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-??-??: Stable release 16??? (20.03)

• major enhancements
  • #18856 - Add Arabic language
  • #18856 - Add support for Eastern Arabic(-Indic) and Khmer numerals
• medium enhancements
• minor enhancements
  • #18596 - Fix relation ordering after split-way
  • #14965 - Sort Autofilter tags alphabetical
  • #18810 - Validator dialog shows the test that produced the message in the tool tip
  • #18818 - Download from OSM along selected ways: allow value < 10 [meters]
  • #18796 - Make Validator work correctly after upload
  • #18835 - Download members: don't perform a full recursive download of children relations, i.e. only way and node members are completed
  • #18835 - Make Cancel button work while relation members were downloaded
  • #13805, #17737 - Improve progress bar of validator
  • #18870 - DownloadAlongAction: suppress multiple requests dialog for only one server request in DownloadAlong
  • #18885 - AdvancedChangesetQueryPanel: select checkbox/radio-button when clicking its label
  • #18658 - Don't create empty validator layer
  • #18619 - Upload dialog: add border, reorder summary
  • #18649 - Imagery menu: Do not create category submenu with only one entry
• Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules:
  • #16707 - Improve highlighting of overlapping areas and "zoom to error"
  • #18744 - Improve "Join Overlapping Areas" behavior
  • #13165 - Improve overlapping multipolygons test
  • #17629 - Don't warn about name=mairie|rathaus
  • #9895 - Warn about values of noexit other than yes
  • #12575 - Add icon for craft=blacksmith
  • #16707 - Warn about overlapping connected buildings
  • #18817 - Warn about marker as member of underground pipeline or cable
  • #18765 - Don't warn about two single values of direction (direction=90;270) and combination of ranges and single values (direction=45-100;190-250;300)
  • #18819 - Deprecate exit_to=* in favor of destination=*
  • #18140 - Switch to OpeningHoursParser
  • #18741 - Tag checker: report codepoint of unusual Unicode character
  • #12914, #18552, #18640 - Move out French-specific rules to external France specific rules
  • #15240 - Change Potlatch icon to svg
• Rework "under the hood"
  • #16860 - Setup Apache Ivy
  • #18140 - Switch to OpeningHoursParser
  • #18845 - Reorganization of data, images, styles, IDE and native files in a more practical file tree
  • #18802 - Refactor and optimizations: MapCSS
  • #18864 - Refactor and optimizations: Tagging Presets
  • #18896 - Refactor and optimizations: ImageryInfo
  • #18886 - Refactor and optimizations: OsmReader
• More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of milestone 20.03

2020-02-26: Stable release 15937 (20.02)

(First version 15915 was released as stable version and due to major bugs version 15927 and 15937 were released as hotfixes.)

• major enhancements
  • #18440 - Restore access to Maxar imageries
  • #18729 - Add links to Geofabrik regional/national Taginfo instances
  • #18628, #18679, #17109 - Improve Autofilters: display the active rule/key, support numeric value with units, support 0.5 steps for level and add new keys: building:levels, gauge, frequency, incline, lanes, admin_level
  • #14088 - Add tag and change value dialogs: use matching preset/mappaint style icons on the okay button
• medium enhancements
  • #18749 - Reduce memory footprint
  • #18566 - Download object: improve performance and behavior
  • #10511, #18728, #9911, #9599 - Join areas: improve performance and behavior
• minor enhancements
  • #17827 - Add compatibility with Java 14
  • #18639 - Update to overpass-wizard 0.0.9
  • #18654 - Separate unique identifiers per primitive type (This allows to easily update .osm files with negative ids across multiple sessions, such as internal JOSM boundaries file.)
  • #18678 - Fix DownloadAlong with locked layers
  • #18677 - Add "download" and "locked" status to osm data layer info
  • #18703 - Scroll through TabPreferenceSetting using mouse wheel
  • #15158 - Tag2Link: support leading zeros for ref:bag
  • #18709 - Add Tag Dialog: disable auto completion during use of recent tags
  • #13108 - Registers *.geojson, *.jos, *.joz files on all platforms
  • #18720 - Automatically enable "Tile zoom offset" in HIDPI mode
  • #18761 - Only consider source=survey for local GPX files, not the public ones
• Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules:
  • #18577 - Update opening_hours.js
  • #18667 - Match cycleway:left and cycleway:right on Cycle Lane/Track preset too
  • #18642 - Don't warn about the key to on route=ferry ways
  • #17820 - Same support for oneway:bicycle=no as for cycleway=opposite
  • #18633 - Extend route=ferry preset
  • #11232 - Warn about highway=* + construction=yes
  • #18740 - Validator: whitelist a few phonetic characters
  • #18767 - Add navigationaid=als|papi|vasi to aeroway=navigationaid preset, add own icons for papi and vasi and warn about navigationaid=approach_light and navigationaid="ALS (Approach lighting system)"
  • #17541 - Add historic=fort
  • #12575 - Add icon for craft=stonemason
  • #18719, #18659 - Change car to motorcar in amenity=charging_station preset, add a validator warning and add motorcycle=*
  • Add icons of the tracktypes in the preset combo for easier learning/understanding which pattern belongs to which tracktype
  • Add leisure=outdoor_seating
  • Add payment:contactless to payment preset
  • Add vehicle combo to highway=track preset
• More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see SVN log messages of milestone 20.02

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.