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Last updated 2016-03-20


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A theme featuring colours of roads and other features like user in DACH countries expect them to be based on experience from paper maps.


  • colours of roads and other features like user in DACH countries expect them to be based on experience from paper maps
    • freeways (Autobahnen, Schnellstraßen) are orange
    • major highways (Bundesstraßen) are red
    • railroads are black and well visible
    • dirt roads are brown and well visible
    • non-drivable roads are thinner but visible
  • other design parameters
    • default area colour is grey
    • runways are visible
    • private roads are slightly red (warning color, driving forbidden!) and well visible
    • parking lot roads are slightly blue and well visible
    • map background is slightly grey so it is not too bright
    • one way arrows are better visible
    • selection color is bright blue
    • alternative routes colours are green - orange - red


A variant of the theme without forests (for those people who hate seeing forests and everything green in their app) can be downloaded here.



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