Dark teal panels and condensed headings keep the maps prominent, with occasional icon-only panels interrupting the repeated phone layout.
- Category
- Navigation
- Publisher
- Organic Maps
- Version
- 2026.09.29
- Approach
- Interface-led
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2026.09.29
## Routing
• Improved alternative routes and their estimated arrival times
• Added buttons for adding or replacing a stop in a planned route
• Added a setting to optimize the order of intermediate route stops
• The selected alternative route is now preserved when navigation recalculates the route
• The order of route stops is now restored after restarting the app
## Map
• OpenStreetMap data as of September 28
• Wikipedia data as of September 21
• Water reservoirs are now visible when zoomed further out
• Waterway tunnels are no longer shown on the map
• Fixed Suzhou Metro station and entrance icons
• Fixed rare cases where labels shifted out of position on the metro map layer
## CarPlay
• Added maneuver instructions on supported car head-up displays (HUDs) and the CarPlay dashboard
• Fixed CarPlay buttons and search
## Tracks
• Added an eye icon to hide individual tracks
• Fixed bugs and improved track recording
• Fixed importing KMB files
## Search
• Fixed searches when the visible map area crosses the 180° meridian (±180° longitude)
• Restored category search in Spotlight
## UI
• Opening hours now display “Noon” for 12:00 and “Midnight” for 00:00 or 24:00
• Fixed various bugs and improved the user interface
• Corrected English, French and Asturian translations
• Added support for choosing and previewing an installed navigation voice
2026.09.05
### Map & places
• Updated OpenStreetMap data as of August 26, 2026
• Updated Wikipedia articles in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu, Turkish, and Urdu
• Added bird hides, stages, hills, and natural arches to the map, plus a new icon for rocks
• Resized peaks, caves, and mountain passes icons
• Protected areas, national parks, and wetlands are now displayed in lighter shades
• Fixed many issues that caused opening hours to be displayed incorrectly
• Reorganized settings into General, Map, Navigation, Network, and Privacy sections
• Removed the compass calibration setting because calibration is now handled automatically
• Fixed compass issues that could cause the current-position arrow to point in the wrong direction or freeze
• The corresponding point is now shown on the map while you drag across the elevation profile in a walking or cycling route preview
• Fixed an app freeze and an issue that occasionally caused taps and gestures to be ignored
### Sharing, bookmarks & tracks
• NEW: Added multi-selection to the Bookmarks and Tracks list, with batch actions to delete, move, and change the color of selected items, plus Select All and Deselect All
• Added AirDrop support for sharing places
• Sharing a place, bookmark, or current position now sends a readable link with useful information
• Exported bookmarks now preserve their original names and descriptions
• Shared bookmark lists now use their displayed names instead of internal file names
• Fixed an elevation chart display issue that could occur immediately after starting a track recording
• Restored the custom color picker in the color palette popover
• Fixed the rendering of HTML descriptions when a bookmark is selected on the map
### Routing & navigation
• NEW: Added a CarPlay dashboard and fixed multiple CarPlay issues
• Fixed the activation of the car navigation map style
• Tapping a route stop or mark now opens it correctly instead of switching between planned routes
• Public transport routes are now planned faster
• Fixed incorrect turn instructions
• Fixed an incorrect start point after a route was rebuilt
• Laterite roads are now treated as having a poor-quality unpaved surface during route planning
• Roads tagged `access=unknown` are now handled like roads with private or destination-only access
### OpenStreetMap editor
• Fixed a crash when an OpenStreetMap upload finished in the background
• Clearing the opening hours field no longer leaves the Save or Done button disabled
• Uploads that partially fail are now retried instead of being reported as fully successful
### Translations
• Added voice guidance in Armenian and Lao
• Updated Help/Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), added Japanese translation
• Corrected the Japanese translation of "Closed now"
• Improved the Chinese translations of "track" and "disable"
See the detailed release notes at https://omaps.org/news/
2026.08.27
### Map & places
• Updated OpenStreetMap data as of August 26, 2026
• Updated Wikipedia articles in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu, Turkish, and Urdu
• Added bird hides, stages, hills, and natural arches to the map, plus a new icon for rocks
• Resized peaks, caves, and mountain passes icons
• Protected areas, national parks, and wetlands are now displayed in lighter shades
• Fixed many issues that caused opening hours to be displayed incorrectly
• Reorganized settings into General, Map, Navigation, Network, and Privacy sections
• Removed the compass calibration setting because calibration is now handled automatically
• Fixed compass issues that could cause the current-position arrow to point in the wrong direction or freeze
• The corresponding point is now shown on the map while you drag across the elevation profile in a walking or cycling route preview
• Fixed an app freeze and an issue that occasionally caused taps and gestures to be ignored
