Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

2026-10

• Share map links with QR code

2026-09

• Option to organize geojson features into multiple layers, drag&drop features between layers
• URL parameter nocontrols=true hides the map controls
• Search can find map local geojson results
• Color picker offers the site and map default colors
• Improved View-Edit mode switch
• Option for users to skip map description on load
• Improved KML/KMZ import from Google Maps
• Support the Pinhead and Fontawesome icon sets
• Provide a docker compose setup for self hosting
• Shape selection for points: circle, pin, square
• Background for polygons: a fill color, an image like a floor plan, or a pattern

2026-08

• Show an explanation when the browser has no WebGL2 support
• German translations for Frontpage and Map interface
• Search backend switched to photon.komoot.io
• Option to copy search results to your map
• Added protomaps base map
• New styling properties: label-title, fill-extrusion-shadow
• Live train maps with departure times from the Deutsche Bahn timetable API (RB6)
• Support for right-to-left text

2026-07

• Update to Maplibre GL JS 6.0
• Performance improvements for large maps
• Option to delete items from context menu

2026-06

• Providing the official OpenSUSE Conference 2026 map
• Indoor Maps: support for multiple levels and improved level control UI
• New styling properties: text-offset, text-anchor, label-shadow-width
• New logo and sticker
• Performance: deferred loading, optimized fonts, database indexes
• Allow to re-order layer items with drag & drop

2026-05

• Switched headline font to "Bree Serif"
• Enhanced waymarkedtrails.org integration: Select and copy trails to your map
• Added indoor layer (vector data from indoorequal)

2026-04

• Mobile usability improvements
• Geolocate compass mode (rotates map with device)
• Fix elevation graph of long tracks with > 2000 points
• Allow to color code routes by steepness + surface
• Option to convert gpx tracks into routes
• New layer type 'raster' with waymarkedtrails.org examples

2026-03

• Context menu to edit line vertexes
• Re-style map modals and feature edit form
• Page in OpenStreetMap wiki
• Layer visibility toggle
• Experimental basemap layer with option to copy OSM elements to your map
• Log multiple tracks with µlogger to the same map
• Introduce shared map ownership + improved share modal

2026-02

• Support Wikipedia layer
• Allow to login with OpenStreetMap

2026-01

• 1000st user that created a map!
• Map features can directly link to urls or other features
• Map description with Markdown
• GPX map export compatibility with Komoot and Garmin

2025-12

• Upgrade to Ruby 4.0
• Filter and sort Gallery map list
• Copy & paste features with ctrl+c / ctrl+v

2025-11

• Keyboard shortcuts
• Show active collaborators' cursors on the map (optional)

2025-10

• Using exif coordinates from uploaded images (upload in layers modal)
• Share option to embed as iframe and download image

2025-09

• Show users' recently viewed maps
• Unicode 17 emoji support
• Improved tutorial map
• Emoji picker

2025-08

• Ship as PWA (progressive web app) + Android app
• Improved compass
• Introduce playground

2025-07

• Undo/Redo for features and tracks
• Adaptive kilometer markers on tracks
• First tutorial for overpass layers
• Improved mobile navigation
• Use IP to coordinates database for centering initial map view on user location

2025-06

• Option to cluster overpass results
• Option to style overpass results

2025-05

• Device orientation indicator
• Maps can have multiple layers
• Overpass layers
• Heatmap support

2025-04

• Elevation graph
• Use maplibre-directions for routing
• Reworked settings modal
• Map options: Terrain, hillshade, contour lines, globe mode
• Option to show distance markers on tracks

2025-03

• Fine grained view + edit permissions per map
• Reworked layers modal
• Add share and layers modal in read-only view

2025-02

• Define route waypoints
• Update map lists with Hotwire broadcasts

2025-01

• Maplibre 5.0
• MyMaps view
• Frontpage feature tour

2024-12

• New navigation layout
• Support login via Github + Google
• UI editor for line/outline

2024-11

• Rails 8.0
• UI editor for fill/outline colour, symbol
• Icon upload
• Line extrusion support

2024-10

• Free paint mode
• GPX export

2024-09

• Rails 7.2, Maplibre 4.7

2024-08

• Direct link to map features
• Make feature details modal expandable
• First version of UI editor for description and point size

2024-07

• sync center/zoom/pitch/bearing to other clients
• geojson import
• auto center + zoom
• image upload in µlogger API

2024-06

• Burger menu navigation
• Dropped openlayers
• Modal for feature details
• Make Mapforge run without maptiler key
• Support µlogger API

2024-05

• Switch to maplibre backend
• Admin map listing
• Layer view listing all features on the map
• gpx + kml upload
• Search bar
• Framework to control + cancel animations
• Adding rack-cache and cache-control headers for dragonfly media
• Calculate default map center based on features

2024-04

• Introduce dragonfly to store 'icon' marker types
• Testing deck.gl + maplibre gl backends
• Adding emoji pngs to use from 'marker-symbol' attribute

2024-03

• Added Bootstrap5
• Upgrade to Openlayers 9
• Created new frontpage that iterates through demos of available features