Kalpana Kalpana (Editor)

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Original author(s)
  
Richard Fairhurst

Development status
  
Active

Developer(s)
  
Multiple contributors

Written in
  
JavaScript

ID (software)

Initial release
  
May 7, 2013; 3 years ago (2013-05-07)

Stable release
  
1.9.7 / July 16, 2016; 7 months ago (2016-07-16)

iD is a free software online editor for OpenStreetMap geodata created in JavaScript and released in 2013. It is designed to be simple and user friendly and is used as a default editor on main OSM page.

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Usage

It's the most popular OSM editor by number of users.

iD's features include choosing custom aerial imagery and native support for Mapillary photos.

Some specialized forks of iD:

  • Strava Slide, which allows easy optimizing the ways to match GPS tracks collected by Strava users
  • iD-indoor, which is intended for indoor mapping
  • Mapeo, experimental editor for offline mapping in remote environments

    • Name

    The choice of iD as a name is related to popularity of getElementById in JavaScript, combination of iPad with Système D, and a tribute to the Citroen iD car model. It was also meant to be easier to pronounce than Potlatch.

    Technical background

    This editor was meant to be a Potlatch 2 architecture reimplementation in JavaScript with redesigned user interface. The only big internal change was departure from XML tagging preset architecture to a JSON-based one.

    While the initial versions were based on Dojo framework, iD now uses D3.js library for rendering and its primary mode of rendering is via SVG. Its core architecture is modular and designed to be easily used in other JavaScript-based tools for OpenStreetMap.

    References

    ID (software) Wikipedia
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