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. Changes of external resources (Presets, Map Paint Styles, Validator Rules and Plugins) are not listed here.

2016-07-??: Stable release r105?? (16.06)

• major enhancements
  • Last Java 7 version
  • Big rework of core code mainly by michael2402 as part of GSoC 2016 (r10332, r10340, r10342:10346, r10352:10355, r10363, r10364, r10367, r10371:10375, r10382, r10384, r10386, r10391, r10412, r10413, r10424, r10431, r10432, r10436, r10438, r10457, r10458, r10474:10476, r10465:10467, r10478:10484, r10486, r10487, r10490, r10491, r10494:10496, r10504, r10507, r10508, r10510, r10513, r10525)
  • Improve GUI for HiDPI screens mainly by strump (still work in progress) (r10356:10359, r10369, r10392, r10428, r10440:10447, r10452:10254)
• minor enhancements
  • Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules:
    • Add/improve/fix: islet/island size warning (r10328), shop=organic warning (r10329), amenity=charging_station preset (r10330), amenity=ferry_terminal node connected to a highway (r10349), oneway warning (r10350), remove "openGeoDB:..." mappaint (r10351), cables, circuits and capacity presets and warnings (r10361), descriptions of tracktype values (r10366), natural=cave warning (r10376), long waterways with negative layer warning (r10388, r10419), Coastline inside water warning (r10389), intermittent-dashes for natural=water and waterway=riverbank multipolygons (r10419), unconnected waterway warning (r10422, r10427), public transport mappaint style and presets (r10429, r10439, r10449, r10450, r10501, r10502), icons in preset combos of entrance, crossing and shelter_type (r10437, r10500), deprecate name:botanical (r10451), remove empty node icons in mapview for barrier=fence|portcullis|drawbridge (r10451), location:transition instead of tower=transition and pole=transition (r10511, r10518), remove highway=crossing crossing=no combination (r10522)
  • 96 more minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of Milestone 16.06

2016-06-05: Stable release r10327 (hotfix)

• major enhancements
  • Fix crash when exiting JOSM (r10325)
  • Fix crash when starting JOSM with Java 9 (r10322)
  • Fix problems with imagery cache (r10323)
• minor enhancements
  • Update surface values in presets (r10319)
  • Update route relation presets and fix missing relation type validator warning (r10320)
  • 21 more minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages

2016-05-30: Stable release r10301 (16.05)

• major enhancements
  • Big rework of core code regarding i.a. layer management by michael2402 as part of GSoC 2016 (r10271, r10273, r10274, r10277:10279, r10281:10283, r10286:10289)
  • Possibility to add validator tests with a plugin (based on patch by darya) as part of GSoC 2016 (r10297)
• medium enhancements
  • Better Java 9 compatibility (r10178, r10208:10210, r10257:10260, r10262, r10264, r10265, r10267, r10269, r10270, r10276, r10289)
• minor enhancements
  • Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules:
    • Add/improve/fix: adjust zoom dependend font size (r10177), ignore splitted roundabouts in roundabout validation test (r10204), warn about service=yes and warn about service=drive_through (replace by drive-through) (r10229), warn about uncommon values of key service (r10230, r10249), don't warn about a amenity=car_wash node connected to a way (r10231), warn about "Unconnected waterway or wrong way flow" (r10232, r10251), add tactile_paving combo to more presets (r10233), don't warn about highway=services|rest_area + addr:postcode (r10272), don't warn about leisure=slipway connected to highways (r10272), warn about leisure=yes (r10272)
  • Adapt GPX color scale bar to system of measurement for velocity (r10175, r10186)
  • Make width of field showing name of object under cursor dynamic to display more text (r10191)
  • New cursor icons for Parallel Way Action (r10220)
  • Improved Bug reports (r10226, r10285)
  • Unbind Z shortcut from "Zoom mode" and make it visible in expert mode only (r10241)
  • 86 more minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of Milestone 16.05

2016-05-03: Stable release r10168 (16.04)

