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  • Next Stop Next Stop

    Hi all,
    Would it be possible to introduce some higher contrast maps with the upcoming app updates?

    I really like using the Roads only (Vulf) as day and night as you can clearly see the road layout when just glancing at the screen.

    To have these but with colour indicating the different road types, land type, logistical info, etc. would be awesome!

    I find with most of the other map styles, the roads (especially the rural ones) are quite washed out, probably more to do with my ageing eyes though 😁

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    @Next-Stop Hello, I also would like to see more contrast. For example the map in DMD2 is much more sharp and clear.

    Thomas

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    • Thomas Neumeyer Thomas Neumeyer

      @Next-Stop Hello, I also would like to see more contrast. For example the map in DMD2 is much more sharp and clear.

      Thomas

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      Marinus van Deudekom
      RouteXpert
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      @Thomas-Neumeyer you can use another layout of the map. I use the industrial look witch is a lot better

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      • Marinus van Deudekom Marinus van Deudekom

        @Thomas-Neumeyer you can use another layout of the map. I use the industrial look witch is a lot better

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        @Marinus-van-Deudekom IMG_0232.png IMG_0231.png

        Honda Goldwing GL1500,
        Honda Silverwing GL 650
        DMD2 T865X 8 inch Android tablet using MRA next for navigation
        Garmin XT sold
        Samsung S24FE mounted on a Quadlock and using Android Auto in my car

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          Resurrecting this thread as I really struggled to see some roads and turning points as when out of town there is almost no contrast between the roads and the background. I tried the suggestions in this post but nothing makes any difference.

          Can anyone suggest anything?

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            I also think it would be a good idea to have maps with higher contrast. Sometimes I take the wrong turn because there's a fork in the road where one of the two roads isn't visible on the map, and so I turn onto the wrong one. After a few meters, the app recalculates and I realize I've made a mistake...

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              me too! As long as you strictly follow the route line (with the instructions for turn right or left) it could be on a blanc/white background.
              But if you have a lot of 3rd level roads in the area you are just driving, the map is in fifty shades of gray. So an orientation is not really possibly.

              Sometimes I don't want to follow the route exactly - sometimes another more beautiful road is going parallel and I would do a kind of detour. But I can't see it on that gray in gray map.

              Also if I drive a track offroad, it would be helpful to see p.e. a borderline of a forest, or a little river etc. to be sure, to drive correct. But in bright sunshine and a map style in pastel colours, it's hard to read.

              I know, Garmin is using a simple txt file to specify the colours for each and everything. So, it's easy to change p.e. the color for highways, urban streets, forests, meadows, etc. to own purpose.

              Nothing is impossible ;-)
              In past: GARMIN Zumo 210->GARMIN Zumo 395->GARMIN XT=> now: DMD T865-X + MyRoute-App, LocusMaps, OsmAnd.
              In past: GARMIN MapSource ->GARMIN BaseCamp->Tyre->Kurviger->Calimoto=> now: MRA-Routplanner.

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                Good to hear it's not just me who has this problem, I was starting to think it was my eyesight at fault.

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                  Here is a comparison of Google maps with the Here map on MRA, despite the poor image quality the difference is obvious.
                  The road colour doesn't need to change, just the background when out of town.

                  PXL_20260629_112625063.jpg
                  PXL_20260629_112751034.jpg

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                    I would like more contrast as well. My old eyes are crying... I use Dart as color but it's not enough.

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                    • Marinus van Deudekom Offline
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                      You could try to use Wong logistic
                      I find that one is better

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