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INTRODUCTION (Click Me)
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 iD or JOSM. 
If this is your first time grid mapping, please go through the JOSM Starter-Kit or iD 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:
- The Default Transmission (50 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.
- The Osmose, Global Energy Monitor, and Wikidata buttons provide hint layer data, which you can read about in our page Strategies. Please note that hint layers only work at a national level.
Map Legend for the recommended MapCSS (Click Me)
Good First Lines (Click Me)
JOSM Hotkeys (Click Me)
These JOSM hotkeys have proven helpful for grid mapping:
| Hotkey | Function Description |
|---|---|
| S | Select tool (for selecting objects) |
| A | Add tool (for drawing new nodes or ways) |
| CTRL+C | Copy selected objects |
| CTRL+V | Paste objects from clipboard |
| CTRL+F | Search (Needs expert mode activated under View) |
| CTRL+Z | Undo last action |
| CTRL+Y | Redo last undone action |
| CTRL+SHIFT+C | Copy coordinates of the selected point(s) to clipboard |
| CTRL+W | Switch between activated Map Paint Style and Wireframe |
| CTRL+H | History (opens history dialog for selected objects) |
| Shift+V | Validate (runs data validation on the current layer) |
| Tabulator | Show/hide Sidebar and Edit toolbar |
Curated Electrical Grid Maps (Click Me)
🗺️ Curated Grid Maps
| A curated list of resources in the field of electrical grid mapping to improve global open data coverage, harmonization and quality for a sustainable energy transition. |
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⚠️ The datasets, maps and all resources compiled here are used to estimate the grid 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. Get started with transmission grid mapping in OpenStreetMap by checking out our Starter Kit Tutorial and our community discord channel. If a resource link is broken, or you find a map with a broken link that you'd like to add to this list, try it on the Internet Archive. This even works for PDFs and other files.
Grid Explorer
Global Data Catalogs
- Open Infrastructure Map [Code] (map)
- GridFinder [Code] (map)
- FLOSM Power Grid (odbl) (map)
- Electricity Maps - Electricity Grid Carbon Emissions [Code] (map)
- Global Energy Monitor (cc-by-4.0) (map) (dataset)
- The Global Transmission Database Code (mit) (dataset) (capacitydata)
- HVDC World Global Map (map)
- ENERGYDATA.INFO - Open Data and Analytics for a sustainable energy future (dataset)
- Transmission network datasets wiki of openmod (cc-by-4.0) (dataset)
- Open Energy Platform Grid Data (odbl) (dataset)
- Electricitymaps Data Sources (mit) (agpl-3.0) (dataset)
- openAfrica (gpl-3.0) (dataset)
- Global Renewables Watch (map) (dataset)
- The Utility Performance and Behavior Today (UPBEAT) platform - WorldBank (cc-by-4.0) (dataset)
- Latin America UPME electricity infraestructure map (map)
- Energy Access Explorer (mit) (dataset) (map)
Africa
Cross-border projets and resources
- Africa Electricity Grids Explorer (map)
- Central Africa Power Pool
- Africa Knowledge Platform-European Comission
- ECOWAS Region - Existing and Planned Transmission Grid (2021) (CC-BY-SA 4.0) (dataset)
- GRID3 NGA - Other POI: Energy and Electricity Substations
- Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (report)
- Med-TSO - Mediterranean (2024) (map)
- Plan d’Affaires Stratégique 2025-2028 du PEAC (2024) (report)
- Regional Electricity Interconnection of Africa (2023) (map) (report)
- Southern-Eastern Africa RE Zones (2015) (proprietary) (map) (report)
- West African Power Pool (WAPP) (2017) (map)
- West African Power Pool (WAPP) (2019) (map)
- OMVG - Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal - Interconnector line 225 kV, 2020
