2026-05-10T16:44:16Z https://yabu.me Marcus Lundblad https://yabu.me/npub1hzd7sw7fsza5ceuawvu3dx9xhfd7plzwcy4zsjge9lzqplsy4y8q53902r https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/344/503/930/274/456/original/615cbf11d01eed33.png https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/344/503/930/274/456/original/615cbf11d01eed33.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfcf7r4qj9004uzwewtjpmd58eyjkv4y3fh9xhq2jmdd6yjtdtsnczyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5suy9u6xp Started implementing support for public transit delays in Maps<br/><br/><a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/issues/917">https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/issues/917</a><br/><a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/merge_requests/619">https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/merge_requests/619</a><br/><br/>#gnomemaps #transitous #mapstodon #PublicTransport #PublicTransit #realtimedata #motis #GtfsRT<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/291/759/803/565/541/original/a754e69f52bb4c9c.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/291/759/789/445/506/original/16b3e0b4cf025999.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/291/759/811/259/387/original/304c1eb3d17d5fb0.png"> <br/> 2026-03-25T20:50:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8ywzkk6rgklhl0twzfd69a2x7m7833rrynw9k406nlk5nhnqxpagzyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5suntz4es Rolled the releases for GNOME 50 today (a bit early, but I&#39;ll be busy all day tomorrow):<br/><br/>Maps 50.0<br/>libshumate 1.6.0<br/><br/>and also a (small) bugfix 49.5 on the (old) stable branch.<br/><br/>Didn&#39;t yet do a write-up about the new stuff, guess that&#39;ll have to be done sometime soonish, too… 😎<br/><br/>#gnome #gnomemaps #mapstodon #gnome50 #libshumate<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/221/270/904/430/252/original/37015725c1ace606.png"> <br/> 2026-03-13T10:05:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxdlq29jecqxf6f67adpttpe5uzve6d3vusm4l3tncxshx9tr0hrgzyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5sufzpqwn Just rolled beta releases of Maps and libshumate (50.beta and 1.6.beta) for the upcoming GNOME 50 release, and also stable releases (49.4, 48.9, and 1.5.3, 1.4.1 respectively) before traveling to Brussels for FOSDEM tommorow evening.<br/><br/>One improvement in 50.beta consists of showing more text from the article extract from Wikipedia in “desktop mode” when there is more space.<br/><br/>#gnomemaps #libshumate #mapstodon #Gnome<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/974/812/351/842/164/original/b7a4d67678e52592.png"> <br/> 2026-01-28T21:29:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdj67azs3krmlehrr92te907j5g8g96r39y0syvp25nfn2lduj4sszyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5su69z8t2 Just tagged Maps 50.alpha and libshumate 1.6.alpha for GNOME 50:<br/><br/>Containing, among others, the new sidebar redesign, public transit journey redesign, using Transitous for all public transit routingm, and porting of UI templates to Blueprint for Maps.<br/><br/>And for libshumate the option to compile without the vector renderer has been removed, the vector renderer has gained support for &#34;global-state&#34; expressions.<br/><br/>#gnomemaps #libshumate #libadwaita #BlueprintCompiler #mapstodon #transitous 2026-01-03T09:18:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvpf3r90vmpjfarfrp5zq4yt2l3jq652xd4nq70nmdv5cj8afyr5qzyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5su5vyq4k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8qpd44s7x48jxntaxvhtf5hdusj8wuqwxt8lsv447j6cx3cqvjpsjq67ad'>nevent1q…67ad</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>thanks! 😎 2026-01-02T09:32:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9zw25nw0j0qxu3px9xknt6v9u59ferdl2a8yd2s079jvdk3zlvuqzyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5sulk6qsl This sounds kinda weird, but apparantly half a century today!<br/><br/>#50yearbirthday 2026-01-02T09:13:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8j67892svdmr4z8pz0fxqve0lku6ghdc0lg2dercdn0alk5leleczyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5suxsfxrl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr3f2uef0f9acr0syje8h8242xu89su62n47ukfnc6uqy05u5u25sf3gmps'>nevent1q…gmps</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And first stab of fitting the route planner in a bottom sheet in narrow mode. It still is not connected to the &#34;show routeplanner&#34; button, so for have to open it using the GTK inspector. And it should probably use some more space…<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/646/752/611/047/417/original/4d703e11262e895c.png"> <br/> 2025-12-01T22:52:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr3f2uef0f9acr0syje8h8242xu89su62n47ukfnc6uqy05u5u25szyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5suvga79c Finally got momentum on the redesigned I planned for Maps for GNOME 50, redesigning the sidebar a bit (taking a bit inspiration from Nucleus) with the aim of ultimatly it use an AdwMultiLayoutView using a bottom sheet in narrow/mobile mode. And showing place info in there as well…<br/><br/>Right now in a state of a bit &#34;first break it, then fix it&#34;… 😄<br/><br/>#Gnome #gnomemaps #libadwaita #redesign #responsivedesign #mapstodon<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/646/585/613/289/231/original/955419f1fe81e242.png"> <br/> 2025-12-01T22:09:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszmmcjkv5k4vglfzpjvx9xncuf4u3g4lwmz4hutctm2v5n2zwprpgzyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5su2rhtkm Just applied for renewal of my GNOME Foundation membership. And realized it&#39;s been 10 years since I became a foundation member!