Go Map!‪!‬ 4+

I’ve been performing more and more OpenStreetMap edits of late, but I work exclusively from my iPad Pro. I can do most of my edits in OpenStreetMap’s own web-based iD editor, but there are certain things which are cumbersome, some that only work if you know the keyboard shortcuts, and yet others that are impossible (dragging nodes).

Then there’s Go Map!! It can do everything that I need: create & modifying nodes, lines, areas, tags, notes, etc. Node creation can take some getting used to, but it’s identical to creating tracks in other iOS mapping software such as Avenza, so really no big deal. The UI could use a tiny bit of polish, but it’s free, and I haven’t found anything that doesn’t work correctly, so it still deserves 5 stars.

If you want to update OpenStreetMap data for pleasure or profit, definitely get this app, arm yourself with the link to the OpenStreetMap wiki (for reference to any tags which might not be natively supported, plus general best-practices), and go map!

It’s like iD, but with a reasonably native feel, reasonable performance, and a pretty good GPS track recording feature. I have no idea how to export a GPX, but I don’t really need to given how much I can do on a phone. Perfect for mapping while playing Ingress: you spot a missing thing on Ingress’s OSM-based map, switch to this app, done. The only issue (minus the relation limitations — well you don’t expect to do everything) is that iOS likes to mess up your GPX tracks with network-derived locations.

This is the most powerful editor for open street maps by far, it’s leagues above any other app I’ve found. The only problem is that I don’t find the need to press a separate button in order to submit the user’s revisions to OSM necessary, it just makes the design more cluttered and leaves many users confused, other than that, I’m really enjoying this app and will continue updating OSM with it!