Talk:Potlatch (software)

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Potlatch was the primary OpenStreetMap.org editor between 2006 and 2014 and had easily over 500,000 users.
Live demoed during Tim Berners-Lee - The next web https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_the_next_web ted talk @ 14mins.
Linux Magazine article: https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/Potlatch-2-OpenStreetMap-Editor
Golem article: https://www.golem.de/1104/82576.html
Heise: https://www.heise.de/news/Neuer-Editor-fuer-OpenStreetMap-1798941.html
Academia: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/295507914_Amateur_or_Professional_Assessing_the_Expertise_of_Major_Contributors_in_OpenStreetMap_Based_on_Contributing_Behaviors

Firefishy (talk) 17:02, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Historical software that enabled the creation or maintenance of non-commercial data sources is of great interest to forensic data analysts and anyone interested in understanding the development of large public data projects like OpenStreetMaps. Bhawthorne (talk) 16:09, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]