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 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.