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JOSM
Original author(s)Immanuel Scholz
Developer(s)Dirk Stöcker and other contributors
Initial releaseJanuary 22, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-01-22)[1]
Stable release
18969 / February 6, 2024[2]
Repository
Written inJava[2]
PlatformCross-platform
Available in38[3] languages
TypeGIS software
LicenseGNU GPL v2
Websitejosm.openstreetmap.de Edit this on Wikidata

JOSM (listenⓘ) (Java OpenStreetMap editor) is a free software desktop editing tool for OpenStreetMap geodata created in Java, originally developed by Immanuel Scholz and currently maintained by Dirk Stöcker.[4] The editing tool contains advanced features[5] that are not present in OSM's default online editor, iD.

Features

JOSM highway presets menu

Some notable features of JOSM are importing GPX files (GPS tracks),[6] working with aerial imagery (including WMS, TMS and WMTS protocols), support for multiple cartographic projections, layers, relations editing,[7] data validation tools, data filtering, offline work,[8] presets and rendering styles.[9] JOSM provides more than 200 keyboard shortcuts for the core functions.[10]

Many additional features (like tools for drawing buildings, adding Wikipedia links or viewing data in 3D) are available through the plugins.[11][12][13][14] There are more than 100 of them in the repository.[15]

History

Usage

The highest number of edits in OSM are done using JOSM.[27] The software was used to perform several large scale OSM imports, including TIGER data in the United States.[28]

JOSM can also be used for editing an OSM sister project OpenHistoricalMap.[29] It's included as a package in many Linux distributions like Ubuntu,[30][31] Debian,[32] Fedora,[33] Arch Linux[34] and the OSGEO Live DVD[35]

Various tutorials are available. The LearnOSM Tutorial, translated in 16 languages, has a section on JOSM.[36] It covers the editing process, the tools, the plugins, the presets, the imagery functionalities, conflict resolution and other features.

References

  1. ^ a b "[Openstreetmap] JOSM 1.0 released". Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  2. ^ a b "Changelog – JOSM". Josm.openstreetmap.de.
  3. ^ "svn - Revision 16030: /trunk/resources/data". josm.openstreetmap.org.
  4. ^ "JOSM". OpenStreetMap Wiki.
  5. ^ Jokar Arsanjani, J.; Zipf, A.; Mooney, P.; Helbich, M., eds. (2015). OpenStreetMap in GIScience: Experiences, Research, and Applications. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer. p. 71. ISBN 978-3-319-14280-7.
  6. ^ Geographic Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. USA: Information Resources Management Association. 2013. p. 546. ISBN 978-1466620384.
  7. ^ Maben, Ruth (29 June 2017). "Mapping complex features in JOSM using relations". Mapbox.ocm. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Comparison of editors - OpenStreetMap Wiki". Wiki.openstreetmap.org.
  9. ^ Bennett Jonathan (September 2010). OpenStreetMap. PacktPub. ISBN 9781847197504. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  10. ^ "DevelopersGuide/ShortcutsList – JOSM". Josm.openstreetmap.org.
  11. ^ "LearnOSM". Learnosm.org.
  12. ^ Chance Tom (March 6, 2009). "OpenStreetMap: the data behind the maps". Linux Weekly News. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  13. ^ Michael Zilske; Andreas Neumann; Kai Nagel (2 September 2015). "OpenStreetMap for traffic simulation". Proceedings of the 1st European state of the map : OpenStreetMap conference. Technische Universitat Berlin Collection. doi:10.14279/depositonce-4679. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  14. ^ F Scioscia; M Binetti; M Ruta; S Ieva; Eugenio Di Sciascio (5 February 2014). "A Framework and a Tool for Semantic Annotation of POIs in OpenStreetMap". Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 111: 1092–1101. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.01.144.
  15. ^ "- Revision 32802". Svn.openstreetmap.org.
  16. ^ "Changeset 1 – JOSM". Josm.openstreetmap.de.
  17. ^ "[Openstreetmap] JOSM Beta available to download". Archived from the original on 2016-12-11. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  18. ^ "OpenStreetMap - josmeditor's diary - JOSM reaches version 10000 in its 10th year". Openstreetmap.org.
  19. ^ "A new logo for JOSM, the Java OpenStreetMap Editor - OpenStreetMap Blog". Blog.openstrretmap.org. 12 December 2014.
  20. ^ "2014 Changelog". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  21. ^ Legner, Simon (6 November 2016). "16.10 release". The josm-dev Archives. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  22. ^ "Changelog 2016". openstreetmap.de.
  23. ^ "Chnagelog 2017". openstreetmap.de.
  24. ^ JOSM. "Logo refreshed". Twitter.
  25. ^ "JOSM Changelog". openstreetmap.de.
  26. ^ "JOSM Changelog". openstreetmap.de.
  27. ^ "Editor usage stats - OpenStreetMap Wiki". Wiki.openstreetmap.org.
  28. ^ Nathan Willis (23 January 2008). "OpenStreetMap project completes import of United States TIGER data". Linux.com. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  29. ^ "Open Historical Map - OpenStreetMap Wiki". Wiki.openstreetmap.org.
  30. ^ "JOSM". Help.ubuntu.com. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  31. ^ "JOSM". Ubuntuusers.de. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  32. ^ "Debian -- Details of package josm in jessie". Packages.debian.org. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  33. ^ "rpms/josm | PkgDB". Admin.fedoraproject.org. Archived from the original on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  34. ^ "Arch Linux - josm 11826-1 (any)". Archlinux.org. Archived from the original on 2021-07-08. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  35. ^ "OSGEO-DVD". OSGEO. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  36. ^ "LearnOSM". Learnosm.org.

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