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No, we're not renaming it. All map data in Organic Maps comes from the OpenStreetMap project.
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mastodon 4.7.3Organic Maps is a free, privacy-focused offline maps and navigation app for tourists, hikers, bikers, and drivers. A better alternative to Google Maps, made with love by the community and experienced engineers.
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Development and debugging of one of the upcoming features (Public Transport)
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Have you tried the latest Organic Maps beta? It supports 3D terrain/hillshading (and isolines in feet!), along with other features. https://beta.omaps.app/
Please send us your feedback and report any issues.
Guess who is lying here? Organic Maps binary files are free and have always been free. The license only requires proper attribution, in the same way that using Wikipedia or OpenStreetMap.org data requires proper attribution.
There are many new exciting features and bugfixes in the June Organic Maps update to try out, including:
- Satellite imagery
- Public transport routes
- Alternate routes
- New search and route planning interface for Android
- Large accessibility fonts support for iOS
Read detailed changelog and see more screenshots at https://organicmaps.app/news/2026-06-29/satellite-imagery-public-transport-routes-alternate-routes-new-search-and-route-planning-interface-for-android-large-accessibility-fonts/
As always, your donations and support are always welcome!
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Organic Maps Beta 2026.06.15: satellite imagery (enable in OM's settings), public transport routing, alternative routes, new search for Android, and more https://organicmaps.app/news/2026-06-15/organic-maps-beta-satellite-imagery-public-transport-routing-new-search/
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:
With love and care ❤️
The Organic Maps Team
As you may have already noticed, the July Organic Maps update (mostly bug fixes, but with cool features too!) is out. Check the detailed announcement here: https://organicmaps.app/news/2026-07-23/bugfixes-and-improvements-for-public-transport-routing-search-and-bookmarks-july-2026/
We don’t understand what’s going on, but Organic Maps is in top 1 in India AppStore, and top 3 in India Google Play. Thanks for your support! Let’s make the best maps together!
• OSM map data as of June 3
• NEW! Alternative route - the shortest, in addition to the fastest
• NEW! Steps, gate, lift gate route warnings
• NEW! Tracks/Routes multiselect
• Custom download server via special search command ?map-download-server:https://custom.server/
• Cantonese TTS voice directions
• Multi-stop route deeplinks API, compatible with Google Maps
Android:
• NEW! Redesigned Search
• NEW! Detailed PT routing
iOS:
• NEW! Large fonts accessibility
One of our maintainers and core contributors (Alexander @biodranik@fosstodon.org) met with Brewster Kahle, the founder of the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/), at a recent conference in Lisbon, where Kahle is looking for patrons/partners who may help with storing European Internet Archive data on European servers. Please contact him if you are interested in helping. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_Kahle
Did you already try the latest beta? Get it at https://beta.omaps.org/
• OSM map data as of April 27
• NEW! Select a public transport stop (bus, tram, railway, ferry) and select the route number to see it on the map
• NEW! Redesigned altitude (elevation) graph view for Tracks and Routes
• Split regions and added isolines for Vietnam and Malaysia
• Hong Kong, Macau, Hainan downloadable regions, updated borders, and isoline profiles
• Many optimizations, bug and translation fixes
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@sapash@privacysafe.social they don't listen, unfortunately. We have already tried: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/31074
Per-locale CJK glyphs on Android, track customization (Android color picker, HTML description editing), theme-park attractions and more in the Organic Maps update, read https://organicmaps.app/news/2026-05-27/cjk-glyphs-android-color-picker-ios-track-descriptions-theme-park-attractions/ for details.
A highly recommended read about age verification and its privacy implications, with many interesting details and facts: https://reclaimthenet.org/the-age-verification-con
Conditional speed limits, more detailed isolines for China, split/smaller Tanzania regions, leather shops and more in the March Organic Maps update.
P.S. Contact us by email at sdk@organicmaps.app if you are interested in iOS/Android/Linux/MacOS/Windows SDK with offline maps that you can reuse in your projects.
