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= Changelog 2018 =

This page provides an user-friendly changelog for the [wikitr:/Releases stable releases] of JOSM. Its granularity lies between the contents of the [[StartupPage]] and the [/log SVN log messages].
* This list contains mainly enhancements and changes.
* Bug fixes are seldom listed here (although a major part of each release are bug fixes). See the link ''SVN log messages of milestone YY.MM'' at the end of each chapter to search for fixed bugs.
* Changes of external resources ([wikitr:/Presets Presets], [wikitr:/Styles Map Paint Styles], [wikitr:/Rules Validator Rules], [wikitr:/Maps Imageries] and [wikitr:Plugins Plugins]) are not listed here.
* The JOSM related changes noted on [https://trac.openstreetmap.org/search?q=%23josm&noquickjump=1&changeset=on osm trac] are not listed here as well.

== 2018-12-31: Stable release 14620 ([milestone:"18.12" 18.12]) == #stable-release-18.12
* major enhancements
  * Fixed many memory leaks (#17040)
  * Fixed many outdated imagery entries (#16073)
  * Animate the "Getting Started" page with shining stars 15 days around Christmas (r14578)
* medium enhancements
  * Auto-resize Tags table to fit content (r14476, r14613)
  * Map paint: Improve performance of `fill-image` instruction (r14557)
  * Map paint: Improve rendering time of partly visible complex shapes (r14582:14584)
  * Validator: Improve performance of `MapCSSTagChecker` (r14469, r14474)
  * Validator: Improve progress monitor (r14599)
  * Validator: Warn about simple typos in tag values (#17055)
* minor enhancements
  * Support Internationalized domain names (IDN, r14496)
  * Support user logins ending by " !" (r14404, r14406, r14480)
  * Ignore MapCSS declarations starting with "-" to allow osmose extensions (r14481, r14489)
  * Load Taiwan Government Root CA certificate (r14498)
  * Update to latest ESRI projection definitions (r14568)
  * Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules:
    * add `4wd_only`, improve access preset layout (r14534)
    * add `shop=gas` (r14575), `building=carport` (r14610)
    * improve billboard and crane presets (r14560, r14574)
    * improve `sport=climbing` presets (r14591, r14597)
    * improve `emergency=fire_hydrant` preset (r14593:14595, r14608)
    * warn about area:highway on unclosed ways and nodes (r14577)
  * More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see [/log/josm/?rev=14620&stop_rev=14461&limit=900 SVN log messages of milestone 18.12]

== 2018-11-28: Stable release 14460 ([milestone:"18.11" 18.11]) == #stable-release-18.11
* major enhancements
  * The height of each panel on the right side is saved when JOSM is closed (r14425, r14426)
  * "Download as new layer" changed from a checkbox to an own button (r14391, r14450)
* medium enhancements
  * Improve startup time on Windows by reworking certificate fetching (r14431)
  * Fix timestamp in GPX exports (r14434, r14445:14448, r14453, r14456)
  * Fix glitched downloaded gpx lines caused by an change of the osm website API (r14451)
* minor enhancements
  * Add labels for background imagery sliders (r14387)
  * Add checkbox to main menu to toggle hatched background rendering of areas outside of the downloaded areas (r14388)
  * Allow to override default web browser on Windows (r14389)
  * Allow to download shorter URLs like ​http://osm.org/node/941759490 (r14396)
  * Improve performance when data contains ways with many nodes (r14402)
  * Add new expert preference `properties.presets.visible` to hide preset icons in properties dialog (r14423, r14424)
  * Add preference keys `*.lastHeight` and `*.preferredHeight` for more panel height fine tuning (r14425, r14426)
  * Add link to OSM History Viewer (pewu) (r14432)
  * Case-insensitive search in saved user queries (r14433)
  * Ignore punctuation characters in tagging preset selector (r14438)
  * Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules:
    * Exclude highway=bus_stop|platform from "Crossing highways" (r14386)
    * Improve payment methods validator message (r14392)
    * Telecom central office / service device deprecations (r14393)
    * Exclude building:part from OverlappingWays test (r14398)
    * Remove "Areas share segment" warnings (r14401)
    * Improve performance of MultipolygonTest (r14408)
    * Don't warn about amenity=taxi connected to a highway=* way (r14413)
    * Add fuel:biogas to fuel preset (r14413)
    * Remove multiple errors/warnings for same problem (r14437)
    * Better handling of trams in CrossingWays test (r14452)
    * Warn about door=* on ways (r14454)
  * More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see [/log/josm/?rev=14460&stop_rev=14383&limit=900 SVN log messages of milestone 18.11]

