JOSM

Desktop Editor for OpenStreetMap data

JOSM is a feature rich, extensible, offline desktop editor for OpenStreetMap (OSM) data, written in Java.

It supports loading stand-alone GPX tracks and GPX track data as well as editing existing nodes (points), ways (lines), metadata tags (name/value information) and relations (ordered sequence of points and lines) from the OSM database. GPX tracks, are usually downloaded in advance from a GPS receiver or from other sources.

A number of specialised plugins have been written for JSOM, which are available for download and install.

Core Features

• Common GIS Desktop Interface tools:
  • Tool bar customization, View control (zoom, pan. etc), styles, icons and layers management.
• Download and upload OSM vector data.
• Open local data:
  • NMEA-0183 files: .nmea, .nme, .nma, .log, .txt
  • OSM files: .osm, .xlm, .osmbz2, .osmbz
  • OSM change file: .osc, .osc.bz2, .osc.bz, .osc.gz
  • images (.jpg)
• Imagery:
  • Visualize basemaps from OSM, Bingsat, Lansat, MapBox satellite, MapQuest Open Aerial or any other WMS sources.
• Editing Tools:
  • Nodes: merge, join, unglue, distribute, align in circle, align in line, join node to way, and more.
  • Ways: split, combine, reverse, simplify, unglue ways, and more.
  • Areas: join overlapping areas, create multi-polygon, and more.
• Audio mapping: survey recording management.
• Photo mapping: survey pictures management.
• Plugins: A list of specialized plugins are available for download.

Implemented Standards

• JOSM views WMS layers, but uses the OSM API to communicate with OSM database.

Details

Website: http://http://josm.openstreetmap.de/

Licence: GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. Note: JOSM plugins may use other licences.

Software Version: r6060

Supported Platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac

API Interfaces: Java

Support: http://www.osgeo.org/search_profile