Changelog

This page provides an user-friendly changelog for the stable releases of JOSM. Its granularity lies between the contents of the StartupPage and the SVN log messages.

• This list contains mainly enhancements and changes.
• Bug fixes are seldom listed here (although a major part of each release are bug fixes). See the link SVN log messages of milestone YY.MM at the end of each chapter to search for fixed bugs.
• Changes of external resources (Presets, Map Paint Styles, Validator Rules, Imageries and Plugins) are not listed here.
• The JOSM related changes noted on ​osm trac are not listed here as well.

2020-02-01: Stable release 15806 (20.01)

• major enhancements
  • #13901, #18542, #14465 - Reimplement Tag2Link plugin in core and improve it (obtain formatter URL from Wikidata and OSM Wikibase, improve handling for several selected object)
• medium enhancements
  • #15946 - Double click sliders to reset opacity/colorfulness/gamma/sharpness
  • #11914 - Allow to show user name in title bar
  • #18477 - Split Way: smart way selection: if only one highway/railway/waterway is applicable, use that one
  • #17496 - AutoFilter: infer sensible default values for key layer
• minor enhancements
  • #18510 - Add icons to move up/down/left/right actions
  • #18504 - Add support for Tasking Manager 4 GPX URL
  • #18509 - Display GPX colors in layer dialog with a circle
  • #18514 - Make all changeset actions and dialogs only accessible in expert mode
  • #18091 - Reuse Help shortcut inside tag/membership dialog
  • #18494 - GPX layers uses the name from the file instead of "Downloaded GPX Data" whenever possible
  • #18514 - Disable Window menu when empty, display changeset toggle dialog entry in the window menu only in expert mode
  • #18530 - Upload dialog: support validator and notes layers as source tag
  • #18172 - Add new imagery categories "elevation" and "qa"
  • #18015 - Fix timezone in ImageViewerDialog
  • #18540 - Use correct primitive icons in validator dialog
  • #18083 - Don't combine ways when the shared node is old and outside of the download area.
  • #18020 - Don't show way directions for boundary and multipolygon relations
  • #17654 - Notify users of viewport following activation by shortcut
  • #18026 - Relation member conflict: render decision as radio buttons
  • #10435 - MapCSS: add settings of type string/double
  • #18503 - Relation editor: compute wayConnection for type=superroute
  • #17220 - LayerListDialog: show imagery offset in tooltip, re-enable previous offset on click
  • #14921 - WMS: support time={time} for Sentinel-2 imagery
  • #17688 - History Viewer: allow to select/copy multiple values
  • #17639 - Relation editor: invert color of icons when line is selected
  • #13813 - Advanced object info: use consistent coordinates/bbox format
  • #14197 - Advanced Preferences: support search keywords "modified", "default", "changed"
  • #18613 - Discourage upload of geojson data
  • #18624 - Improve performance of parent ways/relations download
  • #18632 - Fix loading of SVG images in internal help browser
  • #18608 - Use the correct console encoding on Windows
  • #18653 - Update EU boundaries after Brexit
• Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules:
  • #18517 - Deprecate office=administrative in favour of office=government
  • #18505 - Detect highway=crossing without crossing=* (info level)
  • #18469 - Deprecate landuse=churchyard
  • #18460 - More precise internal border between Germany and Switzerland
  • #18455 - Detect objects not matching their presets object type (info level)
  • #18421 - Add route=running and route=fitness_trail
  • #18524 - Add more values for "material"
  • #18374 - Warn if collection_times is used instead of opening_hours on amenity=recycling, rewording in preset
  • #10576 - Add railway=construction preset
  • #18411 - Warn about railway=construction or highway=construction together with construction=yes
  • #18507 - Add kerb=* to crossing and traffic signals preset, warn about barrier=kerb together with kerb=no, warn about kerb=unknown, warn if barrier=kerb and kerb=* are used on isolated nodes, warn if barrier=kerb is used on highway=crossing as part of a major road and suggest kerb=* instead, deprecate sloped_curb=* in favor of kerb=*
  • #12575 - Add craft icons: gardener, shoemaker, upholsterer
  • Add lamp_type / lamp_mount to street_lamp preset
  • #18546 - "Relation type is unknown" Lower severity from WARNING to OTHER
  • #16237 - Add amenity=dive_centre
  • #18544 - Don't warn crossing administrative and protected_area boundaries, check also complete members of incomplete relations
  • #18550 - Don't warn about bollard=unremovable looks like bollard=removable
  • #18552 - Add validation rules for French telecom references
  • #17736 - Add landuse=flowerbed, render landuse=school
  • #9836 - Detect crossings between barrier/building, barrier/highway, barrier/railway, and barrier/waterway
  • #18557 - Add gaelic_games:handball check to Gaelic Games preset
  • #18571 - Deprecate unnamed=yes in favor of noname=yes
  • #18572 - Add guidepost role to more route relation presets
  • #18573 - Add isced:level to education presets
  • #18471 - Warn about highway=cycleway|footway|path together with segregated=no and sidewalk=left|right|both and warn about values of segregated other than yes|no
  • #18585 - Support duration as restriction-type in conditional syntax validator test
  • #5794 - Download window Bounding Box tab: place text fields in diamond pattern
  • #18612 - Autofix building=other|unclassified|undefined|unknown|unidentified to building=yes
  • #18603 - Deprecate bicycle:oneway in favor of oneway:bicycle
  • #18605 - Deprecate building:height and building:min_height in favor of height and min_height
  • #18594 - Add route=share_taxi and duration to route preset
  • #18168 - Don't warn about missing boundary tag if disused:boundary is present
  • #18627 - Add building=fire_station to building preset
  • #18635 - Ignore duration, interval, change:lanes, change:lanes:forward and change:lanes:backward in "value looks like..." validator test
  • More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of milestone 20.01

Older stable releases

• Changelog/2019: Releases from r14261 to r15628
• Changelog/2018: Releases from r13266 to r14620
• Changelog/2017: Releases from r11426 to r13265
• Changelog/2016: Releases from r9230 to r11425
• 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

• There is a similar changelog for plugins, which is no longer updated.