- OMVG - Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal - Interconnector line 225 kV - Action plan (2019) (report)
National-level projets and resources
- (Angola) Rapid Assessment and Gap Analysis (2015) (report)
- (Benin;Burkina Faso;Côte d'Ivoire;Ghana;Guinea;Guinea-Bissau;Liberia;Mali;Niger;Nigeria;Senegal;Sierra Leone;Togo;Gambia) West African Power Pool (WAPP) (2017) (map)
- (Botswana) Botswana Power Corporation - Generation Facilities, Transmission, Distribution grids (proprietary) (map)
- (Botswana) Transmission Grid Projects (report) (proprietary)
- (Cameroon) Plan Directeur d’Electrification Rurale
- (Côte d'Ivoire) Projects and planning for the Electrical System (2020) (proprietary) (map)
- (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Regulator Report 2024 (2024) (proprietary) (report) (capacitydata)
- (Eswatini) Energydata Eswatini Substations 2021 (2022) (dataset)
- (Eswatini) Energydata Eswatini Grid Network 2022 (2023) (dataset)
- (Eswatini) Energydata Eswatini Electricity Transmission Network 2009 (2023) (CC-BY-4.0) (dataset)
- (Eswatini) Energydata Eswatini Power Plants (2023) (CC-BY-SA 4.0) (dataset)
- (Ethiopia) Electric Power (dataset)
- (Ethiopia;Somalia) Energydata Somalia Ethiopia interconnection (2023) (CC-BY-4.0) (dataset)
- (Gabon) Energydata Gabon Power Plants (2023) (CC-BY-SA 4.0) (dataset)
- (Gabon) Energydata Gabon Electricity Transmission Network 2009 (2024) (CC-BY-4.0) (dataset)
- (Ghana) THE ENERGY YEAR - Ghana’s Transmission System (2022) (proprietary) (map)
- (Ghana) Electricity Supply Plan for the Ghana Power System (2022) (report)
- (Guinea) Energydata Guinea Electricity Transmission Network 2014 (2014) (CC-BY-SA 4.0) (dataset)
- (Kenya) Energydata Kenya Electricity Network (2021) (cc0) (dataset)
- (Kenya) Energydata Kenya Transmission Stations (2020) (cc0) (dataset)
- (Kenya) Energydata Kenya Primary Substations (2024) (CC-BY-4.0) (dataset)
- (Kenya) KETRACO Transmission Master Plan 2023/2042 (2023) (report) (map)
- (Liberia) Energydata Liberia Electric Substations (2021) (CC-BY-4.0) (dataset)
- (Liberia) Energydata Liberia Electricity Transmission Network (2023) (cc-by-nc-4.0) (dataset)
- (Madagascar) Energydata Madagascar planned transmission network 2017 (2017) (cc0) (dataset)
- (Mauritania) Energydata Mauritania Existing Grid (2023) (cc0) (dataset)
- (Morocco) Electricity Transmission Network (2025) (CC-BY-4.0) (dataset)
- (Mozambique) Eletricidade de Moçambique - Priorities 2021-2030 (2022) (report)
- (Namibia) NamPower’s 2024 Integrated Annual Report (2024) (report)
- (Nigeria) Dataset for the Nigerian 50-Bus 330 kV Power Grid (2017) (CC-BY-4.0) (dataset) (capacitydata)
- (Nigeria) Details of Power Plants Existing and Planned - 2020 to 2030 (dataset)
- (Nigeria) Substations dataset (2025) (CC-BY-4.0) (map) (dataset)
- (Nigeria) Nigeriase4all - Power sector data explorer (map)
- (Nigeria) THE ENERGY YEAR - Nigeria Grid Map (2021) (map)
- (Nigeria) Transmission Company - Offical Grid Map (map)
- (Republic of the Congo) Schéma Directeur Transport
- (Rwanda) Transmission Development Plan 2023-2030 (2023) (report)
- (Rwanda) Energydata Rwanda Power plants (2018) (cc0) (dataset)
- (Senegal) Power Grid Map of Senegal (2018) (map)
- (Somalia) Mini-Grids With MV Lines (2023) (cc-by-4.0) (dataset)
- (Somalia) Energydata Somalia Transmission Backbone (2023) (cc-by-4.0) (dataset)
- (Somalia) Energydata Somalia Minigrids (2023) (cc-by-4.0) (dataset)
- (South Africa) National Transmission Company - Generation Connection Capacity Assessment (2025) (dataset) (capacitydata)
- (South Africa) National Transmission Company - Transmission Development Plan 2025 (2024) (report)
- (Tanzania) Power System master Plan 2020 (2023) (report) (capacitydata)
- (Tanzania) Energydata Tanzania (dataset)
- (Tanzania) Tracking SDG 7 - United Republic of Tanzania (report)
- (Tanzania) RISE Esmap (report)
