OpenStreetBrowser/ChangeLog

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The most important (visible) changes. Please have a look also at http://blog.openstreetbrowser.org. For the full changelog see the commit log on Gitorious or GitHub.

Branch 2.1

Version 2.1.5 - 2011-12-26

• tip of the day
• updates of French and Greek translation
• new help by user Rostranimin
• bugfixes

Version 2.1.4

• no more ads! please donate instead...
• icon chooser fixed
• map view toolbox cookie fixed
• database repaired

Version 2.1.3

• improvement of autozoom behaviour
• permalink enhanced
• translations...
• bugfixes

Version 2.1.2

• translations!
• minor bugfixes

Version 2.1.1

• new translation: Greek
• bugfixes

Version 2.1

• NEW SERVER! (please donate that skunk can hold it)
• navigation (by cloudmade)
• new translation system
• movable window system
• talk pages
• new short domain: http://osb.cc

Branch 2.0

Version 2.0.7 - 2011-09-30

• The Blog window only opens if there's something new (+ there's a link in the main links)
• Language update (esp. French)
• Some small bugfixes

Version 2.0.6 - 2011-09-18

• Bugfixes:
  • Improve rendering of place names (esp. countries)
  • Title of info for unnamed objects shows "undefined" -> fixed
  • Categories: Fix creating new categories ; Set tag 'id' to define id of category

Version 2.0.5 - 2011-09-11

• Bugfixes
• Updated translations (thanks to all contributors!)
  • Congrats to Dutch, which reached 96% translated strings, though being the youngest translation!
• Updates to the Basemap (affecting all new tiles)
  • Include fonts for Asian languages
  • Barriers-Rendering has been improved (see Improve barriers)

Version 2.0.4 - 2011-08-29

• Bugfixes
• Fixed the Map Key (for basemap)
• Translations:
  • Updated translations from Wiki
  • moved strings for the map-key to correct places, including rename
  • New language Dutch

Version 2.0.3 - 2011-08-14

• boundaries no longer vanish during update from OSM (rendered map tiles will still not show missing boundaries, because they will not be updated that soon)
• Translations:
  • Fixes in translations (move strings to correct place, add some missing strings)
  • New language Asturian, updates to other languages
  • The category list under 'More Categories' is being translated (if available)

Version 2.0.2 - 2011-08-09

• Updated translations (thanks to all contributors!)
• Some updates to the rendering of the basemap
  • In the style I had confused highway=trunk and highway=motorway_link, therefore trunk roads were not rendered in zoom<9 and in wrong style (trunk roads are a thick line, orange; motorway link are thin line, red).
  • Re-ordered priority of link-roads in rendering: Below major roads
  • Due to a bug railways were not rendered in zoom<8 ; improve style
  • Waterways are a little more prominent in zoom<11
• Something in the rendering queue has a memory leak ... restart renderd every now and then
• Improve detection of boundaries

Version 2.0.1 - 2011-07-23

• Woods/Forest have a solid color now (#72c063), because pattern obscures other map objects
• Fixed the Wikipedia Plugin: It should display the article in the right language (if available) as well should be more intelligent in compiling the abstract

Version 2.0 - 2011-07-14

• new database that is nearly up-to-date in realtime
• worldwide coverage
• markers now in permalinks
• context menu on left or right mouse click on the map
• translations in ten languages
• ...

Roadmap

Maybe not in 2.1 but later?

• Save views/objects/... as favorites
• Viewer for GPX-files
• Measure distances and areas on the map

Ideas for later

• Better translation system
• Download current object as GPX/KML/Shapefile
• Download category for an area as GPX/KML/Shapefile
• "My Maps" - draw things on the map (KML)
• Layer-Menu, custom external Layers