== 2018-10-28: Stable release 14382 ([milestone:"18.10" 18.10]) == #stable-release-18.10
* major enhancements
  * new option to show object version in lists, similar to object ID (r14306, r14323)
* medium enhancements
  * increase default overpass wizard timeout from 25 to 90 seconds (can be configured with `overpass.wizard.timeout`) (r14324)
  * Cut overlapping GPX layers when merging (r14338)
  * add MapCSS function `is_similar` (r14371)
* minor enhancements
  * imagery cache improvements (r14295)
  * SlippyMapBBoxChooser: include tile sources from current layers (r14300)
  * use "building:part" in object descriptions (r14315)
  * disable "Apply preset" button when no matching object is selected (r14319)
  * detect changesets closed on server side after 1 hour (r14326)
  * render nested svg elements properly (r14333)
  * don't change selection of relation editor members table when nothing changes (r14339)
  * allow to copy/paste error message from most error dialogs (r14340)
  * adjust symbol shapes size based on current DPI (r14342)
  * increase `osm-server.upload-strategy.chunk-size` default value from 1 to 1000 (r14345)
  * Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules:
    * fix rendering of power=switchgear from node to area, add a warning; allow multipolygon for power=switchgear, generator:source=hydro and generator:source=tidal in presets (r14299)
    * don't sort values of piste:difficulty (r14301)
    * Disable 'Way end node near other highway' warnings for railway=platform_edge (r14305)
    * add a warning about highway=yes (r14354)
    * warn about segregated=* together with bicycle=no or foot=no (r14356)
    * don't warn about maxheight=below_default (r14359)
    * add icon for craft=electritian (r14363)
    * don't warn about oneway *:forward *:backward combinations if an exception to the oneway is set by oneway:bicycle=no or oneway:psv=no (r14364)
    * remove drinking_water=seasonal from toilet preset (r14365)
  * More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see [/log/josm/?rev=14382&stop_rev=14290&limit=900 SVN log messages of milestone 18.10]

== 2018-10-02: Stable release 14289 ([milestone:"18.09" 18.09]) == #stable-release-18.09
* major enhancements
  * Compatibility with Java 11/12 (r14183, r14186:14187, r14218, r14222:14226, r14232:14234, r14239, r14242, r14244:14245, r14258)
  * Many performance improvements (r14204, r14206, r14208, r14238, r14251:14252, r14260:14262, r14284)
  * Retry tile download on transient errors (r14268:14271)
* medium enhancements
  * Various enhancements for GPX correlation (r14205)
* minor enhancements
  * Display tag languages in italic (r14185)
  * Display `remark` from Overpass API when a download returns no data (r14219)
  * Display changes count in changeset manager (r14231)
  * macOS: register .joz file type handler (r14230)
  * Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules:
    * add `attraction=animal` (r14181)
    * add `shoes:repair=yes|no` to `shop=shoe` preset (r14228)
    * add `self_service=yes|no` and `laundry_service=yes|no` to `shop=laundry` preset (r14228)
    * add missing `artwork_type` values, add `artwork_subject` (r14229, r14263)
    * add `narrow=yes` to `highway` presets (r14240)
    * update government types in `office=government` preset (r14246)
    * don't sort values of visibility in `clock` preset (r14264)
  * More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see [/log/josm/?rev=14289&stop_rev=14179&limit=900 SVN log messages of milestone 18.09]

== 2018-08-22: Stable release 14178-hotfix == #stable-release-18.08-hotfix
* bugfixes
  * Robustness to Debian/Ubuntu bug caused by GNOME ATK Wrapper (r14176:14177)
* minor enhancements
  * Display languages in human form for `name:xx` keys (r14174)
  * More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see [/log/josm/?rev=14178&stop_rev=14164&limit=900 SVN log messages of 18.08-hotfix]

== 2018-08-18: Stable release 14163 ([milestone:"18.08" 18.08]) == #stable-release-18.08
* bugfixes
  * Plugins were no longer correctly updated (r14160)
* medium enhancements
  * Support Overpass API JSON format (r14086:14088)
  * Support notes in osmChange (.osc) files created by OsmAnd (r14101)
  * Conversion options for tags GPX → OSM (r14103)
* minor enhancements
  * Prefer Java 11 on Linux (r14071:14072)
  * Drop videomapping plugin (r14104)
  * New advanced property `geojson.export.skip-empty-nodes` to control if empty nodes are exported in GeoJSON (r14115)
  * Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules:
    * add `power=catenary_mast` and `power=terminal` (r14123)
    * warn about `bicycle=no` ways being part of bicycle route relations (r14124)
    * don't warn about some intermittent, boat, ford, basin, reservoir combinations (r14127)
    * make `tower:type` values searchable (r14130)
    * add `material` and `start_date` to `tourism=artwork` preset (r14151)
  * More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see [/log/josm/?rev=14163&stop_rev=14067&limit=900 SVN log messages of milestone 18.08]