• major enhancements
  • New layer filters (opacity/colorfulness/gamma/sharpness) (r10011, r10012, r10142, r10148)
• medium enhancements
  • Better Java 9 compatibility (r10048, r10049, r10052, r10056:10061, r10064, r10065)
  • Improved Bug reports (r10055, r10062, r10063, r10067, r10138, r10158, r10163 thanks to michael2402 for providing this and other patches)
  • New nicer map slider (r10078)
• minor enhancements
  • Presets/Map styles/Validator:
    • add/improve/fix: warning for too large buildings (r9985), Warn about note=fixme|Fixme|FIXME (r10004), leisure=bird_hide (r10005), display name and ref at highway=motorway_junction (r10015), replace exit_to by destination and destination:ref (r10017), wetland=wet_meadow,string_bog,saltern (r10022), validator warning for pois connected to a highway (r10026, r10030, r10037, r10071 thanks to naoliv for providing this and other patches), deprecate type=noise_barrier in favor of wall=noise_barrier, validator warning for connecting nodes between power lines and non-related features (r10028), public transport validation (r10036), remove smoothness warning for amenity=bicycle_parking (r10068), disable long segment validator warning for ferry ways (r10080), address interpolation validation (r10084), add route=horse (r10086, r10090), display rails with service=spur|yard|siding|crossover with shorter dashes (r10091), change access=public to access=yes in presets (r10094), deprecate amenity=public_building add building=public (r10095, r10096), change vending=news_papers to =newspapers and =SIM-cards to =SIM_cards (r10100), display waterway=* and natural=water with intermittent=yes as dashed line (r10110), add a preset link to the "Building" Preset to some amenities/leisures (r10111), add operator to recycling container preset (r10119), remove icon for highway=incline and highway=incline_steep (r10120), add height to waterfall preset (r10128), Validate that stop position lies on public transport route (r10141), sport warning (r10146)
  • Make filled area of validation layer transparent (r10009)
  • Sort members of new multipolygons (r10010)
  • Increase display time for styles and presets tooltips (r10024)
  • Ability to copy coordinates from History dialog (r10053)
  • Include root certificates to support TLS connections to servers signed by StartSSL and Let's Encrypt (r9995, r10083)
  • Allow shorter changeset comments before showing a warning message when comment contains Chinese characters (r10097)
  • 128 more minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of Milestone 16.04

2016-03-13: Stable release r9979 (hotfix)

• major enhancements
  • (final) fix unexpected reversions of modified objects by downloading area again (r9979)
• medium enhancements
  • drop XML mappaint support (r9965)
• minor enhancements
  • 14 more minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages

2016-03-11: Stable release r9963 (hotfix)

• major enhancements
  • fix OAuth-Problems (r9904, r9913, r9960)
  • (incomplete) fix unexpected reversions of modified objects by downloading area again (r9961)
• medium enhancements
  • Orthogonalize objects based on selected nodes (r9925, r9928)
  • Allow to ignore keys/tags from recent tags (r9940)
• minor enhancements
  • Presets/Map styles/Validator:
    • add/improve/fix/remove: substation validation (r9903), group similar validation results (r9921, r9922), public transport route member validation (r9931:9933, r9936:9938)
  • Compute multipolygon area (r9950:9952)
  • 45 more minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages

2016-02-28: Stable release r9900 (16.02)

