Having used UK Ordnance Survey (OS) maps all my life, when I started using Locus Map I was desperate for a map theme that looked similar. After using both Voluntary UK and OS Style themes for a while, I still hankered after something closer to the style of the original UK OS maps. So I decided to create my own theme that tries to emulate the Ordnance Survey 1:25k and 1:50k map styles as closely as is possible within the constraints of Locus Map and data provided by the vector maps. It should work with both LoMap and OAM maps. I must give credit to John Campbell for his Voluntary UK theme that I used as a starting point (v. 190101).
There are 6 maps styles provided in the theme:
Night Modes provide a darker colour scheme for night usage that preserve the OS colour, but muted a bit. I don't like the built in night mode as it inverts all the colours.
There are also several overlay options:
I also created PDF legends for the 25k and 50k themes to show what is supported/different using a similar style to the original OS legends with screenshots from Locus Map and the theme's own symbols etc.
Last attachment is a ZIP of the theme. (now with .nomedia files, thanks Henk van der Spek for pointing that out).
Install in the usual way of unzipping in Locus Map's _theme folder, e.g.:
\<root>\Android\data\menion.android.locus.pro\files\Locus\mapsVector\_themes
I've only tried this on my phone (Samsung Galaxy A3) and tablet (Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014). It is quite a big theme file now (~10,000 lines) because it contains so many different categories and overlay options. I am interested to know if it works OK for everyone. I have considered creating a "lite" 25k only option to see it is works faster or not...
I am putting this theme out there as I feel it might be of interest to others. It is provided as is.
I am not inclined to spend a lot of time working on it, but you are welcome to modify it for your own purposes.
Let me know if there some major problems with the theme.
Here is a comparison of the same map rendered with: Internal Theme, Voluntary UK, OS Style and my new 4 OS map styles (also attached as ThemePreviews_LORES.jpg but lower resolution):
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UPDATE 2020.04.27
I have fixed:
- couple of mistakes in the legends
- added to the legends some additional overlay footer notes.
- country borders to include admin_levels 2, 3 and 4 now.
- rounded locks in rivers now square
- some syntax errors I found during porting to v4 (which is now about 50% completed).
I've updated the attachments with new versions, hence their counters are reset.
There are 6 maps styles provided in the theme:
- Explorer 1:25k
- Landranger 1:50k
- Dynamic Scale
- Night Mode 1:25k
- Night Mode 1:50k
- Night Mode Dynamic
Night Modes provide a darker colour scheme for night usage that preserve the OS colour, but muted a bit. I don't like the built in night mode as it inverts all the colours.
There are also several overlay options:
- non-OS symbols
- non-OS road furniture
- demanding paths
- hiking routes, national
- hiking routes, local
- emphasise hiking routes
- cycling routes, national
- cycling routes, local
- emphasise cycle routes
- fill in residential areas
- grow 50k buildings into town masses
- emphasise land access
- OS style road labels
- level road labels
- boxed road labels
I also created PDF legends for the 25k and 50k themes to show what is supported/different using a similar style to the original OS legends with screenshots from Locus Map and the theme's own symbols etc.
Last attachment is a ZIP of the theme. (now with .nomedia files, thanks Henk van der Spek for pointing that out).
Install in the usual way of unzipping in Locus Map's _theme folder, e.g.:
\<root>\Android\data\menion.android.locus.pro\files\Locus\mapsVector\_themes
I've only tried this on my phone (Samsung Galaxy A3) and tablet (Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014). It is quite a big theme file now (~10,000 lines) because it contains so many different categories and overlay options. I am interested to know if it works OK for everyone. I have considered creating a "lite" 25k only option to see it is works faster or not...
I am putting this theme out there as I feel it might be of interest to others. It is provided as is.
I am not inclined to spend a lot of time working on it, but you are welcome to modify it for your own purposes.
Let me know if there some major problems with the theme.
Here is a comparison of the same map rendered with: Internal Theme, Voluntary UK, OS Style and my new 4 OS map styles (also attached as ThemePreviews_LORES.jpg but lower resolution):
USE SCROLL BAR TO VIEW THE REST >>>>
UPDATE 2020.04.27
I have fixed:
- couple of mistakes in the legends
- added to the legends some additional overlay footer notes.
- country borders to include admin_levels 2, 3 and 4 now.
- rounded locks in rivers now square
- some syntax errors I found during porting to v4 (which is now about 50% completed).
I've updated the attachments with new versions, hence their counters are reset.
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