== 2018-07-29: Stable release 14066 ([milestone:"18.07" 18.07]) == #stable-release-18.07
* medium enhancements
  * Support GDPR-compliant OSM extracts (r14038)
* minor enhancements
  * New mechanism for plugins to register relation editor actions (r14027:14031)
  * Improve support of Austrian projections (r14049)
  * Add additional tags during the GPX → OSM conversion (r14055)
  * Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules:
    * warn about `internet_access=no` together with `internet_access:fee` (r14042)
    * warn about `golf=green|bunker|fairway` on nodes (r14059)
    * add `man_made=dyke` (r14050)
  * More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see [/log/josm/?rev=14066&stop_rev=14027&limit=900 SVN log messages of milestone 18.07]

== 2018-07-09: Stable release 14026-hotfix == #stable-release-18.06-hotfix
* bugfixes
  * Fixed crashes introduced in previous version (r14007:14009)
  * Reorder Imagery Layers: make it work with more keyboard layouts (#16453)
* minor enhancements
  * More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see [/log/josm/?rev=14026&stop_rev=13997&limit=900 SVN log messages of 18.06-hotfix]

== 2018-07-01: Stable release 13996 ([milestone:"18.06" 18.06]) == #stable-release-18.06
* major enhancements
  * [wiki:Help/MapView#Movemap Hide labels while dragging the map] to improve performance (r13987)
  * [wiki:Help/Action/ReorderImageryLayers Switch imagery layer] when pressing tilde (~) or square (²) key (r13891)
* medium enhancements
  * Add layer name/title to WMTS layers when user selects layer (r13879)
  * Remote control: better control (naming, locking) of imported layers (r13927:13929, r13932:13933, r13935)
  * Validator: check for duplicate addresses (r13968)
  * Don't ask Java 8 users to upgrade to Java 10, as the Java 11 migration will be painful (r13990)
* minor enhancements
  * Use English imagery names in changeset `source` tag (r13890)
  * Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules:
   * Separate translation "delta" for transformer and power tower (r13894)
   * Add `waterway=pressurised` presets (r13895:13896), rendering and validation rules (r13972, r13975)
   * Exclude `natural=tree_row` from "Way end node near other way" test (r13942)
   * Add `natural=cape` (r13945:13946)
   * Update `tower:type` values (r13971)
   * Support "zone40" `maxspeed` context (r13976)
   * Don't warn about `lock_name` without `name` (r13981)
   * Suggest `man_made=street_cabinet` instead of `location=kiosk` (r13982)
  * Increase contrast of delete icon (r13898:13900)
  * A lot more minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see [/log/josm/?rev=13996&stop_rev=13879&limit=900 SVN log messages of milestone 18.06]

== 2018-05-31: Stable release 13878-hotfix == #stable-release-18.05-hotfix
* bugfixes
* minor enhancements
  * Ensure that tiles from lower zoom leveles are loaded if none are available in the current zoom level (r13861)
  * new SVG icons (r13862, r13871, r13874)
  * display street labels on z18+ for performance reasons (r13875)
  * A lot more minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see [/log/josm/?rev=13878&stop_rev=13861&limit=900 SVN log messages of 18.05-hotfix]

== 2018-05-27: Stable release 13860 ([milestone:"18.05" 18.05]) == #stable-release-18.05
* major enhancements
  * Add Korean translation (#16215, #16199)
  * Major improvements to WMS/WMTS support (#16249):
    * Ability to define default layers for WMS_ENDPOINT and WMTS
    * Ability to set custom headers from GUI
    * Ability to set imagery as properly georeferenced
* medium enhancements
  * Default allocated memory increased to 2GB (#16311)
  * Improved About dialog: display translator credits and links to our various sites (#8011)
  * Allow to filter plugins by installation state in preferences (#16220)
* minor enhancements
  * Preset search ignores accented characters (#13889)
  * Add first/last buttons for geoimage dialog (#5603)
  * Allow copy/pasting author names from user list dialog (#15828)
  * 18 icons converted to SVG (r13832, r13837, r13860)
  * Initialize only active mappaint styles (#10047)
  * Sort mappaint style settings (#16192)
  * Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules: 
    * "Building with almost square angle" test downgraded to information level (#16264, #16256)
    * Autofix roof:color and building:color to roof:colour and building:colour (#15877)
    * Autofix to remove completely useless area=yes from inner multipolygon ways (#16214)
    * Restore Landsat imagery entry (#15940)
    * Power transformer preset extension (#15367)
    * Add leisure=resort (#16177)
    * Add a drinking_water=* checkbox to the fountain preset (#16254)
    * Add fence_type=railing, bars and concrete to fence preset (#16293)
    * Add faces=* to clock preset (#16276)
    * Update payment cards (#16253)
    * Rework tree, tree_row, hedge and plant_nursery presets (#16222)
  * A lot more minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see [/log/josm/?rev=13860&stop_rev=13711&limit=900 SVN log messages of milestone 18.05]