- (Tanzania) Power plants (2018) (cc0) (dataset)
- (Tunisia) Data Collection Survey On Power Sector - 2022 (2022) (report)
- (Uganda) GIS for the Energy Sector (maps)
- (Uganda) Transmission Lines 2017 GeoJSON (2017) (odbl) (dataset)
- (Uganda) Energydata Transmission Substations 2016 (2019) (cc-by-4.0) (dataset)
- (Zambia) Integrated Resource Plan (2023) (report)
- (Zambia) Energydata Zambia Overhead MV Distribution Lines (2022) (cc0) (dataset)
- (Zambia) Energydata Zambia Base case grid extensions (2022) (cc0) (dataset)
- (Zambia) Energydata Zambia Power plants (2018) (cc0) (dataset)
- (Zambia) Energydata Zambia Electrical Transformers And Substations (2023) (cc-by-4.0) (dataset)
- (Zambia) Energydata Zambia Electricity Transmission Network (2014) (cc-by-4.0) (dataset)
- (Zimbabwe) Energy Profile (report)
Asia
Cross-border projets and resources
- (Central Asia) United Nations - Energy Connectivity in Central Asia - An inventory of existing national energy systems (2023) (report)
- (Kazakhstan;Kyrgyzstan;Tajikistan;Turkmenistan) Cooperation of energy systems in Central Asia (2024) (report)
- (Mekong Region) OpenDevelopment Mekong Map Explorer (cc-by-sa-4.0) (dataset) (map) (report)
- (South-East Asia) ASEAN Energy Database (map)
- (South-East Asia) ASEAN Power Grid Interconnections Project Profiles (2024) (capacitydata) (report)
National-level projets and resources
- (Afghanistan) Current and planned transmission grid (2024) (cc-by-4.0) (map)
- (Bangladesh) Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (proprietary) (map)
- (Cambodia) Cambodia’s PDP Transmission Plan (2024) (report)
- (Cambodia) Energy Sector Assessment, Strategy, and Road Map (2018) (report)
- (Cambodia) OpenDevelopment Map Explorer (cc-by-sa-4.0) (capacitydata) (dataset) (map)
- (Cambodia) Transmission Map, page 71 (report) (map)
- (China) Baker Institute Energy Map (2024) (capacitydata) (map)
- (China) Electrical Grid by Regions (2013) (map)
- (Georgia) GSE Ten Year development plan (2024) (capacitydata) (report)
- (Georgia) GSE Power flow and interconnectors (map)
- (Georgia) Power transmission lines of JSC UES SAKRUSENERGO (proprietary) (map)
- (India) Energy Map of India (Based on OpenStreetMap Data) (map)
- (India) National Electricity Plan (2023) (capacitydata) (report)
- (India) POWER MAP OF INDIA (2021) (map)
- (India) POWER MAP OF EASTERN REGION
- (India) Power Transmission Corporation Limited, Government of Uttar Prades (2025) (map)
- (India) Central Electricity Authority (2025) (report) (capacitydata)
- (India) POWER MAP OF GOA
- (India) GRID MAP OF KARNATAKA
- (Indonesia) Electrical substation in Indonesia
- (Indonesia) Electricity Supply Business Plan 2021 - 2030
- (Iran) Map of the High Voltage Grid
- (Iraq) Modeling the Power Grid Network of Iraq
- (Japan) J-Power Group Integrated Report 2023
- (Japan) OSW Project Areas & Transmission Lines in Japan (capacitydata)
- (Japan) OCCTO - Organization for Cross-regional Coordination of Transmission Operators (capacitydata)
- (Jordan) Electric System - National Electric Power Company
- (Jordan) Electricity Transmission Network 2017
- (Jordan) MENA - Electricity Transmission Network 2017
- (Kazakhstan) Electrical networks as of 2025
- (Kyrgyzstan) Transmission Grid 2020
- (Laos) Assessment of Electric Vehicle Penetration in the Lao People’s Democratic
- (Laos) Energy Data Laos 2005
- (Malaysia) Sabah Energy Roadmap and Master Plan 2040
- (Malaysia) Sarawak Power Generation and Network
- (Mongolia) Overview of Energy/Electricity demand and Renewable energy potential
- (Myanmar) Existing Power Grid and Under Construction Projects
- (Myanmar) Myanmar Information Management Unit
- (Nepal) Nepal electricity authority annual report
- (Nepal) Transmission System Development Plan
- (Nepal) NEPAL POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORK MAP 2021