P.P.S. Did you know about the API you can already use in your app if Organic Maps app is also installed? Check it here: https://omaps.app/api
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
Book the date: on March 4th, 2026, 20:00 CET/2PM EST, Organic Maps is presenting at Open Transport Meetup with the topic "GTFS + OpenStreetMap + Organic Maps = Public Transport for everyone." https://github.com/transportkollektiv/meetup/wiki
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@opensourceopenmind @manankanchu Binary data is free; it contains data from many sources with different licenses that require a proper attribution (OSM, Wikipedia, etc.). It is not something that OM invented. Calling it non-free is a plain lie to F-Droid users. Please check it yourself: https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/blob/master/DATA_LICENSE.txt
@Nead@social.vivaldi.net Thanks for your support ❤️
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@diskostu@mastodon.social Either on our GitHub (make a detailed issue), or send us wrong routes at support@organicmaps.app, but please confirm first that OpenStreetMap.org map data is correct, and other routing engines provide better results.
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@bart@mastodon.fam-ribbers.com thanks, we’re already looking at it. The main difference is that we also want to improve OpenStreetMap.org map data quality by providing community with a tool to add missing stops, or correct existing ones.
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@gamey @opensourceopenmind @Jqri that is a bug in F-Droid, and details were already provided and discussed almost two years ago. Please check the link to the discussion. The problem is that the bug arises when users _do not change the default setting_, not the opposite.
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@snue We tested with many people. This message misleads users. Nobody we asked was able to install OM without our explanation on how to disable this unclear hint in settings. The impression was "Organic Maps was not found".
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@manankanchu it works for you, because you have changed that setting.
BTW, F-Droid deliberately misinforms users by labeling Organic Maps as such:
- Our binary files are free assets and can be used by anyone. They are under a FOSS license that requires proper attribution.
- The fact that the app downloads its maps from the app's CDN does not make the app "bad".
But that's another story/narrative pushed towards OM by some of the F-Droid guys.
Let's focus now on the installation issue.
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@mcbaumwolle AppTester is a convenient way to automatically get beta updates. You can install this beta directly using https://cdn.organicmaps.app/apk/2026.02.09-24-Google-beta.apk
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@smsm1 @sohkamyung @cheeaun maybe someone can contact local government for the feed access? Another alternative is to write an api converter into gtfs format, we can also support that.
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@vinvel@social.tchncs.de Thanks! Did you already check the current coverage in Germany at https://gtfs-osm-matcher.organicmaps.app/ ? What's missing?
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@diskostu@mastodon.social @lehtimaeki@snapp.social routing depens on OpenStreetMap.org map data quality. If roads are defined properly in OpenStreetMap.org, then please share bad routes with us for investigation.
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@Jqri @gamey @opensourceopenmind many users did not realize it from our experiments and feedback. They just gave up and told us “Organic Maps is not available on F-Droid”. That is the problem.
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@DKMellow thanks for confirming! Looks like everyone who installed F-Droid before some recent date is affected. At least what we heard and observed from our users.
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@memoria @opensourceopenmind @manankanchu looks like you’ve mixed it up. Attribution = mention the project = following the license terms. Skipping attribution without explicit permission = violating the license. Anyone can take binary maps or other files and use them for whatever needs, by following the license terms.
Do Wikipedia or OpenStreetMap.org allow removing their attribution and full rebranding as a different product?
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@leeloo@c.im @sapash@privacysafe.social The issue mentioned above was closed by the other side. Did you read the thread?
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@cocolino You enabled that checkbox in settings, contrary to many F-Droid users who have this checkbox disabled.
We recently received this email. If you are interested or know relevant people, reply to the author directly at hansmair@campus.tu-berlin.de
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@fennek this is 1) bad default setting issue that requires users to learn about setting and find/change the setting; 2) bad UX for the unclear message about the filtered out app. Writing something like “Press here to open Organic Maps, because it was filtered out from search by default by someone’s decision” would help users a lot.
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@F30 @biodranik a safe and reliable place to store and access European internet archive.
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@memoria @opensourceopenmind @manankanchu would you please elaborate? Many free licenses require attribution, in the same way as OM requires when using its map data files. Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap.org, even FDroid icon requires attribution. Allowing to remove attribution is more freedom than disallowing it.
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@tucholsky@social.tchncs.de It is already available https://f-droid.org/en/packages/app.organicmaps/
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@exyi @opensourceopenmind @manankanchu that’s complicated, the server should have a very specific version of map files, because we change/update the map data format frequently. Otherwise the client won’t work or even crash.