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Map It 📍

Welcome to our interactive launchpad and hub for contributing to power grid mapping via OpenStreetMap! Click on a country or state below to start mapping power infrastructure directly in JOSM. 🚀 If this is your first time grid mapping, please go through the Starter-Kit. You can use the #MapYourGrid hashtag in your changeset to show your support for our initiative when you make an edit! To start mapping, please open JOSM, ensure that remote control is activated in Preferences and load your data:

  1. The Default Transmission (90 kV+) pulls all power infrastructure relevant for the transmission grid. For more details about which data is pulled via Overpass please read our OpenStreetMap Grid Definitions. Distribution grids are barely visible in satellite data and should therefore only be mapped in individual cases.
  2. The Osmose, Global Energy Monitor, and Wikidata buttons provide hint layer data, which you can read about in our Tools and Strategies page. Please note that this hint layers only work at a national level.

Map Legend for the recommended MapCSS (Click Me)

Power Grid Legend

🔍 Below you can find "Good First Lines" where we have found some lines which you can map if you are new.
Please check the box if you mapped this line, so as to not waste other people's time! Once part of the community, we can grant you access to this spreadsheet so you can add other lines if you want.

Good First Lines" (Click Me)

Curated Electrical Grid Maps (Click Me)

🗺️ Curated Grid Maps

🔗 View on GitHub

A curated list of resources in the field of electric grid mapping to improve global open data coverage, harmonization and quality for a sustainable energy transition.

Global Grid Mapping

⚠️ If you're eager to get started with transmission grid mapping in OpenStreetMap, check out the Starter Kit Tutorial and our community discord channel of #ohmygrid. Please note that the maps shown here are used to estimate the coverage in OpenStreetMap and to find missing lines. Do not copy/paste data from these maps directly into your OpenStreetMap layer. Each data point of the transmission network must be set manually and verified with official satellite data provided by the OpenStreetMap community. ⚠️

If a link is broken, or you find a map with a broken link that you would like to add to this list, just try the link at the Internet Archive. This even works for PDFs and other files.

Grid Explorer and National Datasets

Global Data Catalogs

Africa

Asia

Australia and New Zealand

Europe

North America (Canada+USA)

Central America (including Mexico)

South America

Scientific Publications

Policy

Reports and News

Presentation and Videos

Grid Extraction, Transformation and Integration Tools

  • PyPSA Grid Analysis - Compares the PyPSA-Eur transmission grid database as well as the PyPSA-Earth transmission grid database for a selected region of 50 Hertz in Germany.
  • earth-osm - Provides a Python API and a CLI interface to extract data for various infrastructure types, such as power lines, substations, and more.
  • powerplantmatching - Set of tools to combine multiple power plant databases.

Remote Mapping

SAR

ml-hv-grid

GridFinder

TTPLA

PGRID

A Dataset for Multi-Size Power Line Assets Detection in High-Resolution UAV Images

GridTracer

Substation detection

Embeddings and GIS Foundation Models

Crowdsourced Mapping

Communities and Initiatives

Challenges

Tutorials and Training

Mapping Coordinating

News and Community Reach

Electrical Grid Mapping in OpenStreetMap

Forums and Community

Power Tags and Articles

Good Practices in Power Routing

Statistics

Quality Assurance Tools

Desktop Editors and Mapping Tools

Mobile and In-field Editors

Diaries and Blogs

Data Import

Grid Design Basics

Theory

Grid Design

Voltage Estimation

Mapping Guidelines and Code of Mappers

The following list provides the main good practices for mapping different power infrastructure in OpenStreetMap:

Code of Mappers

⚠️ By following our Code of Mappers, we collectively protect the integrity of the OpenStreetMap platform, foster trust with communities, and unlock the power of open data for a more resilient and just energy future. Please do NOT copy any data from hint layer directly into your OpenStreetMap data layer. Every data point in your OpenStreetMap data layer must be manually set and verified. The metadata must also be verified against compatible licensed sources or by people on the ground. If you cannot verify the data using satellite images or any other compatible source, please do not add this information from hint layers. This may seem like a high burden at first, but it ensures the high quality of OpenStreetMap. Before you start mapping, please find out about the mapping restrictions in the respective country. In some countries, the mapping of transmission lines is not permitted. Get in touch with local users by finding out about local projects. ⚠️

Join the Chat

We welcome everyone to join our community chat called 📍-MapYourGrid on the PyPSA-Earth discord channel. Here you can ask questions, and interact with the community. For mapping specific questions and to participate in our free personalized training, please join our 📍-MapYourGrid-support-and-training channel.

Join the Community 📆

We welcome everyone to join our community calls and tutorials, to learn more about the mapping process and the initiative.