- (Oman) Oman - 2023 - Report GIS Data Governance Is Key to OETC's Success
- (Pakistan) Generation and Transmission System Expansion
- (Pakistan) NTDC Revised Transmission Investment Plan FY 2023-2025
- (Palestine) Geomolg - Transmission Lines and Substations
- (Papua New Guinea) Energy Policy and Practice for Climate and People
- (Philippines) Transmission Development Plan 2020-2040
- (Russia) ЛЭП России 2020 год
- (Saudi Arabia) Unfolding Power Sector Reform: Features, Challenges and Opportunities for Market Integration
- (South Korea) 10th long-term transmission and substation facility plan established by KEPCO
- (South Korea) Transmission Map
- (Sri Lanka) Transmission Grid - 2023
- (Syria) Electricity Sector After a Decade of War: A Comprehensive Assessment
- (Syria) Infrastructure Maps
- (Taiwan) Taipower's Power Plants and Power Grid Map
- (Thailand) Renewable Grid Integration Assessment
- (Turkey) Turkey's Power Grid
- (Uzbekistan) Electricity Sector Transformation and Resilient Transmission
- (Uzbekistan) Energydata Uzbekistan 2016
- (Vietnam) Vietnam Electricity
- (Bhutan) Transmission network
- (Bhutan)Report
- (Yemen) Energydata Yemen Electricity Transmission Network 2017
Australia and New Zealand
- (Australia) Electricity Transmission Lines - Digital Atlas (2025) (cc-by-4.0) (dataset) (map)
- (Australia) Geoscience Australia - National Electricity Transmission Substations (2017) (dataset)
- (Australia) Transgrid - Eastern Australia (map)
- (Australia) Queensland - NetworkLoad Capacity (map)
- (Australia) Western Australia Network Capacity Mapping Tool (2025) (map)
- (Australia) Network Map Rosetta (map)
- (New Zealand) Transpower New Zealand Ltd Transmission Lines (2025) (cc-by-4.0) (dataset) (map)
- (New Zealand) Transpower Substations NZ (mit) (dataset)
- (New Zealand) Powerco Zone Substations NZ (mit) (dataset)
Europe
Cross-border projets and resources
- ENTSO-E_Grid_Map_Continental_Europe (map)
- ENTSO-E Transmission System Map (map)
- European Grid Capacity Maps (map)
- JAO Static Grid Model (capacitydata) (map)
- 50Herz - Static Grid Model (2023) (map)
- (Albania;Bosnia & Herzegovina;Kosovo;North Macedonia;Montenegro;Serbia) Transmission grid in the Western Balkans (2025) (proprietary) (map)
- (Finland;Norway:Sweden) Svenska kraftnät - Sweden, Norway, Finland (map)
National-level projets and resources
- (Albania) Albania Transmission system (proprietary) (capacitydata) (map) (report)
- (Austria) Grid Capacity (proprietary) (capacitydata) (map)
- (Belgium) High-voltage transmission lines (2023) (proprietary) (map)
- (Bosnia-Herzegovina) Map of EES 2024 (2024) (proprietary) (map)
- (Bosnia-Herzegovina) NOS-BiH Transmission grid development plan 2021-2030 (2021) (report)
- (Bosnia-Herzegovina) NOS-BiH Real-time capacity grid of Bosnian interconnectors (2025) (map)
- (Bosnia-Herzegovina) NOS-BiH Multiple studies and analysis of power generators, network stability, renewables (report)
- (Bosnia-Herzegovina) NOS-BiH Indicative Plan for Power Generation Development 2026–2035 (2025) (capacitydata) (report)
- (Bosnia-Herzegovina) NOS-BiH Long-Term Development Plan of the Transmission Network 2021–2030 - book 1 (2021) (capacitydata) (report)
- (Bosnia-Herzegovina) NOS-BiH Long-Term Development Plan of the Transmission Network 2021–2030 - book 2 (2021) (capacitydata) (report)
- (Bulgaria) Electricity Production & Transmission Network (proprietary) (map)
- (Bulgaria) Electricity trasnsmission system (proprietary) (map)
- (Czechia) Transmission and Distribution Grid Data (2020) (map)
- (Denmark) Connection Points in the Electricity Grid and Voltage Levels (2024) (cc-by-4.0) (dataset)
- (Denmark) Grid Capacity (dataset) (report)
- (Estonia) Capacity Map
- (Estonia) Map of the network
- (Finland) Grid Capacity
- (France) Structural french grid data with detailed topology time series (cc-by-sa-4.0)
