What’s New in Apps
Keeping you updated on new features, improvements and maintenance information for our smartphone app “World Transit Maps.”
![[Important] Station Photo viewing service will be suspended](https://en.wtmnews.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/05/EvecatchWtmDefault-547x365.png)
![[New feature] “I like the previous transit maps better” – Switch back to the conventional system seamlessly!](https://en.wtmnews.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/05/Tobu10000-1-548x365.jpg)
![[Improvement] Instantly resolve the question, “Is that route closed?” Service suspended sections highlighted on our transit maps](https://en.wtmnews.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/05/JREastKiha110-1-570x365.jpg)
![[Improvement] Major design renewal of Japan railway map! Increased information content makes it practical at any scale](https://en.wtmnews.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/05/JRTokai313-1-548x365.jpg)
![[Improved] “Tile Cache” available for Japan’s railway map! Smoothen scrolling and save data charges](https://en.wtmnews.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/05/EyecatchTileCache-1-547x365.jpg)
![[Improved] Save on data charges while traveling! Japan’s railway maps now support “offline maps”](https://en.wtmnews.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/05/ScreenSettingsOfflineMap-1-547x365.png)
![[Improved] Travel between wide areas now more comfortable! The scale of the tile maps has been adjusted to display a wider area](https://en.wtmnews.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/05/MapJpShizuokaJa-1-548x365.jpg)
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