Organic Maps: Latest news and updates from our team

Finally, iPad users can use their keyboards without Organic Maps freezing, and Android users can enjoy reading Wiki articles for bookmarked places 😉 We've also improved the search function, particularly for users who search by categories. Specifically, we've separated vegan and vegetarian cuisine searches 🌱and added some new POI types, such as psychotherapist, speech therapist, audiologist, and blood donation center, which were previously grouped under one 'healthcare' tag.

Here's a complete list of what's new in this version, which is available in the AppStore, Google Play, FDroid, Huawei AppGallery:

🗺️

• New OpenStreetMap data as of February 27
• Fixed and improved search
• Split vegan and vegetarian cuisines in search
• Fixed styles for airports, land uses, waterways, and hatching fill areas
• Some smaller areas are not obscured by large ones anymore
• Added healthcare specialists: alternative, audiologist, blood_donation, optometrist, podiatrist, psychotherapist, sample_collection, speech_therapist
• Added communication towers, loading docks, solar, wind, gas, and hydropower generators
• Fixed the Bilbao metro icon
• Historic ruins can now be added in the Editor
• Improved Arabic, Norwegian, Portuguese, and Turkish translations

iOS

• Fixed freeze on iPad when a keyboard is connected
• Fixed unnecessary double click on the route button
• Removed duplicated floors and zip/postal code cells
• Enabled OpenStreetMap editor notes for all selected places

Android

• Wiki articles are now clickable and visible for bookmarks
• Fixed opening email from the Place Information Page (PP)
• Fixed several crashes
• Removed the "Description" label and "More" button when a POI is selected on the map
• Redesigned the Help dialog
• Fixed some not displayed complex opening hours
• Correctly display multiline names in the Download Maps dialog
• Fixed missing Traditional Chinese localization

We are grateful 🙏 to everyone who contributes the code, translations, or supports us with good reviews and donations!

OpenStreetMap and Organic Maps helped Dr. Bilgehan Çevik, a Turkish doctor, to get to the damaged areas in the first hours after the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. His message to the mappers: “Thank you all, you are doing really great work”.

How was your adventure with Organic Maps? Please share your stories, they motivate us and our contributors to improve Organic Maps! Here is one: https://github.com/orgs/organicmaps/discussions/4514

This release includes the updated map data for Turkey and Syria, including the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team changes after the recent earthquake. Accurate maps are crucial in disaster response, as they may assist with better planning and navigation for those who help on the ground. We appreciate everyone who has ever contributed to the OpenStreetMap. If you would like to start contributing now, please follow this link.

The list of changes in this Organic Maps release:

• New OpenStreetMap data as of February 10
• Filtered incorrect search results in both the list and on the map
• Improved next-turn notifications for shorter distances
• Better icons for main and secondary building entrances
• Improved Persian and fixed some errors in the Polish and German translations

Android

• Fixed crash on opening
• Fixed not visible error messages in the Editor

iOS

• Fixed crash when opening om:// and https://omaps.app/ links
• Show the shared POI's name in om:// and https://omaps.app/ links

See more examples of our API and URL schemes for both Android and iOS at https://omaps.app/api

We are excited to announce our first update of 2023. We’ve included a comprehensive list of improvements, as always, thanks to the support and input from our dedicated Organic Maps community. Great work by all of us. 🙏

• New OpenStreetMap data as of January 21, 2023
• Fixed import of some KML tracks
• Automatic search for the current position in 30 hours of inactivity instead of 8 hours
• Improved search categories results
• Proper spelling of Australia in search results
• leisure=track is now searchable

iOS 🍏

• Fixed invisible text hints in Settings in the dark theme

Android 🤖

• Enabled Basque, Belarussian, Croatian, Norwegian, Marathi, Swahili languages in TTS

Routing 🚗

• Proper handling of elevation for hiking and cycling
• Fixed inter-region routing
• Fixed routing via some bridges
• Busways are supported
• Added Croatia to Schengen area

Styles 🎨

• Fixed Buenos Aires metro icons
• Added Bowling Alley
• Fixed historic=fountain and tourism=information-office icon
• Equal icon sizes for springs & hot springs

Editor 🗺️

• Allowed editing names with /\°[] symbols
• Added amenity=public_bookcase
• Increased the maximum editable building floors from 25 to 50

Translations 🌐

• Fixed Brazil, Czech, French, Hungarian, Spanish (Mexican), Turkish
• Fixed TTS translations for Finnish and Portuguese

Linux 🖥️

• Import upper-case KML and KMZ files on case-sensitive Linux file systems
• Use Organic Maps server to check if a connection is alive

We are looking for volunteers who can help us to prepare and translate Whats New for upcoming releases for all app stores and for our website on a more or less regular basis. Or for any other ways to help us speed up the translation process not only for Whats New, but also for other texts. Any ideas and help are appreciated! Want to peek at the full list of changes?

The full list of languages is available here for Android and here for iOS. We can add all languages to our website (its other pages are translated now using Weblate).

Drop us an email if you are interested at [email protected]

Is there anyone speaking Hindi, who can help with proof-reading the translations?

How are you planning your trips? Which tools, apps, or web services are you using? Please share it with us, and let's brainstorm how Organic Maps can be improved.