- (Germany) Uebertragungsnetz.de - Germany Grid Live Data
- (Greece) Independent Power Transmission Operator - Grid Map
- (Hungary) Electricity infrastructure
- (Iceland) Landsnet - Transmission and Distribution Grid
- (Ireland) Grid Capacity
- (Italy) Substations Italy - Gestore dei servizi energetici
- (Kosovo) Transmission system
- (Latvia) Transmission network and substations
- (Lithuania) Lithuania Power System Information - Transmission Grid
- (Lithuania) Litgrid Transmission Network
- (Lithuania) Litgrid Transmission Network
- (Netherlands) Grid Capacity
- (North Macedonia) Map of Transmission lines clearest but no voltages
- (North Macedonia) Map of Transmission system in the Newspaper most updated
- (Poland) Grid Capacity
- (Poland) Grid Capacity
- (Portugal) Available Hosting Capacity in the National Distribution Grid
- (Romania) Transelectrica
- (Serbia) The Electric Power System of Serbia - pdf
- (Slovakia) Grid maps and technical data
- (Spain) Edistribucion - Capacity access at network nodes
- (Spain) REE Map of Substations
- (Switzerland) Swiss Transmission Grid
- (United Kingdom) National Grid UK
- (United Kingdom) Substations UK
- (United Kingdom) National Grid Electricity Transmission
- (United Kingdom) SSEN Transmission
- (United Kingdom) National Grid Electricity Distribution
- (United Kingdom) UK Power Networks
- (United Kingdom) Electricity North West
- (United Kingdom) Northern Powergrid
- (United Kingdom) Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks
- (United Kingdom) SP Energy Networks
North America
Cross-border projets and resources
- (Canada;US) Electricity Transmission in Canada + US
- (Canada,US) The CER and International Power Lines
National-level projets and resources
- (Canada) (Alberta) AESO Interconnected Electric System Map (2025) (proprietary) (map)
- (Canada) (Alberta) AESO Long‑Term Transmission Plan (2025) (proprietary) (report)
- (Canada) (Alberta) AESO Transmission Capability Map (2024) (capacitydata) (map) (report)
- (Canada) (Alberta) Hosting capacity for FortisAlberta's distribution circuits. (capacitydata) (map)
- (Canada) (Alberta) Substations Alberta (map)
- (Canada) (British Columbia) BC Hydro Transmission System - pdf (2025) (map)
- (Canada) (British Columbia) BC Hydro Transmission Diagram 2024/2025 - pdf (2025) (map)
- (Canada) (British Columbia) BC Hydro Bulk One line Diagram 2024/2025 - pdf (2025) (map)
- (Canada) (British Columbia) BC Hydro BC Transmission Lines - 2017 (2017) (dataset)
- (Canada) (Ontario) IESO - Ontario's Electricity System - 2022
- (Canada) (Yukon) YEC Power generation stations - 2023
- (Canada) (Yukon) YEC Power distribution lines - 2023
- (Canada) (Yukon) YEC Power substations - 2023
- (Canada) (Yukon) YEC Power lines - 2023
- (Canada) (Yukon) YEC Power lines - 2021
- (Canada) (Yukon) Yukon Energy Corporation Power Substations
- (Canada) Canadian Open-source Database for Energy Research and Systems-Modelling (2025) (dataset) (capacitydata)
- (Costa Rica) Transmission system, substations, and future projects
- (Cuba) Electric power system and trajectory of Hurricane Irma, 2017
- (Guatemala) Sistema Nacional Interconectado
- (Honduras) Mapa del Sistema Interconectado Nacional
- (Jamaica) JPS - Transmission Grid
- (Jamaica) JPS-Distribution-Network
- (Mexico) Mapa del Sistema Eléctrico Nacional
- (Nicaragua) Interactive Transmission Map
- (Panama) Electrical diagram
- (Puerto Rico) LUMA Energy Puerto Rico
- (Puerto Rico) Pepco Holdings Capacity Planning Maps
- (United States) US Atlas of Electric Distribution System Hosting (capacitydata)
- (United States) US Electric Power Transmission Lines
- (United States) US Electric Power Transmission Substations
- (United States) US Electric Substations
- (United States) US Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data - Transmission Lines
