Mapbox OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap is the free and editable map of the world, created and maintained by a huge international community. Mapbox Streets, our customizable map layer of streets, buildings, and places from all around the world, is powered by open data from OpenStreetMap. Anybody can create an account and start editing on OpenStreetMap.org within minutes.

Our data team updates OpenStreetMap based on quality analysis and customer feedback. Our principle is to work in the open, these mapping guides are primarily consolidated and maintained by our data team for various mapping projects and on-boarding new team members.

You are welcome to join one of our open mapping projects over on the issue queue and use these best practice mapping guides. These guides are licensed under Public Domain (CC0), if you would like to contribute or have an feedback on these, please feel free to raise an issue in this repository.

JOSM shortcuts

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JOSM shortcuts

As you draw using the JOSM editor, or correct map errors on to-fix, keyboard shortcuts can save help you save a great deal of time and increase the quality of your mapping [strokes replaced] if used correctly. Here we’ll cover keyboard shortcuts on JOSM - default settings, how you can customize these to suit your preferences, and shortcuts most popular with the data team.

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Basic Shortcuts [Default]

By default, the JOSM editor comes pre-loaded with approximately 100+ shortcuts which cover everything from downloading/uploading map data from the OpenStreetMap server, adding/editing/deleting tags, validating results, and working with nodes, ways, and polygons. See the Common Keyboard Shortcuts on the JOSM wiki for more details.

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Under Tools on the menu bar, you can see some of the basic default shortcuts on JOSM

The default shortcuts on JOSM are a great way to get started, but once you are familiar and start speed mapping, you may want to consider customizing the JOSM shortcuts to fit your mapping preferences. For example, you can customize shortcuts to allow you to map quickly without having to take your right hand off the mouse.

Action Keyboard Shortcut
Uploading the edit `
Downloading data Q
Deleting data D

To access the Shortcuts Menu, go to Preferences on the JOSM menu bar. Within Preferences, click Options on the left (seventh button).

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Here is a comprehensive categorized list of shortcuts everyone should be familiar with.

JOSM Shortcuts

DATA

ACTION DESCRIPTION Mac Win/Linux
OPEN open a file Cmd+O  
SAVE save current data Cmd+S  
DATA DOWNLOAD download map data from OSM server Cmd+Shift+Down  
DATA UPLOAD upload all changes in the active data layer to the OSM server Cmd+Shift+Up  

Basic map editing

ACTION DESCRIPTION Mac Win/Linux
SELECTION select, move, scale, and rotate objects S S
NODES draw nodes A A
BUILDINGS draw building B B
DRAW fast drawing mode Shift + F  
ZOOM zoom and move map Z Z
DELETE delete nodes or ways Cmd + D  
SPLIT WAY split a way at a selected node P P
COMBINE WAY combine several ways into one C C
REVERSE WAY reverse the direction of all selected ways R R
SIMPLIFY WAY delete unnecessary nodes from a way Shift+Y  
ALIGN NODES IN CIRCLE move the selected nodes into a circle O O
ALIGN NODES IN LINE move the selected nodes into a line L L
MIRROR mirror selected nodes and ways Shift+M  
FOLLOW LINE continues drawing a line that shares nodes with another line F F
ADD NODE add a node by adding latitude/longitude or easting/northing Shift+D  
CREATE CIRCLE create a circle from three selected nodes Shift+O  
MERGE NODES merge nodes into the oldest one M M
JOIN NODE TO WAY include a node into the nearest way segment J J
MOVE NODE INTO WAY move node into the nearest way segments and include it N N
DISCONNECT NODE FROM WAY disconnect nodes from a way they currently belong to Alt+J  
UNGLUE WAYS duplicate nodes that are used by multiple ways G G
JOIN OVERLAPPING AREAS join areas that overlap each other Shift+J  
CREATE MULTIPOLYGON create a multipolygon Cmd + B  
UPDATE MULTIPOLYGON update a multipolygon Cmd+Shift+B  

Accuracy & precision

ACTION DESCRIPTION SHORTCUT
PARALLEL WAYS make parallel copies of ways Shift+P
WAY ACCURACY improve the accuracy of ways W
ORTHOGONALIZE SHAPE move nodes so all angles are 90 or 180 degrees Q
DISTRIBUTE NODES distribute the selected nodes to equal distances along a line Shift+B
EXTRUSION create areas X
BUILDING SIZE set building size Cmd+Alt+B

Presets

ACTION DESCRIPTION SHORTCUT
SEARCH PRESETS show preset search dialogue F3

User interface

ACTION DESCRIPTION SHORTCUT
PREFERENCES open a preferences dialogue for global settings Cmd + ,
LAYERS WINDOW open a list of all loaded layers Alt+Shift+L
TAGS/MEMBERSHP WINDOW open tags window for selected objects Alt+Shift+P
SELECTION WINDOW open a selection list window Alt+Shift+T
RELATIONS WINDOW open a list of all relations Alt+Shift+R
WIREFRAME VIEW enable/disable rendering the map as wireframe only Cmd+W

Imagery

ACTION DESCRIPTION SHORTCUT
IMAGERY OFFSET download offset for current imagery from a server Cmd+Alt+I

Conflicts resolution

ACTION DESCRIPTION SHORTCUT
CHECK AUTHOR open list of people working on a selected object Alt+Shift+A
RESOLVE CONFLICT resolve a conflict Alt+Shift+C

Review/validation

ACTION DESCRIPTION SHORTCUT
CHANGESET MANAGER toggle visibility of changeset manager window Cmd+Alt+C
VALIDATION WINDOW open validation window Alt+Shift+V
VALIDATE performs data validation Shift+V
FILTERS filter objects and hide/disable them Alt+Shift+F
HISTORY JOSM check history of an object Ctrl+H
HISTORY WEB check the history of object on web Cmd+Shift+H
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