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title: OpenStreetMap Then (2007) and Now (2017)
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[Source](http://mvexel.github.io/thenandnow/ "Permalink to OSM Then And Now")

# OSM Then And Now

OSM Then And Now 

To the left you see OSM data as it was in early October 2007. To the right you see the current state. Use the slider to see more of the one or the other.  
Please be gentle and be patient. The tiles will load eventually. A thing by Martijn van Exel / [fork me on Github][1]

2007

now

[1]: https://github.com/mvexel/thenandnow
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			`created_at: '2017-01-27T14:35:39.000Z'`
			`title: OpenStreetMap Then (2007) and Now (2017)`
			`url: http://mvexel.github.io/thenandnow`
			`author: chippy`
			`points: 41`
			`story_text:`
			`comment_text:`
			`num_comments: 1`
			`story_id:`
			`story_title:`
			`story_url:`
			`parent_id:`
			`created_at_i: 1485527739`
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			`- story`
			`- author_chippy`
			`- story_13499998`
			`objectID: '13499998'`
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Tufte CSS, upgrade jekyll, add metadata, index 2018-02-23 18:58:03 +00:00
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Initial commit 2018-02-23 18:19:40 +00:00			`[Source](http://mvexel.github.io/thenandnow/ "Permalink to OSM Then And Now")`

			`# OSM Then And Now`

			`OSM Then And Now`

			`To the left you see OSM data as it was in early October 2007. To the right you see the current state. Use the slider to see more of the one or the other.`
			`Please be gentle and be patient. The tiles will load eventually. A thing by Martijn van Exel / [fork me on Github][1]`

			`2007`

			`now`

			`[1]: https://github.com/mvexel/thenandnow`