Potlatch 2

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This page describes a historic artifact in the history of OpenStreetMap. It does not reflect the current situation, but instead documents the historical concepts, issues, or ideas.
About
Potlatch 2 (sometimes referred to as P2) was an OpenStreetMap editor. It required an Adobe Flash plugin in the browser; therefore it did not support all browsers (no plugin was available for some).
Impact on OpenStreetMap
Potlatch 2 was completely rewritten from the original Potlatch 1. Both once were the standard editors of OpenStreetMap data. iD took over Potlatch 2's role in 2013.
Reason for being historic
Potlatch 2 depends on Adobe Flash to run in a browser. Major browsers removed their support of Flash and blocked the scripts on 12 January 2021 and Potlatch 2 was removed from OSM website. Potlatch 2 was converted into a desktop application (Potlatch 3) running on Windows and MacOS with the support of OSMF.
Captured time
January 2021


Potlatch 2
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Author: openstreetmap/potlatch2/graphs/contributors
License: WTFPL
Platform: Web
Status: Unmaintained
Version: 2.3 (2011-09-30)
Language: English
Website: https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?editor=potlatch2
Source code: openstreetmap/potlatch2
Programming language: ActionScript

Web editor coded with Flash technologies

Potlatch 2 was completely rewritten from the original Potlatch 1. Its successor is Potlatch 3.

Major features

  • User-friendly tagging with customisable presets
  • WYSIWYG rendering
  • Vector Background Layers
  • A more flexible undo/redo system
  • OAuth support so you can deploy it on other websites
  • ...

Places to use Potlatch 2

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Potlatch 2 is on some websites, sometime with customisations:

Putting Potlatch 2 on your own website

Potlatch 2 can be hosted on any site, customised to your own requirements, and pointed towards OpenStreetMap. This allows you to deploy customised versions for (say) cycle mappers, individual countries, or whatever you like. See Deploying Potlatch 2 for instructions.

Places where Potlatch 2 is no longer available

Down or discontinuated services

Services no longer using it

How to use Potlatch 2

Basic editing

Advanced editing

Strengths

P2's distinguishing characteristic is that it's extraordinarily ergonomic for moderately familiar users, without ever having too complex an interface. With a handful of keyboard shortcuts you can zip about the map and perform common editing actions efficiently: for example, you can skip 10 nodes back/forward along a way with one keypress, jump to the other end of the way with another, then assign a set of multiple tags to the way (which you've previously recorded) with another single keypress[1].

Development

As of December 2020, Potlatch 2 is no longer maintained. See Developer documentation for some historic development and feedback information.

Resources

References