We wish you a Merry Christmas 🎅 and a Happy New Year 🎄! The best gift for us is to know that we are doing The Right Thing and that our time and efforts are helping someone on the Planet 🌎. Meet our small gift 🎁 to you: a New Year's release of Organic Maps is available in AppStore, Google Play, Huawei AppGallery, and FDroid!

We have to fix a lot of issues and implement many features (1200+ on our GitHub at the moment). Many of them are about improving the app. Some features are more complex and can be done as separate, independent open projects. For example, places photos and reviews, road traffic database, public transport service, cloud sync and backup, online maps, web editor for trip planning, map styles editor, travel guides, API/SDK for other apps, etc. Here you can help by donating, participating, or even leading such a project!

The main goal of the Organic Maps project is to create an open and privacy-friendly alternative to existing proprietary maps. With your donations, help, and support, we can reach this goal sooner while providing all services for free to everyone. Also, please let us know if you are aware of any grants that may help with the development of Organic Maps. For example, this grant can be used by contributors in Germany.

And, finally, here is the list of all changes in the New Year update:

Highlights:

• New OpenStreetMap data as of December 16, 2022
• Improved routing algorithm (there are still some issues to fix, please let us know!)
• No more routing over highway=construction 🙂
• Support multiple track geometry in KML files
• Fixed KML 2.3 track import from OpenTracks
• Faster parsing and rendering of complex KML tracks
• Allow adding some shops, galleries, music schools in the Map Editor
• Improved city borders in search results

Android:

• Fixed "Enable Location" system dialog in some cases
• Fixed crash in split mode & on portrait/landscape rotation
• More reliable compass arrow in Place Page
• Improved texts display in Help dialog
• New Mastodon icon

iOS:

• Settings & routing options headers are visible now in the Night Mode
• Fixed crash when displaying the menu

Map Styles:

• Improved, less bright icons in Night mode
• Fixed subway icons in some cities
• Properly draw barriers for areas and relations
• Fixed duplicated names on the world map
• Updated cave, mountain pass, peak, volcano, emergency phone, historic ship, ice cream, nightclub, music shop, stadium, video games icons
• Fixed wrong priorities of leisure=pitch, historic, post office
• More consistent filled/round icons (round means some kind of business/service)

Translations:

• TTS (Text-To-Speech) for Brazil, Mexican Spanish and Norwegian
• Fixed German and Hungarian search strings
• Updated Czech, Spanish translations

Many thanks to our community for your invaluable help, and many thanks to our users for choosing Organic Maps! 🙏 🙏 🙏

🎇 🎈 🎉 🎊 🎄 🎆

Meet the second November update of Organic Maps! Enjoy your travels and share your experience with us. Let's make the best privacy-focused, fastest and easiest to use offline maps together!

What was done in this release:

• New OpenStreetMaps data as of November 19
• Added Organic Maps Mastodon account to follow in Help dialog
• Fixed bug in a wrong bicycle's speed used for routing algorithm

iOS 

• Secondary title in the local language is now displayed on the Place Page
• Fixed Organic Maps Matrix room link in Help dialog
• Fixed opening URLs with # and ? symbols
• Update About menu item
• Removed gray line from the menu
• Place Page properly displays 1 hour left before the place closes

Android 🤖

• The blue arrow is properly centered inside the position icon
• Links to our website in Help dialog are localized (en, ru, it, tr are supported at the moment, please help us with site translations)
• Fixed navigation menu visible under navbar in some cases
• The distance to search results in the list is now properly displayed

Styles 🗺️

• Added healthcare=physiotherapist
• Fixed some wrong icons displayed on top of each other
• Added highway=busway type
• place=island and place=archipelago are now visible on the World map
• Fixed leisure area style
• Properly render waterway=dam as a background area
• Fixed water incorrectly drawn over the pier

Translations 🌐

• Added Estonian translations, thanks to Aulo Aasmaa @auloaasmaa!
• Updated Czech, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Turkish translations
• Fixed missing RV category translations for search
• Fixed non-working Catalan categories search
• Use Metro instead of Subway for en-GB

Desktop 🖥️ (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows)

• Fixed build errors on GCC-12
• Fixed map dragging using the mouse
• "+" key zooms in the map
• Use high-resolution icons on high-DPI displays on Macs
• Improve documentation about running WSL and desktop app (native Windows version is still in progress, please let us know if you are interested in it)

Now, in addition to Telegram, [matrix], Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, you can follow us on Mastodon. Well, actually on Fosstodon 😉

After a one-week review delay, Organic Maps October/November update is finally available in Google Play. See the detailed list of changes and improvements on our web site. Your feedback and support are appreciated 🙏

October/November update of Organic Maps with many fixes and improvements is avaliable in FDroid. See the full list of changes on our web site or in Telegram. Many thanks to all our users and contributors. Your donations and support are motivating and helping us to improve the fastest maps app in the world 😉

For those impatient, here is the Google Play APK, the same as was uploaded several days ago in Google Play for review. It should install on top of your existing Google Play version without conflicts. And it should be 100% compatible with the upcoming Google Play release (if it is approved by Google, of course).

OrganicMaps-22110202-Google.apk

Finally, after fixing some critical issues, the November Organic Maps update is available in the Apple Store, Huawei AppGallery, and on our Github. Google Play and FDroid are coming soon too.

