Notices by Organic Maps (organicmaps@fosstodon.org)

No, we're not renaming it. All map data in Organic Maps comes from the OpenStreetMap project.

Is anyone on Crete 🇬🇷 in the upcoming week and want to meet with one of Organic Maps maintainers or test drive/improve Organic Maps?

Hikers want to know how much they'll climb, everyone wants their search address to just work, and no one should feel like they're falling off the edge of the map. Thanks to our contributors, your good reviews, donations, and support, we've tackled all three — and a whole lot more in the April release or the app:

https://organicmaps.app/news/2026-04-07/hiking-cycling-routes-elevation-charts-us-address-search-antimeridian-map-wrapping-april-2026-organic-maps-update/

With love and care ❤️
The Organic Maps Team

For almost two years, users searching for Organic Maps on F-Droid have been unable to install the app due to a bug (or due to someone's deliberate choice?).
Many users have reported this issue to us. They do not understand why it happens. The bug is still there, and F-Droid maintainers don't care: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/work_items/2850

New Organic Maps beta:
- iOS https://testflight.apple.com/join/lrKCl08I
- Android https://appdistribution.firebase.dev/i/f3e918f9abc40c9c
- NEW Search Screen Interface on Android!
- New OpenStreetMap data as of February 8, new Wikipedia data as of February 1
- Selecting the current position or recording a track shows the correct MSL (meters above the sea level) elevation on Android 14+ devices (instead of meters above the geoid)
- Routing: fixed average speed estimation
- Routing: fixed bicycle access for some roads

How to zoom in or zoom out with one hand in Organic Maps:
1. Tap quickly twice anywhere on the map, but don't lift up a finger after the 2nd tap.
2. Move your finger up or down to zoom in or zoom out.

Long Tap gesture: shows or hides the interface.

Organic Maps is participating in the 2026 Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program. If you are interested in joining, please check out some project ideas here https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/wiki/GSoC-2026-ideas or submit your own. Candidates with already merged pull requests will have more chances to be accepted ;-)

Privacy-focused Proton again runs a fundraiser for privacy-focused projects. Vote for Organic Maps! https://proton.me/blog/lifetime-fundraiser-survey-2025

@ChrisWere @tagomago Many Organic Maps contributors have never worked on any FOSS project before. An easy way to start is important for them, as, for example, for GSoC students.

@tagomago Many Organic Maps contributors work on the project in their free time, at the expense of time spent with family. Convenience in terms of saved time is important, yes.

Some are asking: why does privacy-focused Organic Maps use GitHub? The largest open-source contributor network, familiar PR & issue workflow, Actions CI, broad integrations, zero infra to maintain, and easy onboarding/discoverability. This lets us focus on improving the app instead of running and maintaining servers. Development time is the most precious resource nowadays, and most of our users don't care where the code is hosted, but care about the app functionality and usability…
Do you care?

@janvlug @Codeberg what issues, risks, or lock-in-related things do you see now? Migration is possible at any moment; git guarantees it out of the box.

@nictakiego we confusingly have two accounts... probably we should kill one..

Organic Maps has more than 10K stars on GitHub: https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps

...And here is the video of Organic Maps in Season 3 Episode 1 of Interns (Hippocrate) series at 03:24 https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/84363-hippocrate/season/3/episode/1

Organic Maps is featured in Season 3 Episode 1 of Interns (Hippocrate) series at 03:24 https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/84363-hippocrate/season/3/episode/1

Track recording preview on Android. Missing features are coming soon, stay tuned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7vgffhLHwE

Thanks to everyone who supports and donates to keep the project alive!
Donate: https://organicmaps.app/donate/
Support us in other ways: https://organicmaps.app/support-us/

Due to "anti-features" introduced unilaterally by some people from FDroid community, it is not possible to find Organic Maps using the search in FDroid client without tinkering with its settings first: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/issues/3347

By default, it is possible to find apps with ads, with tracking, with non-free network services, dependencies and assets, apps without source code and with known vulnerabilities. But it is not possible to find Organic Maps, an open-source app without ads and tracking.

Last night Organic Maps was removed from the Play Store without any warnings or additional details due to "not meeting the requirements for the Family Program". Compared to Google Maps and other maps apps rated for 3+ age, there are no ads or in-app purchases in Organic Maps. We have asked for an appeal.

As a temporary workaround for the Google Play issue, you can install the new upcoming Google Play update from this link: https://cdn.organicmaps.app/apk/OrganicMaps-24081605-GooglePlay.apk

The May 2024 Organic Maps update supports bookmarks and tracks sorting by name, paved paths are white, and unpaved ones are brown. And there are so many other changes and fixes, thanks to our contributors! Update and enjoy, and don't forget to update maps too. And donate to support the open-source, community-driven, privacy-focused maps project! Get the update at https://omaps.app/get and read more details about the improvements here: https://organicmaps.app/news/2024-05-19/the-may-2024-organic-maps-update-bookmarks-and-tracks-sorting-by-name-gpx-fixes/