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What is the difference and advantage of VTM (when it works)?

Thanks twoten, perhaps you can provide coord for an example that I can check?

Coordinates 51.571501332853295, -0.4018582349711148 show the dotted line
Coordinates 51.57726835385588, -0.40357733363102144 have not to the dotted line.

Again either side of this coordinate are different.

Some of the footpaths that run alongside some minor roads are marked as a dotted line where they're not shown on the  Ordnance Survey maps. Is it possible to deselect these without affecting other public footpaths?

By dotted I suspect you mean thinner black dashes? These are footpaths that are classified as accessible to the public. But not defined (or assumed) as PROW.

In theory, according to the OSM tagging rules, you should be able to use these footpaths, but clearly you should observe local signage.

OS maps do show some of these as black dashes too, or very often as dashed tracks or indistinct dashed lines next to other boundary features.

It is possible to add a option "show non-PROW paths" if you wanted to untick it remove then. Not sure it's worth having... is there a particular reason to remove them? I'd hazard a guess at lots of urban pathways cluttering up the map?

One thing the consider is that quite a few paths exist but are not yet tagged with designation tag, and many paths in the UK are ancient rights of way that are not registered and may be lost. The UK government are trying to impose a deadline to get them registered or lost forever. Deadline was 2026, now moved to 2031. There is an online map of potential missing footpaths, can't find it at the moment..., but if a footpath is not registered but in regular use it could be registered as a PROW. Footpaths like this should/could exist in OSM as we are supposed to map what is visible on the ground... so rather than remove these from the map, how about checking if they are lost PROW and getting the registered?

These are footpaths alongside some minor roads, possibly tagged as Sidewalks. Other minor roads in the same area with comparable footpaths (sidewalks) are not shown so there's no consistency. OS maps don't show them at all so if replicating OS maps they would be hidden. The only issue I have with them is it starts to clutter the map unnecessarily.
They're not necessary as the roads themselves would be considered a PROW.
I guess one of the problems could be that if they are tagged the same as other PROWs, switching them off would mean losing other necessary footpaths.
It's not a problem if they can't be removed.

I'm considering adding some unicode icons to the overlay menus to help visually group similar options together. 

What do you think of the attached example?

TBH, I was struggling to find useful symbols for the lower-down options... may change them to colours instead...

What happens if you don't group them?

I have tried the draft version in Oruxmaps and it looks good thank you.

Some of the footpaths that run alongside some minor roads are marked as a dotted line where they're not shown on the  Ordnance Survey maps. Is it possible to deselect these without affecting other public footpaths?

I'm using Great-Britain_oam.osm downloaded from Mapsforge.
I'm viewing the map using Oruxmaps.

Hmm... I've installed Oruxmaps, installed my theme, downloaded great britian map fro OAM and managed to repeat your issue.

I wonder what the issue is... could be my theme, the map, an unsupported rendering engine command...

Attached is a zoomed invoice view. It is the cliff edge that is wrong. There seems to be the black line in both, but the pattern filled line of cliff texture is solid black in Oruxmaps.

I'm using linesymbol with a rock texture, perhaps linesymbol is not supported in Oruxnaps...?

This line only appears with the latest version of your theme. It was OK with the previous version.

I'm using Great-Britain_oam.osm downloaded from Mapsforge.
I'm viewing the map using Oruxmaps.

karlchick, Thank you for all you've done working on this theme. I've used the previous version for ages and find it the best theme available so I'm very happy to see this latest version.
I have found what might be a problem, when viewing at zoom levels 14 & 15, one of the paths turns into a heavy black line as shown in the images.

Thanks Karlchick,
If I use the dynamic setting the beer glass symbol displays as I wanted but when zooming ok the map doesn't display the "PH" abbreviation. If I set the map to just 1:50k the PH displays when zoomed in but again, not, when zoomed out to1:50k.

Have you selected Dynamic Scale in the theme's style menu?
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I missed thatsetting. Thanks for the help.

Hi,
Can someone tell me if the detail between the 1:25k and 1:50k is determined by the zoom level?
I have noticed that when zoomed in the pubs and public toilets symbols are only showing as abbreviations which when looking at the symbols in the file are the 1:50k symbols.
Should this automatically change to the 1:25 symbol when I zoom in?