Merkaartor
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Merkaartor is a cross-platform, open-source map editor application used for creating and modifying geographic data in the OpenStreetMap project.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Merkaartor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10827915 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merkaartor Context triple: [OpenStreetMap, supportsEditor, Merkaartor]
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A.
Maap
Maap is one of the islands in the Yap archipelago of the Federated States of Micronesia, known for its traditional culture and Pacific island environment.
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B.
Maatkas
Maatkas is a town and commune located in the mountainous Kabylie region of northern Algeria.
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C.
De Meent
De Meent is a central shopping center in the Dutch town of Papendrecht, offering a variety of retail stores and services.
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D.
Erakor
Erakor is a small island and settlement near Efate in Vanuatu, known for its lagoon setting and traditional village life.
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E.
Maalla
Maalla is a district of the port city of Aden in Yemen, historically significant as part of the former British-controlled Colony of Aden.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Merkaartor Target entity description: Merkaartor is a cross-platform, open-source map editor application used for creating and modifying geographic data in the OpenStreetMap project.
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A.
Maap
Maap is one of the islands in the Yap archipelago of the Federated States of Micronesia, known for its traditional culture and Pacific island environment.
-
B.
Maatkas
Maatkas is a town and commune located in the mountainous Kabylie region of northern Algeria.
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C.
De Meent
De Meent is a central shopping center in the Dutch town of Papendrecht, offering a variety of retail stores and services.
-
D.
Erakor
Erakor is a small island and settlement near Efate in Vanuatu, known for its lagoon setting and traditional village life.
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E.
Maalla
Maalla is a district of the port city of Aden in Yemen, historically significant as part of the former British-controlled Colony of Aden.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
OpenStreetMap editor
ⓘ
software application ⓘ |
| canEdit |
nodes
ⓘ
relations ⓘ ways ⓘ |
| canExport |
OpenStreetMap XML
ⓘ
linked to:
OpenStreetMap
|
| canImport |
GPX
ⓘ
OpenStreetMap XML ⓘ
linked to:
OpenStreetMap
|
| developmentModel | community-driven development ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
GPS track import
ⓘ
conflict resolution for OSM data ⓘ customizable presets for tags ⓘ download by bounding box ⓘ download data from OpenStreetMap ⓘ layer management ⓘ map style customization ⓘ offline editing ⓘ relation editing ⓘ tag editing ⓘ undo and redo ⓘ upload changesets to OpenStreetMap ⓘ visual map editing ⓘ |
| isCrossPlatform | true ⓘ |
| isFreeSoftware | true ⓘ |
| isOpenSource | true ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
creating geographic data
ⓘ
editing OpenStreetMap data ⓘ modifying geographic data ⓘ |
| repositoryHost | GitHub ⓘ |
| softwareType |
geographic information system editor
ⓘ
map editor ⓘ |
| supportsFormat | OpenStreetMap data format ⓘ |
| supportsImagery | background imagery layers ⓘ |
| supportsImagerySource |
TMS imagery
ⓘ
WMS imagery ⓘ |
| supportsOperatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| supportsPluginSystem | false ⓘ |
| supportsProjection | Mercator projection ⓘ |
| targetUserGroup |
GIS enthusiasts
ⓘ
OpenStreetMap contributors ⓘ
linked to:
OpenStreetMap
|
| userInterface | graphical user interface ⓘ |
| usesFramework | Qt ⓘ |
| website | https://merkaartor.be/ ⓘ |
| writtenInProgrammingLanguage | C++ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Merkaartor Description of subject: Merkaartor is a cross-platform, open-source map editor application used for creating and modifying geographic data in the OpenStreetMap project.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.