# OpenStreet maps embedding

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/openstreet-maps-embedding/21175>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [October 15, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/openstreet-maps-embedding/21175 "2014-10-15T20:34:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![lidel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lidel/32/115991_2.png) [@lidel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lidel)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 7:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/openstreet-maps-embedding/21175/3 "2014-10-16T07:02:18Z")

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There are also permalinks which could trigger oneboxing:

```
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.2269&mlon=22.5115#map=16/51.2269/22.5115

```

This would be a good way to emphasize Discourse’s support of open web. 👍

OSM is the only real and open alternative to Google Maps we have.  
IMO should be supported and whitelisted by default: just like Wikipedia is.

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