Skip to content
Merkaartor

Merkaartor

Merkaartor is an open source editor for OpenStreetMap, allowing users to view, edit, and upload OpenStreetMap data. It provides tools for tracing satellite imagery and importing GPS tracks.
Travel & Location Mapping
openstreetmap editor gps mapping
Merkaartor screenshot
Features Reviews Alternatives

Merkaartor: Open Source Editor for OpenStreetMap

Merkaartor is an open source editor for OpenStreetMap, allowing users to view, edit, and upload OpenStreetMap data. It provides tools for tracing satellite imagery and importing GPS tracks.

What is Merkaartor?

Merkaartor is a desktop application used to edit OpenStreetMap (OSM) map data. It is open source software licensed under the GNU General Public License.

Some key features of Merkaartor include:

  • Importing GPS track logs to trace roads and pathways
  • Tracing imagery from Bing and other aerial/satellite sources to map buildings, water bodies, etc.
  • Advanced editing tools for nodes, ways, and relations in OSM
  • Validating data to prevent errors before uploading changes
  • Uploading local changes to the OpenStreetMap database
  • Support for OpenStreetMap tags and data types
  • Multi-language user interface

Merkaartor provides a user-friendly editor tailored for OpenStreetMap contributions. With strong digitizing and data validation functionality, it makes it easy for users to map areas in their local communities and enhance the detail of OpenStreetMap data.

The software runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms. An active community continues development and support of the project.

Merkaartor Features

Features

  1. Allows editing OpenStreetMap data
  2. Provides satellite imagery tracing tools
  3. Supports GPS track importing
  4. Has layer control for map data
  5. Supports OpenStreetMap tagging schema
  6. Has address and POI search tools

Pricing

  • Open Source

Pros

Free and open source

Active development community

Integrates well with OpenStreetMap workflow

Many powerful editing tools

Cross-platform availability

Cons

Steep learning curve

Limited documentation/tutorials

Some stability issues

Lacks beginner-friendly features

Not as full-featured as proprietary options

Official Links

Official Website
https://merkaartor.be/

Reviews & Ratings

Login to Review
No reviews yet

Be the first to share your experience with Merkaartor!

Login to Review

The Best Merkaartor Alternatives

View all Merkaartor alternatives with detailed comparison →

Top Travel & Location and Mapping and other similar apps like Merkaartor

Here are some alternatives to Merkaartor:

Osmosis icon
Osmosis
JOSM icon
JOSM
Vespucci icon
Vespucci
StreetComplete icon
StreetComplete
Potlatch icon
Potlatch
Suggest an alternative ❐

Osmosis icon

Osmosis

Osmosis is an open-source Java-based data migration and integration tool. It allows automating tasks for moving, transforming, and synchronizing data between various databases and data formats.Some key features and capabilities of Osmosis include:Platform-independent, runs on any system with Java installedSupports major databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, HBaseAutomates ETL jobs...
Osmosis image
JOSM icon

JOSM

JOSM (Java OpenStreetMap Editor) is a free, open source editor for OpenStreetMap (OSM) written in Java. It allows users to view, edit, and upload OSM map data.Some key features of JOSM include:Advanced editing tools like join and split ways, align nodes, create circles and rectangles, etc.Real-time GPS tracking support to...
JOSM image
Vespucci icon

Vespucci

Vespucci is a free and open-source knowledge graph editor and IDE for building semantic graphs and publishing Linked Data. It supports the full lifecycle of semantic data modeling, from early prototyping to final deployment of knowledge graphs.With Vespucci, users can visually create RDF graphs, design ontologies with the built-in ontology...
Vespucci image
StreetComplete icon

StreetComplete

StreetComplete is an open-source, privacy-friendly mobile application for Android and iOS that makes contributing missing information to OpenStreetMap fun and easy. It allows users to easily report missing map data while walking around, such as adding street names, speed limits, building details, pavement information, bicycle parking locations and more.The app...
StreetComplete image
Potlatch icon

Potlatch

Potlatch is a free and open-source web-based editor for OpenStreetMap, a crowdsourced mapping project that aims to create a free, editable map of the world. Developed by the company Potlatch-Incorporated, Potlatch allows users to create, edit, and manipulate the geospatial data in OpenStreetMap without needing to install any software locally.Using...
Potlatch image

Related Software

MAPS.ME MAPS.ME
BlaBlaCar BlaBlaCar
Apple CarPlay Apple CarPlay
TripCase TripCase
Inspirock Inspirock
Waze Waze
Suntimes Suntimes
AlpineQuest AlpineQuest