State of the Map Latam is the annual conference for all map creators and OpenStreetMap users in Latin America. This year, the State of the Map Latam 2026 conference will take place in Mexico City.
The purpose of this Latin American event is to foster dialogue and discussion about the progress, opportunities, and challenges for the OSM community in Latin America and the Caribbean. Given that we live in an interconnected world, we are also eager to provide opportunities for learning from global perspectives and encourage exchange that transcends our borders.
The academic track is a track dedicated to scientific research on and with OpenStreetMap. The objective of this track is to showcase the innovation in scientific research on OpenStreetMap, delve more reflectively and deeply into certain topics, and at the same time, provide a bridge to connect OpenStreetMap community members and the academic community through an open passage to exchange ideas and opportunities for further collaboration.
We welcome empirical, methodological, conceptual contributions, literature reviews, case studies, works in progress, or software products (with their scientific relevance duly justified), open research problems in OpenStreetMap, and challenges for the scientific community.
Thematic Tracks:
Proposals may address, among others, the following topics:
- Cultural, political, and organizational aspects of data production and usage practices in OpenStreetMap.
- OSM in teaching and learning processes, formal and informal education, as well as popular education.
- Social and humanitarian dimension in OSM, including effects of the digital divide, as well as joint work with vulnerable populations.
- Evaluation or analysis of the creation of new datasets, data import procedures, integration with other data sources, data quality and usage repercussions, analysis of contribution patterns in OpenStreetMap.
- Available software tools for scientific purposes related to OpenStreetMap and AI-assisted cartography. Use of street-level imagery and new data collection methodologies.
- Novel approaches to facilitate or improve data collection or data quality in OpenStreetMap (e.g., through gamification, citizen science approaches, participatory mapping, social mapping, or crowdsourcing).
- Diversity, inclusion, and representation in mapping, aspects of gender, race, ethnicity, and minorities.
To enhance interaction and collaboration between the academic community and the general OpenStreetMap community, authors are especially invited to highlight the practical implications or impact of their research on the general OpenStreetMap community.
Evaluation:
Abstracts will be evaluated by the academic committee. Authors will receive feedback on their work. For accepted abstracts, suggestions for improvements will be made, which must be incorporated into the extended abstracts prior to their presentation at the event. Accepted abstracts will be presented at the conference in 30-minute sessions per work (20-minute oral presentation and 10-minute questions and answers). Furthermore, they will be published as a collection, each with a distinct Digital Object Identifier (DOI) on Zenodo, an open-access online repository.
The committee will seek publication opportunities for the best contributions, in a short article format, in a scientific journal.
Submission Guidelines:
Works may be written in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. The following structure is suggested for abstracts (without the need to include subsections):
- Introduction, background, or context to situate the work and present the problem addressed.
- Main objective or purpose of the study.
- Brief description of the methodology and results obtained.
- Final discussion highlighting the scientific contribution of the study and its benefits or practical implications.
- References.
Submission of academic contributions will be done through the Pretalx platform as follows: Initially, the abstract of your work will be received, with a length of 800 to 1,200 words. After the review of the abstracts, if your work is accepted, you must submit a new version with a maximum length of 2 pages (in PDF format, using a template that will be shared later).
Calendar and Deadlines:
- April 20: Call for proposals published.
- June 1: Deadline for submission of academic talk abstracts.
- July 15: Announcement of accepted academic talks.
- August 28: First announcement of the complete SotM Latam 2026 program.
- September 30: Deadline for submission of the final version of the academic talk abstract.
- October 27 – 29: State of the Map Latam 2026.
Registration:
To submit a proposal within the Academic Call, use this link.
If you are also interested in submitting a proposal within the Community Call, you can find more information at this link.
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