Potlatch (software)

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For other uses, see Potlatch (disambiguation).
Potlatch
Developer(s)Richard Fairhurst
Stable release
3.0 / December 30, 2020 (2020-12-30)
Repository
Written inActionScript
PlatformAdobe AIR
Available in94 languages
TypeGIS software
LicenseWTFPL
Websitewww.systemed.net/potlatch/

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

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. 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.

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][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Fairhurst, Richard. "It all starts with an editor". Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
  2. ^ MacWright, Tom. "iD Updates". MapBox. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2012.

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