Here is the full list of improvements, kudos to our contributors and our small team:

• New OSM data as of October 29
• Minor performance improvements
• Dump corrupted KMLs to the log on startup
• Do not strip non-ASCII characters from exported bookmark files
• Simplify/smooth road altitudes chart

Routing and Navigation:

• Show "Roads to avoid" options and warnings on the route also for walking, cycling, and metro routes
• Fixed some routing issues, including wrong routing via highway exits/links
• Enable Catalan TTS
• Show speed camera on tap

Search:

• Show all found results on the map screen
• Improved villages search
• Show only matched categories if they were selected from the list, not names
• Fixed street synonyms for nordic languages

Styles:

• Use regional metro/subway icons for entrances and stations
• Added brewery, plumber, tailor, carpenter, sawmill, beekeeper, blacksmith, electrician, painter, and other craft icons
• Added natural=shrubbery, natural=desert, leisure=dance, amenity=charging_station-motorcar, and more barrier types
• Draw international airport icon on z7-9
• Draw metro for major cities starting from z12
• Do not draw railway station icon for building=train_station
• Updated icons for garden, park, forest, national park, nature reserve, power, chimney
• Add historic battlefield, gallows, pillory, memorial cross, stolperstein and war_memorial
• Fixed historic=* priority
• Support sauna=yes tags
• Better colors for natural=scrub
• Draw entrance icon instead of a dot

Android

• Improved detecting current position
• Crossed out target icon means that you need to press it to detect current position
• Suggest turning on networking location service if it is disabled
• Hide system bars in full-screen mode
• On Android 13+ you can change OM language
• Use non-bold font in the Place Page title
• Properly handle notch on Android 8.1+
• Keep transparent status bar only on the map screen
• Fix crash on exit split screen
• Fix crash on login to OSM
• Fix crash in the "Location is disabled" dialog
• Crosshair API now supports "cll=lat,lon" argument to center the map
• Remove unused BATTERY_STATS system permission
• Use numbers for transit intermediate points
• Add missing icons in the editor
• Improve Wikipedia description in the Place Page

iOS Place Page:

• Use system 12/24h time format
• Show Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons links

Mac & Linux Desktop version:

• Fixed search indicator in Viewport mode
• Fixed search table update, now old results are always replaced by new ones

Translations:

• Use larger, more geographically significant names for Oregon maps in Downloader
• Updated Catalan, Chinese, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (European and Brazilian), Turkish translations

Finally, the September update was approved by Google and is available in the Google Play Store. Please see the full changelog here. It was a long delay, but we didn’t wait and worked hard together with our community on many issues. Please stay tuned for the upcoming October update 😉

Organic Maps is participating in Hacktoberfest. You are welcome to contribute to the development of free, privacy-friendly, open-source maps that work offline anywhere and have so many map details thanks to OpenStreetMap. Choose any issue in our 1K+ issues list, and contribute! There are also other ways to support the project, including donations. We are very grateful for all your feedback and support.

As some of you have already discovered, a new September update of Organic Maps is already available in AppStore, AppGallery, and F-Droid. Google Play update is delayed because we hot-fixed a few interface-related issues. Hopefully, it will also be available in the upcoming days!

The coolest change is a fresh new look for Android (kudos to Arnaud Vergnet and all other contributors!), but let's check the full list of changes (and don’t forget to support us in many ways, including donations):

• New OSM maps data as of September 12
• Fixed wrong elevation data between -1,-1 and 1,1 latitudes and longitudes
• Fixed crash on startup after editing some OSM objects
• Bookmark lists are now sorted by recently modified time (sorting by name is planned!)
• Improved displaying of the next street name directions

Search:

• Show features in the viewport at the top of search results
• Significantly speedup some search scenarios
• Improved category ranking & address search.
• Fixed highlighted hotel search results icon on the map
• Improved German category search

Android:

• Replaced bottom toolbar with buttons for better UX and map visibility (now you see more map than before!)
• Improved toolbars, buttons and their positioning in different modes (please report any misalignment, we’ll fix it!)
• Fixed "gray location arrow" when device's time is incorrect (it’s better to sync your device’s time with network servers)
• Splash screen respects the dark mode
• Themed icon for Android 13
• Fixed displaying hotel rating in search results
• Fixed Search dialog appearance animation
• Note to OSM editors is not covered by a keyboard anymore
• Increased the font size of the exit number
• Improved OSM login page UX and OSM profile

iOS:

• Partially fixed annoying "Continue detecting location" dialog when returning to OM
• Use the same system font everywhere
• Use the default mail app on iOS 14 to report a bug
• Enabled Catalan translations

Localizations:

• Added missing translations for craft=* and residential gardens
• Added/fixed Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil), Italian, Catalan, Turkish, Belarusian translations
• Enabled Catalan TTS (Text-To-Speech)
• Localized some Telegram and Instagram links

Styles and icons:

• Added driving_school, music_school, language_school, archaeological_site, craft-painter
• Removed backgrounds from historic cemetery icons
• Added different castle types: castrum, fortified_church, fortress, hillfort, kremlin, manor, palace & shiro
• Increased visibility of education & some sports
• Separated furniture & kitchen types
• Better looking leisure=track
• Fixed vending=fuel icon

