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June 2025 Platform Release Notes

June 2025 HERE Technologies platform release notes

HERE Style Editor

Version 1.12 released

Version 1.12 of HERE Style Editor introduces a completely revamped Modifiers panel in both function and experience, making it much more powerful while providing custom styling possibilities. Modifiers allow you to apply changes with ease, control, and consistency across one, many, or all map elements at once - without breaking the design harmony of the thousands of individually defined styling attributes which live in close relation to each other. This allows for faster iterations, more confident styling, and room for playful exploration.

For more information about the two main types of modifiers: Color Modifiers and Number Modifiers, see the HERE documentation. 

Stale Editror Version 1.12 with Modifiers
Stale Editror Version 1.12 released

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:

HERE platform 

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. 

Pipeline Management - Deprecation reminders and announcements

[Reminder] Breaking Change and Action Required:

Following up on prior release announcements about this breaking change, HERE is enforcing completion of the Contact field for all Spark and Flink pipelines available from the HERE platform / pipelines as of Monday, June 2. Pipeline Create and Pipeline Update operations are no longer possible and automated CI/CD pipeline jobs are now impacted if you haven’t already updated the Contact field.

HERE recommends that you update the Contact field with a group distribution email rather than an individual email address to mitigate the risk of a single point-of-contact being responsible for your pipelines. Contact field information provides HERE with the ability to reach out directly to pipeline owners with future, critical deprecation notifications which help ensure that your data processing and business goals are not interrupted.

Christo Mitov

Christo Mitov

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