January 27, 2023

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