Openstreetmap

Openstreetmap is a lightweight Windows application designed to fulfil a single goal: to help users view a map of the world.

It sports a clean and intuitive layout that gives you the possibility to perform most operations with minimum effort.

Openstreetmap allows users to zoom in or out of the generated map, switch to a full screen mode for a better focus on their work, as well as save the generated map to PNG file format.

What’s more, you are allowed to create bookmarks with the desired locations, and easily explore the continents, thanks to its built-in buttons, which let you move to the right or left, and up or down.

When it comes to configuration settings, there are only a few parameters to tinker with. The program gives you the possibility to pick the renderer, delete the cache items, as well as make the utility automatically check the cache at a given time.

During our testing we have noticed that Openstreetmap offers good image quality, and no errors showed up throughout the entire process. Since there aren’t many configuration settings, even less experienced users can set up the dedicated parameters with minimum effort.

Although you would expect from such a small utility to run on low system resources, it eats up CPU and memory, so the overall performance of the computer may be burdened.

To sum things up, Openstreetmap proves to be a simple-to-use app that comes bundled with limited features for helping you explore the world right from your desktop. It cannot compete with other powerful tools on the markets, as it lacks support for advanced functions, such as printing and searching parameters, just to name a few suggestions.