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Presumably only partially implemented at present? I can get an image for the overall theme, but not for the styles.

The attached theme demonstrates the style feature in the new beta version. Download and copy to your Locus MapsVector folder, then select the Voluntary UK beta theme. You are then presented with a choice between Hiking, Cycle or Road.
The variations are currently limited to switching on or off display of hiking or cycling routes. They work both with maps from OpenAndroMaps and Locus Store with some added functionality with OpenAndoMaps maps.

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...back to IGN maps:
This information confused me a little bit:


I read "...IS charged.."
Well, fine! So why I should go to store now?
because Locus say map is allready charged.
Where is my mistake?

(I know how it works - it was only this information that confuse me)

Gynta has asked for my comments as I am English, and my native language is English.

I think it should say either (a) "xxx will be charged" or (b) "xxx is chargeable"

Option (b) is probably marginally better English but (a) is clearer in meaning and perfectly OK English.

"Xxx is charged" creates problems over the tense, as pointed out in the thread -- it could mean "xxx has been charged already"

Hugin does that sort of distortion

Other possibilities:
MapTiler http://www.maptiler.com/
Hugin (recommended on the web for 'unusual' projections): http://hugin.sourceforge.net/

Historic maps had a projection which was optimised for certainly no more than a single country. In the UK, the projection varied from county to county until the advent of the ordnance survey in the 19th century. The county based maps just could not be made to get the roads to join up when you went from one county to the next. The Google projection is optimised for the entire globe, something that has become possible with satellite mapping.
None of which is much help towards solving the problem you have.

I don't understand this, but the zip file, which I had successfully corrected following Kona's post appears to have reverted to the previous version of its own accord. Unlikely, I know.
Anyway, I've re-uploaded a corrected one to the first post. Sorry for the difficulties.
In this version, there is an additional feature: railway stations are semitransparent, so that details can be seen in large station halls, for instance of London Victoria.

Sorry, zipfile was incorrectly formed. Corrected and uploaded in first post.
I've changed the zoom at which red dots change to blue icons in response to Kona's comment.
Also, changed rendering slightly for coniferous woods and for ferry routes.

"Map is chargeable" might be better.

Well spotted, Kona! Fixed and uploaded to the first post.
I've actually toned down the red circles for railway stations - they were a bit much.

A few minor changes, mainly due to bugs. Latest version in the first post.

Bugfix release in the first post.
Map display adjusted so that residential roads do not appear until higher zooms in order to speed redrawing in cities with loads of mapping data.

New versions in the first post now include a fully scalable Locus theme using svgs.
I've updated all files, made all pngs much smaller and ensured the svgs display correctly on Locus, Atlas and Cruiser.
As a bonus there are Euro and Dollar versions of the bank, atm and toll symbols included in the folders (Locus and Atlas svg only) that you can rename and slot in if you wish.

And thanks, MagratC!

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Error in English text:
Shift map center .. Move the map center down by ¼

There are new versions in the first post, and house numbers now appear at zoom=19.
The biggest change is that the themes make use of tags on maps from OpenAndroMaps that indicate access by bike or on foot. Tracks now have access indicated down the centre where this is mapped (blue=bike, orange=foot, green=bike and foot). Hike and bike networks are indicated similarly on roads, as well as by large blobs.
Colours are derived from UK Ordnance Survey, if you wondered.
Getting correct font sizes and zoom levels at which symbols and captions appear is not easy, depending on screen resolution and density of mapping in your chosen area. Voluntary UK dp on Locus makes a valiant attempt to scale appropriately for your display.
PS. Uploaded revised version of Voluntary Atlas due to bug in turning circle code.
PPS Added updated key to this post.