1. Storage efficency of map representation improved.
2. Rendering speed and quality improved.
3. osm.gz2 file format support added.
4. Reader extended to read parts of a map, specified by bounding box or attribute filter.
5. Writer for writing maps to file added.
6. Slow zoom (activated with
7. Scale factor replaced by true scale.
8. Mark creation at specified GPS positions added, info dialog extended by node position.