[Tobias]

Elevate 2 and 3 have been updated. Some changes to roads for better distinctness, and surface now plays a role how paths are rendered in hiking styles if they don’t have difficulty information, and lots of other small changes.

3.0.6 19/09/15
– changed rendering for footways/paths without sac_scale for hiking style: brown means unpaved path/footway (or path without surface information); grey means paved path/footway (or footway without surface information)
– Locus: changed tunnels to Elevate 2 style (as dy isn’t working properly on ways)
– corrected surface width for some highways
– limited national hiking/cycling routes to ZL8
– changed low to mid zoom rendering of highway refs, rendering of basin borders, (inter)national hiking routes on paths, colors of major highways, rendering of bridleways, zoom-min for bridges, track cores, xsd location
– removed leisure=track from ski pistes
– added glacier border, zoom-min for pistes, low zoom motorway tunnels, memorial types
– viewpoint now in both tourism and outdoor overlays

2.5.5 19/09/15
– changed rendering for footways/paths without sac_scale for hiking style: brown means unpaved path/footway (or path without surface information); grey means paved path/footway (or footway without surface information)
– corrected surface width for some highways
– limited national hiking/cycling routes to ZL8
– changed public transport stations to Elevate 3 style markers, rendering of basin borders, (inter)national hiking routes on paths, colors of major highways, rendering of bridleways, zoom-min for bridges, track cores, xsd location
– removed leisure=track from ski pistes
– added glacier border, zoom-min for pistes, low zoom motorway tunnels, memorial types

Developer of Elevate mapstyle

[Tobias]

Elevate 2 and 3 have been updated. The major changes are only visible with OpenAndroMaps starting with October 2015. Among smaller changes these are the most prominent ones:
Low zooms are much more usable now, including state and mountain range names. Larger areas of interest and their captions appear earlier, smaller later.
For better visibility some highway colors have been changed, most prominently: (inter)national cycling routes are now violet, regional are red.
And a lot of smaller changes to optimize behaviour at different zoom levels.

All changes:

3.1.0 08/10/15
– low zoom areas are now much more usable: names for states and mountain ranges/areas are displayed, names of lakes/glaciers/woods/mountain ranges/protected for larger areas are displayed earlier and for smaller areas later (differs for city style)
– it’s easier to distinguish between routes and highways as colors are optimized: (inter)national cycling routes are now violet, regional are red (already changed mtb routes and colors of major highways in earlier versions)
– improved Elements: limited symbols and captions somewhat to make low zooms less random and more usable
– added place=state, natural=mountain_range, natural=mountain_area for low zooms, bboxweight for poly_labels, zoom-min for ditch/stream/drain/river/canal/railway/pier/runway/apron/taxiway, different colors for some landscape names, small ford symbol for Elements low zooms
– changed rendering of settlement names, zoom-min for island captions/forest areas, low zoom hiking/cycling routes, captions & rendering of protected areas
– fixed rendering of low zoom motorway tunnels, volcano low zoom captions

2.6.0 08/10/15
– low zoom areas are now much more usable: names for states and mountain ranges/areas are displayed, names of lakes/glaciers/woods/mountain ranges/protected for larger areas are displayed earlier and for smaller areas later (differs for Elegant)
– it’s easier to distinguish between routes and highways as colors are optimized: (inter)national cycling routes are now violet, regional are red (already changed mtb routes and colors of major highways in earlier versions)
– added place=state, natural=mountain_range, natural=mountain_area for low zooms, bboxweight for poly_labels, different colors for some landscape names, small ford symbol for Elements low zooms
– changed rendering of settlement names, zoom-min for island captions/forest areas, low zoom hiking/cycling routes, captions & rendering of protected areas
– fixed rendering of low zoom motorway tunnels, volcano low zoom captions

Developer of Elevate mapstyle

[Tobias]

Once again a small update for Elevate 2 and 3. Some new symbols, apart from that mainly optimizations.

3.1.1 10/11/15
– optimized SVG symbols, rerendered PNG symbols
– changed rendering of tracks, rendering of routes at ZL 12+13, color of contour lines, rendering of pipelines
– added shop=travel_agency, new symbol for pub, amenity=bar

2.6.1 10/11/15
– rerendered PNG symbols on optimized Elevate 3 SVG symbol basis
– changed rendering of tracks, rendering of routes at ZL 12+13, color of contour lines, rendering of pipelines
– added shop=travel_agency, new symbol for pub, amenity=bar

Developer of Elevate mapstyle

[Tobias]

Elevate 2 and 3 have been updated. Mainly changes/additions in landuse captions. Elevate 3 adds in cycling style a marker for oneway streets where cycling is allowed in opposite direction (with OAM maps from January 2016 on).