<br/><br/>Time flies when having fun! 😎🔟:gnome: <br/><br/>#GNOME #gnomefoundation #10years #Anniversary #foss #freedesktop 2025-09-27T07:52:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg80u73a2d3jt3v2wz5wndzpe5r0r8ctnk2p2j8kgmqcl4aje730qzyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5suc5j6j2 Blog post about some of the new stuff for GNOME Maps 49.<br/><br/><a href="https://ml4711.blogspot.com/2025/09/maps-and-gnome-49.html">https://ml4711.blogspot.com/2025/09/maps-and-gnome-49.html</a><br/><br/>#gnome #maps #gnomemaps #libshumate #mapstodon #openstreetmap<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/176/286/546/827/759/original/ac2eb6ff0903ad1e.png"> <br/> 2025-09-09T20:46:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspjag4m4l7utm27c905hufya3nvanxyre5xyw96kcylsv3k96pmugzyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5susmt3fp Considering as a change (before the UI freeze for GNOME 49 in early August) toning down the colors of labels for cities and towns in Maps.<br/><br/>Screenshots showing after the considered change in contrast to the current looks.<br/><br/>What do you think, is this an improvement? (I believe it would be more in line with how e.g. labels are presented in the default Adwaita GTK theme)<br/><br/>#Gnome #gnomemaps #mapstodon #UI #mapstyle<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/930/912/829/945/106/original/ab379c179eec79ba.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/930/912/827/625/335/original/2dd416dddeb3fcf3.png"> <br/> 2025-07-28T12:46:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrqmdulp6ep5xsnyf4kkfnz4sh8054exzepssgc0zqc8evw5wpzvqzyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5su5c5r3h New (Northern hemisphere) summer blog post on news in Maps<br/><br/><a href="https://ml4711.blogspot.com/2025/06/midsommer-maps.html">https://ml4711.blogspot.com/2025/06/midsommer-maps.html</a><br/><br/>Covering some new features, a bug fix by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13klmc3jecuezfngmvfgj8c6vsu7fj502j5xed0z08r6egxdvjqfsn2rq5g" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>James Westman</span> (<span class="italic">npub13kl…rq5g</span>)</a></span>, and a new feature where I did some live user testing by [@dmark](<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@dmark">https://hachyderm.io/@dmark</a> ) 😎<br/><br/>#Gnome #gnomemaps #mapstodon #openstreetmap #Transit<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/706/366/796/144/912/original/66a7644953f60b78.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/706/366/799/156/314/original/0dbf654e5a4d2822.png"> <br/> 2025-06-18T20:57:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8h6k78gmjhknk5vp259fccvxkk4ndv6z037jhcqe0ex29zj7td8qzyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5sul363lx Experimenting with showing custom icons for stations. Inspired a bit from our highway shield rendered (derived from OpenStreetMap Americana)<br/><br/><a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/tree/wip/mlundblad/station-icons">https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/tree/wip/mlundblad/station-icons</a><br/><br/>It&#39;s making use of the &#34;network:wikidata&#34; OSM tag.<br/><br/>Currently rendering these icons in map view itself is not tested (this needs an extra addition to our planetiler generator for the vector tiles to be run in the next import).<br/><br/>#gnomemaps #gnome #Transit #tunnelbana #mapstodon #openstreetmap<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/298/438/664/203/603/original/25fed710fbdeb268.png"> <br/> 2025-04-07T20:07:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyde42fxypfyg82xe3hs9hwfssak4qk4qspjewrwxzrxtjhtdumuqzyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5sunn5d82 There has been some controversy around naming of certain bodies of water in other map apps lately.<br/><br/>So I thought about a possible solution to take a more neutral approach to this in Maps:<br/><br/><a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/commits/wip/mlundblad/golf-of-something">https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/commits/wip/mlundblad/golf-of-something</a><br/><br/>#mapstodon #gnome #gnomemaps #Q2_2025<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/261/347/638/381/285/original/a8a05bef11feb8d9.png"> <br/> 2025-04-01T06:45:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw3g4e643derj2f47v53vvwjgv2yv44gf7ycuvf79e99pqzmpnu8gzyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5sukk5rfs Just rolled the stable releases for GNOME 48<br/>GNOME Maps 48: <a href="https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-maps/48/">https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-maps/48/</a><br/>libshumate 1.4.0: <a href="https://download.gnome.org/sources/libshumate/1.4/">https://download.gnome.org/sources/libshumate/1.4/</a><br/><br/>And also 47.5 for Maps with a cherry-pick for the update to use Transitous for public transit routing in Finland (due to Digitransit sunsetting the old OpenTripPlanner 1.x API in April).