15 Years of OsmAnd

The OsmAnd map and navigation app project recently celebrated its 15thanniversary.

All these 15 years can be roughly divided into three stages. Forthe first five years, we built the very basic functionality-offlinemaps and navigation that just worked. Over the next five years, wetransformed OsmAnd into a full-fledged application with plugins,extensive settings, and professional tools. We dedicated the thirdfive-year period to deep internal work: completely rewriting andimproving key components like the rendering engine and routingalgorithms.

Now, a new, fourth stage begins. We have reached functionalmaturity, and our main goal for the near future is to polish whatwe've already built. We will focus on stability, speed, andconsolidation. User expectations are growing, and what was onceconsidered normal must now be flawless.

(Thanks to Paul Wise).