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

Some examples of the improved rendering.

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! 🗺️

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

🍏 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 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

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

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

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.

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 😉

Please test these beta versions for Android and let us know if you find any issues, especially related to location services. You can install them separately from the main store version.

Compared to FDroid, Google apk contains World map and Google Location Services that help to find your location faster over the network if you have Google on your device and are ok with privacy. It can be turned off in Organic Maps settings if you don’t need it.

A full changelog is available in our beta program at https://organicmaps.app/#beta
You can also install iOS beta from there.