== 2018-05-07: Stable release 13710 ([milestone:"18.04" 18.04]) == #stable-release-18.04
* major enhancements
  * Add 724 new projections (#16129)
  * Vizualize imagery layers with non-zero offsets (r13608)
* medium enhancements
  * Zoom on element when double-clicking on elements of upload window (r13660)
* minor enhancements
  * Add ESRI text to ESRI specific projection codes (r13583)
  * Improve adding TMS/WMS/WMTS dialog texts, add hint to check permission (r13591)
  * Improve some icons (r13594, r13596, r13613, r13615, r13630)
  * Remove white spaces from key/values when pasting tags (r13597)
  * Allow to specify noJAVAFX as environment variable with 'export JOSM_NOJAVAFX=1' (r13641, r13642)
  * Allow to start and close JOSM in WebStart sandbox mode (where every external access is denied, #16204)
  * Smarter selection of WMS projection (r13674)
  * Load files via Windows shortcut files (*.lnk) (r13691)
  * Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules:
   * Allow several slashes in URL validator (r13590)
   * Don't warn about landuse=retail + building combination (r13645)
   * Add covered combo box to telephone preset (r13663)
   * Add "almost square check" for buildings (#16189)
   * Detect crossing of residential areas (r13671)
  * A lot more minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see [/log/josm/?rev=13710&stop_rev=13577&limit=900 SVN log messages of milestone 18.04]

== 2018-03-26: Stable release 13576 ([milestone:"18.03" 18.03]) == #stable-release-18.03
* major enhancements
  * add contextual menu in tag table of history dialog with following entries, similarly to properties dialog: Copy Value, Copy selected Key(s)/Value(s), Copy all Keys/Values, Go to OSM wiki for tag help, Go to Taginfo (r13521, r13522)
  * support for I18N with .lang translation files in external data (styles, rules, presets) (r13502, r13503, r13506, r13507)
* medium enhancements
  * improve selection of projections by EPSG code (display projection name in a new two-column table, allow to sort the table by code or name, allow to search by projection code and name, r13515)
  * Add compatibility with Java 10 (#15560)
  * convert a lot http links to https
* minor enhancements
  * add possibility to change map ids, add overlay flag for imagery (r13536)
  * WMTS: support different tile sizes for layers using the same projection (r13539)
  * SimplifyWayAction performance improvements (r13540)
  * better support of space characters in values for tags copy/paste (r13541)
  * format definition lists properly in help browser (r13571)
  * support direct download of GPX files from HOT Tasking Manager (r13572)
  * Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules:
   * don't warn about missing tourism=artwork if exhibit=artwork is present (r13508)
   * don't warn about step_count on man_made=tower (r13566)
   * warn about power=busbar (r13576)
  * A lot more minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see [/log/josm/?rev=13576&stop_rev=13501&limit=900 SVN log messages of milestone 18.03]

== 2018-03-04: Stable release 13500 (hotfix) == #stable-release-18.02-hotfix
  * major bug fixes (r13485, r13486, r13488, r13490, r13497)
  * nicer display of HTTP errors from OSM API (r13499)
  * Autofix invalid URL with the wrong type of slashes (r13489)
  * More minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see [/log/josm/?rev=13500&stop_rev=13479&limit=900 SVN log messages of this hotfix]

