the best tool for creating and viewing maps

Hi, I’m currently writing a thesis about indoor mapping, and I would like to ask which is the best tool (method) currently used for creating and viewing maps? Could you please suggest which one is the most popular and developed?

I would be grateful if you give me your opinion.

Hello,

I guess that JOSM (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM) is the most commonly used software for experienced OpenStreetMap mappers. But is is not specifically designed for indoor mapping. Since JOSM is a desktop tool, however, I use an Android tool, Vespucci (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Vespucci), to add indoor features (then I do slight corrections in JOSM when at home).

As for indoor mapping, specific tools include OpenLevelUp (http://openlevelup.net), an excellent web viewer displaying indoor data (I use it to check what I have done), and iD-indoor (http://projets.pavie.info/id-indoor/), an indoor mapping editor which, unfortunately, does not work on a mobile device.

I know nothing about the mapping world outside OpenStreetMap, which probably uses other tools and methods.

There is a branch of ID editor targeted to indoor mapping.
Take a look at the following 2 presentations a SOTM 2016 about indoor mapping:

http://2016.stateofthemap.org/2016/osm-goes-indoors/
http://2016.stateofthemap.org/2016/osm-goes-indoors-2/