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josm - Java OpenStreetMap Editor
josm
JOSM is an editor for OpenStreetMap written in Java 8.
OpenStreetMap is a project aimed squarely at creating and providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. It allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on earth. The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive or unexpected ways.
JOSM files are saved according to the XDG Base Directory Specification:
The following options can be set by using Java system properties (i.e. -Dkey=value passed to java, or specified inside JAVA_OPTS).
JOSM was originally designed and coded by Immanuel Scholz, and is now maintained by the OpenStreetMap community.
The current JOSM maintainer is Dirk Stöcker. A lot of administration work is done by Paul Hartmann and Vincent Privat.
Major code contributions from (in alphabetical order):
Stefan Breunig David Earl Gabriel Ebner Dave Hansen Paul Hartmann Karl Guggisberg Matthias Julius Alexei Kasatkin Jiri Klement Ulf Lamping Simon Legner Raphael Mack Upliner Mikhalych Vincent Privat Frederik Ramm Dirk Stöcker
Many minor contributions and patches by others; see SVN history at https://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/ for details. Use "josm-dev AT openstreetmap.org" to contact still active authors. The logo has been designed by Ilya Palikov.
This manual page was initially written by Andreas Putzo <andreas@putzo.net>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
July 21, 2016 |