About Our Maps
The static and interactive maps in the Strava feed and on the activity details page are provided by Mapbox, with the data for roads, places, parks, points of interest, and trails sourced from OpenStreetMap.
Strava provides two map views for your activities on the Strava website: Standard and Satellite. Satellite imagery is sourced from DigitalGlobe, NASA, and Mapbox.
Selected map thumbnails on the Strava website and in the Strava iOS and Android apps use data from © OpenStreetMap and are licensed under the ODbL. Strava is committed to actively contributing to OpenStreetMap. View ODbL Copyright Details.
Map Feedback
Strava uses OpenStreetMap, an open-source project that distributes geographical data for the entire world, alongside our own heat/popularity and other unique data. Together, these create the visual map experience and help inform routing decisions and points of interest. For more, see the Strava page on the OpenStreetMap wiki. It costs nothing to contribute to OSM, so you can help improve geo data on Strava and make routing safer and more delightful for your fellow athletes.
How Do I Make an Edit?
If you don't already have one, create a free account at OpenStreetMap.
Browse to the area you want to (and are authorized to) edit by using either the search bar or panning the map. For example, here is the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
Click the Edit button in the top-left (the iD editor is the simplest and can be used directly in your browser).
You'll now see a view of clickable features. The OSM features that matter most to Strava are "ways" and "features."
Ways can be thought of as stretches of road or trail that we can use to make routes. Select the way you want to edit, and you'll see a number of editable properties.
5. Features are points of interest, such as public restrooms, parking, or cafes where you might make a pit stop. Edit or add a point to contribute to Points of Interest on Strava. You can add details to give other athletes more information about the point of interest.
6. Preview, and then save your changes.
Specific Editable Properties
There are a number of relevant properties of these ways that you can edit. Some of the common ones include:
• Access: You can mark roads as being part of private property or being only open (or closed) to foot or bicycle traffic.
• Bike Lanes
• Speed Limits
• Surface Type
How Quickly Will I See My Changes Reflected in Strava?
We strive to bring in new updates from OSM in a timely manner while still ensuring fairness, correctness, and completeness of data.
We work with a company called Mapbox to provide most of the actual maps athletes see, including those used to draw and display Routes. Like Strava, Mapbox uses OSM, though the rate at which new changes are ingested doesn't always align between the two. This means what you see on the maps (from Mapbox) may be slightly different from what actually gets drawn when you try to make a Route inside Strava, especially for very recent OSM changes.
OSM relies on many contributors, not just yours. Strava also integrates other data sources beyond OSM and Mapbox. As a result, the changes you make may not be reflected exactly as you expect on Strava. For example, if you mark a road as closed to bicycle traffic, that road may still be included in suggested cycling routes if other data sources indicate it's open to bicycles.