Placemakers | Foursquare Open Source
Join our Placemaker community
Placemakers are the dedicated, passionate members of our global open source community who contribute to our shared understanding of places around the world. Welcome to our community of builders, developers, and local experts who help others unlock the best experiences, anywhere in the world.
Share your knowledge & experiences
You know which cafes are closed on Mondays, and those that serve the perfect buttery croissant. You have a thing for accuracy and want to help developers build better experiences for their users. Sound familiar? Join our Placemaker community to improve the way millions of others experience the world.
Level up as you contribute
There are 10 levels in the Placemaker community. Add and improve places to level up. Each time you advance, you gain benefits and influence within the community, plus improve the quality of our places.
Community benefits
Your contributions improve our understanding of the world to provide better experiences for users & builders worldwide.
Access our beta program to test new features before they’re released.
Directly contribute to the accuracy of places for Swarm users & developers using our data to build rich, location-powered features.
Stay updated with newsletters and content.
Engage with the community and give product feedback.
Getting started
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Create your account. Join our community on Discord & Slack.
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Learn how to be a Placemaker in a few easy steps.
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Test your skills with example edits.
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Start contributing to level up.
Hear from other Placemakers
I’m happy that I can help people who are using Foursquare’s apps to travel and explore. I’m a proud member of the Turkish [PM] community. We do more than editing. We are like a family!
Uğur B., Turkey
I want to share the experiences I’ve had through Foursquare with others. I even created our own community hashtag, to showcase places I and other [PMs] have discovered around the world.
Kapil K., India
I like that I am able to edit. I would love for everything to be as accurate as possible. Living in a city like Los Angeles where establishments can have a very short shelf life, it is nice to be able to enter in new information regularly.
Mara M., USA