We have updated donation methods, now it’s even easier to support the development of Organic Maps! https://organicmaps.app/donate/

🤖Finally, Organic Maps August update is also available in Google Play, Fdroid, Huawei AppGallery, and Flathub (iOS version passed review earlier). Thanks to all our contributors, supporters, and users, the app goes better and better with each update 😉

Highlights:

• New data as of August 16
• Longer routes are calculated faster
• Search should work way better and faster now
• Reduced size of mwm files
• Restored WunderLINQ support (yes, we have an API! Check omaps.app/api)
• Disabled Vulkan for Mali-G71 to fix path rendering
• Support wikimedia_commons tag
• Fixed crash when selecting some objects on the map

User Interface:

• Unified Place Page and Editor UI layout
• Replaced altitude difference to ascent and descent
• Show POI level in Place Page
• Show "Map data from OpenStreetMap" in the splash screen. Yes, many users don't get it.
• Fixed advanced timetable editor layout

Navigation:

• Fixed roundabout number
• Increased visibility of next street
• Fixed font in navigation progress bar

Search improvements:

• Fixed issue when some found objects were not highlighted on the map
• Removed common street search synonyms like parkway, path, line, walk, trail, etc.
• Fixed coordinates search if the query contains a newline
• Ignore non-relevant search results for coordinates
• Better search for capitals
• Treat 'emergency' as a last-choice feature type
• Added Catalan street search synonyms
• Properly filter equal streets in search results

Map styles:

• Improved visibility of military areas and boundaries
• Show disabled parking spaces
• Do not draw icon for residential gardens
• Render farm yard
• Add parking_entrance
• Add playground and internet cafe icon
• Add second_hand and charity
• Add table_tennis, volleyball, beachvolleyball, skateboard, chess, padel, handball, futsal, hockey, badminton, pelota
• Removed background circles from non-business icons

Translations:

• Updated Arabic translations and TTS texts
• Added missing translations for place=*
• Belarusian translations of countries
• Added missing Turkish translations

🍏 Meet many improvements in the Organic Maps update for iOS!

Highlights:

• New data as of August 16
• Longer routes are calculated faster
• Search should work way better and faster now
• Reduced size of mwm files
• Restored WunderLINQ support (yes, we have the API!)

User Interface:

• Unified Place Page and Editor UI layout
• Replaced altitude difference to ascent and descent
• Show POI level in Place Page
• Social media contacts are displayed on Place Page and Editor
• Show "Opens in"/"Closes in" in Place Page
• Fixed animation for side buttons

Navigation:

• Improved speed limit displaying for CarPlay (red for overspeed)
• Fixed roundabout number
• Increased visibility of next street

Search improvements:

• Fixed issue when some found objects were not highlighted on the map
• Removed common street search synonyms like parkway, path, line, walk, trail, etc.
• Fixed coordinates search if a query contains a newline
• Ignore non-relevant search results for coordinates
• Better search for capitals
• Treat 'emergency' as a last-choice feature type
• Added Catalan street search synonyms
• Properly filter equal streets in search results

Map styles:

• Improved visibility of military areas and boundaries
• Show disabled parking spaces
• Do not draw icons for residential gardens
• Render farm yard
• Add parking_entrance
• Add playground and internet cafe icon
• Add second_hand and charity
• Add table_tennis, volleyball, beachvolleyball, skateboard, chess, padel, handball, futsal, hockey, badminton, pelota
• Removed background circles from icons

Translations:

• Updated Arabic translations and TTS texts
• Added missing translations for place=*
• Belarusian translations of countries
• Added missing Turkish translations

Finally, Organic Maps 2022.07.27 is also available on Google Play. Release notes are here.

Organic Maps 2022.07.27 is available on FDroid! Release notes are here.

New update 2022.07.27 is already available in AppStore and Huawei AppGallery but is still reviewed in other stores. The detailed changelog for all platforms:

• New OSM data as of July 18, 2022
• Added missing shop types from OpenStreetMap tags: antiques, art, baby_goods, bag, boutique, charity, cheese, craft, dairy, deli, electrical, farm, fishing, grocery, health_food, houseware, interior_decoration, kitchen, lottery, medical_supply, nutrition_supplements, paint, pastry, perfumery, second_hand, sewing, storage_rental, tobacco, trade, watches, wholesale
• Properly select max speed in some routing cases
• sport=* tags have higher priority than leisure=pitch
• Fill transit mark place page with feature info
• Show text info about the next turn's street longer
• Use building:min_level for 3D buildings
• Allow removing cuisines from selection in the Editor
• Fix Belarusian, German, Russian, and Ukrainian translations
• Add missing translations for OSM natural=* and amenity=events_venue types

Android:

• Fixed and updated API support. Now you can select a point on the map and return it back to your app. See https://omaps.app/api for more details, check our API examples for Android, or let us know if you are interested in integrating Organic Maps with your app.
• Fixed invisible paths and trails on Mali-G72 Huawei devices
• Fix Facebook URLs validation
• Limited bottom sheet menu title to max 3 lines
• Show only one back arrow in bookmark search
• Fixed padding of bookmark categories

iOS:

• Show "Open"/"Opens in"/"Closes in" in search results
• Show speed limit near the current speed in navigation mode

Linux:

• Fix assertion failure in ES3 scenario on Linux, now OM should work on mobile Linux too

FDroid update 2022.07.01-6-FDroid with a crash fix for Public Transport is finally available. We also got several reports from users that paths/tracks are not drawn in some map areas in the most recent version. Please let us know if you encounter it.