### Sharing, bookmarks & tracks
• NEW: Added multi-selection to the Bookmarks and Tracks list, with batch actions to delete, move, and change the color of selected items, plus Select All and Deselect All
• Added AirDrop support for sharing places
• Sharing a place, bookmark, or current position now sends a readable link with useful information
• Exported bookmarks now preserve their original names and descriptions
• Shared bookmark lists now use their displayed names instead of internal file names
• Fixed an elevation chart display issue that could occur immediately after starting a track recording
• Restored the custom color picker in the color palette popover
• Fixed the rendering of HTML descriptions when a bookmark is selected on the map
### Routing & navigation
• NEW: Added a CarPlay dashboard and fixed multiple CarPlay issues
• Fixed the activation of the car navigation map style
• Tapping a route stop or mark now opens it correctly instead of switching between planned routes
• Public transport routes are now planned faster
• Fixed incorrect turn instructions
• Fixed an incorrect start point after a route was rebuilt
• Laterite roads are now treated as having a poor-quality unpaved surface during route planning
• Roads tagged `access=unknown` are now handled like roads with private or destination-only access
### OpenStreetMap editor
• Fixed a crash when an OpenStreetMap upload finished in the background
• Clearing the opening hours field no longer leaves the Save or Done button disabled
• Uploads that partially fail are now retried instead of being reported as fully successful
### Translations
• Added voice guidance in Armenian and Lao
• Updated Help/Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), added Japanese translation
• Corrected the Japanese translation of "Closed now"
• Improved the Chinese translations of "track" and "disable"
See the detailed release notes at https://omaps.org/news/
2026.07.23
• New "Save search history" setting helps you keep your search history private if needed
## Map & places
• OpenStreetMap data as of July 14
• OpenStreetMap notes are now placed at the exact location you select, instead of in the middle of the forest
• Improved map selection for regions that cross the 180° antimeridian
• Track elevation profiles no longer show stale or empty charts after a track is removed
• Improved the empty elevation chart for recorded tracks
• The button for removing bookmarks is easier to find
• Automatic bookmark saving when you leave the edit screen
• The color palette includes predefined colors and lets you choose any custom color
• Other UI improvements
## Public transport
• Stop, transfer, and station names now use a white outline to remain readable in both light and dark themes
• The subway layer reappears correctly after you close a public transport route preview
## Routing & navigation
• Fixed issues with wrong and missing directions
• Route warnings (tolls, ferries, unpaved roads, stairs, etc.) are now shown for all alternative routes
• Fixed a rare freeze while building a route and improved handling of dead ends and start/finish points on a restricted road
• Improved route progress on the start button
• Reordering route stops no longer makes the list jump around
## Translations
• Improved Chinese wording
• Updated Ukrainian translations
• Fixed translations of map regions in Italian
2026.07.15
• New "Save search history" setting helps you keep your search history private if needed
## Map & places
• OpenStreetMap data as of July 14
• OpenStreetMap notes are now placed at the exact location you select, instead of in the middle of the forest
• Improved map selection for regions that cross the 180° antimeridian
• Track elevation profiles no longer show stale or empty charts after a track is removed
• Improved the empty elevation chart for recorded tracks
• The button for removing bookmarks is easier to find
• Automatic bookmark saving when you leave the edit screen
• The color palette includes predefined colors and lets you choose any custom color
• Other UI improvements
## Public transport
• Stop, transfer, and station names now use a white outline to remain readable in both light and dark themes
• The subway layer reappears correctly after you close a public transport route preview
## Routing & navigation
• Fixed issues with wrong and missing directions
• Route warnings (tolls, ferries, unpaved roads, stairs, etc.) are now shown for all alternative routes
• Fixed a rare freeze while building a route and improved handling of dead ends and start/finish points on a restricted road
• Improved route progress on the start button
• Reordering route stops no longer makes the list jump around
## Translations
• Improved Chinese wording
• Updated Ukrainian translations
• Fixed translations of map regions in Italian
2026.06.24
- NEW! Public transport routing by subway, light rail, bus, and tram
- NEW! Alternative routes: in addition to the fastest route, the app now shows the shortest route
- NEW! Walking and cycling route warnings about steps, gates, and lift gates along the way
- NEW! Tap to choose between overlapping tracks and routes
- NEW! Select any color for bookmarks
- NEW! Support for British National Grid (OS Grid), Irish Grid, and Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM) coordinates
- NEW! Accessibility support for Dynamic Type and large fonts
- EXPERIMENTAL: Enable Satellite Imagery in Organic Maps settings with a custom raster tile server URL
- Cleaner table styling in the UI
- Type `?map-download-server:https://your-server.com/` in the search window to override the Organic Maps map download servers. Type `?no-map-download-server` to remove the override.
