Changelog

This wiki page aims for providing user-friendly changelog for the tested releases of JOSM. Its granularity lies somewhere between the contents of StartupPage and the SVN log messages. There is a similar changelog for plugins.

2015-04-??: Stable release r82?? (15.04)

• major enhancements
  • Support Lithuanian and Valencian language
  • a lot of fine tunig regarding Notes (r8195:8197, r8209:8218, r8224:8225, r8230, r8235)
  • TMS caching improvements
• minor enhancements
  • Presets/Map styles/Validator:
    • add/improve/fix: highway=unsurfaced (r8161), railway=subway_entrance (r8162), second_hand (r8164), drinking_water (r8165), cycleway (r8166), leaf_cycle (r8167), oneway=-1 (r8183), color (r8184, r8204, r8178), uncommon characters in keys (r8185), amenity=sanitary_dump_station (r8188, r8190), short keys (r8192,r8204), tower|pole=air_to_ground (r8204), highway=services|rest_area (r8245), "A name:* translation is missing" warning (r8239), opening_hours (r8223, r8242)
  • MapCSS: icon-rotation, degree_to_radians(), cardinal_to_radians() (r8199, r8238)
  • MapCSS: index for last element of object (r8206)
  • MapCSS: :unclosed_multipolygon pseudo class and >:open_end selector (r8237)
  • MapCSS: waylenth(), areasize() (r8253)
  • enhancements to "Open Location..." and remote control
  • fixes for reversing ways
  • improve display of multiple values (r8170)
  • Search: add waylength, ways:, modify nodes:, nth: (r8198 ,r8220, r8231, r8250)
  • Adding Tags Dialog: display shortcuts (r8205), clear input fields after adding tag without closing dialog (r8234)
  • History Dialog: Improve display of reversed ways (r8219)
  • History Dialog: include imagery_used (r8226)
  • more various bug fixes and improvements

2015-03-30: Stable release r8159 (15.03)

• major enhancements
  • Bangla script rendering fixed also in map.
• minor enhancements
  • Presets/Map styles/Validator:
    • route relations (r8109,r8119), public_transport=platform as a multipolygon in stop_area (r8112), highway=footway together with bicycle=designated (r8117), sport without physical feature (r8120), skiing sports (r8121), sport presets (r8123,r8143), outdoor_seating (r8124), collection_times (r8125), enforcement relations (r8134), waterways, natural=ridge, natural=valley (r8135), building:part, building:levels, height, building:min_level and min_height (r8136,r8139), drop *=true/1 in rendering (r8137), roundabouts, playgrounds (r8138), dam (r8142), waterway access (r8144,r8146), pedestrian crossing (r8145), man_made=cutline (r8147)
  • minor performance improvements in mapcss rendering (r8133,r8140,r8141)
  • speed improvements
  • bug fixes

2015-03-02: Stable release r8109 (15.02)

• major enhancements
  • Font support on Windows - now displays the following scripts:
    • Bengali, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Malayalam, Syriac, Tamil, Telugu, Thaana (Win XP and later)
    • Ethiopic, Khmer, Lao, Mongolian, Oriya, Sinhala, Tibetan, Yi (Win Vista and later)
    • Old & New Tai Lü (Win 7 and later)
    • Buginese, Burmese, Javanese, Lisu, Ol Chiki, Sora Sompeng (Win 8)
    and a few more (r8006, r8014, r8015, r8099)
  • Some Plugins can now be installed and used without a restart of JOSM (#11090) – Plugins list with support info for this feature
  • Implement search box for main menu (r8072)
  • The core Notes support is now enabled by default (the plugin is deprecated)
  • Presets and style links to JOSM server are upgraded to use zip to prevent image loading issues (r8100)
• minor enhancements
  • Presets/Map styles/Validator:
    • improve: tourism=information (r7996), generator:source=geothermal (r7997), cinema (r7998), natural=rock (r8003), description (r8004), *=unknown (r8008, r8023), boundary (r8009, r8010), ramp, handrail (r8011), traffic_sign (r8012), wheelchair (r8013), historic=wayside_cross, historic=wayside_shrine (r8016), amenity=bicycle_repair_station (r8019, r8107), aeroway=parking_position (r8021), pole=transition, tower=transition (r8022), amenity=ranger_station (r8025), contact and address preset links (r8026), shop=hearing_aids (r8027), smoothness (r8028, r8039), barrier (r8040), highway=footway + cycleway=lane (r8042, r8046), addr:*=* together with highway, place or boundary (r8043, r8049), highway=footway + oneway=no (r8044), Style for inner way equals multipolygon (r8045), new turn restriction icon set, go back to old set via style settings (r8050), access preset link (r8052, r8055), shop=medical_supply (r8053), incomplete objects (r8054), parking, smoothness, intermittent (r8057, r8080), amenity=parking_space icon (r8058), payment (r8059, r8060), :forward, :backward validator warnings (r8077), cliff (r8082), waterway bridge combinations (r8089), lit (r8094)
  • undo/redo text changes in text fields with the usual Ctrl-Z shortcut (r8000, r8002)
  • MapCSS: offset property to shift node icons: icon-offset-x, icon-offset-x (r8085)
  • MapCSS: @supports rules for conditional processing replaces @media (r8087)

2015-02-01: Stable release r7995 (15.01)

• major enhancements
  • Show photo direction arrow for thumbnail (r7912)
• minor enhancements
  • Presets/Map styles/Validator:
    • complete review across the whole preset menu, to make icons and supported geometries of preset/mappaint/validator/wiki more consistent
      • add to preset note, fixme and description (r7910), construction (r7926), bicycle_repair_station (r7928), highway=escape (r7979), brand=Eni,Socar (r7994)
      • fix validator for motorcycle_parking (r7919), sport withbuilding (r7922), aeroway=terminal (r7923), conifer (r7924), natural=peak + sport=climbing (r7925), place_of_worship without religion (r7929), noname=yes (r7932), multipolygons and boundaries (r7941), levels (r7969), unnamed roundabout (r7981)
      • fix aerialway (r7915), route (r7917, r7965, r7971, r7974), facilities (r7927), place (r7941, r7976, r7984, r7985), natural (r7942), associated street relations (r7947), shop (r7950, r7953), man_made, historic and bridge (r7960), power (r7967), highway=traffic_signal + crossing=no (r7968), farm_auxiliary, barn and farm (r7970), protect_class (r7972, r7973), water (r7975), transport (r7977, r7978), pharmacy (r7993)
  • Size check for source comments (r7995)
  • Proper selection state in selection dialog (r7949)
  • Usability for history dialog (r7933)
  • Regression and exception fixes

Older stable releases

• Changelog/2014: Releases from r6763 to r7906
• Changelog/2013: Releases from r5697 to r6502
• Changelog/2012: Releases from r4878 to r5608