3.1.2 10/01/16
– added oneway:bicycle=no for cycling style (turquoise arrow added where cycling is allowed in opposite direction of oneway streets), name captions in city style for retail/commercial/industrial/brownfield/garages/construction/greenfield, name caption for residential/farmyard/farm landuses
– changed ZL for high zoom forest/wood/desert captions

2.6.2 10/01/16
– added name caption for residential/farmyard/farm landuses
– changed ZL for high zoom forest/wood/desert captions

Developer of Elevate mapstyle

[Tobias]

With the update of OruxMaps to version 6.5.0 Elevate 3 finally works with the playstore version. So anyone who didn’t use the beta/release candidates can use this much improved version.

The big improvements of Elevate 3.0 are:

– Map styles are now integrated in one theme file, this means hiking/cycling/city can now be selected directly, only Elements needs another theme file. The map styles differ more than before.
– Overlays make it possible to switch on or off of different elements, e.g. captions, symbols, protected areas etc.
– Additional overlays are showing now better visible and emphasized hiking or cycling routes or are a public transport network is shown.
– Priorities make it possible that settlement names and important symbols are shown much more reliably.
– A version with SVG-symbols is now scalable for all kinds of devices. The size variants are now only necessary because the glow of symbols there makes them easier to see.
– Elements now supports all map styles as in Elevate with hiking, city or cycling. The difference is that everything is shown as soon it is contained in the map data.

Developer of Elevate mapstyle

[Tobias]

A new small update of Elevate 2 and 3. Mainly finetuning/fixes for path/cycleway/footway rendering.
A pretty big change for Locus users of Elevate 3: as Locus renders captions for symbols very different in comparison to mapsforge 0.5, I limited most captions to higher zoom levels.

3.1.3 09/02/16
– limited bicycle=no marking to relevant highways in cycling style
– restructured path rendering rules, fixed some missing trail_visibility information for path/footway without sac_scale in hiking style, fixed color for cycleway with foot=yes without surface information in hiking
– added bicycle access information for path/footway in hiking/city style, added weak priority for ele captions, leisure=picnic_table
– Locus: moved most captions for symbols to zoom level 17 and higher because of missing priorities/different collision management/missing dy on areas in Locus

2.6.3 09/02/16
– limited bicycle=no marking to relevant highways in cycling style
– restructured path rendering rules, fixed some missing trail_visibility information for path/footway without sac_scale in hiking style, fixed color for cycleway with foot=yes without surface information in hiking
– added bicycle access information for path/footway in hiking/city style, leisure=picnic_table

Developer of Elevate mapstyle

[Tobias]

There was a problem with some footways in the last version, therefore I made a new one.

3.1.4 09/02/16
– fixed path/footway rendering rules

2.6.4 09/02/16
– fixed path/footway rendering rules

Developer of Elevate mapstyle

[Tobias]

Elevate 3 and 2 have been updated. As announced before Elevate 2 will from now on only get additons which aren’t too complex.
The major changes for Elevate 3 are optimized low and very low zooms incl. markers for cities/capitals, rendering of crevasses in glaciers and better captions for small SVG symbols.

3.1.5 07/03/16
– added caravan_site to low zoom markers, border for admin_level=3, natural=crevasse, low zoom markers for cities/capitals
– changed admin borders, rendering of some place names, rendering of low zoom (inter)national routes, moved low zoom highways to level 11 and lower, reduced caption/symbol distance for small SVG symbols (non-Locus), optimized very low zooms
– corrected spanish translation for overlay menus
– Locus: moved protected area borders to zoom level 16 because of rendering issue

2.6.5 07/03/16
– added caravan_site to low zoom markers, border for admin_level=3, natural=crevasse
– changed admin borders

Developer of Elevate mapstyle

[Tobias]

A small update to adapt Elevate for the new optimized tagmapping for maps mid march and later, and some small corrections/optimizations.

3.1.6 16/03/16
– changed leisure=track to leisure=ls_track, larger symbol/earlier ZL for amenity=bus_station
– corrected SVG scale factor for public transport network stations, removed SVG scaling in Locus PNG versions
– removed leisure=ls_track from highways/tourism, moved highway=raceway upwards, moved residential landuse etc. to level 12+

2.6.6 16/03/16
– changed leisure=track to leisure=ls_track, larger symbol/earlier ZL for amenity=bus_station
– removed leisure=ls_track from highways/tourism, moved highway=raceway upwards, moved residential landuse etc. to level 12+

Developer of Elevate mapstyle

[Tobias]

Beta-Test Elevate 3.2

Elevate 3.2 uses only SVG graphics now. This means all symbols and patterns are now displayed with scalable vector graphics, instead of pixel based PNG files.
The advantag is that those adapt to the display density, so because of the graphics different theme sizes aren’t necessary anymore (but maybe still because of things like line width or dashes).
For example pastterns like those on private roads are now scaled and should be better visible on high density screens.

