Potlatch (software)
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 Potlatch 2 with OpenStreetMap data | |
| Developer(s) | Richard Fairhurst |
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| Stable release | 3.0
/ December 30, 2020 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | ActionScript |
| Platform | Adobe AIR |
| Available in | 94 languages |
| Type | GIS software |
| License | WTFPL |
| Website | www |
Potlatch is a free software editing tool for OpenStreetMap geodata using Adobe AIR. For many years embedded directly within the OpenStreetMap website using Adobe Flash, it was rebuilt as a desktop application following the end-of-lifing of Flash. It continues to be actively maintained.
History
[edit]Potlatch 1 was released mid 2006 and was the default editor on the main OpenStreetMap site until it was replaced by Potlatch 2 in April 2011. The name Potlatch came from the name of newsletter of the Lettrist International art collective.[1]
An alpha version of Potlatch 2, a complete reimplementation of the software, was published in summer 2010. In December 2010, Potlatch 2 was released for general use.[2] After Microsoft had granted OpenStreetMap permission to use aerial imagery from their Bing Maps service for tracing, Potlatch 2 was extended to display these images in the background.
Tim Berners-Lee demonstrated editing OpenStreetMap using Potlatch during his TED The next web talk in 2009.[3]
In 2020, the OpenStreetMap Foundation provided €2,500 funding for Potlatch to be ported to Adobe AIR, so that it could continue to run as a desktop application for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh after Flash was disabled in web browsers. The desktop version was subsequently released as Potlatch 3.
iD began as a reimplementation of Potlatch 2 architecture in JavaScript.[1][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Fairhurst, Richard (14 October 2012). "It all starts with an editor". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ Sebayang, Andreas (6 April 2011). "Potlatch 2: OpenStreetMap-Editor beschleunigt" [Potlatch 2: OpenStreetMap editor accelerated]. Golem.de (in German). Computec Media GmbH. Archived from the original on July 23, 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ Berners-Lee, Tim. "The next web". www.ted.com. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ MacWright, Tom. "iD Updates". MapBox. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ^ Dubowy, Liane M. (6 February 2013). "Neuer Editor für OpenStreetMap" [New editor for OpenStreetMap]. heise online (in German). Heise Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG. Archived from the original on July 23, 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
Further reading
[edit]- Ramm, Frederik; Topf, Jochen; Chilton, Steve (2010). OpenStreetMap: Using and Enhancing the Free Map of the World. UIT Cambridge. p. 386. ISBN 978-1-906860-11-0.
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