- (United States) US Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data - Substations 2021 Zenodo Backup
- (United States) (Florida) Electric Substation Florida
- (United States) (Virginia) Electric Substation Virginia
- (United States) (California) California Electric Substations
- (United States) (California) Electric Substations Washington
- (United States) (California) California Electric Transmission Lines
- (United States) (California) California Energy Commision - Electric Transmission Lines
- (United States) (Texas) ERCOT Transmission Grid Map (Can only be visited from the US)
South America
Cross-border projets and resources
- Portal Energetico America Latina --- generators, oil/gas pipelines, coal terminals, LNG import/export terminals
- Latin America Energy Outlook Interactive Map (Based on OpenStreetMap Data)
National-level projets and resources
- (Argentina) Electric Generation and Transportation Maps
- (Argentina) Generación, Transporte y Distribución de Energía Eléctrica
- (Argentina) Información Energética
- (Argentina) Información Geográfica
- (Bolivia) Instructivos de restitución del SIN (Sistema Interconectado Nacional)
- (Bolivia) Subestaciones en Bolivia (capacitydata)
- (Bolivia) Transmission and Distribution map (capacitydata)
- (Bolivia) Transmission grid map of Bolivia 2024
- (Bolivia) https://www.cndc.bo/media/archivos/normas/Instructivos_de_Restitucion_del_SIN.pdf
- (Bolivia) Subestaciones en Bolivia
- (Bolivia) Transmission grid map
- (Brazil) Mapas do Sistema Elétrico Brasileiro
- (Brazil) Sistema Eletrico Brasileiro
- (Brazil) Sistema Interligado Nacional
- (Brazil) Webmap EPE - Transmission Grid
- (Brazil) Sobre ONS DADOS ABERTOS - Substations
- (Brazil) Sobre ONS DADOS ABERTOS - Transmission Lines
- (Brazil) Harmonized and Open Energy Dataset for Modeling a Highly Renewable Brazilian Power System (cc-by-4.0) (dataset)
- (Chile) Map of the electrical grid
- (Chile) Sistema Eléctrico Nacional
- (Colombia) Centrales de generación eléctrica del sistema interconectado 2008
- (Colombia) Plan Maestro: Tomo II: Plan de Expansión de Transmisión 2024-2038
- (Colombia) Subestaciones construidas STN - STR
- (Colombia) Transmisión de energía eléctrica-UPME
- (Colombia) Transmission grid (capacitydata)
- (Equador) Mapa del Sistema Nacional de Transmisión por zonas operativas
- (Paraguay) Mapa eléctrico del para el Año 2025
- (Peru) COES Lineas existentes
- (Suriname) Electricity Sector Plan
- (Uruguay) Red de Trasmisión - Unifilar Geográfico
News and Publications
Scientific Publications
- Predictive mapping of the global power system using open data
- Modelling the High-Voltage Grid Using Open Data for Europe and Beyond
- GridTracer: Automatic Mapping of Power Grids using Deep Learning and Overhead Imagery
- Towards an open pipeline for the detection of critical infrastructure from satellite imagery—a case study on electrical substations in The Netherlands
- PGRID: Power Grid Reconstruction in Informal Developments Using High-Resolution Aerial Imager
- Remote sensing methods for power line corridor surveys
- Open Data in Power Grid Modelling: New Approaches Towards Transparent Grid Models
- U.S. Test System with High Spatial and Temporal Resolution for Renewable Integration Studies
- Geospatial mapping of distribution grid with machine learning and publicly-accessible multi-modal data
- Open Data in Power Grid Modelling: New Approaches Towards Transparent Grid Models
- Power Line Extraction and Reconstruction Methods from Laser Scanning Data: A Literature Review
- Using Deep Learning to Identify Utility Poles with Crossarms and Estimate Their Locations from Google Street View Images
- Harmonized and Open Energy Dataset for Modeling a Highly Renewable Brazilian Power System
- Inverse methods: How feasible are spatially low-resolved capacity expansion modelling results when disaggregated at high spatial resolution?
