Rapid v2.5 released today!

Happy Festivus from the Rapid Team! Today we released v2.5 of the Rapid editor for OpenStreetMap just in time for the “Feats of Strength” 💪

Here’s 4 new features that we’re really proud of!…

🧚‍♂️ Pixi v8 Upgrade!

We upgraded Rapid’s render to use the latest version of PixiJS game engine. This version gives Rapid a welcome performance boost - if you’ve aired any grievances about Rapid being laggy, the new Rapid should perform much better for you!

👨‍🦽‍➡️ New Curb Validator

Rapid can now detect whether curb ramps can been mapped at road crossings and prompt the user to add them with a one-click fix. These suggestions look different from the previous warnings raised by our validator - they show up with a small upgrade symbol ⬆️

🌎 New Overture Places Dataset

Another Festivus miracle! Overture Places is an open dataset of over 50 million places. We’ve added this dataset to Rapid as a read-only preview to make it easier to contribute missing businesses and points-of-interest to OpenStreetMap.

👣 New Open Footways Dataset

Meta has collected openly licensed data in 5 cities (more to come!) to make it easy to add missing sidewalks to OpenStreetMap. You can find this new dataset in the Rapid menu too!

Read more here: https://github.com/facebookmicrosites/Open-Mapping-At-Facebook/wiki/Footways-FAQ

Use Rapid!

☝️ Switch to Rapid! Bookmark https://rapideditor.org/edit and make it your editor of choice. ✌️ Want to help us make Rapid better? Follow us on Github at https://github.com/facebook/Rapid or find us on our social media or OpenStreetMap community channels.

And now, the airing of grievances!

Last week we released Rapid v2.4, the most advanced web-based editor for OpenStreetMap. This release wraps up several months of work, includes numerous bugfixes, and a few notable features:

🈺 Improved Text Localization

Now Rapid can again be localized into different languages. The Rapid Editor project on Transifex allows anyone from the community to translate Rapid.

📷 Improved Handling of Street-level Imagery and Detections

We squashed a bunch of bugs and made many improvements to how Rapid handles street-level imagery, such as Mapillary. Now users can select a detected feature or traffic sign to learn more about it, and Rapid will highlight the imagery that shows that detection, both on the map and in the viewer. This will be especially useful for mapping pedestrian features, such as traffic signs, crosswalks, bike racks, and more.

👩‍💻 Use Rapid

👉 Bookmark Rapid and make it your editor of choice:

• https://rapideditor.org/rapid#map=2.00/0.0/0.0&background=Bing

👉 v2.4 Changelog:

• https://github.com/facebook/Rapid/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#240

⭐️ Follow and star the Rapid project on GitHub:

• https://github.com/facebook/Rapid

❤️ Like and share:

• Twitter/𝕩 : https://x.com/bhousel/status/1834718057379643817
• Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@bhousel/113132573097246901
• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@houselb/post/C_378WtRg4W
• OSM: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/rapid-v2-4-released-today/118760

🫶 Happy Mapping!

I’m excited to announce that today we released Rapid v2.3 editor for OpenStreetMap! The Rapid team has been busy working on this for the past few months - here’s 4 new features that we hope you’ll love…

🔙 Esri Wayback imagery

The world never stops changing! We added a new background layer called “Esri Wayback” to let you view historical releases of the Esri World Imagery. This background source also has a date picker to help you choose from dates likely to show changes in the current map view. Open the Background pane to try it out!

🔄 Map Rotation

Take Rapid for a spin! Now you can rotate the map to make your editing easier (and avoid straining your neck!). Rapid supports rotating with option+click-drag or shift+←/→ arrows, just like other maps you’ve used before. A new bearing control displays a north arrow, and you can click it to reset the map back to North-up.

✅ MapRoulette Integration

You can now complete MapRoulette tasks without ever leaving Rapid. View active MapRoulette tasks in the current map view, or filter the results by challenge id. After making your edits, select the task and click “I fixed it!”, “Can’t Complete”, “Already Fixed”, and “Not an Issue”. When you save your edits, your changeset will automatically include a description about any MapRoulette tasks that you’ve completed.

🎨 GeoScribbles

GeoScribble is a new service that allows mappers to take field notes while surveying with the EveryDoorOSM mobile app. Your sketches and notes will be waiting for you when you get back to your computer and open Rapid.

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We’ve got lots more planned, and we’re excited to hear how the community is using Rapid to map more efficiently.

• ☝️ Make Rapid your OSM editor! Bookmark rapideditor.org/edit and make it your daily mapping tool of choice.
• ✌️ Want to help us make Rapid better? Follow us on Github at https://github.com/facebook/Rapid or find us on any of the various social media or OpenStreetMap community channels. We’d love to hear your thoughts!

Happy Mapping 👍