Tap a public transport stop to see transit routes on the map, bookmark labels no longer overlap, smaller downloaded regions in Vietnam, Malaysia, and southern China in May's Organic Maps update

May's update brings full public transport support in Organic Maps a step closer. A bus, train, ferry, or tram stop is a starting point for the transit lines that pass through it — so tapping a route at a stop now shows that line, in its own colour, all the way across the map. Actual online schedules are coming too, don't forget to add/update OSM public transport data in your area if you haven't already!

As always, many thanks to our contributors, your good reviews, donations, and support.

Get the May update at https://get.omaps.org or on the App Store, Google Play, Huawei AppGallery, Obtainium, Accrescent, and F-Droid.

Highlights

• Tap a bus, tram, train, or ferry stop on the map, and Organic Maps highlights the entire transit line, selectable from the list of displayed lines and routes.
• Cleaner bookmark labels and a more legible map. New label placement keeps bookmark titles from crowding each other out, pedestrian areas are a touch darker, and route colours have been tuned for better contrast on both light and dark themes.
• Finer regions across Asia. Vietnam and Malaysia are now split into smaller maps so you can download just the area you need, and Hong Kong, Macau, and Hainan are now separate from Guangdong.

Release notes

All platforms

• NEW! Tap a public transport stop and select a route number to highlight the entire transit route on the map, like in the Subway map layer (Viktor Govako, Kiryl Kaveryn, Mikhail Listratsenka)
• NEW! Bookmark labels on the map don't overlap (Viktor Govako)
• Corrected elevation loss and gain calculations on the track graphs to better match values from other popular apps (Viktor Govako)
• Long-distance public transport and other map relations are now stitched across map borders into a single continuous line (Viktor Govako)
• Vietnam and Malaysia split into smaller, individually downloadable regions (Viktor Govako)
• Hong Kong, Macau, and Hainan are separated from Guangdong, with neighbouring borders updated (Viktor Govako)
• Updated isolines (contour lines) for Indonesia, Malaysia, Tanzania, Thailand, and Vietnam (Viktor Govako)
• Routing: resumed routes now drop intermediate points you have already passed (Viktor Govako)
• Added icons for active volcanoes and waterway access points; slipways are now searchable (David Martinez)
• Added hookah lounges (alnzrv)
• Added buildings under construction (Viktor Govako)
• Added "Lookout" as a search synonym for viewpoints (alnzrv)
• Added "pkwy" as a US street synonym (Viktor Govako)
• Pedestrian area colours darkened slightly for better legibility (Viktor Govako)
• Multi-line text is now clipped cleanly on the map (Viktor Govako)
• Street names no longer contain duplicated parts (Viktor Govako)
• Fixed KMB file import (Alexander Borsuk)
• Updated translations across categories, search synonyms, and UI strings (Alexander Borsuk, Viktor Govako)
• New South Wales and Northern Territory descriptions translated (alnzrv)
• Improved stability and performance, including font shaping, glyph caching, and route line clipping (Viktor Govako, Alexander Borsuk)

iOS

• NEW! Track recording button added to the in-navigation info panel (Kiryl Kaveryn)
• NEW! Two extra steps in the navigation dashboard for finer altitude/route information (Kiryl Kaveryn)
• Updated elevation chart style in the navigation dashboard, with correct rendering for tracks that have negative altitudes (Kiryl Kaveryn)
• Fixed wrong bookmark list shown in the TestFlight version (Alexander Borsuk)
• Larger Stop button and bigger touch targets for in-navigation bottom panel buttons: TTS mute, settings, track recording (Kiryl Kaveryn)
• Refined expandable description section animation in the place page (Kiryl Kaveryn)
• Place page no longer dismisses when the elevation chart scrub ends, no longer bounces unexpectedly, and keeps the title visible when editing with the keyboard up (Kiryl Kaveryn)
• Fixed elevation chart and circular progress colour issues when the system appearance changes (Kiryl Kaveryn)
• Fixed crashes when deleting a track or bookmark that no longer exists (Kiryl Kaveryn)

Android

• NEW! Persistent altitude dashboard and refined route elevation profile, with proper RTL layout (Eric Jau, Mikhail Listratsenka)
• Saved route state is now preserved across device rotation (Mikhail Listratsenka)
• Single, unified route reference line in the place page (Mikhail Listratsenka)
• Larger corner radius for bottom sheets, buttons, and drawables for a more consistent look (Mikhail Listratsenka)
• Fixed layout glitches around the system bars and navigation bar (Mikhail Listratsenka)
• Improved Wikipedia article display with better formatting, system colours, and dark mode handling (DeshDeepakKant, Mikhail Listratsenka)
• Added vertical dividers between segments of multi-geometry tracks on the elevation graph (Mikhail Listratsenka)
• Improved elevation chart scroll behaviour (Mikhail Listratsenka)
• Right-to-left (RTL) layout fixes (Mikhail Listratsenka)

Linux and Mac OS

• Added a public transport route selector to pick a specific transit line when a stop is selected (Viktor Govako)
• Show route action buttons directly in the place page (Viktor Govako)
• Removed duplicated opening hours from the place page (Viktor Govako)
• Intermediate route mark on a POI or address now shows the place's title (Viktor Govako)
• Map downloads resume where they left off on graceful shutdown (Alexander Borsuk)
• Organic Maps now works on OpenGL ES 3.0 drivers (Alexander Borsuk)

Join beta testing to try early features and report issues:

• iOS
• Android

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