:Author: Hamish Bowman :Version: osgeo-live4.0 :License: Creative Commons .. _osm-overview: .. image:: ../../images/project_logos/logo-osm.png :scale: 80 % :alt: project logo :align: right :target: http://wwww.openstreetmap.org OpenStreetMap ============= Tools for mapping the world ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ `OpenStreetMap `_ is a project aimed squarely at creating and providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. 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. Five programs have been included: JOSM, Merkaartor, Gosmore, Osmarender, and Osm2pgsql. In addition recent sample data for the host city and a number of JOSM plugins have been included. Core Features ------------- .. image:: ../../images/screenshots/1024x768/osm-screenshot.jpg :scale: 50 % :alt: screenshot :align: right * Global massively crowd-sourced dataset * A number of editors to choose from * A number of renderers to choose from (including online) * Free to use * Widespread geo-application integration Details ------- **Website:** http://www.openstreetmap.org **Licences:** * OpenStreetMap data: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/OpenStreetMap_License * JOSM: GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 .. * JOSM plugins collection: Ranging from Public Domain to GPLv3 * Merkaartor: GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 * Gosmore: Public Domain and GPLv2 .. * Osmarender: GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 **Software Versions:** * JOSM: Latest Testing (svn r3751) * Merkaartor: 0.14+ * Gosmore: 2009/06/24 * Osmarender: SVN early-2011 * osm2pgsql: 0.69 (svn r22215) **Supported Platforms:** GNU/Linux, Mac OSX, MS Windows **API Interfaces (data):** REST (via Xapi), XML **Support:** http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/ Quickstart ---------- * `Quickstart documentation <../quickstart/osm_quickstart.html>`_