17 posts tagged with "release notes"

Guru Maps 6.4 is out for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. The Android version is coming soon, and it will appear here first, on our Android download page. A new version of our map engine draws a clearer map, a recorded track turns into a 3D video, transit stops list their routes, and opening hours follow the place's own clock.

Every example below is a real place, shown by the app as you get it today. Here is our climb to the Trzy Korony in the Pieniny, 4.6 km and 493 m up, as Guru Maps shares it:

Climb is the number many of us check first after a hike. It sounds simple: add up every meter you went up. It turns out that "add up every meter" is exactly where things go wrong.

In May we went rafting down the Dunajec. A river only flows downhill: about 90 meters in four and a half hours. Guru Maps said we had climbed 1,065 meters.

Here is how Guru Maps counts elevation gain, why that happened, and what we changed in the next update.

You have an address, a phone keyboard, and one extra letter. A search for Zlotaa 59 should still give you a chance to find Złote Tarasy at Złota 59 in Warsaw.

Our online search now handles small typing mistakes. When ordinary search does not find a strong match, it checks similar spellings in the map data and looks for places that fit the rest of your query.

A two-kilometer walk through a park and a two-kilometer climb up a mountain should not share the same clock. Until now, most routing engines gave them one anyway — and the result was always the same: the map says twenty minutes, the trail takes an hour.

Guru Maps now does better. Pedestrian directions account for the shape of the ground under your feet, so the estimated time reflects the climb ahead instead of an optimistic flat-walking pace. It's a big win for hiking, where the gap was largest — and every walking route benefits, right down to a hilly street across town.

Guru Maps 6.2.1 is here, and it starts with the places you visit most. Meet Favorites — pin Home, Work, and every go-to spot, put them in the order you like, and start navigating with a single tap.

You asked for more flexible ways to buy Guru Maps Pro, and now there is one. Starting today, you can buy gift codes for the Universal License right from your web profile — and hand them out to anyone you like.

No more sharing account credentials to equip a teammate. No more awkward workarounds to gift Pro to a friend. One purchase, up to 50 codes, distributed your way.

With Guru Maps 6.1, you no longer need to download an entire region just to explore it in detail. Vector map data and elevation are now streamed directly to your device as you browse — open the map and start exploring right away.

What changed​

Online raster maps have been part of Guru Maps for a while. In version 6.1, vector maps and elevation data work the same way — streamed over your internet connection and cached locally so repeated use stays fast.

In practice, this means crisp, detailed vector maps with no waiting for a region download to finish. Just open and go.

Opening hours are essential information when exploring places like shops, cafes, or restaurants. With the latest update, Guru Maps now shows opening hours for objects directly on the map — if they are available on OpenStreetMap.org.

You can instantly see whether a place is open or closed at the moment. Just tap on the object to expand and view the full opening schedule, all in one place.

We’re excited to introduce a new feature in Guru Maps — the Recently Deleted folder!

Have you ever accidentally deleted a track, folder, pinned place, or route? Don’t worry — now those items aren’t lost forever. With this new feature, anything you delete is moved to a special folder where you can recover it if needed.

Meet the Android Auto support in the latest Guru Maps update for Android! 🎉

You can now use Guru Maps right from your car’s dashboard. Search places, build routes, and access your saved places — all without picking up your phone.

This works perfectly with our recently added lane guidance and perspective map view, which shows a clear visual path along your route. Together, they make both road trips and off-road adventures easier to follow.