Google Play and FDroid updates are also available. Please note that FDroid build is not the latest one, it crashes with public transport routes. The fix should be available in upcoming days. The changelog is here.

New app update 2022.07.01 is available on AppStore and AppGalery.

Changelog for all platforms:

• Prettify pattern lines drawing (also fixes crash on some older devices)
• Icons for information=board/map
• Fixed categories search with stop words
• Made all existing sports searchable
• amenity=parking can be added on the map via Editor
• Fixed place=square visibility at 16+ zoom level
• Made streams & rivers visible on the beach
• Made hedges and power lines less contrast
• Improved Portuguese (Brasil), Spanish, Italian, French, and Euskara translations
• Enabled Marathi translation

Also for Android:

• Updated Place Page style
• Show "Opens in"/"Closes in" in search results

Fdroid and Google Play updates are finally available. Please let us know about any issues. And even better, please, contribute and donate! Organic Maps is Open Source, and there are many ways to support the development. Have a safe traveling! 🗺️

The June release is available only in the AppStore and Huawei AppGallery, the FDroid update is delayed for technical reasons and the Google Play update is still in review for more than one week. Maybe it’s not so bad, as we expect potential crashes on some older Android devices in that release and forgot to activate Marathi translations. No worries, these and other issues have already been fixed and soon will be available in another update 😉

Here is the changelog for the June update:

• New OSM data as of June 13, 2022
• Improved routing and fixed many cross-region issues when the route failed with the error
• Nicer fences, city walls, paths/tracks, waterfalls, fountains & drinking_water
• Added icons for guidepost, plaque, bicycle rental
• Typing category like "food" in the search also matches features' names
• Added cliffs, embankments, bicycle repair stations, graves, water tunnels, craft=*
• Townhalls and some crafts can be added in the Editor
• Road shields for Cyprus
• Better displaying of the next turn street
• [iOS] Layers of area styles are rendered properly
• [Android] Logs fallback to internal storage

Please send us some examples of KMZ and GPZ files with embedded icons, it will help to properly implement custom icons feature: https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues/2785

A hotfix Android release (May 31) is available in stores:

• Fixed disappearing of downloaded maps files bug introduced in the last release. If you were affected, please open "Save maps to" in OM settings and switch to "Internal private storage" (with a /data/data/... path). Then tap OK to move maps, and all your disappeared maps will be back shortly! After that, you can switch to a storage option of your choice.
• Fixed crash for some routes.
• Do not draw place=region on the World map.

Please see previous release notes for more details.

Meet the May Organic Maps update! Here is the changelog:

All platforms:

• New OSM data as of May 15, 2022
• Improved car and pedestrian directions
• Improved cross-region routing
• Fixed some pedestrian/bike/car routing issues
• Some performance optimizations
• Fixed some translations
• Added Marathi language
• Added Devanagari font

Android:

• Allow using emulated storage for downloads
• Fixed GPS search on start
• Fixed accidental position jumps near WiFi

iOS:

• Fixed low memory crash for car routing
• Fixed opening non-ASCII URLs and URLs without http(s)

Note that the FDroid version is still not published, we're working on it.

A new April update of Organic Maps is live in all stores!

Here is the changelog:

• Updated OSM maps data as of April 15, 2022
• Experimental Wikipedia articles everywhere
• Improved car route directions
• Some speed and battery optimizations
• Many routing improvements
• Fixed subway routing in some cities
• Added Euskara (Basque) translations
• Improved Italian and DE translations
• More often oneway arrows
• Removed town halls and gardens from sightseeing
• Get phone from "mobile" OSM tag
• Add more vending_machine types
• Added landuse=education
• Fixed school and kindergarten area priorities and fills
• Fixed Recycling category search
• Fixed Internet access displaying
• Fixed descriptions serialization in the edits.xml
• Fixed text heights rendering
• Follow our news in "?"

Android

• Show SD card even if there is not enough space on it
• Fixed check for free space when updating maps
• Fixed annoying "location disabled" dialog
• FDroid users now can update World files
• Fixed button to view search results on a map on Android 8 and lower
• Fixed menu colors and the refreshed navigation menu
• editor.config can be overridden (if you have root)
• Added matrix, email, OSM links
• Don't mirror the next turn sign in the LTR layout
• Fixed RTL zoom buttons covered by Search and Bookmarks in Routing mode

Desktop (yes, Organic Maps can run on Mac and Linux, Windows is almost ready too)

• Improved Routing settings dialog
• Flathub, AppStream, Repology support
• Improved selection toolbar layout
• Use XDG path for settings

GSoC 2022 reminder: Tomorrow, April 19, is the last day to send your proposals.

Some guidelines for Google Summer of Code 2022 (GSoC) participants who want to become open-source contributors to Organic Maps:

1. Check the list of our ideas for GSoC and the long list of issues and feature requests from our users. Select what you like or propose your own idea. Discuss it with us if you have any questions.
2. Start by reading Organic Maps project documentation.
3. Set up the development environment. Try to build the project and run unit tests or run it on your device/simulator.
4. Optionally, try to fix or debug an existing issue.
5. If you are ready to proceed, please register as a contributor on the GSoC website and create a formal proposal to participate. Some guidelines are available here.

