(English) Map Updates 17. June 2011

Well this time (finally at last) the main work was done on the VeloMaps (probably online from Saturday onwards as the mirror will not get them tonight). I updated them from ground up more or less, so they got all the changes the Openmtbmaps benefitted from over the last 2 month. This also means the VeloMaps are now Nüvi compatible. I really should have updated it simultaneously with the Openmtmbap – it took me bout 30 hours to track all bugs down…

Besides I don't delete private ways any more, if they got sac_scale or mtb:scale information. I think this is a good compromise. But basically ways that are private, are of not much relevance to a map in my eyes, and if I don't delete them, places like Garmisch Partenkirchen start to look really bad (as someone tracked all ways in peoples private backyards). I also updated the legend to have a big city section, so for those that have problems finding cities in their Oregon search, they can reply hear now and say what cities are not found, I added the type to the city name for easy bugtracking.

Also for zoom resolution 18 there were problems […]

(English) Map Updates 10.6.2011

Hello dear Openmtbmap Fans,

Happy to be back from some great days at the Lake Garda, I have not yet found a lot of time to improve on the Openmtbmaps. I did spend a good day to use the same color scheme as for the easy maps for all the other map designs. So now the map layout should be easier to understand, but I might need to work out a bit to make it easier to differentiate the really difficult trails (for vertriders and mountaineers) to instantly recognize the difficulty level.

Hope you like it (though now there are no more lovely distinguishable blue paths – even though I loved them I am a bit tired of all the fuss about people not getting that ways can be blue too. Instead now ways for mtbiking are green.

For next week I will also incorporate mtb:scale=6 as new superior value for ways and nodes. I decided that it is really time to put a level on top of 5. I myself have improved quite a bit over the last 2 years on my mtb skills, and by now routinely ride scale 4, and also most scale 5 stuff. […]