JOSM

JOSM
	JOSM with single OpenStreetMap data layer displayed
Original author(s)	Immanuel Scholz
Developer(s)	Dirk Stöcker and other contributors
Initial release	January 22, 2006; 18 years ago
Stable release	19253 / 31 October 2024; 24 days ago
Repository	josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk ;
Written in	Java
Platform	Cross-platform
Available in	38 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, originally developed by Immanuel Scholz and currently maintained by Dirk Stöcker.^[5] The editing tool contains advanced features^[6] that are not present in OSM's default online editor, iD.

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Some notable features of JOSM are importing GPX files (GPS tracks),^[7] working with aerial imagery (including WMS, TMS and WMTS protocols), support for multiple cartographic projections, layers, relations editing,^[8] data validation tools, data filtering, offline work,^[9] presets and rendering styles.^[10] JOSM provides more than 200 keyboard shortcuts for the core functions.^[11]

Many additional features (like tools for drawing buildings, adding Wikipedia links or viewing data in 3D) are available through the plugins.^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15] There are more than 100 of them in the repository.^[16]

The first changeset was created on 27 September 2005.^[17]
The first beta version (which required Java 5)^[18] was made available on 4 October 2005 and JOSM 1.0 was released on 22 January 2006.^[1]
The current versioning scheme, using code changeset number, was introduced in 2008.^[19]
In 2014 the project logo was replaced with new one, which won a design contest.^[20] From this year stable releases are identified with additional YY.MM internal version number (following r6763 - 14.01^[21]), however they may not exactly reflect the release date.^[22]
Since revision 10786 (16.07) released on 12 August 2016, support for Java versions earlier than 8 has been dropped.^[23]
Compatibility with Java 9 added on 2 September 2017, revision 12712 (17.08).^[24]
JOSM logo refreshed on 8 August 2019 to the current artwork.^[25]
Java 16 support added on 18 March 2021 Since revision 17580 (21.02).^[26]
JOSM had new macOS and Windows installers that both ship Java 16 and JavaFX 16 and Debian launcher required openjfx since revision 18193 (21.08) released on 2 November 2021.^[27]

The highest number of edits in OSM are done using JOSM.^[28] The software was used to perform several large scale OSM imports, including TIGER data in the United States.^[29]

JOSM can also be used for editing an OSM sister project OpenHistoricalMap.^[30] It's included as a package in many Linux distributions like Ubuntu,^[31]^[32] Debian,^[33] Fedora,^[34] Arch Linux^[35] and the OSGEO Live DVD^[36]

Various tutorials are available. The LearnOSM Tutorial, translated in 16 languages, has a section on JOSM.^[37] It covers the editing process, the tools, the plugins, the presets, the imagery functionalities, conflict resolution and other features.

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"[Openstreetmap] JOSM 1.0 released". Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
[2]
https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Changelog#stable-release-24.10. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
[3]
"Changelog – JOSM". Josm.openstreetmap.de.
[4]
"svn - Revision 16030: /trunk/resources/data". josm.openstreetmap.org.
[5]
"JOSM". OpenStreetMap Wiki.
[6]
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.
[7]
Geographic Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. USA: Information Resources Management Association. 2013. p. 546. ISBN 978-1466620384.
[8]
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.
[9]
"Comparison of editors - OpenStreetMap Wiki". Wiki.openstreetmap.org.
[10]
Bennett Jonathan (September 2010). OpenStreetMap. PacktPub. ISBN 9781847197504. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
[11]
"DevelopersGuide/ShortcutsList – JOSM". Josm.openstreetmap.org.
[12]
"LearnOSM". Learnosm.org.
[13]
Chance Tom (March 6, 2009). "OpenStreetMap: the data behind the maps". Linux Weekly News. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
[14]
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.
[15]
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.
[16]
"- Revision 32802". Svn.openstreetmap.org.
[17]
"Changeset 1 – JOSM". Josm.openstreetmap.de.
[18]
"[Openstreetmap] JOSM Beta available to download". Archived from the original on 2016-12-11. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
[19]
"OpenStreetMap - josmeditor's diary - JOSM reaches version 10000 in its 10th year". Openstreetmap.org.
[20]
"A new logo for JOSM, the Java OpenStreetMap Editor - OpenStreetMap Blog". Blog.openstreetmap.org. 12 December 2014.
[21]
"2014 Changelog". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
[22]
Legner, Simon (6 November 2016). "16.10 release". The josm-dev Archives. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
[23]
"Changelog 2016". openstreetmap.de.
[24]
"Changelog 2017". openstreetmap.de.
[25]
JOSM. "Logo refreshed". Twitter.
[26]
"JOSM Changelog". openstreetmap.de.
[27]
"JOSM Changelog". openstreetmap.de.
[28]
"Editor usage stats - OpenStreetMap Wiki". Wiki.openstreetmap.org.
[29]
Nathan Willis (23 January 2008). "OpenStreetMap project completes import of United States TIGER data". Linux.com. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
[30]
"Open Historical Map - OpenStreetMap Wiki". Wiki.openstreetmap.org.
[31]
"JOSM". Help.ubuntu.com. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
[32]
"JOSM". Ubuntuusers.de. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
[33]
"Debian -- Details of package josm in jessie". Packages.debian.org. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
[34]
"rpms/josm | PkgDB". Admin.fedoraproject.org. Archived from the original on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
[35]
"Arch Linux - josm 11826-1 (any)". Archlinux.org. Archived from the original on 2021-07-08. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
[36]
"OSGEO-DVD". OSGEO. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
[37]
"LearnOSM". Learnosm.org.