The last day to submit a proposal is April 19.

A new Organic Maps update is available in all stores.

AppStore | Google Play | Huawei AppGallery | FDroid

• New OSM data as of March 14, 2022
• Wikipedia articles for well-known places
• Search for organic shops, cafes and restaurants!
• Improved search suggestions
• Brighter roads in night mode
• Darker farmlands and parkings
• Properly display parkings and parks over hospital grounds
• Synced visibility for steps and footways
• Fixed visibility of community_centre
• Display parkings, parks, etc. over hospital grounds
• Added bubble_tea and water_well
• Removed transparent circles from some icons
• Fixed museum icons
• Fixed some routing issues
• Improved and fixed Arabic, Romanian, Spanish translations

Android 🤖

• Use Material3 style for bottom sheet menus
• GPS waits for a few seconds for accurate locations on device unlock
• Fixed layers button overlapping the compass in RTL layout
• Improved show on map behavior in search and bookmarks

iOS 

• Fixed appearance of date pickers when editing opening hours
• Fixed rare crashes after downloading maps
• Select a proper light/dark CarPlay theme on the startup
• Automatically switch CarPlay dark/light mode based on the system notification
• Add date and time to My Position bookmarks
• Fixed crash on the menu click after hiding the interface

Known issues: Recycling search doesn't work properly. We'll fix it in the next update.

Organic Maps is participating in the Google Summer of Code 2022 program. It motivates university students (and anyone else) to contribute to open-source software.

We started to make a list of features you can work on as a student. You can also add your ideas! We have many other feature requests on our GitHub.

• Android Auto
• Track Recorder
• GPX Format
• Alternative Routes
• Public Transport

Please read more details about GSoC and let us know if you are interested.

🤖 February update of Organic Maps is finally also available in Huawei AppGallery and FDroid! The changelog is the same as for the Google Play version.

Finally, meet the updated Organic Maps in Google Play!

Here is the list of most important changes:

• New OSM data as of February 4, 2022
• Fixed an old and annoying issue with a broken place information page on Android 11
• Fixed invalid routes for car & bike
• Respect "Avoid" setting for bike & walking routes
• No unlock is needed when OM is active (you can disable it from settings)
• Search for Water, RV Facilities, and Recycling categories
• Added some new types: parcel pickup, excrement bags, quay, marina, caravan, dump station, mast, flag pole, funeral directors
• Fixed not rendered HTML in some bookmark's description
• Store date and time for My Position bookmarks
• Refresh AGPS data once per day for faster GPS positioning
• Fixed some capitals incorrectly marked as cities on a World map
• Improved German, Italian, and Turkish translations
• Added FAQ in Turkish 🇹🇷
• Draw fewer house numbers in navigation mode
• Fixed towns and cities visibility/priorities on 10-11 zoom levels
• Prioritized parking over other areas like forests
• Improved rendering of piers, dams, cutlines
• Improved train stations and highways visibility
• Made national parks & military fills less obtrusive

…and many other changes and improvements from our contributors!

Meet new Organic Maps update 2022.02.11 for iOS!

Android update is delayed by Google reviewers, we hope it becomes available soon too.

Here is the changelog:

• New OSM maps data as of February 4, 2022
• New Help/About dialog on the main screen
• Hide bottom toolbar on tap at the empty map
• Transparent bottom toolbar background

Routing:

• Fixed routing bugs with unnecessary exits from the highway
• Fixed some cyclist routing bugs
• Respect "Avoid roads" setting for bicycle and pedestrian routes
• Fixed bug with invalid cross-region routing

Map:

• Added search categories for Water, RV Facilities and Recycling
• Added parcel pickup, excrement bags, quay, marina, caravan, dump station, mast, flag pole, funeral directors
• Better displaying of house numbers in navigation
• Select linear objects instead of area ones on long tap
• Towns and cities are properly prioritized on 10-11 zoom levels
• Prioritize parking over other areas like forests
• Improved rendering of piers, dams, cutlines
• Improved train stations visibility
• Made national parks & military fills less obtrusive
• Adjusted highways visibility
• Fixed some capitals incorrectly marked as cities on a World map.
• Corrected some icons

Translations:

• Fixed German, Italian and Turkish translations
• FAQ in Turkish

There are many ways to help us and other users of Organic Maps: https://organicmaps.app/support-us/ Spread the word and share your ideas with us, let's make this World 🌎 a bit more Organic 😉

We've created a Telegram group for Turkish users, moderated by @MetehanOzyurek Join @OrganicMapsTR or use this link.

The latest data update also includes an updated subway/metro map. Please check issues in your cities and fix them in OpenStreetMap for the next data update: https://cdn.organicmaps.app/subway/

Finally, FDroid update is available too: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.organicmaps/

There is a regression with KML import on Android. No worries, the fix is already in review.

Update: it’s already available as of January 16.

Meet new January Organic Maps app update, with many improvements from our beloved contributors 🙏!

