Vespucci
Ranked 5 of 9 map editors by recommenders
Free Android app for editing OpenStreetMap, recommended because it lets you edit almost anything from your phone and works well for starting an edit.
Free Android app for editing OpenStreetMap, recommended because it lets you edit almost anything from your phone and works well for starting an edit.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 80%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Edits almost anything, even from phone
“the full-featured OSM editor that lets you edit whatever you want”
Comment from 27 Aug 2026 in “CoMaps: The Offline App That Guided Rescuers Without a Signal in Venezuela” “it does let me edit anything from my phone”
Comment from 13 Sep 2026 in “Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap” Works well for making edits
“I use the app Vesspucci for actual editing, it works well”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps” “I keep Vespucci for when I want to initiate an edit”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time”
Other map editors people recommend
The four most recommended other map editors, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Every Door | 22 | 4 | 85% | 8 | — | Approved |
| MapComplete | 16 | 3 | 84% | 7 | — | Approved |
| iD editor | 12 | 3 | 80% | 6 | — | Approved |
| JOSM | 11 | 11 | 50% | 4 | — | — |
| VespucciThis page | 8 | 2 | 80% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it does let me edit anything from my phone”
“the full-featured OSM editor that lets you edit whatever you want”
“I keep Vespucci for when I want to initiate an edit”
“They all are useful for something”
“neither is nearly as easy to use in my opinion”
“both Vespucci and EveryDoor support viewing satellite overlay tiles”
“I use the app Vesspucci for actual editing, it works well”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.