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Potlatch is a free software editing tool for OpenStreetMap geodata[1] using Adobe AIR. For many years embedded directly within the OpenStreetMap website using Adobe Flash,[2] it was rebuilt as a desktop application following the end-of-lifing of Flash.
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 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.[3]
An alpha version of Potlatch 2, a complete reimplementation of the software, was published in summer 2010.[4] In April 2011, Potlatch 2 was released for general use.[5][6] 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.[7]
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.[8]
iD began as a reimplementation of Potlatch 2 architecture in JavaScript.[3][9][10]
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