- A comparison of clustering methods for the spatial reduction of renewable electricity optimisation models of Europe
- A Reproducible Method for Mapping Electricity Transmission Infrastructure for Space Weather Risk Assessment
- Risk of Tropical Cyclones and Floods to Power Grids in Southeast and East Asia
- Development of A Spatiotemporal Database for Evolution Analysis of the Moscow Backbone Power Grid
- Mapping a Sustainable Renewable Energy Transition - Handbook for Practitioners
Policy
Reports and News
- From Taking Stock to Taking Action
- NREL National Transmission Planning Study
- Putting the mission in transmission: Grids for Europes Energy Transition
- Electric grid overhaul presents inspection challenges
- The energy crisis hits Latin America, which is experiencing unprecedented blackouts and droughts (Spanish)
- Ember - Asia Data Transparency Report 2023
- Ember - Putting the mission in transmission: Grids for Europe’s energy transition
- Lack of transmission lines puts wind and solar energy projects on hold in Brazil (Spanish)
- In West’ Africa, the efforts of’ electrification are lead by the weakness of transport networks (French)
- RIP first come, first served - Shifting gear to tackle power grid scarcity
- Speed up the construction of the power grid and break the bottleneck of energy transformation (Chinese)
- Integrating renewables into the Japanese power grid by 2030
- Brazil's grid caps power from wind and solar, threatening renewable projects
- Renewable Capacity Growth Severely Hit by Power Transmission Delays
- India’s Renewable Energy Expansion Poses Threats to Its Grid Stability
- India needs to explore incentives to improve renewables transmission capacity, power secretary says
- Transmission Adequacy in India: Building a resilient and sustainable grid
- These 8 Countries Are Scaling Up Renewable Energy the Fastest
- Explainer: Why Nigeria's power grid is failing
- Ember - Africa Electricity Data Transparency
- Ember - Asian Electricity Data Transparency
- Mini Grids for Half a Billion People
Crowdsourced Mapping
Communities and Initiatives
- Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
- Youthmappers - Mapping for a sustainable future: YouthMappers tackle global climate challenges
- Youthmappers - Power Mapping brings Rapid Reliable Energy to Rural Communities
- Youthmappers - Power Grid Mapping in West Africa
Challenges
Tutorials and Training
- learnOSM
- Building large-scale crowdsourcing communities with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
- JOSM OpenStreetMap Editor for Beginners
- How to use the JOSM MapwithAI Feature Humanitarian Mappers
Mapping Coordinating
News and Community Reach
Electrical Grid Mapping : Forums and Community
Power Tags and Articles
Good Practices in Power Routing
Statistics
- OSM History Analyser Code
- OSMstats
- How did you contribute to OpenStreetMap
- Create a HeatMap of your Contribution
- Filtering OSM Changesets by a Specific Text of the last 30 Days
Quality Assurance Tools
Desktop Editors and Mapping Tools
- id
- RapiD
- JOSM
- MapWithAI
- fAIr
- JOSM Power Styles by InfosReseaux
- MapCSS Syntax Highlighter
- PicLayer
- OpenData
- esri-dump
- OSMnx - A Python package to easily download, model, analyze, and visualize street networks and other geospatial features from OpenStreetMap.
- Maptcha-dev
- geodatadownloader
Mobile and In-field Editors
Diaries and Blogs
Data Import
- Verifiability
- Importing is the process of uploading external data to OSM.
