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Gys
No screenshots on github and non on the website. I think that is the very first thing people should do when publishing some kinf of GUI app.

The website has a nice stats page though: http://merkaartor.be/p/stats

Freak_NL
Is Merkaartor still viable? In my experience Java-based JOSM is the only stand-alone editor that can deal with all the complexities of OpenStreetMap if you go beyond basic editing in the web-based ID or various feedback mechanisms of apps like StreetComplete.
matkoniecz
Vespucci for Android also works in general, I heard good things about "Go Map!!" for Apple devices.

Potlatch 3 is also existing but I never used it.

level0 may be ridiculous to mention, but it is actually useful and in some cases more powerful

sp8962
To answer the question: no.

OpenStreetMap is constantly evolving in many dimensions. A fully fledged editor requires a significant investment to remain current (think at least one FTE).

pabs3
I preferred Merkaartor to JOSM when I was using them.
EdSchouten
As a Dutch person, I appreciate the name. "Kaart" is the Dutch word for "map" (or "card").
stinos
And Mercator is the well-known cartography guy. Love the wordplay.
[dead] mlvljr
Alike-sounding in Russian, too!

We might have borrowed this one from you, folks, back in the 17th century or so :)

Doctor_Fegg
Merkaartor is pretty old and not really actively maintained.

For desktop the main choice has long been JOSM (https://josm.openstreetmap.de/). Potlatch, the former online Flash-based editor, has now been repackaged as a desktop app (https://github.com/systemed/potlatch3 and https://systemed.net/potlatch/ - disclaimer: I'm the maintainer).

There's also iD (the JavaScript editor embedded in osm.org), of course, and a number of mobile editors such as Vespucci (Android) and Go Map!! (iOS).

matkoniecz
I would also mention StreetComplete and level0 - both on extreme ranges of being user friendly vs full data access.

(StreetComplete is Android app usable by people with 0 experience and knowledge but with limited editing, level0 is Matrix-style access to raw data).

Heliosmaster
Maybe good to mention that StreetComplete works similarly as a Question & Answers on already existing nodes/paths on OSM. "What kind of surface does this road have?" "Is there street lighting here?"

Great way to improve local maps when walking around downtown

ce4
And a good way to kill time when waiting outside for groceries (when the bakery only allows 3 people inside) etc :-)
app4soft
> Merkaartor is pretty old

To be honest, JOSM is older than Merkaartor:

- JOSM v1.0 was released on January 22, 2006.

- Merkaartor v0.00 was released on October 17, 2006.

> and [Merkaartor] not really actively maintained.

It is NOT true! See latest commits in Merkaartor repo on GitHub.[0]

[0] https://github.com/openstreetmap/merkaartor/commits/master