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Grayscaled maps depending on zoom level

4 years ago • updated 4 years ago • 2

I have started to use the gray-scale option for maps more and more. I am not a super-fan of the "new" cache icons, especially the part where they become dots when zooming out. I understand why though, and definitely accepts it.

But depending on the map type used, they can become very hard to see if the map has similar colors. Therefore I often switch on the gray scale option when I zoom out to get an overview. This has lead me to an idea.

I would like an option to automatically turn on gray scaling of the maps when the zoom level is such that the cache icons are dots, and then automatically turn on the colors again when zooming in far enough to get "real" cache icons again.

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4 years ago

OK, I like that.

Question is, how to do it....

What do you suggest as mechanism? I want to keep it simple.

I could add a setting:

grayscale map at zoom less than x (or off)

would be global setting in preferences/maps

sounds good?

4 years ago

Sounds good to me. I would suggest default zoom value to be the same as when the geocache icons are switched. If you want X to be user-defined that is. Otherwise just hard-code it to the zoom value changing the geocache icons.

Potentially a user might want this as an option per map type, since the colors of the map types makes it more or less interesting to use. But personally I think that's overdoing it, I would probably prefer a global option myself.

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