JOSM

JOSM

JOSM with single OpenStreetMap data layer (standard rendering style)
Original author(s) Immanuel Scholz
Developer(s) Dirk Stöcker and other contributors
Initial release January 22, 2006 (2006-01-22)[1]
Stable release
11223 (16.10) / November 6, 2016 (2016-11-06)[2]
Repository josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk
Development status Active
Written in Java (version 8 or later[2])
Platform multiplatform (Windows, Linux, OS X)
Available in 34[3] languages
Type GIS software
License GNU GPL v2
Website josm.openstreetmap.de

JOSM ( listen ) (Java OpenStreetMap Editor) is a free software desktop editing tool for OpenStreetMap geodata created in Java. It has a lot of advanced features,[4] but also more complicated user interface than default online editor iD.

Features

JOSM road presets menu in German

Some notable features of JOSM are importing GPX files (GPS tracks),[5] working with aerial imagery (including WMS, TMS and WMTS protocols), support for multiple cartographic projections, layers, relations editing,[6] data validation tools, data filtering, offline work,[7] presets and rendering styles.[8] JOSM provides more than 200 keyboard shortcuts for the core functions.[9]

Many additional features (like tools for drawing buildings, adding Wikipedia links or viewing data in 3D) are available through the plugins.[10][11][12][13] There are more than 100 of them in the repository.[14]

History

First changeset was created on 27 September 2005.[15] First beta version (which required Java 5[16]) was made available on 4 October 2005 and JOSM 1.0 has been released on 22 January 2006.[1] Current versioning scheme, using code changeset number, was introduced in 2008.[17]

In 2014 project logo has been replaced with the new artwork, which won a design contest.[18] From this year stable releases are identified with additional YY.MM internal version number (following r6763 - 14.01[19]), however they may not exactly reflect the release date.[20]

Since revision 10786 (16.07) released on 12 August 2016 support for Java versions earlier than 8 has been dropped.[2]

Usage

The highest number of edits in OSM is done using JOSM.[21] The software was used to perform several large scale OSM imports, including TIGER data in the United States.[22]

JOSM can also be used for editing an OSM sister project OpenHistoricalMap.[23] It's included as a package in many Linux distributions like Ubuntu [24][25] and the OSGEO Live DVD[26]

Various tutorials are available. The LearnOSM Tutorial, translated in 16 languages, has a section on JOSM.[27] It covers the editing process, the tools, the plugins, the presets, the imagery functionalities, conflict resolution and other features.

References

  1. 1 2 https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2006-January/002163.html
  2. 1 2 3 "Changelog – JOSM".
  3. ↑ "svn - Revision 10787: /trunk/data".
  4. ↑ Jokar Arsanjani, J., Zipf, A., Mooney, P., Helbich, M., eds. (2015). OpenStreetMap in GIScience: Experiences, Research, and Applications. Springer. p. 71. ISBN 978-3-319-14280-7.
  5. ↑ Geographic Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. USA: Information Resources Management Association. 2013. p. 546. ISBN 1466620382.
  6. ↑ Maben, Ruth. "Mapping complex features in JOSM using relations".
  7. ↑ "Comparison of editors - OpenStreetMap Wiki".
  8. ↑ Bennett Jonathan (September 2010). OpenStreetMap. PacktPub. ISBN 9781847197504. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "DevelopersGuide/ShortcutsList – JOSM".
  10. ↑ "LearnOSM".
  11. ↑ Chance Tom (March 6, 2009). "OpenStreetMap: the data behind the maps". Linux Weekly News. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  12. ↑ Michael Zilske; Andreas Neumann; Kai Nagel (2 September 2015). "OpenStreetMap for traffic simulation". Technische Universitat Berlin Collection. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  13. ↑ F Scioscia; M Binetti; M Ruta; S Ieva; Eugenio Di Sciascio (5 February 2014). "Annotation edition JOSM Plugin, in A framework and a tool for semantic annotation of POIs in OpenStreetMap". Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 111, Pages 1092–1101. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  14. ↑ "- Revision 32802: /applications/editors/josm/plugins".
  15. ↑ "Changeset 1 – JOSM".
  16. ↑ https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2005-October/001181.html
  17. ↑ "OpenStreetMap - josmeditor's diary - JOSM reaches version 10000 in its 10th year".
  18. ↑ "A new logo for JOSM, the Java OpenStreetMap Editor - OpenStreetMap Blog".
  19. ↑ "2014 Changelog". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  20. ↑ Legner, Simon (6 November 2016). "16.10 release". The josm-dev Archives. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  21. ↑ "Editor usage stats - OpenStreetMap Wiki".
  22. ↑ Nathan Willis (23 January 2008). "OpenStreetMap project completes import of United States TIGER data". Linux.com. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  23. ↑ "Open Historical Map - OpenStreetMap Wiki".
  24. ↑ "JOSM". help.ubuntu.com. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  25. ↑ "JOSM". ubuntuusers.de. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  26. ↑ "OSGEO-DVD". OSGEO. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  27. ↑ "LearnOSM".
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