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@voldapet, a few of us themers were asked recently by Andrew Heard if we could display amenity=bicycle_park, i.e. somewhere to park/lock up you bicycle.

Currently this is not included in the LoMap tagmapping. Would it be possible to include it?

We can always ask Voldapet and Christian if they would add bicycle parking to the maps. I think OAM would as they promote using OAM for hiking and cycling.

As far as a I know, amenity=bicycle_parking tags are not available in either LoMap or OAM maps.

I suspect the Web-based router planners are using OSM map data directly and so show all available tags on the map rendering.

BTW the red P symbol in my theme represents private parking

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

Symbols and names rotate with the map, see attached.

I think VTM also supports 3D mapping, like on a satnav... if the app supports it...

Hi Everyone,

A big thank you to everyone that tried out the recent v20231013 release (it contained a lot of changes I have made over the last 2.75 years!) and thank you everyone for kindly reporting back to me the bugs/issues and things that could be improved further.

I've incorporated the changes and have just updated the sticky "[Theme] OS Map" topic thread with the latest release (see post #1 for updated release notes and details).

I'm hoping I can get this version of the theme into the Locus Map store to make it easier to download and install soon.

I've just uploaded the latest release of the OS Map theme (v20231218) which now includes fixes and updates for many issues you all reported to me. A very big thank you to all for reporting your findings, I hope this release will be OK enough to finally release into the Locus Map store, my next task.

Here is a list of the changes in this latest release:

• Removed residential roads from filled in residential areas at zoom level 12.
• Removed unused categories and tidied up style menu definitions
• Added colour icons to style menus to indicate options by colour groups, green=hiking, orange=cycling, purple=mtb, brown=urban, black=roads, white=non-OS.
• Added option "Show symbols earlier" so you can have less symbol intrusion at Z15 and lower, useful in urban/city areas.
• Added option "Building names earlier" so you can have more building namers appear earlier from Z16 onwards.
• Added option "emphasise all sealed roads too" so you can selectively also highlight ALL roads that are sealed, or disable (if you prefer a less distracting urban view).
• Added footpath names visible from Z16.
• Changed "surface textures" options to also include all steps, footpaths and bridleways.
• Changed option "road surface/grade textures" to "surface textures" to be shorter menu entry.
• Changed option "emphasise road surface/grade textures" to "emphasise surface textures" to be shorter menu entry.
• Changed size of covered reservoir symbol at Z13/Z14 to be smaller.
• Changed unclassified roads to appear from Z12 (was Z13).
• Changed smaller service roads to appear from Z13 (was Z12).
• Changed 50k pylons to be smaller at high zoom levels.
• Changed place name priorities to work better.
• Fixed missing bridges casings at Z13/Z14.
• Fixed symbol/pattern filenames to be have matching cases in both theme and filing system - enables theme to work correctly with OruxMaps.

I'll try a Locus map weblink for position:

https://web.locusmap.app/loc/51.86898:-2.22724:Cycle%20lanes%20on%20one%20way

Here's the osm link to the way too:

https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/4225982



I wasn't aware of the tag transform documentation, will find and read, thanks.

Reasonable suggestions. I just recently decided not to include residential streets into ZL12, but am still a bit undecided. Tertiary (and bigger) I agree. I start tertiary also in 11.

I saw your change to not show residential at z12 and liked it, I'm trying it out in my theme too, but did it slightly differently, at z12 I'm drawing the residential roads below the landuse=residential. This way any residential roads that exit a town/village and join another highway or on areas with no landuse set they are still visible/connected. Also I have an option to not fill landuse=residential and the the residential roads are still there. At z13 upwards I still draw them over the filled areas.

Would it be possible to show highway.unclassified, highway.service and highway.track from level Z12?

Attached shows a comparison at Z12 of LoMap vs OAM, see that LoMap shows large blank areas. I think it better to show that there is something in the empty spaces... also, if you are navigating by car,  it would be good to see that there are some minor roads available and where they go,  especially when stuck in traffic jam and contemplating making a diversion...

[OS Map v20231203 Draft1.zip]

Had a busy evening, managed to draft fixes for all the issues reported so far.

I've loaded a draft version with fixes here:

    OS Map v20231203 Draft1.zip

I've not updated the legends or release notes yet, will do that for a proper release.

Changes made are:
- reduced heavy pylons at high zoom levels.
- fixed issues causing Oruxmap to not display many elements correctly.
- added option enabled by default "show symbols earlier" to allow reduced clutter in cities.
- fixed dynamic view of footpath dashes green/black out of sync
- moved surface highlights to below the highways to avoid obscuring the surface texture and street names.

BTW, the issue with Oruxmaps was down to case sensitivity of filenames in theme vs actual filenames. Seems Windows likes to capitalise the first letter by default. Have renamed all files to lowercase now.

Please try out the new draft and I'll all be very grateful of any feedback, thanks in advance.

Thank you everyone for feedback and bugs found so far, I very much appreciate it and will work on these to get a fixed release out ASAP. Attached is my fix list so far.

... the new PROW highlights are drawn below the highway... I should do this for these highlights too.

Attached is a quick test of doing this, think I like it...

Andrew,

Strange, the previous version v20210216 and the new version v20231013 seem to behave the same regarding surface highlighting. Attached is a comparison of v20210216, v2023101, and v2023101 modded to highlight all roads with asphalt.

Currently only tracks, raceway and cycleways highlight asphalt. Looking at the modded version I can see why I might have avoided other highways which are usually sealed anyway. With the dash unsealed roads option enabled it would be obvious when main roads are not sealed.

I agree with your ~rant about the highlights being too intrusive, they are drawn over the highways (like a real highlighter pen). I changed the way the hike/cycle routes are highlighted in this release and the new PROW highlights are drawn below the highway... I should do this for these highlights too.

Thanks Andrew, I made a mistake with the release notes, fixed it now.

I'll take a look at the surface highlights and see what's going on.

I noticed Tapio's signature earlier, will do something similar too I think.

Only the higher ZL city areas are visually not my cup of tea,

Yes, in cities like London there are a lot of blue icons that clutter the map.  Many are car parks and pubs, which would usually always be shown on an OS map in more rural settings, as they represent significant landmarks. But in a city they are so common that they are less useful.

I know that OS maps don't show these in cities,  probably for that specific reason. See comparison attached.

I don't want to remove them from the z15/z16 levels as they are useful in rural areas... I guess I could raise the priority of the more significant icons in cities, e.g. museums...

...or add an option for symbols earlier...