Merkaartor

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Merkaartor
Merkaartor v0.18.2 Screenshot.png
Authors: Bart Vanhauwaert, Chris Browet, Ladislav Láska and others.
License: GNU General Public License (free of charge)
Platforms: Windows, Linux, Unix, and macOS
Version: 0.20.0 (2024-09-08)
Language: English
Website: http://merkaartor.be
Source code: https://github.com/openstreetmap/merkaartor
Programming languages: C++ and Qt

Good editor with styling

Merkaartor is an OpenStreetMap editor for Linux, macOS and Windows, distributed under the GNU General Public License.

Features

Merkaartor has some unique features such as...

  • Map view near-WYSIWYG, anti-aliased, with road names
  • 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
  • Render an area with the current style (SVG or Bitmap)
  • Native application (developed with the Qt4 toolkit), thus no need for installing a Java Runtime Environment.
  • Import NMEA files
  • Live connection to your GPS
  • Experimental mobile device support (Pocket PCs)
  • View your GPS tracks and geotagged photos without the need to upload them

Problems and solutions

multi polygon causes program crash

Sometimes the function add to multi polygon causes a program crash. Therefore before creating one, the file should be saved. If it crashes again, add to relation can be used, which doesn't crash. Then the roles inner and outer must be added manually.


precondition failed

When uploading, a error message can appear, which says precondition failed. Node <xy> still in use. This might happen on deleting objects. If so, export the file to .osc-format and open it. In the <modify></modify> section you must delete these named objects manually (xml-editor or notepad). After that, import it again and try uploading again.


<object with negative number> not found

This might occur on upload, if an already uploaded object is modified again. For solving, export to .osc-format, open the file and delete the part (xml-editor or notepad). Then import the file again.

See also