News

There are some new functions for category developers:

• A Twig function 'boundaries(lat, lon)' which returns a list of boundaries the coordinate lies within (Countries)
• A property of the map object called boundaries which holds the list of boundaries of the map center
• A property of the map object called driving_side which is either "left" or "right" with regards to the map center

There's a new feature for custom categories and categories of other repositories: You can "pin" or "bookmark" them, so that they get loaded for every visit of OpenStreetBrowser. It is saved in your session, which is long-lived. If you want to backup (or duplicate) your list of pinned categories, you can use the new "YAML" feature of Options.

The Walking Amenities category (under Transport -> Walking) now includes more items.

Also, there's a new Walking Amenities category in the "Quality Control" section, which highlights map features with missing details.

Unfortunately I had to remove OSM CycleMap and Transport Map from the list of available basemaps, as the tile limit of the provider Thunderforest was exceeded. I don't want to change to a paid plan, as I do not earn money from OpenStreetBrowser.

Recently, there have been a few small updates to OpenStreetBrowser: