{"id":6,"date":"2009-04-06T20:12:04","date_gmt":"2009-04-06T19:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-06-25T00:16:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T22:16:33","slug":"map-legend","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/about-2\/map-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Map Legend and Layouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"snvdshc\"><div class=\"su-tabs su-tabs-style-default su-tabs-mobile-stack\" data-active=\"1\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-tabs-nav\"><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Map Legend General<\/span><span class=\"\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Map Layout\/Style<\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-tabs-panes\"><div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Map Legend General\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4>Polylines (Highways):<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick guide to the colors used for ways and tracks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Red<\/strong>=tracks which are wide enough for a car to pass. Unpaved - the smaller\/more dottet the segments of the line are - the worse\/less even the surface.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Black\/Grey<\/strong>\/: Cycleway or paved track.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green:<\/strong> Singletrail \/ small trail with mtb classification (mtb:scale) - from 0 easy to 5 (good trial skill needed) - again the smaller the segments - the more difficult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brown<\/strong>: Path - usually rated according to the Swiss Alpine Club hiking trail classification. Again - the smaller the segments - the more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>In general for brown\/red\/ ways: If a way is not rated for difficulty - it will be shown as continuous line.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Modern left - Legacy right:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: default;\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legend\/main_highways_trad.png\" alt=\"Main Highways &quot;trad&quot; layout\" width=\"472\" height=\"602\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: default;\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legend\/main_highways_clas.png\" alt=\"Main highways &quot;clas&quot; layout\" width=\"479\" height=\"605\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ways with mtb attributes or sac_scale (clickable thumbnails for full size)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legend\/mtb_highways_trad.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: default;\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legend\/mtb_highways_trad.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legend\/mtb_highways_clas.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: default;\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legend\/mtb_highways_clas.png\" alt=\"Ways with mtb attributes - &quot;clas&quot; layout\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Additional ways and lines (clickable thumbnails for full size)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legend\/additional_lines_trad.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: default;\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legend\/additional_lines_trad.png\" alt=\"Additional ways and lines - &quot;trad&quot; layout\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legend\/additional_lines_clas.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: default;\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/legend\/additional_lines_clas.png\" alt=\"Additonal ways and lines &quot;clas&quot; layout\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Points of Interest<\/h3>\n<p>Restaurants and Shopping<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: default;\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/map_legend\/restaurants_shopping.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"824\" height=\"792\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sport and Tourism<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: default;\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/map_legend\/sport_tourism.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1063\" height=\"704\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Municipal and other POI<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: default;\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/map_legend\/municipal_service.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"795\" height=\"684\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Areas<\/h3>\n<p>Landuses:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: default;\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/map_legend\/landuses.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"789\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sport and Public Places:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: default;\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/map_legend\/sports_municipal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"559\" height=\"694\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Natural and Tourism<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: default;\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/map_legend\/landuses2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"421\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Abbreviations and Highway Attributes:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>M12 \/ Mn34<\/strong> -- the first number is the mtb:scale, the second number the mtb:scale:uphill. \"n\" stands for the way being part of a mtb route\/network. See:<a class=\"linkification-ext\" title=\"Linkification: http:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Key:mtb:scale\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Key:mtb:scale\">http:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Key:mtb:scale<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>G1\u00a0<\/strong>-- tracktype=grade1 See:\u00a0<a class=\"linkification-ext\" title=\"Linkification: http:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Tracktype\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Tracktype\">http:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Tracktype<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note however - that I also map the keys smoothness and surface to tracktype G value. So I try to get the best value - also if it may contradict with the actual value for tracktype.