Merkaartor
From OpenStreetMap
Merkaartor is a small OpenStreetMap editor for Unix, Windows and Mac OS X (prerelease).
Homepage:
Documentation (very much "work in progress")
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Features
Distributed under the GNU General Public License. Source is available but also a binary for Windows. Merkaartor is still in early development but already has some unique features such as...
- Map view near-WYSIWYG, anti-aliased
- Transparent display of map features like roads, amenities and areas
- Style editor for the map display, including multiple styles
- Support for handling separated highways
- Easy up/download from OpenStreetMap data (but see this note)
- Native application (developed with the Qt4 toolkit)
- Import NMEA-Files (JOSM can't do that)
Download
Binary packages are available for various Linux distributions, Mac OS X/Intel, and Windows
Although compiling Merkaartor on your own is not hard and will ensure that you work with the latest version.
Look here for a quick walk through or the manual.
Linux
If you don't compile Merkaartor from source, you may want to get for your distributions from these locations:
- Debian
- Fedora
openSUSE offers various geo-related software in its Application:Geo repository. Fedora compatible packages are available as well: - Gentoo
- openSUSE
Various geo-related software is in the Application:Geo repository. - Ubuntu
Development
Merkaartor is developed in the OpenStreetMap SVN repository at http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/editors/merkaartor/ (browse in Trac). Read here how to compile it.
Bug reporting is in OpenStreetMap Trac
The mailing list is http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/merkaartor
See also
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Categories: Editors | Merkaartor | Unix | Windows | Software
