I make Every Door to be the best on-the-ground surveying app. Its focus has always been shops and amenities, but it’s summer now! Ride a bike outside a city, take a scenic route. And bring Every Door with you, because it is ready for outdoor adventures.

Today version 5.1 has been published to both major app stores, and soon on the rest. Here’s what the app learned to do in May:

We have always had map notes, but now you can draw on the map! Saw an unmapped track road or a stream? Open the 4th mode in Every Door, unlock the scribble mode, choose the type and draw with your finger. This goes to a separate database, which you can then use in JOSM or Rapid.

Read this wiki page to learn how it works and how to add the layer to your editor.

To help you draw better lines and orient yourself, Every Door now shows a part of your recent track. It only records when the app is open, so use OSM Tracker or a different app or device to record your full track.

Found a mapped building that’s missing on the ground? Tap it in the 3rd mode, then choose “More…” and mark it demolished with the new button! Every Door still only works with point geometries, but it would use the demolished:building tag, which is the most correct according to OSM wiki.

On a vacation in another country? I remember how at SotM 2022 we were in Italy, and I had trouble reading opening hours for shops and restaurants. L-G? Ma, Me? Yeah no, couldn’t map that at all. But now Every Door shows weekday abbreviations in the language of the country you’re in! E is for Esmaspäev, Monday in Estonian.

Typing in website addresses is tedious, and even more frustrating when a QR code is right there. Now there’s a button for scanning the code! It automatically sorts the URL into the proper tag, be it contact:instagram or just website. Maybe someday it could parse text from photos as well…

I use Every Door to quickly survey hundreds of amenities, and this one thing has been bugging me: for every new building I had to enter both addr:floor and level tags, remembering how floors are numbered in the country. Now Every Door looks around and suggests values, so you can mark the shop’s floor with a single tap.

These are just the highlights of numerous changes that went into releases 5.0 and 5.1, published in May. Read the full list in the changelog, or just go ahead and update the app.

If you’re new, the official website is the place to start. Download the editor and go map something!