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 JOSM, 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: r7347
Supported Platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac
API Interfaces: Java
