Comments on: New Maps

By: extremecarver

extremecarver — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:10:54 +0000

On next map update (I probabely update Austria tonight), you can see new design. I took over yellow streets as most maps seem to use yellow, and background will be allways white from now on whithout performance hit. I don’t like wide roads at all. Personaly I would display all roads only 2 pixel wide. What I changed is that I also use a “point cloud” for mtb routes / cycle routes now. That is indeed much better for identification.
Without white background on etrex / gpsmaps GPS using yellow streets is a nogo, cause you can’t see them very well against background.

By: extremecarver

extremecarver — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:35:13 +0000

last comment about this not deleted without notice. Please read the FAQ and the Tutorials!!!!!

By: Jinx71

Jinx71 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:14:27 +0000

Hi extremecarver,
first of all: GREAT WORK !!

second: the new italymap (2009.06.10) seems not to work with my Garmin Edge705, while everything was ok for the previous ones (2009.06.04 and on). In details: uploading to my gps (with mapsource – as usual) my Edge now DOESN’T SEE THE WAYS (??).
maybe the problem could be in the routing features: in fact in Mapsource – with the new map installed and selected in map tools for uploading – the “check” button for “include route data …” is in blank mode (not selecteble).

By: extremecarver

extremecarver — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:51:22 +0000

You can turn it off in the typfile.

By: ligfietser

ligfietser — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:54:36 +0000

Its just on my etrex, not on Mapsource. In fact all streetnames are displayed in Capital letters but thats default. When i zoom out some roads still show your osm features, like bridge, tunnel, secondary or oneway. Dont know how to turn them off (showing streetnames at a certain zoomlevel doesnt help).

By: extremecarver

extremecarver — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:16:47 +0000

Ups, will change in Typfile. Should have been switched of. Interesting, have you seen any other places with Capital letters? I though capital letters don’t work at all.

By: ligfietser

ligfietser — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:14:38 +0000

Thanks,
I use a Garmin Etrex Venture, I understand the problem that there are a limited number of lines you can use in mapsource/garmin to display all features from the OSM map.

One last remark: one way streets are shown on my etrex screen in big capital letters ONEWAY which is very distracting and too striking. Besides, you use already an arrow to indicate the direction (those arrows are too big in my opinion, in the typ file i edited i made them thinner).

By: extremecarver

extremecarver — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:56:53 +0000

You can’t see in Mapsource when a route is calculated what kind of route it is otherwise because the routing line blocks the whole road view (okay you can see cycleroutes and mtbroutes shimmering through – but that is it)! Also there are no free types for lines to differentiate between everything using 0×07 currently.
I’ll have a look at your typfile. However I’ld rather go thinner lines than wider, because etrex/gpsmaps/edge Garmin units have few pixels.

By: ligfietser

ligfietser — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:34:17 +0000

Hi,
I see you are using now abbreviations, which is better. But I still dont see any reason to use the OSM categories on the maps, too much information doesn’t make the maps look good. Besides, you are using different colours and line widths already to distinguish those categories, which is to my opinion good enough. Maybe restyling the colours / widths in the TYP file would improve the maps more. I have edited the TYP file, maybe for those who are interested can have a look at them at http://moh.freehostia.com/temp/openmtb.TYP

By: extremecarver

extremecarver — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:28:27 +0000

No its a feature. But it will be changed for better with the next update. The main reason is, that in Mapsource you can’t easily see what kind of road type is underlying (only cutting out the route), if an abbreviation for the street type is included in the name, on a calculated route it is easy to grasp what kind of roads the route is following.