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The transparency in the wood layers allows underlying features to show through. Real life examples I have encountered include disused quarries and public parks (brighter green). There are other situations as well.



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@tapio "Coffee stain", or as I prefer to call it "golden tint" indicates so-called "protected areas" such as nature reserves, areas of natural beauty, national parks that are in general accessible. Protected areas where in general access is restricted are shown with a pink tint.
The tint is stronger at lower zooms.
The area of slightly darker tint in your screenshot is a nature reserve within a larger protected area. The areas that are much darker are military areas of some sort.
I suspect the usefulness of this rendering depends on both the use of protected areas in different countries and the extent of industrialisation.

The exact choice of green for hiking route highlights is a difficult one as it mustn't be confused with either the various shades of green used for vegetation or with the fill for trunk roads. I'll continue to look at it.

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This ought to work for Locus v4 Silver or Gold:
1. Choose a raster main map as normal (NOT offline vector as illustrated below!)
2. Turn on map overlays, choose relevant LoMap or OAM offline vector map as overlay source
3. Tap theme button which should appear to right of main map selector, choose Contours theme, blend disabled

I'm still working with Locus Pro so I can't fully replicate the steps with Locus 4 Gold.


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@tapio As far as the v5 maps are concerned, data for MTB and cycle networks is now separated. Also the names of hike, bike and MTB networks are now preserved. That's new in v5.
As far as the theme is concerned, it's now able to display any two of the types of network at the same time, with highlights on one on each side of the path or track, and blobs alternating. That's new in this version, largely because of the changes in v5 maps.
Screenshot is of cycling and MTB networks along the same route. If the user selects to show only one of the types of network (or there is only one network) the highlight is displayed on both sides of the route.


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I think you need Locus V3 Pro or Locus v4 Silver for overlays. Is that the problem?

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You can try these contours-only themes. Select an offline map as overlay, either a LoMap or one from OpenAndroMaps, and then select the appropriate Contours theme. You'll need to use srcatop, I think, as the blending type.
Direct links: https://kmu.files.cnow.at/s/xZKFx4CmRbsEY6q
http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/61acf174ec9d4/Contours.zip

I've repackaged the zip files so the themes are already in a folder.
I've also added direct links to the zip files stored elsewhere to bypass the problem with the Tapatalk app.
Please download from the first post in this thread.

Or use these direct links:
Voluntary LE
Voluntary V5

What appears in Windows as a shortcut lnk file is the link to the map key in Locus (long press in theme manager). So that's ok.
But I'll repackage the zip file correctly - thanks for pointing that out!

PS Tapatalk seems not to be downloading zip files at present. I keep getting the post itself in html form.

[I have updated the naming conventions and file locations. If installing into Locus, please delete all earlier versions first (long press in theme manager).]

The latest versions of the Voluntary theme are now available in the first post in this thread.
They have been revised for the excellent V5 maps from OpenAndroMaps.

In V5 maps, hike, bike and MTB routes can be displayed and highlighted independently of each other. The highlighting can optionally be colour-coded in the Hiking and Cycling styles.

I have updated the naming conventions and file locations. If installing into Locus, please delete all earlier versions first (long press in theme manager).

I recently came across this website: https://www.rowmaps.com/osmand/ that provides rights of way (footpath, bridleway and byway) data that can be overlaid on maps in Locus. The page I've given gives details on how to use it with Osmand but it works similarly with Locus.
The data comes from local authorities open database and is more comprehensive than the available Mapsforge-based maps, though the mapping is less precise.
The only drawback is that there is so much data that map drawing can be very slow unless you restrict what is displayed to the nearest 50 tracks for example.


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@karlchick I think it may be better to test for tracktype first, then if grade is not specified (tracktype=~) test for surface.
<rule e="way" k="highway" v="track">
    <rule e="way" k="tracktype" v="grade3">
...
    </rule>
    <rule e="way" k="tracktype" v="~">
        <rule e="way" k="surface" v="gravel">
...
        </rule>
    </rule>
 </rule>

Also, I seem to recall that for OAM maps surfaces are combined in such a way that your rough equivalence of grade=3 and surface=gravel is OK.

I don't know of any effective workarounds. I think this means that zoom 14 is out for outlined areas for this phone.

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@tapio
Please try the attached version. Download, unzip and copy over Voluntary Mapsforge.xml
Let me know of any other unwanted effects.

@tapio Thanks for the report. This is a different effect and not one that appears on my device. I suspect it is resolution dependent.
Does this only happen at zoom 14? It looks like the border of a nature reserve area but the same defect is likely to happen at zoom 14 for water parks etc.
If it only happens at zoom 14 I can remove it at that zoom.


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Try the attached file which has transparency for woods removed for zoom level 12 & 13. Unzip and load over previous version.
It also has colour coded hiking routes in the Hiking style, colour coded cycle and mtb routes in the Cycling style, surface indication of cyclable ways in the Cycle style.
Colours are:
- international walking routes: dark blue ██
- national walking routes: red ██
- regional walking routes: light green ██
- local or unspecified walking routes: lime yellow ██

- international cycling routes: dark blue ██
- national cycling routes: red ██
- regional cycling routes: light blue ██
- local or unspecified cycling routes: lime yellow ██

- international, national,  regional MTB routes: rose ██
- local or unspecified MTB routes: violet ██

In other styles, hiking routes can be emphasised in light green ██, cycle routes emphasised in light blue ██. MTB routes emphasised in violet ██.