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These 22 years are not just numbers: they are millions of open data points, growing communities, and a map that is never truly finished.
Today, we celebrate each and every one of those achievements together, and we invite you to keep being part of this adventure. Your contribution, big or small, makes a difference.
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I love that Spanish rhyme I’m going to reproduce it here textually for accessibility purposes (with some extra punctuation because I’m pedantic like that):
Dale al nodo, dale a la traza
mapea la calle, mapea la plaza.
Que no quede un camino atrás
¡y ponle etiquetas a todo lo demás!
Then my mind noticed that the first two lines rhymed in English, and went on to try complete the verse. This is my attempt, for which I claim no credit and encourage others to improve:
Push the node, push the trace,
map the street, map the square.
May no street be left behind,
tag all features far and wide!
I’m going to reproduce it here textually for accessibility purposes (with some extra punctuation because I’m pedantic like that):