---
title: "The OpenStreetMap Object in Board - Visualize geography with the OpenStreetMap layer"
slug: "the-openstreetmap-object"
description: "Understand the OpenStreetMap Object in Board: plot Entity members by coordinates, apply thematic styles, cluster dense points, and respect Layout selections and drills."
tags: ["Objects", "Developer", "Planner", "OpenStreetMap", "Maps", "Power User"]
updated: 2026-07-03T09:59:52Z
published: 2026-07-03T09:59:52Z
canonical: "help.board.com/the-openstreetmap-object"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# The OpenStreetMap Object

The OpenStreetMap Object gives you the ability to display multidimensional data on an interactive map. This Object provides at a glance information about geographic trends and distribution patterns by using markers, color conditional formatting, and colored map areas.

It can display geographic data as:

- **Map Areas,** which display values as colored geographic areas, such as countries, regions, provinces, or other defined territories.
- **Bubbles,** which display values as points on the map using Latitude and Longitude values.

Based on your data, Board automatically calculates the size of markers, and their color can be dynamically configured or customized according to your preferences. The OpenStreetMap Object supports up to **20 different zoom detail levels**.

## Examples

The following picture shows an OpenStreetMap Object with markers whose area represents Net Sales and color conditional formatting set on a target value.

![contents/assets/images/assets/images/map1.png](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/the-openstreetmap-object-image-tjno59lm.png)

The following picture shows an OpenStreetMap Object with color conditional formatting set on a target value and applied to map areas (countries).

![contents/assets/images/assets/images/map2.png](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/the-openstreetmap-object-image-5xayiie6.png)