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Signed-off-by: Alexander Borsuk <me@alex.bio>

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+title: "Have you already installed a July release of Organic Maps? It introduces two major features funded through the NGI0 Entrust Fund"
+date: 2024-07-15T21:13:23+00:00
+slug: "have-you-already-installed-a-july-release-of-organic-maps-it-introduces-two-major-features-funded-through-the-ngi0-entrust-fund"
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+Have you already [installed](https://omaps.app/get) a July release of Organic Maps? It introduces two major features [funded](https://nlnet.nl/project/OrganicMaps/) through the NGI0 Entrust Fund:
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+1. Better address search in the USA based on Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system (TIGER) data (preprocessed by [Nominatim project](https://nominatim.org/data/)), [implemented](https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues/2532) by Viktor Havaka. Addresses are stored, searched, and displayed as interpolations (lines along streets with a starting house number and ending house number), so don't expect to see buildings on the map (did you know that you can draw buildings and add addresses at [OpenStreetMap.org](https://openstreetmap.org/) yourself?).
+There is a heuristic to decide when to use TIGER data and when to use existing OpenStreetMap data.
+Map size for the whole USA has increased from 10Gb to 13Gb (including Wikipedia and elevation data, there are some [ideas](https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues/8672) to [split it](https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues/5912) to improve [incremental map updates](https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues/2317)).
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+2. Proper rendering of texts in Indic (Devanagari, Bengali, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu), Arabic (N'Ko, Syriac, Mongolian), Thai and Lao, Khmer, Myanmar, Tibetan, Hangul, Hebrew scripts, [implemented](https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues/4281) by Alexander Borsuk by integrating [Harfbuzz](https://harfbuzz.github.io/) text shaping library with Organic Maps rendering engine (called "Drape").
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+There are other notable improvements, thanks to our beloved contributors:
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+* OpenStreetMap data as of July 2
+* New Malayalam and Bengali fonts (please let us know if any other fonts need updating)
+* Single tap now selects any point on the map, even if the map is empty -- by Sergiy Kozyr
+* Changed long tap to toggle full-screen mode -- by Sergiy Kozyr
+* Accidentally deleted bookmark on the map now can be restored immediately (Save button changes to Restore) -- by Kiryl Kaveryn
+* Display major roads earlier on the world overview map -- by Konstantin Pastbin
+* A selected place now shows more types/categories/amenities -- by David Martinez
+* Clearer label for POI's building level -- by Antonin Delpeuch
+* Display good quality fine gravel pedestrian paths as white dashed -- by Konstantin Pastbin
+* Support more road/path surface types (bricks, stone, grass paver, soil) -- by Konstantin Pastbin
+* More clear hints when building a route
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+Search -- kudos to Viktor Havaka:
+* Mountain search also shows volcanoes
+* Better search results for faraway places
+* Search now finds places with a number in their names
+* Find parcel lockers using their ref numbers
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+Android:
+* Fix TTS FAQ link in the settings
+* Fix GPX import from WhatsApp
+* Save exported files to the local device storage -- by Kiryl Razhdzestvenski
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+iOS (many kudos to Kiryl Kaveryn):
+* Use the Import button in Bookmarks and Tracks dialog to load KML, KMZ, GPX files
+* Fix importing of bookmarks and tracks via the "Files" app on a cold start (you can tap a KML, KMZ, GPX or KMB file in any app, then "share" it using a rectangular icon with an up arrow at the bottom left, and then choose Organic Maps icon in the list of all apps)
+* Added a TTS voice test button in navigation settings -- by Fabian Wüthrich
+* Enable logs in settings to help us with bug fixing
+* Open social media links in installed applications
+* Removed a non-working traffic button from CarPlay -- by Fabian Wüthrich
+* Replaced circle checkboxex with a rounded rectangle in the time editor
+* Correct dark mode startup background color -- by Evgeny Fayvuzhinsky
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+Linux:
+* Fix a generic Wayland icon displayed instead of an Organic Maps icon on some systems -- by Ferenc Géczi
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+Our translators and reviewers helped us to update Belarusian, Chinese, Dutch, Euskara, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Ukrainian translations.
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+We have also started to update the [FAQ section](https://organicmaps.app/faq/) on our website, any help with [adding new articles](https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps.github.io/) and their translations is appreciated!
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+Please report all issues using Report a Bug button in the app, by sending us an email, or (the best!) by creating/updating [an issue](https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/issues/) on our GitHub.
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+P.S. We're now working on the [track recorder feature](https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/labels/Track%20Recording). Any help with ideas, [testing](https://organicmaps.app/#community), [contributions](https://organicmaps.app/support-us/) and [donations](https://organicmaps.app/donate/) is warmly appreciated ❤️
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+Enjoy traveling with Organic Maps! 🚕 🛤 ✈️ 🏕 👣

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