Potlatch
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Potlatch is a Flash-based OpenStreetMap editor, found on the 'Edit' tab of the main site.
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A brief introduction to using Potlatch. Once you're comfortable with it, you can also learn some keyboard shortcuts. | |
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See Potlatch in action with this tutorial video. | |
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Answers to frequently asked questions. | |
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Tips, tricks and the latest news about Potlatch. | |
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How Potlatch works, how you can change it, and recent changes. | |
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Leave a comment about improvements you'd like to see, and find out about future plans. |
Screenshots
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Why Potlatch? (and why not?)
Potlatch is intended as an easy-to-learn editing environment for drawing ways and adding metadata to existing ways. A clear, uncluttered user interface is paramount for this audience, and the layout draws on the familiar conventions of the existing Slippy Map.
It's not intended for power users (who are already excellently served by JOSM), people who want the speed of a desktop client, or those who don't like Flash. Nonetheless, since Potlatch and JOSM are developed separately, some innovations do make their way into Potlatch first, ranging from the simple (remove a node from one way alone) to the complex (editing history). An increasing number of experienced OSMers use Potlatch as a supplement to JOSM for instant editing, and a few use it as their principal editor.