Attached is a first test version. I am happy about some feedback, especially with other apps/densities.
I mainly tested with OruxMaps 6.5.0b at 320ppi and Atlas under Windows.
One known issue is that Locus doesn’t match the patterns quite right at high zoom levels at some screen densities. At 320ppi everything is fine, at 240ppi or 480ppi it isn’t.

Here are the download links:

https://www.openandromaps.org/wp-content/users/tobias/test/Elevate3.zip
https://www.openandromaps.org/wp-content/users/tobias/test/Elevate3_L.zip
https://www.openandromaps.org/wp-content/users/tobias/test/Elevate3_XL.zip

Elevate OruxMaps quick install
Elevate_L OruxMaps quick install
Elevate_XL OruxMaps quick install

https://www.openandromaps.org/wp-content/users/tobias/test/Elevate3_Locus.zip
https://www.openandromaps.org/wp-content/users/tobias/test/Elevate3_Locus_L.zip
https://www.openandromaps.org/wp-content/users/tobias/test/Elevate3_Locus_XL.zip

Elevate Locus quick install
Elevate_L Locus quick install
Elevate_XL Locus quick install

Developer of Elevate mapstyle

[Tobias]

Betatest Elevate 4
With the major change to scalable graphics in the last test version I made the step to offer only one scalable version and have tested and adjusted this accordingly with several screen densities. This is one reason for a major new version number, therefore I now release the first test version of Elevate 4.
Another big change concerns routes: now national and international routes have seperate colors, which led to change all colors so that they now match those that are used for hiking routes in some areas. As cycling and hiking routes don’t appear in the same map style anymore (as in Elements 2) both now use the same colors.

One known issue is that Locus doesn’t match the patterns quite right at high zoom levels at some screen densities. At 320ppi everything is fine, at 240ppi or 480ppi it isn’t.

Here are the download links:

https://www.openandromaps.org/wp-content/users/tobias/Elevate4.zip
https://www.openandromaps.org/wp-content/users/tobias/Elevate4_Locus.zip

Elevate OruxMaps quick install
Elevate Locus quick install

4.0 beta 03/05/16
– one size only: SVG version which scales with screen density is now default (instead of various sizes, removed those)
– Locus: added “dp” to all values for adjusting to screen density
– new SVG patterns that scale with screen density, changed pattern zoom behaviour
– reworked routes: new unified colors for hiking and cycling routes, seperate colors for international and national routes, new low zoom rendering for hiking routes on paths, optimized route rendering
– added tourism=apartment, zoom-min to some bridges and tunnels, extra pattern colors for access=private (orange) and access=no (red)
– changed low zoom captions, cycle and hike nodes, captions for protected areas, symbol for tourism=chalet, cliff rendering, motorway_junction caption, high zoom hiking routes on cycleways, access patterns
– limited capital to certain places, removed sled pistes from cycling mapstyle

Developer of Elevate mapstyle

[Tobias]

Second beta for Elevate 4. Main changes to last beta: changed colors for local and regional cycling routes, more optimizations of routes and patterns, for Locus patterns are for the moment fixed size.

Downloads:

https://www.openandromaps.org/wp-content/users/tobias/Elevate4.zip
https://www.openandromaps.org/wp-content/users/tobias/Elevate4_Locus.zip

Elevate OruxMaps quick install
Elevate Locus quick install

4.0 beta2 09/05/16
– one size only: SVG version which scales with screen density is now default (instead of various sizes, removed those)
– Locus: added “dp” to all values for adjusting to screen density
– new SVG patterns that scale with screen density (except Locus, fixed size necessary atm), changed pattern zoom behaviour
– reworked routes: seperate colors for international and national routes (same for hiking and cycling – blue and green), new low zoom rendering for hiking routes on paths, optimized route rendering
– added tourism=apartment, zoom-min to some bridges and tunnels, seperate pattern colors for access=private (orange) and access=no (red)
– changed low zoom captions, cycle and hike nodes, captions for protected areas, symbol for tourism=chalet, cliff rendering, motorway_junction caption, high zoom hiking routes on cycleways, access patterns
– limited capital to certain places, removed sled pistes from cycling mapstyle

Developer of Elevate mapstyle

[Tobias]

Third beta for Elevate 4. Main changes to last beta: added seperate MTB map style with new rendering for mtb_scale_uphill and added trail_visibility to path, return of scaleable background for Locus (version 3.17+), Locus version includes now Locus Edition (LE) versions for V3 maps and standard Elevate for V4 maps.

