v48.0

[westnordost]

M-M-M-Mega Update!

A few things came together... this update contains what would usually be in 4 or so releases! Enjoy!

1️⃣️️ Addresses Overlay

The most efficient way to map addresses on-site, even in places where no buildings are mapped yet!
You can add addresses to buildings, edit existing ones and also add them at any new position, using the same sleek UI as for the address quests.

🛍️ Shops Overlay

Easily map and check what shops exist in your local shopping area!

🚀 HUGE performance improvements (#4079, #4125), all by @Helium314

The app is now more responsive during normal use thanks to extensive caching and other improvements, in particular, roughly:

• 2x to 8x times faster display of quest pins and overlays
• 2x to 3x times faster showing of quest details
• up to 2x times faster solving of quests
• up to 2x faster upload and thus another 2x faster solving of quests if auto-sync is on (Improve performance on upload: Notice if nothing changed #4077, Don't call MapDataWithEditsSource listeners if nothing changed #4472)
• slightly faster download (improve performance when scanning for quests #4469)

New Quests

• How is drinking water provided here? (How is drinking water provided here? #4423, New Quest: What kind of fountain is this? #4390), by @matkoniecz
• Which direction leads upwards here?, asked for mountainbike tracks (Incline quest where mtb:scale:uphill=* is used #4385), by @matkoniecz
• What’s the identification number here?, asked for emergency access points (Add ref for highway=emergency_access_point and emergency=access_point #4384, New quest ref for emergency access points #4386), by @mcliquid
• What’s the identification number here?, asked for fire hydrants (Ask ref for fire_hydrant in France #3059, Add new quest for fire hydrant ref #4440), by @mcliquid
• Can this cycle barrier be opened? (cycle_barrier:installation=* helps emergency services #4293, Cycle barrier installation quest #4406), by @mnalis

Enhanced Quests

• Enable quest that asks if cash is accepted in United Kingdom (Enable "Does this place take cash?" quest in the UK (GB) #4517)
• Clarify some wordings for buildings (try to reduce confusion of building vs function #4431), by @matkoniecz
• Do not ask for parking access if some access is already tagged (Parking access quest asked for HGV-only parking lots #4538, If more specific access (like hgv=*) is already specified, skip the quest #4547), by @mnalis
• Parking overlay: Simplify selecting that there is no parking (Street parking overlay creates duplicated tags #4534)

Other enhancements

• Redid UI for selecting the type of shop - better search, with icons from iD! ("This shop has been vacant. What's here now" - "house" is not a valid answer.  #3774)
• Redid UI for the housenumber and address quests to be consistent with the overlay
• Add links to documentation for tags changed as shown in undo dialog (Link specific tag pages on OSM Wiki #3442, link OSM Wiki tag pages in undo view #4419), by @matkoniecz
• The obstrusive downloading-view is gone, downloading and uploading is now shown in the upper left corner
• Resurvey quests no longer vanish after splitting the way - only works if auto-sync is off (Resurvey quest dismissed by splitting way #3567, Don't change timestamp when splitting a way #4523), by @Helium314
• Fix which tags the parking overlay removes when changing the answer (Parking lane quest deletes previous data #4501, Fix parking tags2 #4552), thanks @tapetis
• Other small enhancements and fixes (parking lots as multipolygons are not rendered on street parking overlay #4453, Quests doing geometry checks are not shown again after undo #4496, Use english overlay title for notes #4506, Separately mapped sidewalk is not detected #4494, include sidewalk width in calculation (and document it) #4499, Fix crash when onDestroy is not called in StyleableOverlayManager #4544, Crash with overlay active and downloading after reentering the app #4540...), thanks @Helium314, @tapetis, @mnalis

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This discussion was created from the release v48.0.

[westnordost]

That took long, it was almost one month in alpha + beta phase and of course, the individual features were in the works partly for much longer. Hence, many smaller contributions piled up, too. Fixes unrelated to the new features too, though. So it's good that it is finally released.

There will be a new major release (but not comparable to this one in size) soon, so maybe there will not even be a v48.1. We will see