JOSM
| JOSM | |
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| Authors: | Immanuel Scholz, Dirk Stöcker and other contributors. |
| License: | GNU General Public License |
| Platforms: | Windows, Linux, and macOS |
| Version: | 15238 (2019-07-10) |
| Languages: | Asturian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Valencian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Canadian English, Australian English, British English, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Finnish, French, Galician, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Norwegian Bokmål, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese |
| Website: | https://josm.openstreetmap.de |
| Source code: | https://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk |
| Programming language: | Java |
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Offline highly expandable map editor | |
JOSM (Java OpenStreetMap Editor) is a desktop application originally developed by Immanuel Scholz and currently maintained by Dirk Stöcker. Its homepage is located at josm.openstreetmap.de.
Although it has a relatively steep learning curve, JOSM is popular among experienced editors thanks to its plugins and stability. There are other editors for OpenStreetMap data, like iD or Potlatch 2. JOSM is a feature-rich editor with an interface which can seem complex at first. If you are unsure which editor to use, see the Comparison of editors article.
Contents
Installation
JOSM can be downloaded from the JOSM homepage. Many Linux distributions offer JOSM packages. See JOSM/Linux. It can be run as a local Java installation or with Java WebStart, which causes the latest version to be fetched over the Internet each time the program is run. Java version 1.8, minimum, is required to run JOSM as of 2017. The site security certificates for JOSM WebStart are invalid and will generate multiple warnings during startup, requiring the user to accept exceptions several times before the program is ready to use.
Usage
JOSM/Guide
The Guide will take you through getting started, downloading some data, basic editing and more advanced editing features. It is intended for beginners to read the guide from the beginning. This is a descriptive guide providing a simple introduction. Some details are intentionally left out.
JOSM/FAQ
Will cover common questions.
Video Tutorials
- Main article: Video_tutorials#JOSM_video_collection
Currently there no good and up-to-date video tutorial to recommend here. Please make a good one or let us know about recent video materials.
Help with JOSM
The JOSM Help manual should provide more exhaustive in-depth explanations of each JOSM feature. It is intended to be used as a reference manual, rather than reading from end-to-end. It is also accessible by pressing F1 within the application (context sensitive help)
