OpenStreetMap

I’m an “addicted” JOSM armchair mapper. In the field, I use the iPhone camera and the Galileo GPS app to collect data for post processing in JOSM.

Since January I have been visiting State & National Parks in the southeast USA where WIFI & cellular connections are unreliable.

For some unknown reason, offline imagery stopped working on my PC after installing the latest version of JOSM.

Stuck without an editor I decided to try Bryce Cogswell’s “Go Map!!” app. Now I am entering data directly into OSM, wherever and whenever I wish.

Go Map!! let’s me work with Bing imagery offline. It’s really nice to see OSM data on top of satellite imagery as I’m entering new data in the field.

The interface is intuitive and allows me to define presets that are not in the “Common Tags” list. My most recently used tags conveniently appear on the search screen.

With GPS tracing turned on it’s easy to create a way as I hike a new trail.

My favorite “overlay” highlights “Unnamed Roads” allowing me to add the name as I pass by.

There are some nice features that are not explained in the documentation. I’d like to find a user discussion group or email list to learn more about this app.

Thank you Bryce Cogswell for creating this excellent app. Did I mention that Go Map!! is free!

Discussion

Comment from ndthl on 14 March 2016 at 08:57

great to hear, thanks for the tip

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