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>T2<\/strong> -- sac_scale=T2 (mountain hiking) See: <a class=\"linkification-ext\" title=\"Linkification: http:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Key:sac_scale\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Key:sac_scale\">http:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Key:sac_scale<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tv6<\/strong>=Trail_Visibility (6=no, 5=horrible,4=bad,3=intermediate) <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Key:trail_visibility\">https:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Key:trail_visibility<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Xbk<\/strong>\u00a0--bicycle=no<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Routes<\/strong><br \/>\nSee: <a class=\"linkification-ext\" title=\"Linkification: http:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/relation:route\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Relation:route\">http:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/relation:route<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cn= <strong>C<\/strong>ycleroute \/ Cycle Network<\/li>\n<li>Mn=<strong>M<\/strong>ountainbike Route<\/li>\n<li>Hn=<strong>H<\/strong>iking Route \/ Hiking Network<\/li>\n<li>Wn=<strong>W<\/strong>alking Route \/ Walking Network<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Differentiated by importance as follows (for Mountain Bike Routes as example) - if classified. If not it`s simply Mr.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Imn = <strong>I<\/strong>nternational<\/li>\n<li>Nmn = <strong>N<\/strong>ational<\/li>\n<li>Rmn = <strong>R<\/strong>egional<\/li>\n<li>Tmn = <strong>T<\/strong>ouristic<\/li>\n<li>Lmn = <strong>L<\/strong>ocal<\/li>\n<li>Mn= unclassified Mountainbike Route<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rmn34 would be = Regional Mountainbike Route, mtb:scale=3, mtb:scale:uphill=4<\/p>\n<p>Lmn3. = Local Mountain Bike Route, mtb:scale=3, mtb:scale:uphill=unknown.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highways<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See:\u00a0<a class=\"linkification-ext\" title=\"Linkification: http:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Key:highway\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Key:highway\">http:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Key:highway<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pri<\/strong>=primary \/ primary_link<br \/>\n<strong>Sec<\/strong>=secondary<br \/>\n<strong>Ter<\/strong>=tertiary<br \/>\n<strong>Cw<\/strong>=cycleway<br \/>\n<strong>Min<\/strong>=minor<br \/>\n<strong>Unsf<\/strong>=unsurfaced<br \/>\n<strong>Uncl<\/strong>=unclassified<br \/>\n<strong>Living<\/strong>=living_street<br \/>\n<strong>Pdstrn<\/strong>=pedestrian<br \/>\n<strong>Trk<\/strong>=track<br \/>\n<strong>Pth<\/strong>=path<br \/>\n<strong>Ft<\/strong>=footway<br \/>\n<strong>Fp<\/strong>=footpath<br \/>\n<strong>Brdlw<\/strong>=bridleway<br \/>\n<strong>Rd<\/strong>=road<br \/>\n<strong>Byw<\/strong>=byway<br \/>\n<strong>Ser<\/strong>=service<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cyclelane\/Cycletrack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See:\u00a0<a class=\"linkification-ext\" title=\"Linkification: http:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Key:cycleway\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Key:cycleway\">http:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Key:cycleway<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bklane<\/strong>=cycleway=lane<br \/>\n<strong>Bktrk -\u00a0<\/strong>cycleway=track<br \/>\n<strong>Opp<\/strong>\u00a0- cycleway=opposite<br \/>\n<strong>Opptrk<\/strong>\u00a0- cycleway=opposite_track<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Note: the first letter is always capital - I dropped proper usage of small\/capital letters because it creates problems on quite a few older Garmin devices.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"snvdshc\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" data-title=\"Map Layout\/Style\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"snvdshc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The OpenMTBMaps and VeloMaps come with several different layouts\/styles (also known as .typ-files)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Modern or legacy layout:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\"<strong>Legacy<\/strong>\" typfiles use the higher contrast blue\/green\/red\/yellow street differentiation - while \"<strong>modern<\/strong>\" layouts use a lower contrast orange-yellow road differentiation. The philosophy behind this is that on legacy typfiles you know exactly what kind of classification a street has, while the modern layout there is a more fluid approach from motorways to small roads that subconciously tells you the road class. Google maps is a prime example of modern type of layouts - while typical German road maps are the inspiration for the legacy layout.\u00a0 Modern layouts give you a better overview when looking at the map on a big screen\/display as it's easier for the brain to class importance in an instant\u00a0 and looks nicer\/calmer - while legacy layout gives a more exact classification but needs more time to process the information and looks less nice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thin, Classic or Wide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The width of the layout should be chosen according to the DPI of your device and preferences. As most currently sold garmin devices (except smartwatches) are optimal in my eyes for the Wide layouts - special layouts like, winter, hiking, easy or topo are only available in wide style.<\/p>\n<p>In general the min width of roads is. Thin 2px, Classic 3px, Wide 4px, and Extra Wide for Fenix devices 5px.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which .typ file should I choose - Sorted from Thin to Extra Wide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thin -<\/strong> optimized for GPSMap 60\/62\/64\/65 (2px small roads\/trails\/tracks)<br \/>\n*mthn --- Thin layout - like Classic legacy but even thinner lines. For low resolution Garmin GPS devices like GPSMaps series.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Medium width<\/strong> - - optimized for Vista\/Legend\/edge_705 (3px small roads\/trails\/tracks)<br \/>\n*clas --- Classic series - red\/yellow streets - rather thin for lower DPI Garmin devices<br \/>\n*cllg --- Classic Legacy - Like above optimized for Vista\/Legend\/edge_705 series - blue-green-red-yellow streets<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Wide<\/strong> - optimized for Oregon\/Colorado\/edge x30\/edge x40\/GPSMap 66\/67 and more modern devices. (4px small roads\/trails\/tracks)<br \/>\n*wide --- high contrast layout, like classic but with white forest and wider streets\/lines - orange-yellow streets<br \/>\n*wdlg --- same as above - but blue-green-red-yellow streets<\/p>\n<p>*easy --- Simple Layout with (nearly) no additional info over traditional topo maps. Same width as Classic. No add. lines for (mtb:scale(:uphill)\/cycleway=*\/sac_scale) <br \/>\n*hike --- Similar to easy but fully optimized for hiking. <br \/>\n*wint --- Winter - like hiking layout - but optimized for Winter Sports (does not show mtb\/bicycle informations). Shows sledge routes, nordic skiing and skitouring routes.<br \/>\n*topo --- Simple topopgraphical map style - Easy to understand - high contrast.<\/p>\n<p>*trad --- Mapsource\/Basecamp\/Qlandkarte_GT\/Desktop --- General big screen\/resolution layout. It is the easiest to understand layout and optimized for big screens (800x600 or bigger). Street colors similar to google maps. Medium contrast - therefore bad for GPS use.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Extra Wide -<\/strong> for 64 colour Display of Fenix watches \/ watches with MIP Display (5px small roads\/trails\/tracks)<br \/>\n*fenx --- Fenix - similar to Wide Legacy but optimized for Fenix series 5\/6\/7 watches which can only show 64 colours<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So below screenshots of all layouts on a desktop to show the difference:<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>General OpenMTBMap<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/p>\n<p>The classic Layout. The only difference to the wide layout is the thinner streets. Optimal for lower DPI garmin devices.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/Classic.jpg\" alt=\"Classic_Layout\" width=\"836\" height=\"826\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Classic legacy - notice the different colours of the main streets\/highways.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/Classic_legacy.jpg\" alt=\"Classic Legacy\" width=\"842\" height=\"825\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Wide layout - same as classic but all lines are wider - for higher DPI devices<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/Wide.jpg\" alt=\"Wide Layout\" width=\"840\" height=\"828\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Wide legacy - again different main street colours<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/Wide_legacy.jpg\" alt=\"Wide Legacy Layout\" width=\"840\" height=\"825\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The easy layout - it doesn't include things like cyclelanes\/cycletracks that run parralel to other roads, or mtb:scale:uphill difficulty. Otherwise identical to Wide.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/Easy.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Layout\" width=\"839\" height=\"826\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The hiking Layout - more details about the difference on the MTB specific screenshot in the next section. The pathes are not colored according to MTB difficulty but according to hiking difficulty. It does not show cycling routes and mtb routes but only very thin so if you want to avoid mtb routes you can, walking, foot routes are shown prominently. Also of course no other mountainbike\/cycling specific information.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/Hiking.jpg\" alt=\"Hiking Layout\" width=\"839\" height=\"824\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Simple Topographical map layout - it is more simplified vs the hiking layout . Also it shows hiking, mtb, and cycling routes all only very thin\/not prominent. For example there is no differentiation between highway=track \/ highway=service &amp; tracktype=grade1\/tarmac and highway=residential roads.