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

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/

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

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

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.

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

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/

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

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 😉

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

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!

🤖 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.

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.

From the AppStore review.

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.

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.

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

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