreetMap community, organisations and individuals around the world to not only create an open digital twin of the European grid, but also to expand the global coverage of the transmission grid in OpenStreetMap from around 70% to 98% by 2028. It's ambitious yet achievable with your help.
OpenStreetMap's already extensive data on the electrical grid can be browsed on Open Infrastructure Map, showing the global scale of data collected since 2008, mostly by volunteers.
A global community of citizen contributors creates and maintains data on the core infrastructures of our modern society. Let's empower the mappers!
Get Involved
Join Our Community
Connect with fellow contributors on Discord and participate in our community discussions.
Get Started Grid Mapping
Start contributing to OpenStreetMap and help map the electrical grid in your area.
Contribute to your Country
Apply advanced mapping strategies and tools to your local transmission grid.
Who We Are
MapYourGrid is a free, open-source initiative supported by the following organizations. We want to empower a global community of citizens and organizations to create and maintain data on the core infrastructures of our modern society. Our open data can be used in public administration, industry, academia, and more. Would you like to join or support us? Contact us via email.