• major enhancements
  • Drag and Drop support for relation editor (r9368, r9369, r9379, r9388, r9711, r9891)
  • History dialog: show old and new coordinate on map (r9441, r9453, r9483)
  • Extended projection support (#12186, r9333, r9346, r9419, r9431, r9532, r9549, r9558:9560, r9565, r9567, r9568, r9577:9581, r9597, r9598, r9600, r9608, r9609, r9612, r9630, r9636, r9735, r9790, r9796, r9806, r9809, r9844)
  • New button to refresh relation in relation editor (r9657, r9665, r9666, r9669); thanks to kolesar for providing this and a lot other nice patches!
  • Automatic snap zoom to default resolution of background (r9818, r9820, r9825, r9830, r9840)
• medium enhancements
  • Mappaint: Selected nodes are now bigger and filled (r9451)
  • Remember user input when upload dialog is closed (r9462)
  • Preset dialog: display the related key in a tooltip (r9360, r9467)
  • New arrow on edit relation button lists recent relations (r9668, r9700, r9705, r9722)
  • Imagery related improvements (r9340, r9391, r9396, r9414, r9610, r9613, r9617, r9619, r9620, r9628, r9642, r9664, r9682, r9731, r9755, r9756, r9768, r9807, r9826, r9860, r9864, r9887:9889, r9897, r9899)
• minor enhancements
  • Presets/Map styles/Validator:
    • add/improve/fix/remove: denomination=spiritist (r9361, r9729), barrier=jersey_barrier (r9362), amenity=studio (r9363, r9418), trees (r9364, r9393), location (r9367), "highway link is not linked" test (r9381, r9397), tag checker auto-fixing (r9382), destination in roundabouts (r9386), building=* (r9392), traffic_sign=countrycode:signcode (r9415), shop=tobacco (r9420), seasonal=yes (r9425), power=portal,insulator and building=transformer_tower (r9433), power=cable_distribution_cabinet (r9434), natural=cliff (r9456), power=* (r9494, r9495, r9500, r9895), emergency group and new items emergency=ambulance_station,fire_hose,water_tank,emergency=assembly_point,siren (r9523), waterway=canal,ditch,wadi (r9538, r9552), Validate correct traffic flow at roundabouts (r9540), unnecessary motor_vehicle=yes warning (r9541), shop=cosmetics,perfumery (r9550), sport=* (r9561), cycleway:left/right=shared_lane (r9566), man_made=crane (r9589), amenity=swimming_pool (r9593), golf (icons by tumsi)(r9640, r9641, r9650, r9654), location:transition=yes (r9643), amenity=ice_cream (r9651), amenity=water_point (r9651), cuisine (r9652), craft (r9681, r9892), office area style (r9681), leisure=swimming_pool (r9690), shop=houseware (r9718), incline (r9723), traffic_calming (r9724), man_made=silo (r9725), maxheight=default|none (r9736), building:levels (r9737), multiple spaces in tag values (r9744), leisure=park (r9745), keys ending with a number (r9747, r9836), usage (r9794), "style for outer way mismatches polygon" warning (r9834), sport=ice_skatingsport=roller_skating (r9835), "lit on suspicious object" warning (r9837), missing/wrong railway=crossing|level_crossing validator warning (r9839), validate size of islands/islets (r9843), leisure=fitness_station (r9851), route=foot (r9852), Group opening hours tests (r9886), xxxx (r99), deprecated tags validator warnings (r9551), multipolygon validation (r9553, r9582:9584, r9900), untagged nodes outside of downloaded area (r9604), allow closedway for some more highway presets (r9554), deprecate some tags (r9435)
    • New icons for whole power group, water items and waypoint items; thanks to zermes for providing the new icons! (r9423, r9506, r9513, r9550)
  • Move "Search menu items" to Help menu (r9347, r9389, r9390, r9410)
  • MapCSS: basic support for :selected pseudoclass (r9341)
  • MapCSS: character classes in regexp: \p{...} (r9857)
  • New preset type "multipolygon" (r9574, r9587, r9588, r9615, r9632, r9638)
  • Show notification about relations when unglueing (r9387)
  • Conflict Dialog: add user and changeset (r9468)
  • Conflict resolution: add actions "Resolve to my/their versions" in popup menu (only in expert mode) (r9440, r9452, r9482)
  • History Dialog: indicate the number of changeset comments (r9526)
  • History Dialog: only color code the changed part (r9450)
  • Allow to stop downloading GPS data and keep the downloaded part (r9509)
  • Upload dialog: allow select another user open changeset (r9519)
  • Changeset manager: allow to download objects from a changeset (r9521)
  • Default filename when saving layer (r9670)
  • OAuth improvements (r9350, r9352, r9355, r9356, r9374)
  • Improvements to dialog to set number of recently added tags (r9683)
  • Options to updated and hide items from list of recently added tags (r9743)
  • Improvements to Gpx/image correlation (r9726, r9727, r9739:9742)
  • Fix sorting when copying/pasting relation members (r9710)
  • Extend Save Layers dialog for more layer types; thanks to holgermappt for providing this patch! (r9751)
  • Advanced preferences: display default entries consistently (r9821)
  • Option to reverse zoom with mouse wheel (r9824)
  • Press Tab only once to jump from upload comment field to source field (r9463)
  • Choose color with double-click in color preferences (r9686)
  • Allow copying note text from toggle dialog (r9858)
  • Allow to increase decimal places in statusbar (r9862, r9863, r9885)
  • More tests for validity of Styles and Presets at Jenkins. Check for errors if you make changes to your styles/presets, which are integrated in JOSM. (r9400)
  • Comparison between ​​GitHub project Editor Imagery Index and JOSM imagery lists (r9340, r9505, r9515, r9516, r9518, r9653, r9658, r9662)
  • 362 more minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of Milestone 16.02

2016-01-06: Stable release r9329 (16.01)

• major enhancements
  • Fix memory leak from previous tested version (r9298)
• medium enhancements
  • Unglue: ask the user about tags/membership (r9292, r9315)
• minor enhancements
  • Presets/Map styles/Validator:
    • add/improve/fix: social_facility (r9285), diaper (r9287), maxspeed:hgv (r9288), culvert (r9294), entrance=staircase (r9302), tourism=wilderness_hut (r9302), tourism fill color (r9302), turn restriction validation (r9236, r9244), power validation (r9321)
    • New icons for whole health group, whole railway group and whole minor ways group; big thanks to zermes for providing the new icons! (r9286, r9306, r9307)
  • Improve display of icons (increase svg icons, square toolbar buttons) (r9251:9253, r9275, r9281)
  • Obtain icons from presets for nodes/relations in selection/relation list/editor (r9265)
  • Improve gpx speed coloring (r9234)
  • Change default color of waypoints and GPS tracks to magenta (r9248)
  • Relation list: re-filter after zooming (r9264)
  • Fix preference file backup system (r9311, r9312)
  • Small OAuth adjustments (r9300, r9301, r9313)
  • Possibility to download from mirror with all download action (r9241, r9242)
  • 71 more minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of Milestone 16.01

Older stable releases

• Changelog/2015: Releases from r7907 to r9229
• Changelog/2014: Releases from r6763 to r7906
• Changelog/2013: Releases from r5697 to r6502
• Changelog/2012: Releases from r4878 to r5608

See also

• JOSM related changes in the ​osm svn
• There is a similar changelog for plugins, which is no longer updated.