- Various bug fixes and performance improvements
## Map Data
- OpenStreetMap data updated as of June 24
- Wikipedia data updated as of June 20, including articles in Italian
## Map rendering & styles
- Better-looking patterns for beach, sand, scree, bare rock, orchard, and vineyard areas, plus protected area and wetland hatching
- Smoother curved text labels for roads and rivers
- Rivers, streams, and wetlands have higher contrast and are more visible in dark mode
- New and improved icons for category search and search results on the map
- Improved multilingual text shaping and rendering on the map
## Tracks, bookmarks & routes
- Improved HTML rendering of bookmark and track descriptions
- GeoJSON tracks now keep elevation and timestamps on import and export
- Fixed a crash after moving a track to another list
- Websites are now shown for heritage sites
- Operator names are now shown for unnamed search results. For example, an unnamed ATM now shows its bank
- Editor: corrected the description text for apartment-building OpenStreetMap edits/changesets
- Improved HTML detection in bookmark and track descriptions
- Duplicate routes are now filtered out
## Translations
- Cantonese turn-by-turn voice guidance
- Updated German and French translations
- Fixed incorrect "onto street" voice guidance translations for Chinese, Serbian, and Catalan
2026.06.01
• Track text and HTML descriptions are now supported, the same way as descriptions for bookmarks. Press the pencil icon to add a description.
• OpenStreetMap data as of May 27, 2026
• Text-to-Speech (TTS) now picks the best installed voice for the language (Enhanced / Premium). See Organic Maps settings for how to download a higher-quality voice.
• Added Australia and New Zealand road shields
• Added icons for boules, cycling, and motorsport places
• Added ceremonial gates, water slides, theme parks, and roller coasters
• Improved finger gestures for map control in perspective view during Navigation mode
• Fixed a track-renaming bug where the new name was not properly updated
• CarPlay: fixed the recenter button
• Fixed public transport routes for stations and other area objects
• Fixed crash when adding a bookmark on a hiking or cycling route
• Fixed rendering of speed limits for speed cameras
• Fixed antimeridian zoom-out with more than one world copy
• More accurate display of street and house addresses
• Fixed unnecessary map animations
• Stability and performance improvements
## Translations
• Improved French, Italian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Catalan translations
• Updated translations for several country and region names, fixed search synonyms for `leisure=track`
• Corrected translations for `disused:bridge` and `disused:tunnel`
2026.05.27
• Track text and HTML descriptions are now supported, the same way as descriptions for bookmarks. Press the pencil icon to add a description.
• OpenStreetMap data as of May 27, 2026
• Text-to-Speech (TTS) now picks the best installed voice for the language (Enhanced / Premium). See Organic Maps settings for how to download a higher-quality voice.
• Added Australia and New Zealand road shields
• Added icons for boules, cycling, and motorsport places
• Added ceremonial gates, water slides, theme parks, and roller coasters
• Improved finger gestures for map control in perspective view during Navigation mode
• Fixed a track-renaming bug where the new name was not properly updated
• CarPlay: fixed the recenter button
• Fixed public transport routes for stations and other area objects
• Fixed crash when adding a bookmark on a hiking or cycling route
• Fixed rendering of speed limits for speed cameras
• Fixed antimeridian zoom-out with more than one world copy
• More accurate display of street and house addresses
• Fixed unnecessary map animations
• Stability and performance improvements
## Translations
• Improved French, Italian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Catalan translations
• Updated translations for several country and region names, fixed search synonyms for `leisure=track`
• Corrected translations for `disused:bridge` and `disused:tunnel`
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