<br/><br/>And now rest and fika for the rest of the day 😀<br/><br/>#gnome #gnomemaps #libshumate #gnome48 #mapstodon #openstreetmap #transitous #fika 2025-03-15T08:46:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrea9vuvzapzcxka6l5qykww9q5llfekd09pxf4q734s7p204tv7czyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5sukc2d3k Blog post on Maps and the upcoming GNOME 48 release<br/><br/><a href="https://ml4711.blogspot.com/2025/03/maps-and-gnome-48.html">https://ml4711.blogspot.com/2025/03/maps-and-gnome-48.html</a><br/><br/>#gnomemaps #gnome #mapstodon #transitous 2025-03-12T21:19:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8nhfke6smlq4292kn3x42pdks7n77tjz8gqd7zgtc8y0m638qzgszyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5suptjpta New blogpost:<br/><br/><a href="https://ml4711.blogspot.com/2025/01/pre-fosdem-maps-wrap-up.html">https://ml4711.blogspot.com/2025/01/pre-fosdem-maps-wrap-up.html</a><br/><br/>#gnome #gnomemaps #transitous #transitous #beacondb 2025-01-28T21:10:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9zjjqhlxy3u8pvmr8zlha46ahcunrv6c2xnrufv6p86yguc6l8gszyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5su8vh2ct After some trial-and-error I finally managed to wrap my around how to make a radial gradient effect using GSK for new redesigned current location widget (showing a &#34;heading torch&#34;)<br/><br/>#gnomemaps #gnome #gtk #gsk #mapstodon<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/795/006/696/267/023/original/2d04a641877b5623.png"> <br/> 2025-01-08T22:10:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8juhy22ze8zls4x28cpnd8clwj05hglfwuytcsphtvhkard07m5szyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5sumxwv6s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdk2flx3gj7g6kp6g9drqpfqy4apnhwslsfhw3td6wpg30lqfnwrs47nkq6'>nevent1q…nkq6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One test with showing walking times for each itinerary, and the timings for the walking legs with &#34;min&#34; spelled out<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/736/306/025/774/186/original/12b447fbc8b981cd.png"> <br/> 2024-12-29T13:18:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdk2flx3gj7g6kp6g9drqpfqy4apnhwslsfhw3td6wpg30lqfnwrszyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5su75vkc7 Experimenting with showing walking leg durations (in minutes) for public transit itiniraries in the overview list in Maps…<br/><br/>Does this makes sense, or would be confusing (maybe mixing it up with the line number/name badges shown for transit legs?).<br/><br/>#gnome #gnomemaps #transit<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/727/130/814/213/197/original/7c51877a599aaa45.png"> <br/> 2024-12-27T22:30:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsphcfajl0k3wyzwwptf3jqvfl2urlmmy4rxryyz0tpu9ma7z6h0lqzyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5suejqshp Micropolis (the unbranded FOSS version of the original SimCity from 1989) is now available as Flatpak:<br/><br/><a href="https://flathub.org/apps/com.donhopkins.Micropolis">https://flathub.org/apps/com.donhopkins.Micropolis</a><br/><br/>Still quite fun to play! 😎<br/><br/>#simcity #micropolis #flatpak #Flathub #SimulationGames<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/719/047/131/390/211/original/c58826e30c1162ca.png"> <br/> 2024-12-26T12:11:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv6gdjzgvjjeax626dnz29cqksughc4rwsagrpfx0dtwkt0r069hqzyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5su2gngra It&#39;s time for the traditional yearly wrap-up blog post!<br/><br/><a href="https://ml4711.blogspot.com/2024/12/christmas-winter-end-of-year-holidays.html">https://ml4711.blogspot.com/2024/12/christmas-winter-end-of-year-holidays.html</a><br/><br/>🎄🎅🗺️<br/><br/>#gnome #gnomemaps #mapstodon #openstreetmap #transitous<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/681/454/193/770/649/original/72a3c48ff191a690.png"> <br/> 2024-12-19T20:50:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz89fs3ndenh2txc87yn4360t026wm3u8gvlukfsg6pmprsrugxdqzyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5sukt905z Just tagged and uploaded the 47.2 dot release of GNOME Maps.<br/>This release contains a bugfix, for opening geo: URIs without a zoom level parameter, where it should now use the last used zoom level instead of reverting back to 0 (this regressed after adding support for the zoom level parameter in the URI). And there&#39;s also a couple of translation updates.<br/><br/><a href="https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-maps/47/">https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-maps/47/</a><br/><br/>It&#39;s also available in the stable Flatpak on Flathub<br/><br/>#gnome #gnomemaps #mapstondon 2024-11-23T09:30:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszt0rgnuw63gxmjkqs8ctp9tzlj0de5xjcx69ha839hz3qgu2xsdszyzufh6pmexqtknr8n4enj95c56a9hc8ufmqj52zfryhugq87qj5suugvg7c New blog post about the upcoming #GNOME Maps 47.0<br/><br/><a href="https://ml4711.blogspot.com/2024/09/maps-and-gnome-47.html">https://ml4711.blogspot.com/2024/09/maps-and-gnome-47.html</a><br/><br/>#mapstodon #gnomemaps #gnome #transitous #openstreetmap<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/096/586/543/760/653/original/f1b1bc9ee1f0dee1.png"> <br/> 2024-09-07T13:51:02Z