[josm-1.0-1] [1]
"[Openstreetmap] JOSM 1.0 released". Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

[wikidata-5911706c11e200632af3cfd61835d1f011545b04-v18-2] [2]
https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Changelog#stable-release-24.10. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[changelog-3] [3]
"Changelog – JOSM". Josm.openstreetmap.de.

[4] [4]
"svn - Revision 16030: /trunk/resources/data". josm.openstreetmap.org.

[5] [5]
"JOSM". OpenStreetMap Wiki.

[6] [6]
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.

[7] [7]
Geographic Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. USA: Information Resources Management Association. 2013. p. 546. ISBN 978-1466620384.

[8] [8]
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.

[9] [9]
"Comparison of editors - OpenStreetMap Wiki". Wiki.openstreetmap.org.

[PacktPub-10] [10]
Bennett Jonathan (September 2010). OpenStreetMap. PacktPub. ISBN 9781847197504. Retrieved 22 May 2016.

[11] [11]
"DevelopersGuide/ShortcutsList – JOSM". Josm.openstreetmap.org.

[12] [12]
"LearnOSM". Learnosm.org.

[Linux_Weekly_News-13] [13]
Chance Tom (March 6, 2009). "OpenStreetMap: the data behind the maps". Linux Weekly News. Retrieved 22 May 2016.

[osm-traffic-simulation-14] [14]
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.

[annotation-edition-josm-plugin-15] [15]
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.

[16] [16]
"- Revision 32802". Svn.openstreetmap.org.

[17] [17]
"Changeset 1 – JOSM". Josm.openstreetmap.de.

[18] [18]
"[Openstreetmap] JOSM Beta available to download". Archived from the original on 2016-12-11. Retrieved 2016-05-22.

[19] [19]
"OpenStreetMap - josmeditor's diary - JOSM reaches version 10000 in its 10th year". Openstreetmap.org.

[20] [20]
"A new logo for JOSM, the Java OpenStreetMap Editor - OpenStreetMap Blog". Blog.openstreetmap.org. 12 December 2014.

[21] [21]
"2014 Changelog". Retrieved 7 November 2016.

[22] [22]
Legner, Simon (6 November 2016). "16.10 release". The josm-dev Archives. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

[23] [23]
"Changelog 2016". openstreetmap.de.

[24] [24]
"Changelog 2017". openstreetmap.de.

[25] [25]
JOSM. "Logo refreshed". Twitter.

[26] [26]
"JOSM Changelog". openstreetmap.de.

[27] [27]
"JOSM Changelog". openstreetmap.de.

[28] [28]
"Editor usage stats - OpenStreetMap Wiki". Wiki.openstreetmap.org.

[Tiger-29] [29]
Nathan Willis (23 January 2008). "OpenStreetMap project completes import of United States TIGER data". Linux.com. Retrieved 22 May 2016.

[30] [30]
"Open Historical Map - OpenStreetMap Wiki". Wiki.openstreetmap.org.

[ubuntu-31] [31]
"JOSM". Help.ubuntu.com. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2016.

[32] [32]
"JOSM". Ubuntuusers.de. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.

[33] [33]
"Debian -- Details of package josm in jessie". Packages.debian.org. Retrieved 2017-04-06.

[34] [34]
"rpms/josm | PkgDB". Admin.fedoraproject.org. Archived from the original on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2017-04-06.

[35] [35]
"Arch Linux - josm 11826-1 (any)". Archlinux.org. Archived from the original on 2021-07-08. Retrieved 2017-04-06.

[36] [36]
"OSGEO-DVD". OSGEO. Retrieved 22 May 2016.

[37] [37]
"LearnOSM". Learnosm.org.

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