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Content & Tools => Themes - Vector maps => Topic started by: tartiflix on December 31, 2023, 12:05:28

Title: New outdoor theme: Hike, Ride & Sight!
Post by: tartiflix on December 31, 2023, 12:05:28
Hello everyone,

I have made a thoroughly updated version of Bernard's OutdoorV4 theme, which has been renamed "Hike, Ride & Sight!"

The aim was to add almost all the tags available in OpenAndroMaps maps, especially those related to hiking and MTB, while keeping the map as easy to read as possible. I also fixed a lot of minor problems with the original theme.

I decided not to have theme variations (bike, hike...), which I find impractical, but to have a long list of layers that can be switched individually to focus on your exact needs and keep the map uncluttered.

The hard part was creating a map legend, and I found that plain HTML+SVG was the way to go to keep the legend maintainable.

I hope it will be useful to others; let me know if you find any problems!

Jérôme

Download (http://j.seydoux.free.fr/locus/Hike,%20Ride%20&%20Sight!.zip)
Legend (http://j.seydoux.free.fr/locus/Hike,%20Ride%20&%20Sight!.pdf)
Install in Locus (locus-actions://http/j.seydoux.free.fr/locus/hrs.xml)
Title: Re: New outdoor theme: Hike, Ride & Sight!
Post by: Tapio on December 31, 2023, 12:39:29
It's always interesting to look at other solutions, great release. OMG, legend is probably really time consuming. I'm hesitant to start working on it.

There's some significant color change ZL 14->15, is that intended? Screenshots, pos is at 51.49046,8.0039
EDIT: Ah, solved, it's an area overlay, "national park..." option. I'd default them to Off.

Menu has a typo or french leftover, "motor vehicule"
Title: Re: New outdoor theme: Hike, Ride & Sight!
Post by: Saturo on January 01, 2024, 12:45:39
When i activate the theme the standardmap oam world is not shown in lower zoom levels.

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Title: Re: New outdoor theme: Hike, Ride & Sight!
Post by: Tapio on January 01, 2024, 14:02:28
Quote from: Saturo on January 01, 2024, 12:45:39When i activate the theme the standardmap oam world is not shown in lower zoom levels.
I don't think this is themes responsibility. I use OAM-World-1-8-min-J80.mbtiles and it shows up as usual.
Title: Re: New outdoor theme: Hike, Ride & Sight!
Post by: Saturo on January 02, 2024, 10:28:44
Yes, seems to be right. I think its a kind of general issue with thesclassic version.

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Title: Re: New outdoor theme: Hike, Ride & Sight!
Post by: tartiflix on January 03, 2024, 09:03:27
Quote from: Tapio on December 31, 2023, 12:39:29There's some significant color change ZL 14->15, is that intended?
Yes, colorizing national parks and natural reserves is not really useful at high zoom levels, and it could make harder to identify vegetation and geology (e.g. when a rocky area is shown in green). I would like to only draw the boundary and not fill the content, but the bug with tile rendering prevernts me to do so.

Thanks for the typo.
Title: Re: New outdoor theme: Hike, Ride & Sight!
Post by: tartiflix on January 03, 2024, 09:08:19
Quote from: Tapio on December 31, 2023, 12:39:29OMG, legend is probably really time consuming. I'm hesitant to start working on it.
It is, but working on it also helped me a lot to fix many inconsitencies and to improve the coherence of my theme.