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Bug#443350: ITP: josm -- Java Open Street Map editor



On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 09:19:47PM +0200, Giovanni Mascellani wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> 
>    Package name: josm
>         Version: 1.5
> Upstream Author: Immanuel Scholz <immanuel.scholz@gmx.de> & others
>             URL: http://josm.eigenheimstrasse.de/
>         License: GPL
>     Description: Java Open Street Map editor
> JOSM is an editor for OpenStreetMap written in Java 1.5. It makes you
> able to download OSM data from the on-line database, edit them and then
> upload the modifications to the database.
> 
> OpenStreetMap is a Wiki-like project aimed squarely at creating and
> providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants
> them. Data are obtained mainly by walking or driving while a GPS unit
> is recording your path, then are edited in order to include also
> information such as street names and classification, points of
> interest, etc. and finally uploaded to the database.
> 
> You can see the work done so far at http://www.openstreetmap.org.
> 
> Giovanni.

Do you know the DebianGis team? http://wiki.debian.org/DebiaGis
if you are interested in maintainance of gis-related packages
it could be of interest to join for you.

-- 
Francesco P. Lovergine




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