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/simple_topo_Unterinntal.jpg\" alt=\"Simple Topo Layout\" width=\"852\" height=\"842\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Desktop layout - the colors and features\/objects are similar to Wide\u00a0 but it has much less contrast. So it is much more pleasing to the eye on a big screen. However on your GPS device it will be much harder to read. You can use it if you always follow tracks (not routes) and want them to pop out more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/Desktop.jpg\" alt=\"Desktop layout\" width=\"838\" height=\"823\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The winter layout - same as easy but additonaly shows sledge trails, nordic skiing\u00a0 trails and so on. Normal ski-slopes are also visible in the other layouts as they exist all year round. This layout has many things that are only visible in winter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/Winter.jpg\" alt=\"Winter Layout\" width=\"838\" height=\"823\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Fenix layout - this is here only for completion - it uses the best colours for the 64 colour display of the Fenix 5\/6\/7 series - however note on your watch they will look quite differently to the screenshot here. The features shown are a bit reduced as the display size is very small so to show the most important things for mtb \/ cycling only. It has very wide lines\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/Fenix.jpg\" alt=\"Fenix Layout\" width=\"838\" height=\"826\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>OpenMTBMap Winter_special<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/p>\n<p>Notice the dashed lines showing Nordic skiing slopes in Ramsau am Dachstein which is famous for nordic skiing. Also shows sledge trails or some more features that are only visible in winter and removed for summer. Ski Slopes are usually well visible in summer too so visible in all OpenMTBMap layouts.<\/p>\n<p>The blue dots for example are winter hiking trails - only existing in winter (usually a groomed trail on a field).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/special_openmtbmap\/Winter_nordic_skiing.jpg\" alt=\"Winter Layout OpenMTBMap\" width=\"839\" height=\"651\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>OpenMTBMap MTB vs Easy vs Hiking speical<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/p>\n<p>An example to show the difference of the Hiking layout not showing features for mtbikers to make the map easier but also usable for hikers.<\/p>\n<p>First the wide layout with all features for mtbiking<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/special_openmtbmap\/MTB_Wide.jpg\" alt=\"Wide Layout\" width=\"836\" height=\"648\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>now the a bit reduced easy layout (notice the mtb:scale:uphill information is missing)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/special_openmtbmap\/MTB_Easy.jpg\" alt=\"Easy Layout\" width=\"841\" height=\"646\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>now the Hiking layout (hiking routes are black dashed):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/special_openmtbmap\/MTB_Hiking.jpg\" alt=\"Hiking Layout\" width=\"838\" height=\"645\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Inner City example<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/p>\n<p>OpenMTBMap Standard features layout (as on Wide layout) - vs the Easy layout - and later VeloMap inner city example<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/special_openmtbmap\/Wide_inner_city.jpg\" alt=\"OpenMTBMap Wide layout\" width=\"840\" height=\"647\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>vs the easy layout missing the blue arrows for against oneway cyclelane on the center road. Also the living streets is shown as a normal residential street in the easy layout - I left out some not so important features and simplified them. Also the POI are less visible for shops and restaurants uncluttering the map.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/special_openmtbmap\/Easy_inner_city.jpg\" alt=\"OpenMTBMap Easy Layout\" width=\"839\" height=\"646\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>VeloMap Wide layout - nearly identical inside the city to the OpenMTBMap wide layout. The big difference to the OpenMTBMap is that some footways\/pathes that are likely not allowed to be cycled, or not good surface are only shown very thinly. So better for commuting\/riding fast.<\/p>\n<p>This is of course much more distinct if in some forest\/mountain. Note it also misses the cycle route, that is because I used an older map for this screenshot when the cycle route was not yet built\/present in Openstreetmap.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/velomap\/special_inner_city\/Velo.jpg\" alt=\"VeloMap Wide Layout\" width=\"840\" height=\"649\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The VeloMap Wide Easy Layout - same as the OpenMTBMap Easy layout - removed the cyclelanes\/cycletracks parallel to roads, and simplified some things like living streets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/velomap\/special_inner_city\/Wide_Easy.jpg\" alt=\"VeloMap Wide Easy\" width=\"840\" height=\"649\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The VeloMap Racing \/ Road Bike Layout - the difference will be more visible outside cities to the easy layout. - note previously it did not show buildings. I re included them because you now can remove the buildings alltogether (do not install them, or use the gmapsupp.img downloads instead of sending via MapInstall)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/velomap\/special_inner_city\/Racing.jpg\" alt=\"Race Layout VeloMap\" width=\"839\" height=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>General VeloMap<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/p>\n<p>The Velo Layout - thinner lines for low DPI devices. Street colours similar to google maps (though a bit more orange\/red to still see differences in size of streets)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/velomap\/Velo.jpg\" alt=\"Velo Layout\" width=\"840\" height=\"823\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Velo Legacy Layout - Germany style street colours for very easy differentiation of the main streets. Same width as Velo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/velomap\/Velo_Legacy.jpg\" alt=\"Velo Legacy Layout\" width=\"838\" height=\"823\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Velo Wide Layout - same as Velo but wider streets for newer\/higher DPI Garmin devices<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/velomap\/Velo_Wide_Legacy.jpg\" alt=\"Velo Wide Legacy\" width=\"840\" height=\"824\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wide Easy Layout - does not include cycletracks or cyclelanes that are parallel to streets and some more for most not important things.