Organic Maps

TechLore interviewed the co-founder of Organic Maps: • PeerTube: https://lnkd.in/ehay4j5S • Podcast: https://lnkd.in/eUVFzX6d • Youtube: https://lnkd.in/eiT2vPGp

Hiking and cycling routes with elevation charts, smarter US address search, seamless map wrapping at the antimeridian, and more in April's Organic Maps update This April release, in addition to many bug fixes and improvements, is built around three simple truths: hikers want to know how much they'll climb, everyone wants their search address to just work, and no one should feel like they're falling off the edge of the map. Thanks to our contributors, your good reviews, donations, and support, we've tackled all three — and a whole lot more. Whether spring is pulling you out onto new trails or autumn in the southern hemisphere is calling for one last long ride, we hope this update makes your next trip a little easier and a lot more beautiful. Get the April update at https://get.omaps.org ## Highlights - **Tap a trail, see the climb.** Hiking and cycling routes are now selectable directly on the map. Tap a route to highlight it and instantly see its elevation profile. - **Two million more US addresses and smarter search.** More addresses, parsed from the TIGER Census dataset now live inside the app. In addition to smarter house numbers matching, that improves search results everywhere. Don't forget that adding missing addresses to OpenStreetMap is always the best way to improve the search. - **A map without edges.** Organic Maps now wraps smoothly across the antimeridian (±180° longitude). Drag and rotate between Chukotka and Alaska, or New Zealand and Fiji with no invisible walls and no awkward resets — the Pacific finally feels round. - **Repaint a whole category at once.** Change every bookmark and/or track color inside a category in one tap — a small touch that turns last summer's messy trip archive into something you actually want to open. Read detailed release notes on our website: https://lnkd.in/e8DX4GrM With love and care ❤️ The Organic Maps Team

A highly recommended read about age verification and its privacy implications, with many interesting details and facts: https://lnkd.in/ebcChkmX

We don’t understand what’s going on, but Organic Maps is in top 1 in India AppStore, and top 3 in India Google Play. Thanks for your support! Let’s make the best maps together!

One of our maintainers and core contributors (Alexander @biodranik) met with Brewster Kahle, the founder of the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/), at a recent conference in Lisbon, where Kahle is looking for patrons/partners who may help with storing European Internet Archive data on European servers. Please contact him if you are interested in helping. https://lnkd.in/eQ9vqgB3

Conditional speed limits, more detailed isolines for China, split/smaller Tanzania regions, leather shops and more in the March Organic Maps update. The update took longer due to hotfixes and a delayed Google Play review. Get the update at https://get.omaps.org or at the related app store. P.S. Contact us by email at sdk@organicmaps.app if you are interested in iOS/Android/Linux/MacOS/Windows SDK with offline maps that you can reuse in your projects. P.P.S. Did you know about the API you can already use in your app if Organic Maps app is also installed? Check it here: https://omaps.app/api ### Release notes * OSM map data as of March 10 * Wikipedia data as of March 1 * More detailed elevation isolines for Chinese provinces (ZiyiGaoCN) * Added support for conditional speed limits (Abdelhadi Wael, Viktor Govako) * Added leather shops and shops selling religious goods (Viktor Govako) * Added rows of trees (Viktor Govako) * Added public transport stop platforms without nearby bus stops (Viktor Govako) * Split Tanzania into smaller regions (Emile Villette, Viktor Govako) * Fixed country downloading progress calculation (Kiryl Kaveryn) * Fixed several crashes, improved stability and performance (Alexander Borsuk, Viktor Govako) ### iOS * Added recently used categories history in the Editor (Rahul Kolluru) * Improved swipe-up gesture on the route planning screen (Kiryl Kaveryn) * Fixed ruler position for CarPlay (Kiryl Kaveryn) ### Android * Improved display of business opening hours (Anton P) * Added gray icon for hidden lists (Alexander Borsuk) ### Translations * Improved country descriptions (alnzrv) * Applied Romanian translation fixes by Eugen Dedu (Alexander Borsuk) * Updated country names (Viktor Govako) * Updated translations from Weblate contributors (Viktor Govako) * Fixed Ukrainian translation (Nnifria) Join beta testing to try early features and report issues: - iOS Testflight https://lnkd.in/eg-VbE-m - Android Firebase https://lnkd.in/eUn8p-WS Every donation https://lnkd.in/eDBMuCyM helps us to build a better, privacy-focused, free and open-source alternative to Apple and Google Maps. As always, with love and care ❤️ The Organic Maps Team

iOS and Android beta are available at https://beta.omaps.org - OSM map data as of March 2 - Minor fixes and improvements - NEW! Processing of OSM `maxspeed:conditional` tags for improved routing - NEW! Tanzania map split into smaller regions for faster & more flexible downloads - Added support for OSM public_transport=platform ways to display public transport stops in cases where no other PT-tagged objects are present - Added support for OSM `tree_row`, leather shops, and religion-related shops - [Android only] Fixed Search and Bookmark issues from previous Beta - [Android only] NEW! Redesigned search screen We kindly ask you to test the Editor, Map Downloader, and Bookmarks handling thoroughly, and report any issues you encounter to us. With love, Organic Maps Team 🙌

Join Organic Maps and other interesting people/projects at Parallel Society UnConference in Lisbon on March 6-8 https://ps.logos.co

Book the date: on March 4th, 2026, 20:00 CET/2PM EST, Organic Maps is presenting at Open Transport Meetup with the topic "GTFS + OpenStreetMap + Organic Maps = Public Transport for everyone." https://lnkd.in/efhAbzvW