roles are suggested in the relation editor and upon creating a relation
possibility to filter in the relation list toggle dialog
several enhancements of the "Add Value" dialog including a help button, remembering position and the possibility to add several tags in a row without closing the dialog
new imagery entry wms_endpoint and rework of WMS/TMS Dialog
new validator test for addresses and wikipedia tags and performance improvement in layer painting and error fixing
imagery providers are suggested, according to the downloaded region
when adding tags to nodes, ways or relations, the five last used tags are displayed for quicker selection
filter tool has better support for multipolygons
You can no longer open a directory in the 'File > Open...'-dialog and load all containing photos automatically. Instead, select the image files directly (using Ctrl-A or Shift-Click). The 'Import images' tool from the context menu of a GPX-layer still works in the old way, so you can recursively load photos by opening a higher-level directory.
New option in the search dialog to add a toolbar button for the search. The button can be removed later from the right click menu of the button. (Only in expert mode.)
Note to former AgPifoJ users: Now you can open images from the main menu (File > Open...) or from the right click menu of the corresponding GPX-layer.
2009-12-27 (2689)
New Changeset Manager to query, download, browse and manage changesets.
2009-12-12 (2616)
New Changeset List Dialog displays information about changesets. Changesets can be downloaded, closed and displayed.
2009-12-05 (2575)
The plugins utilsplugin and AgPifoJ have been integrated in JOSM core.
2009-11-24 (2513)
Projections support parameters and display projection code and world bounds to user.
2009-10-25 (2313)
Display of linked state in relation editor now graphical and better understandable.
Area names are now also displayed (in light grey) when they fit into the area.
2009-09-16 (2147)
The plugin panel in preferences now has a search function. You can search through plugin names, descriptions and versions by providing space-separated search terms in any order.
2009-09-14 (2133)
Numerous shortcuts to the preset menu have been added to the default toolbar.
2009-09-13 (2124)
JOSM now supports keeping multiple changesets open simultaneously on the server. If you want to change something you notice while making an unrelated change you can now tag that change correctly.
2009-09-13 (2118)
The preset menu now has a few top-level categories instead of the previous huge list. That should help with using JOSM on smaller screens and finding more easily.
2009-09-12 (2109)
New middle click handling allows to toggle selection between elements below cursor. This allows much easier selection of overlapping elements.
2009-09-02 (2026)
When in delete mode the mouse pointer will change depending on the type of object about to be deleted.
2009-07-15 (1790)
Complete rework of relation editor.
2009-07-11 (1767)
JOSM plugins now support different versions (at least the SVN managed plugins). Plugin updates no longer cause plugin malfunction.
2009-07-07 (1743)
JOSM now has easy usable support for external presets and drawing styles. Have a look at Presets and Styles pages.
2009-06-28 (1709)
Support for element history display inside of JOSM.
2009-06-07 (1652)
New dialog to resolve conflicts (when changed objects have been modified elsewhere).
2009-05-30 (1628)
Settings are now stored in UTF-8. Users with non-latin GUI may need to fix own texts or reset configuration.
2009-05-19 (1605)
JOSM's default projection is now Mercator instead of EPSG:4326 which was previously the default.
2009-05-19 (1603)
New parent and child search operators make it possible to search for parent and child objects of those objects that match a given search query.
2009-02-14 (1405)
Lots of improvements in draw mode (double clicking ends drawing). Also switching to All-In-One-Potlatch style is possible in preferences.
2009-01-31 (1358)
Turn restrictions are displayed in the map, an asterisk next to the relation indicates a problem
First step of presets for relations is implemented
2009-01-10 (1231)
Files can now also be opened by dropping them onto the JOSM window (Drag-n-Drop).
2009-01-08 (1213)
The search function now supports search using regular expressions.
2009-01-03 (1208)
The display of node names on the map was enhanced. If no name for a node is given, one of ref, operator or brand is shown instead. Names for unknown features (with no icon) are also displayed now.
2009-01-02 (1203)
Rendering of multipolygon relations is now supported. The option "mappaint.multipolygon=true" must be set to do so (will be default later). When there is a * before the relation name, then JOSM found an error. Use current validator plugin to display that error.
2008-12-25 (1180)
This release removes lots of obsolete stuff in JOSM. Old plugins very likely wont work anymore. Update everything.
2008-11-28 (1078)
If you have the "display boundaries of downloaded data" option enabled (and were until now seeing yellow rectangles for every download), you will now find the non-downloaded area hatched, and the downloaded area clear. This should make for a better editing experience because the actual edit area is not criss-crossed with yellow lines.
2008-11-14 (1076)
The "align nodes in rectangle" function has been replaced by a more general function that allows you to orthogonalize any shape or line that already is "almost" rectangular.
2008-10-29 (1058)
Translations of JOSM have been restructured. Language plugins are now obsolete and translations have been bundled with JOSM. Language is determined by the default system locale or the --language parameter.
2008-10-05 (1023)
WARNING: JOSM now supports keyboard configuration. However, some of the defaults have changed. Please check (and configure) the keyboard shortcuts carefully to avoid losing your work accidentially.
2008-08-24 (858)
The unglue action has been integrated. The UnGlue plugin is no longer required.
2008-08-19 (805)
This version has a new drawing mode. Little crosses are shown in the middle of way when using the select tool. When these crosses are clicked, they become real nodes. This reduces mode changes a lot. If unwanted, disable the virtual nodes in preferences.
2008-05-20 (643)
This version has a minor change to Draw Nodes mode: SHIFT+CLICK now always selects a node when over one (previously it only selected the node when nothing was already selected). This is more consistent, and reduces the number of times you have to switch into Select mode.