Stadia Maps Changelog

Progress is in the little things.

Changelog

Frequent, short updates on improvements and changes.

2026-06-04

  • Improved water feature rendering across all zoom levels in our Interactive Basemaps. We've unified our water layers around OpenStreetMap, eliminating visual artifacts caused by mixing Natural Earth and OSM data at different zoom levels. Read more.

2026-04-27

  • Released the 2026 Alidade Satellite imagery update, expanding 30cm-resolution coverage to 37 million km². Read more
  • Expanded geocoding with 75 million new addresses from OpenAddresses and 3 million new POIs from Foursquare OS Places. Read more

2026-04-14

  • Traffic-influenced routing is now in public preview. Live and historical traffic data is available across standard routing, optimized routing, map matching, isochrones, and time/distance matrices. Read more

2025-07-01

  • Released v2 of the Forward and Reverse Geocoding endpoints with smarter deduplication, improved multi-language support, and expanded Foursquare OS Places data. Read more

2025-05-19

  • This month's geocoding update is big enough to warrant a mention: Approximately 5 million new POIs from Foursquare OS places now match our quality filters. We've also significantly improved our deduplication of similar results for East Asian languages and amusing cases of unicode abuse like this one.

2025-04-19

We significantly improved several key aspects of the autocomplete API:

  • More relevant results for focused searches, especially when searching for dense chains like 7-Eleven or Starbucks.
  • Better selection of the "best" result when we have a similar place from multiple sources.

2025-04-08

  • Launched Geocoding & Search v2: 14M+ new places and addresses, faster and more accurate results, 80% reduction in autocomplete costs, and forward geocoding now available on all plans. Read more

2025-04-01

  • Foursquare OS places is no longer in beta! All Geocoding and Autocomplete search endpoints now include millions of new POIs alongside the usual sources.

2025-03-07

  • Released the 2025 Satellite Imagery refresh, extending 30cm resolution coverage, enhancing mosaics at 30cm, 50cm, and 1.5m, and renewing imagery across the full map portfolio. Read more

2025-02-19

  • Launched Foursquare OS Places integration in beta for geocoding and autocomplete search, adding more POIs, smarter searches, and improved localization. Read more

2024-12-04

2024-10-14

  • Released Autocomplete Search UI components for SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose, making it easier to add search to iOS and Android apps. Read more

2024-10-07

2024-09-12

  • Fall 2024 credit schedule updates: increased matrix element limits, added navigation aids with OSRM support, and adjusted the credit schedule. Read more

2024-08-28

2024-07-26

2024-06-03

We've released a few updates to our APIs:

  • Added localized timestamps in several standard formats to the time zone APIs.
  • Released new versions of our SDKs.

2024-04-12

2024-03-26

2024-03-20

2024-03-11

  • Introduced weekly synchronized maps and routing data updates.

2023-07-17

2023-07-15

  • Maps updated with OSM data from 2023-07-11.

2023-07-06

2023-07-04

  • SDKs for Python, TypeScript, and Kotlin announced: More details.

2023-05-15

  • Maps updated with OSM data from 2023-05-10.

2023-05-10

  • EU-only endpoints announced: EU-only endpoints.
  • Launched support for separate billing emails, email verification, and more dashboard improvements.

2023-04-25

  • Public beta of Geocoding is now available. Read More.
  • Official Geocoding & autocomplete search documentation is published: Docs overview.

2023-03-28

  • Maps updated with OSM data from 2023-03-20.

2023-03-21

  • Closed beta of Geocoding is now available. Read More.

2023-03-15

2023-02-02

  • Maps updated with OSM data from 2023-01-28.

2023-01-11

2023-01-09

2022-12-16

2022-12-05

2022-11-21

2022-11-01

  • Maps updated with OSM data from 2022-10-25.
  • Updated TZ APIs to reflect changes in the ICANN 2022f release.

2022-10-19

  • Created Discord server.
  • Created Slack channel on OSM US. Join #stadia-maps.
  • Improved credit card and account management flow.
  • Added invoices to dashboard.
  • Added support for adding Tax IDs directly in the dashboard.

2022-10-11

2022-09-19

2022-08-31

  • Added support for Polylines in Static Maps. More information in the announcement and the docs.

2022-08-30

  • Added the changelog page.

2022-08-26 to 2022-08-28

  • Completed maintenance and stabilization operations on PoP servers to ensure continued high-reliability.

2022-08-15

2022-08-13

  • Map data updated to OSM data from 2022-08-06.
  • Fixed an issue with some seas (e.g., the Baltic Sea) not appearing in the maps.