== 2018-03-01: Stable release 13478 ([milestone:"18.02" 18.02]) == #stable-release-18.02
* major enhancements
  * add support for private/locked OSM data layers via a ‘[wiki:Help/Action/BlockDownload download]’ respectively ‘[wiki:Help/Action/LockedLayer locked]’ attribute in the .osm file (beta, r13434, r13435, r13446, r13453)
* medium enhancements
  * support ESRI projections (r13395, r13422, r13423)
  * Implement colorfulness filter for indexed images (r13397)
  * Improve the internal help browser (r13416, r13428, r13447, r13457, r13459)
* minor enhancements
  * Add changeset link to upload confirmation notification (r13392)
  * add advanced preference `jumpto.use.clipboard` to disable "Jump to Position: automatically paste URL from clipboard" feature (r13417)
  * allow to sort WMTS entries (r13429)
  * allow to search empty values (r13430, r13432)
  * Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules:
   * warn about unnecessary area=yes at closed highway=services|rest_area (r13377)
   * adjust warnings for waterway oneway combinations (r13378)
   * add leisure=bandstand (r13379)
   * add man_made=kiln (r13379, r13380)
   * drop rendering amenity=wlan (r13379)
   * add place=square (r13382, r13383)
   * move allotments in preset menu (r13383)
   * update plug names in charging station preset (r13385)
   * make SimilarNamedWays check aware of all Unicode numbers (r13390)
   * warn about unclosed ways with place=islands (r13394)
   * always display place=island and place=islet fill color (and name) independent from the place style setting (r13394)
   * add addr:street together with addr:place warning (r13401)
   * extend preset natural=tree with denotation and circumference (r13403)
   * raise roles forward/backward in PTv2 route relations to error level and add the role alternate (r13404, r13411)
   * Improve "Missing pedestrian crossing information." validator message (r13405)
   * add icon for barrier=kissing_gate (r13409, r13410)
   * More details for "Tag value longer than allowed" warning (r13414)
   * warn about misspelled amenity=toilet (r13424)
   * don't warn about electrified=* highway=* combination (r13452)
   * don't warn about missing ref on junction=roundabout (r13471)
  * A lot more minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see [/log/josm/?rev=13478&stop_rev=13368&limit=900 SVN log messages of milestone 18.02]

== 2018-01-28: Stable release 13367 ([milestone:"18.01" 18.01]) == #stable-release-18.01
* major enhancements
  * Add support for XZ compressed files (r13350:13353)
  * Support (and autodetect) WMS 1.3.0 (r13346, r13358)
* medium enhancements
  * Autofix common issues in overpass queries, like overpass turbo (r13335, r13336, r13359)
  * Make entries "Get tile status" (`/status`) and "Force tile rendering" (`/dirty`) activatable for all TMS sources via `mod-tile-features` attribute in the imagery database (r13266, r13267, r13272)
  * Fix several memory leaks related to image mapping (#15709)
* minor enhancements
  * Support WMS capabilities with embedded HTML in layer Abstract tag (r13274)
  * Move layers up/down correctly if multiple layers are selected (r13285)
  * Listen to escape key outside of imagery adjust dialog, and restore correct offset when pressing it (r13287)
  * Check downloaded plugin is valid *before* delete any existing one (r13300)
  * Allow JOSM to load plugins from folders containing exclamation marks (workaround to java bug) (r13356)
  * Replace statusline png icons with svg variants (r13363)
  * Add/improve/fix/change Internal Presets, Map Paint Style and Validation rules:
   * Remove location=kiosk from default power presets (r13286)
   * Add power transformer on pole validation rule (r13290)
   * Allow all leisure tags for "sport without physical feature" warning (r13291)
   * Don't warn about area=* on leisure=track and leisure=slipway (r13302)
   * Add validator rule for false friends of tourism=picnic_site and leisure=picnic_table (r13320)
   * Hide tagged waynodes at low zoom for better view and easier selection of ways. Deactivatable via a new style setting. (r13321)
   * Warn about deprecated water=salt|salt_pool|salt_panne|salt_pond|tidal (r13339)
   * Add fuel:ethanol and fuel:octane_87 to amenity=fuel preset (r13341)
   * Provide autofix for replacing single comma by point for several numeric tags (r13345, r13349, r13357)
   * Don't issue a warning for !source:maxspeed=*:zone:20 (r13348)
   * Add pump combo to water well preset (r13355)
  * A lot more minor bug fixes, enhancements, stability improvements, translation updates, code improvements and code documentation, see [/log/josm/?rev=13367&stop_rev=13266&limit=900 SVN log messages of milestone 18.01]

== Older stable releases ==
  * [[Changelog/2017]]: Releases from r11426 to r13265
  * [[Changelog/2016]]: Releases from r9230 to r11425
  * [[Changelog/2015]]: Releases from r7907 to r9229
  * [[Changelog/2014]]: Releases from r6763 to r7906
  * [[Changelog/2013]]: Releases from r5697 to r6502
  * [[Changelog/2012]]: Releases from r4878 to r5608

== See also ==
* There is a similar [[Plugin changelog|changelog for plugins]], which is no longer updated.