Potlatch (software)

Potlatch is a free software editing tool for OpenStreetMap geodata using Adobe Flash. It is one of two editors embedded directly within the OpenStreetMap website.

For other uses, see Potlatch (disambiguation).

Potlatch

Potlatch 2 with OpenStreetMap data
Developer(s)	Richard Fairhurst
Stable release	2.4[1] / July 4, 2015 (2015-07-04)
Repository	github.com/systemed/potlatch2
Written in	ActionScript
Platform	Adobe Flash
Available in	94[2] languages
Type	GIS software
License	WTFPL[3]

Potlatch 2 requires a web browser with at least version 8 of the Flash plugin installed. It continues to be actively maintained.

History

Potlatch 1[4] was released mid 2006[5] and was the default editor on the main OpenStreetMap site until it was replaced by Potlatch 2 in April 2011.[6] The name Potlatch came from the name of newsletter of the Lettrist International art collective.[7]

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.

iD (current default editor on main OpenStreetMap website) is in turn a reimplementation of Potlatch 2 architecture in JavaScript.[7][8]

References

1. "Releases · systemed/potlatch2 · GitHub". 20 April 2020.
2. "potlatch2/l10n/locale at master · systemed/potlatch2 · GitHub". 20 April 2020.
3. "OpenStreetMap Potlatch 2 git repository". Retrieved 2012-06-23.
4. "P1 repository".
5. Fairhurst, Richard. "Potlatch 1".
6. Weait, Richard. "Awesone Patlatch 2 team awarded Lolcat of Awesomeness".
7. Fairhurst, Richard. "It all starts with an editor". Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
8. MacWright, Tom. "iD Updates". MapBox. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2012.

Further reading

• 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.