• New OSM maps data as of January 3, 2022
• Improved search results ranking
• Fixed hundreds of "capitals" on the World map
• Fixed some invalid inter-region routes (more fixes in the next update!)
• Search recognizes rd/st/ct=road/street/court synonyms
• Consistent naming for Bookmark Lists
• Updated German, Italian, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish translations
• Added incomplete Hebrew and Swahili translations

Also for Android:

• Duck played music when announcing directions
• Copy most of the POI info using a long tap
• Fix non-working FAQ on Android 5 and 6
• Added Bulgarian translation

Also for iOS:

• Added Belarusian and Persian translations
• Slightly changed Find map in Download Maps dialog

Meet Organic Maps app update 21.12.01 🤖 + 🍏

• New OSM maps data as of November 22
• Fixed routing between map regions, please test and report to us any issues!
• Type "water" or "drinking water" in search to find it around yourself
• Updated Russian, Finnish, German, French, Spanish, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Chinese translations

🤖 Android:

• Long tap on a POI/bookmark name/address to copy them into clipboard
• Reworked opening hours UI
• Restored "maps update is available" indicator
• Added LINE contacts to the place page
• Reduced APK size
• Updated Vulkan driver libraries

 iOS:

• Fixed opening of https://omaps.app/ and om:// links on the cold start

Here is the link to hourly updated OSM data validator related to Public Transport in Organic Maps (subways and light rails). Please, help us to fix red cities in OpenStreetMap and include their subways into the next maps update: https://cdn.organicmaps.app/subway/

Tell your stories to us and other users. They ignite and inspire us!

Meet November 4 Organic Maps update!

• New OSM maps data as of October 22
• Added mountain saddle, mountain pass, silo, storage tank, chain barrier, swing gate map types
• Fixed some icons and translations

🤖 Android-only:

• Moved❓Help dialog on the main toolbar for a better new user experience, and to avoid negative feedback from non-geeks. We'll add news there too!
• APK now has x86_64 arch for Chromebooks and some old Intel Atom devices

Please help with translating Organic Maps into $your_language 🗺️

Read more details in our GitHub Discussions.

In 21.10.15 Google Play update we:

• Fixed crash for Public Routing in some cities
• Added workaround for the nasty Android 11 layout bug when the bottom toolbar was screwed up
• Fixed some translations
• barrier=swing_gate is now visible on the map

Fdroid is not ready yet, stay tuned.

A new app update is available!

• New OSM maps data as of 02.10.2021
• Added healthcare=laboratory type
• Fixed some map icons and their visibility
• Fixed rare routing crash
• Fixed junction, building=hotel, power=substation, railway=subway, tourism=artwork types
• Fixed missing addresses for some buildings
• Minor localization fixes

Also for Android:

• Editable Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and VK links for places
• Copy OSM and Open Location Code coordinates links
• Fixed black screen on PowerVR Rogue G6110 chips

Sorry, the latest 21.10.07 release for Android has a bug: if you clicked before on coordinates in the place info (to switch coordinates format), then you'll have a crash on startup. Only reinstall can help (but you'll loose your bookmarks!). If you have root access, then close the app and delete /data/data/app.organicmaps.app/files/settings.ini file.

If you didn't click on coordinates before, then it should work.

Good news: the fix is already on it's way into app stores! After updating to the latest 21.10.09 version everything will work back again.

Here is the fixed Google Play apk which can be installed manually (the same as is waiting for review now): https://t.me/organicmaps/8486

Here is the list of OpenStreetMap metro/subways validation results:

https://cdn.organicmaps.app/subway/ (hourly) or https://maps.mail.ru/osm/tools/subways/latest/ or https://alexey-zakharenkov.github.io/subways/rapid/

You can help us by fixing red metro lines directly in OpenStreetMap. Then every @OrganicMaps user will have an updated Public Transport map (subways and S-Bahn at the moment).

Some general instructions are here:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Metro%5FMapping

And here is info how to validate a separate city:

https://github.com/alexey-zakharenkov/subways/

21.09.14 app update is available in Google Play. We:

• Fixed missing buttons on the toolbar after the search on Android 11, very annoying bug 🐞!
• Updated some translations, thanks to our contributors ❤️
• Fixed incorrectly toggled WiFi when editing a phone number

ℹ️ The latest 21.09.01 update is available in Google Play, App Store and AppGallery with updated OSM maps 🗺️ data snapshot, made on 25th of August. FDroid version is not available yet, because there are some build issues. But with the help of the community they should be resolved soon 🤞

With the help of our community ❤️, in the 21.08.26 update we:

• Increased maximum number of intermediate stops from 3 to... try to guess 🙂
• Fixed rare crash when downloading maps
• Made farmlands more visible on the map
• Updated 🇧🇷 Brazil and 🇵🇹 Portuguese translations

On Android, in addition:

• Finally, maps download should work for everyone! You don't need to enable Internet access for Download Manager anymore!
• Bookmark button ⭐ shows "Save" and "Delete" instead of just "Bookmark"

Get it here: https://omaps.app/get

You can read some highlights about Organic Maps in the French article.

A new experimental Android beta version with improved map downloader is available for testing.

This version should fix 0% download issue once and for all! Please let us know if you still have any issues with maps downloading, or any other issues. We will fix them ASAP!