Downloads:

https://www.openandromaps.org/wp-content/users/tobias/Elevate4.zip
https://www.openandromaps.org/wp-content/users/tobias/Elevate4_Locus.zip

Elevate OruxMaps quick install
Elevate Locus quick install

4.0 beta3 18/05/16
– one size only: SVG version which scales with screen density is now default (instead of various sizes, removed those)
– new SVG patterns that scale with screen density, changed pattern zoom behaviour
– new MTB mapstyle: new rendering for mtb_scale_uphill, added trail_visibility to paths, removed mtb_scale from highways with access limits
– reworked routes: seperate colors for international and national routes (same for hiking and cycling – blue and green), new low zoom rendering for hiking routes on paths, optimized route rendering
– Locus: added “dp” to all values for adjusting to screen density, added standard V4 version, renamed Locus edition with “LE”
– added tourism=apartment, zoom-min to some bridges and tunnels, seperate pattern colors for access=private (orange) and access=no (red)
– changed low zoom captions, cycle and hike nodes, captions for protected areas, symbol for tourism=chalet, cliff rendering, motorway_junction caption, high zoom hiking routes on cycleways, access patterns, moved observation tower to outdoor overlay, removed viewpoint from towers, rendering for sac_scale 5/6 limited capital to certain places, removed sled pistes from cycling mapstyle

Developer of Elevate mapstyle

[Tobias]

Last test version for Elevate 4. If no bigger problems arise this will replace Elevate 3 soon.
The biggest change concerns access limits, those are filtered now: a way with only private/no access is only rendered as that in hiking (or cycling) mapstyle, if this access limit is also valid for pedestrians (or cyclers). Only the city mapstyle shows general access limits.

Downloads:

https://www.openandromaps.org/wp-content/users/tobias/Elevate4.zip
https://www.openandromaps.org/wp-content/users/tobias/Elevate4_Locus.zip

Elevate OruxMaps quick install
Elevate Locus quick install

4.0 RC 29/05/16
– one size only: SVG version which scales with screen density is now default (instead of various sizes, removed those)
– new SVG patterns that scale with screen density, changed pattern zoom behaviour
– new MTB mapstyle: new rendering for mtb_scale_uphill, added trail_visibility to paths, removed mtb_scale from highways with bicycle=no
– reworked routes: seperate colors for international and national routes (same for hiking and cycling – blue and green), new low zoom rendering for hiking routes on paths, optimized route rendering
– reworked access markings: seperate pattern colors for access=private (orange) and access=no (red), more complex filtering of access rules on highways, new access patterns
– Locus: added “dp” to all values for adjusting to screen density, added standard V4 version, renamed Locus edition with “LE”
– added tourism=apartment, zoom-min to some bridges and tunnels, seperate rendering for private playgrounds
– changed low zoom captions, cycle and hike nodes, captions for protected areas, symbol for tourism=chalet, cliff rendering, motorway_junction caption, high zoom hiking routes on cycleways, moved observation tower to outdoor overlay, removed viewpoint from towers, rendering for sac_scale 5/6, limited capital to certain places, removed sled pistes from cycling mapstyle, optimized emphasized cycleways

Developer of Elevate mapstyle

[Tobias]

A second release candidate. Now bicycle routes are available in MTB mapstyle. Also added some landscape caption like capes, bays, fjords etc. for upcoming maps, and some optimizations.

Downloads:

https://www.openandromaps.org/wp-content/users/tobias/Elevate4.zip
https://www.openandromaps.org/wp-content/users/tobias/Elevate4_Locus.zip

Elevate OruxMaps quick install
Elevate Locus quick install

4.0 RC2 06/06/16
– one size only: SVG version which scales with screen density is now default (instead of various sizes, removed those)
– new SVG patterns that scale with screen density, changed pattern zoom behavior
– new MTB mapstyle: new rendering for mtb_scale_uphill, added trail_visibility to paths, removed mtb_scale from highways with bicycle=no
– reworked routes: separate colors for international and national routes (same for hiking and cycling – blue and green), new low zoom rendering for hiking routes on paths, optimized route rendering
– reworked access markings: separate pattern colors for access=private (orange) and access=no (red), more complex filtering of access rules on highways, new access patterns
– Locus: added “dp” to all values for adjusting to screen density, added standard V4 version, renamed Locus edition with “LE”
– added tourism=apartment, zoom-min to some bridges and tunnels, separate rendering for private playgrounds, natural=cape/crater/bay/peninsula/fjord/canyon, place=islet/archipelago/sea/ocean
– changed low zoom captions, cycle and hike nodes, captions for protected areas, symbol for tourism=chalet, cliff rendering, motorway_junction caption, high zoom hiking routes on cycleways, moved observation tower to outdoor overlay, removed viewpoint from towers, rendering for sac_scale 5/6, limited capital to certain places, removed sled pistes from cycling mapstyle, optimized emphasized cycleways, removed bridges from tunnels, changed cycleway=track to cycleway=cw_track, rendering cores instead of tunnels at low zooms

Developer of Elevate mapstyle

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