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Overlay map color schemes
jtstill:
My issue with the translucent highlighting is that if I'm trying to visualize a road trip within a region or my completion of the region itself from a wide enough perspective, it really doesn't matter whether the highlighting is on "travelled" or not, because I can barely tell the highlighted sections from the unhighlighted sections... I'm sure the translucent overlay when not highlighted is extremely useful from a highway maintenance perspective, but for a casual mapper such as myself who is interested in making visualizations of my personal travels, it's incredibly distracting to have even the unhighlighted (still translucent) lines on the map. I don't know if it's possible to add opacity settings to the unhighlighted sections, or how much computing power it takes, but I'd certainly be willing to optionally wait longer for a load if it gets me a better map view.
michih:
Good point! So, this could do the trick:
Highlight All, Highlight Traveled, Highlight Untraveled, Highlight None, Traveled Only, Untraveled Only, Disable All
Jim:
--- Quote from: michih on September 29, 2023, 10:44:52 am ---Good point! So, this could do the trick:
Highlight All, Highlight Traveled, Highlight Untraveled, Highlight None, Traveled Only, Untraveled Only, Disable All
--- End quote ---
Yes, I think this is the one, and I think it should be a straightforward change. I hope to take a look soon unless someone wants to give it a try and submit a pull request before I have a chance.
jtstill:
Just bringing this one back into the conversation -- as someone who isn't doing the coding/leg work, I have no room to complain, but as I add more segments to my list file I still think being able to completely turn on/off the translucency of untraveled routes would be great for visualization purposes! Similar to what's below, but with my travels instead of I-80, obviously. :)
leshii:
I'm new. I actually must have known this site existed at some point because I had a .list file on an old hard drive that I had one entry for, but either way. I'm just getting started. So I hope this doesn't come across as obnoxious; definitely not my intent.
But I am having a lot of trouble really getting a visual grasp on my travels from maps. The problem is that I don't feel like the distinction between logged and unlogged roads is prominent enough. Or, from another point of view, I'd like to see the ability to remove unlogged roads from maps.
Even when the excess information is removed and it's just a white background, I feel like it's only comprehensible when you're at a scale like below (roughly 100 miles east to west there).
I know you can change to just one color but I find that personally even harder to read.
I lack the technical skills to be of any use, so I know it sounds like I'm complaining without a solution. I'm truly not complaining. Just wondering if there's a technical or other reason for not being able to remove unlogged roads.
Thank you.
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