- Import/Catalogue
- Import/Guidelines
Even more resources
Presentation and Videos
- Pinpointing the power grid
- 10 years of power infrastructure mapping: what's next? Slides
- Analysis of renewable energy infrastructure representations in OpenStreetMap
- AI for Transmission Grid Mapping: Methodology & Use Cases
- The Power of YouthMappers: Shining a Light on the Movement
- OpenGridMap pecha kucha style presentation
- Open-source Geo-spatial Assessment of Electricity Transmission Infrastructure
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
- Poles-on-Earth - Poles on Earth is an AI web service that provides the positions of utility poles everywhere on Earth using satellite imagery
- Detection of electric utility features and vegetation encroachments from satellite images using deep learning
- Prompt Learning for Oriented Power Transmission Tower Detection in High-Resolution SAR Images
ml-hv-grid
- Machine Learning for High Volatage Grid Mapping - Report
- ml-hv-grid - Documentation
- ml-hv-grid - Repository
- Mapping electrical towers in satellite imagery with smart-tracing - Slides
GridFinder
- A new predictive model for more accurate electrical grid mapping - Blog
- Predictive mapping of the global power system using open data - Paper
- Methods for: Predictive mapping of the global power system using open data
- gridfinder - Repository
- gridfinder - Dataset
TTPLA
- An Aerial-Image Dataset for Detection and Segmentation of Transmission Towers and Power Line - Paper
- TTPLA Dataset
PGRID
- PGRID: Power Grid Reconstruction in Informal Developments Using High-Resolution Aerial Imagery - Paper
- turkana-grid-mapping - Repository
A Dataset for Multi-Size Power Line Assets Detection in High-Resolution UAV Images
GridTracer
- GridTracer - Automatic Mapping of Power Grids using Deep Learning and Overhead Imagery
- GridTracer - Trainings Data
- GridTracer - Repository
- Power Grid Mapper - Code
- Inferring Energy Infrastructure - Code
Substation detection
- Improving satellite imagery segmentation using multiple Sentinel-2 revisits - Paper
- Improving satellite imagery segmentation using multiple Sentinel-2 revisits - Code
- Remote Sensing Dataset: Substation Dataset
- Substation detection on NSO imagery - Code
- Substation detection on NSO imagery - Data
- Substation detection on NSO imagery - Paper
Embeddings and GIS Foundation Models
Grid Design Basics - Theory
- The Learning Curve
- Components of Overhead Transmission Lines
- Transmission Line Theory
- Energy Industry Applications of GIS
- Purdue University - Transmission Lines
- Purdue University - Introduction to Transmission Lines
- Comparison between HVAC and HVDC transmission system
Grid Design
- A Field Guide To Transmission Lines
- How Does the Power Grid Work?
- Line Design Principles - Powerlink Queensland
- Explained: Fundamentals of Power Grid - Reliability and Clean Electricity
- Components of a High Voltage Electrical Transmission Line
- Identify equipment in a substation
- Let's trace the power lines all the way to the power plant
Voltage Estimation
Mapping Guidelines
The following list provides the main good practices for mapping different power infrastructure in OpenStreetMap:
- Power networks
- Power networks/Guidelines
- Power networks/Guidelines/Power lines
- Power networks/Guidelines/Substations
- Power generation/Guidelines/Hydropower
- Power generation/Guidelines/Solar plants
- Power networks/Guidelines/Interconnector
- Clarifying power=pole vs power=tower
Local Communities, Projects and Code of Mappers
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 your local communities and local projects. If you can't find a local community, please send us an email and we will help you set up a local group.
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.
Risk of Double Mapping
Please bear in mind that you have only downloaded transmission grid data for the country, state or province that you selected. This includes power plants, generators, substations, power towers and transmission lines. Other OpenStreetMap objects, such as streets, will not be visible. Therefore, never use our tools to map objects other than those loaded via Overpass, as otherwise other mappers will have to clean up the duplicate data.
Some cross-border transmission lines will still be visible beyond the pink administrative boundaries. However, to edit these, you will need to load both countries. Never map beyond the pink administrative boundaries, as this will most likely result in infrastructure being mapped twice.
Join the Chat 
We welcome everyone to join our 📍-MapYourGrid 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. We share this server with PyPSA-Earth, a global, open-source energy system model thats uses mainly OpenStreetMap's transmission grid data.
Join the Community 
We welcome everyone to join our community calls and tutorials, to learn more about the mapping process and the initiative.