A minor update is available in Google Play https://omaps.app/gp

• Fixed download progress stuck at 0% and made it fractional
• Fixed metro/subway entry icons in some cities
• Added "Report a bug" button in the main menu
• Fixed invisible button in the navigation panel on Android 6+

Please let us know if you still have any issues with maps downloading, or any other issues. We will fix them ASAP!

Organic Maps is back on Google Play after a temporary problem 🎉

We have a temporary issue with Google Play app availability. Hopefully it will be fixed soon 🤞

News for anyone who wants to support the development of free, open-source, offline, privacy-focused maps for travelers, hikers, motorists, and cyclists. We're accepting 💰donations for servers and new features for your favorite app. Read more here: https://organicmaps.app/donate/

Meet a new app update with:

• 🗺️ Updated OpenStreetMap data
• Added 🇧🇬Bulgarian and 🇧🇷Brazil translations (thanks to our contributors!)
• 🍖Picnic tables are on the map!
• Wrong regions are not offered anymore for cross-region routing
• Improved ETA for remote tracks and roads
• Fixed FAQ

🍏 iOS:

• You can now edit/move/delete tracks and bookmarks
• CarPlay map is properly aligned
• Failed downloads are now resumed
• Aligned bottom bar buttons

🤖 Android:

• Fixed layout bugs, including RTL languages
• Fixed some non-working search queries
• Fixed wrong encoding in bookmark description
• Fixed import of KML/KMZ files
• Silence media volume while announcing navigation directions
• Display and edit multiple phone numbers
• Reduced apk size

As always, we're counting on your feedback about bugs and issues. Have a happy weekend!

Updated OM 🧘 version 2021.07.08 is here!

Both platforms:

• Finally, meet the updated OSM map data!
• Fixed failing OSM login due to OSM backend changes
• Resized car repair, charging station, museum icons
• Updated hostel, kindergarten, clothes, dentist icons with a white filling
• Reduced timeouts for map downloads
• Fixed crash in the search on regions boundaries
• Fixed routing crash when point doesn't belong to any map file (in a gap between)
• Fixed texts in the FAQ

Android:

• Removed annoying top panel when selecting a place on the map
• Fixed issue when new bookmark set is not assigned to the bookmark after creation
• Enabled DownloadManager notifications
• Replaced icons for adding and removing bookmarks
• Fixed "Mobile Internet" settings

iOS:

• Disabled backup for map files
• Removed non-working traffic button in Navigation mode
• Added gradient to the app icon

A new 2021-06-24 update is available on Google Play 📦

In this update we:

• Improved maps downloading speed for certain regions
• Fixed uploading of map edits to OpenStreetMap
• Fixed bookmark sharing from Bookmarks (Categories) screen

🍃 🗺

A list of maps data mirrors (supported by community enthusiasts) for those in need is available here: https://cdn.organicmaps.app/

🚗 iOS update with a (finally!) working CarPlay is live. Happy driving!

Please don't forget, as there are 0 (zero, none) analytics and statistics libraries in Organic Maps, we rely entirely on your detailed feedback about issues you encounter.

There are already many requests from users to add public transport support. It would be great to start using that existing OpenStreetMap data and add/update transport schedules directly from the app. For anyone interested to volunteer, there is also a good starting point here.

Android 5 support, OSM login, bookmarks export, and some other fixes are already in review, as the CarPlay for iOS. Please be patient, or install the latest betas.

🍃 Organic Maps is live!

iOS:

• Apple AppStore
• Beta version

Android:

• Google Play
• Huawei AppGallery
• F-Droid
• Beta

Please give us ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ on AppStore and Google Play to help this project survive! 🔥

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Organic Maps is an open-source Android & iOS offline maps app for travelers, tourists, hikers, and cyclists based on top of crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap data and curated with love by MAPS.ME founders.

Organic Maps is pure and organic, and free from trackers and other bad stuff:

✅ No ads
✅ No tracking
✅ No data collection
✅ No phoning home
✅ No annoying registration
✅ No mandatory tutorials
✅ No noisy email spam
✅ No push notifications
✅ No crapware
✅ No pesticides 😇

🔗 Telegram Channel for Updates
🔗 Telegram discussions
🔗 Telegram для русскоговорящих
🔗 Our website
🔗 Our GitHub

New GitHub page 🗺

https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps#readme

Organic Maps is pure and organic, made with love:

☘ Respects your privacy 🌱 Saves your battery 🍃 No unexpected mobile data charges

Organic Map is free from trackers and other bad stuff:

✅ No ads ✅ No tracking ✅ No data collection ✅ No phoning home ✅ No annoying registration ✅ No mandatory tutorials ✅ No noisy email spam ✅ No push notifications ✅ No crapware ✅ No pesticides 😇

👉 Reject surveillance - spread the word about Organic Maps!

A new beta version 2021-05-21 is out.

The version contains bug fixes and stability improvements.

Please use updated links:

Android:

• Google Play
• Huawei AppGallery
• GitHub APK
• Firebase APK

iOS:

• Apple TestFlight

A new version 2021-05-08 is availiable for iOS and Android.

This update fixes several bugs and includes the latest May data.

iOS:

• Fixed crash in bookmarks

Install from TestFlight

Android:

• Fixed crash in Settings
• Fixed random crashes in the background

Get it on Google Play Download APK from GitHub