<\/p>\n<p>Look further down to the Inner City section to see the actual difference.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/velomap\/Wide_Easy.jpg\" alt=\"Wide Easy\" width=\"840\" height=\"821\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Road Bike \/ Racing layout - this leaves out many things not interesting for a road biker to quicker identify the streets useful for road biking. Note that if you do not want the buildings - then leave out the buildings layer (buildings add too much clutter for road biking in my opinion)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/velomap\/Racing.jpg\" alt=\"Racing \/ Road Bike Layout\" width=\"841\" height=\"825\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Simple Topo - Simple Topographical map layout. It is simplified to not show any information that a normal topographical map would also not show. So for example highway=track &amp; tracktype=grade 1 (tarmac) is shown the same as highway=residential. Service roads are also shown like residential roads. It's the easiest to understand and get used layout. Cycle routes are only shown thinly - not prominently like in other layouts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Simple_topv_velomap_Uninterinntal.jpg\" alt=\"Simple Topo Layout\" width=\"857\" height=\"841\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Desktop Layout - Same as Wide but much less contrast. This is much nicer to look at on big screens \/ desktop but not very useful on your Garmin GPS device - except if you want the map to be low contrast to have higher contrast for the pink colour of the GPX tracks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/velomap\/Desktop.jpg\" alt=\"Desktop Layout\" width=\"838\" height=\"824\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Fenix Layout - heavily reduced and colour adapted layout for the small displays of Fenix 5\/6\/7 watches which can only show 64 colours. It looks actually a bit different on your watch than the screenshot - though also differs a lot due to angle\/sun\/backlight<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/velomap\/Fenix.jpg\" alt=\"Fenix Layout\" width=\"839\" height=\"824\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>VeloMap vs OpenMTBMap<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes people ask me should I use OpenMTBMap or VeloMap - let's put it clearly. If you are commuting or road biking or recreational cycling the VeloMap is much quicker and easier to read - because it has way less information. Here I show an example without contourlines and without buildings. If you want to hike or mtbike you need more information, you want more prominent trails so the map becomes more complicated to read. For Gravel I think in general the OpenMTBMap is more useful. For riding a trekking bike because you frequently have bad surface quality - but you prefer good surface over gravel roads just not huge roads with cars - the VeloMap will usually be better.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/01_openmtbmap.jpg\" alt=\"OpenMTBMap Wide Layout\" width=\"839\" height=\"648\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>vs the much simpler VeloMap - both wide layout. Note you can add the buildings and contourlines to the VeloMap.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/layout\/01_velomap.jpg\" alt=\"VeloMap Wide Layout\" width=\"840\" height=\"647\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"snvdshc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"snvdshc\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Map Legend GeneralMap Layout\/Style<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> Polylines (Highways): <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Quick guide to the colors used for ways and tracks:<\/p>\n<p>Red=tracks which are wide enough for a car to pass. Unpaved &#8211; the smaller\/more dottet the segments of the line are &#8211; the worse\/less even the surface.<\/p>\n<p>Black\/Grey\/: Cycleway or paved track.<\/p>\n<p>Green: Singletrail \/ small trail with mtb classification (mtb:scale) &#8211; from 0 easy to 5 (good trial skill needed) &#8211; again the smaller the segments &#8211; the more difficult<\/p>\n<p>Brown: Path &#8211; usually rated according to the Swiss Alpine Club hiking trail classification. Again &#8211; the smaller the segments &#8211; the more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>In general for brown\/red\/ ways: If a way is not rated for difficulty &#8211; it will be shown as continuous line.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Modern left &#8211; Legacy right:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ways with mtb attributes or sac_scale (clickable thumbnails for full size)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Additional ways and lines (clickable thumbnails for full size)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> Points of Interest <\/p>\n<p>Restaurants and Shopping <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sport and Tourism <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Municipal and other POI<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> Areas <\/p>\n<p>Landuses:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sport and Public Places:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Natural and Tourism<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> Abbreviations and Highway Attributes: <\/p>\n<p>M12 \/ Mn34 &#8212; the first [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":30,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55783,"href":"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/55783"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openmtbmap.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}