June 2025 Platform Release Notes

HERE Vector Tile API 2.3.47

Removal of HGV properties from the “roads” tile layer

The advanced truck content (HGV properties) has been removed from the standard 'roads' layer. If you use the HGV properties in your application, please request the 'advanced_roads' layer instead. To do this, you need to specify an additional query parameter in the Vector Tile API request:

content=default,advanced_roads.

More information is available in the Developer's Guide. Please note that service requests, including any of the advanced tile layers, are charged at the Advanced Vector Tile rate. 

Release of new properties

Added the hgv_applied_to_delivery and all_hgv_applied_to_delivery properties to indicate whether restrictions apply to delivery traffic as well as through traffic.

Added the pedestrian_zone boolean property to the road line features of kind=path and kind_detail=pedestrian. The property enables differentiating between pedestrian zones and pedestrian roads.

HERE Real Time Traffic

Improved Coverage for France and Spain

Improved Highway Roadworks Coverage for both countries.

Go Live for New Israel Feed

Official launch of Traffic Flow for Israel Table 435. This includes flow accuracy improvements from the beta launch and finalizing the incident launch.

Important information:

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HERE Data SDK for Java/Scala - Java 17 Support

The version of Java in the platform pipeline environments and in the HERE Data SDK for Java & Scala has been upgraded to Java 17.

The new runtime environments are:

• Stream 6.1 - Java 17 and Flink 1.19.2
• Batch 4.1 - Java 17 and Spark 3.4.4

HERE Data SDK for Java/Scala starting from 2.75.5 supports Java 17 only.

The Stream 6.0 and Batch 4.0 run-time environments supporting Java 8 are deprecated as of July 1, 2025.

Both Java 8 and Java 17 (Stream 6.0/6.1 and Batch 4.0/4.1) will be supported between July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026, enabling you to migrate to the updated versions before the deprecation end date.

Existing stream and batch pipelines using the Stream 6.0 and Batch 4.0 run-time environments will continue to operate normally until July 1, 2026.

Until this time:

• The Stream 6.0 and Batch 4.0 run-time environments will receive security patches only.
• Use the HERE Data SDK for Java/Scala 2.74.4 or older to continue developing pipelines with the Stream 6.0 and Batch 4.0 environments until you upgrade.

As of July 1, 2026, the Stream 6.0 and Batch 4.0 run-time environments will be removed and pipelines using them will be canceled.

Migrate your stream and batch pipelines to the latest JREs to benefit from the latest functionality and improvements.

For more information, see the HERE documentation page.