Vespucci - an OSM Editor

Marcus Wolschon

About this app

Vespucci is an advanced open source tool for editing OpenStreetMap data, it is not a map viewer or a navigation app. You will need an OpenStreetMap account to use it .

You can download the map data for a specific area and edit the map. After editing, you can upload it directly to the OSM servers.

Any accidental change can be undone and all changes are listed for review before upload. Tag-autocompletion, JOSM compatible presets, links to the translated map-features pages and even auto-completing nearby street names help to find the right tags to use.

We recommend disabling auto-updates for Vespucci so that you can upload your edits before app updates.

More information and documentation can be found on vespucci.io and in the on-device help.

Please do not report problems here or ask for support, see why we can't provide support and accept issues on the play store review section. You can report issues directly from the app without a github account or go directly to the issue tracker.

OpenStreetMap, OSM and the magnifying glass logo are trademarks of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. The Vespucci app is not endorsed by or affiliated with the OpenStreetMap Foundation.

Ratings and reviews

If you want to seriously edit OpenStreetMap while you're out and about, Vespucci is the way to go. You can add, remove, and modify just about any paths or structures on the map, trace paths using your phone’s GPS and either add them through the app or upload them to use another tool. It uses a lock/unlock system so you don’t make changes accidentally, and you can place geolocated photos on the map to help you position features. That said, there is a steep learning curve when you start out!

Honestly, this app is pretty terrible when it comes to advanced features. You cannot customize the data style, the limited UI for Validation rules suck, and the documentation sucks a lot. I will be uninstalling the app promptly.

Extremely confusing settings layout. Complicated usage, even for veteran OSM mappers, confusing icons. In addition notification spam and unasked "stay active in background and drain battery mode, by default", to do the notification spam. Worst mobile editor out there.

What’s new

October 2025 maintenance release of 21.1.

Release notes: https://vespucci.io/help/en/21.1.0%20Release%20notes/

Change log: https://github.com/MarcusWolschon/osmeditor4android/blob/21.1-MAINT/CHANGELOG.txt

Full Changelog: 21.1.4.0...21.1.5.0