Quote from Guido on 09.12.2024, 16:12

There is no complete legend at the moment. This will come back when I bring back the map customizer.

Purple (or a dotted line with other color and purple) means it's unpaved.

Quote from ryder_hook on 19.08.2025, 08:31

Having the same problem, not knowing which color means what (especially in EU, where you travel through many countries). +1 having a nice card legend.

Quote from Guido on 19.08.2025, 08:41

There is no legend as such. It's now integrated in the map customizer, where you can choose the colors of roads and many more things. More info here: https://scenic.app/forum/topic/scenic-4-custom-map-styles/#postid-12240

Quote from ryder_hook on 19.08.2025, 09:46

Okay, then I didn't understand the principle. I just imported some map design from the link. It worked. Now I can also edit it. Very good. I explicitly removed the display of forestry roads, bike roads etc. Roads of types 1 to 7 are all displayed in orange tone and only these are activated. When I reopen the map, I find lines (which I know are not real roads, perhaps also forestry roads) that are displayed in grey.

What am I doing wrong?

I would like to be able to hide dirt roads (already during planning).

Quote from Middelfrangge on 19.08.2025, 22:38

Hi,

 

you did that basically correct but it seems you miss specials. There are (not sure if the translation for each sector is correct because I use a german version) borders, roads (where you acticated 1-7) , special sctions, watercourses and railroads.

 

You need to go into special sections and change those specials like unpaved roads, private roads, under construction, tunnels and bridges.

 

Cheers

Thomas

Quote from ryder_hook on 20.08.2025, 02:05

Hi Thomas,

thanks for your hint, it helped a little bit. I was not aware about this extra section and I adopted again something. At the end it did not solved my problem. Here is an example.

As you can see on the screenshot, I can see roads in the grey color, many of them are grey, most of them are real roads with a tarmac or concrete surface, but some of them are gravel paths. I would like to either remove the grey roads or distinguish between gravel paths and roads.
I appreciate any further help!

wishes
ryder

Quote from johansw on 20.08.2025, 02:22

As you now know, you can mark the gravel roads.

Problem is, the map isn´t correct / updated for all roads. I´m in Norway, and every now and then hit a gravel rod not marked as gravel road..

Johan

Quote from ryder_hook on 20.08.2025, 02:31

Hi Johansw,
thanks for the information. I can imagine. But I do not understand why I'm not able to remove this grey lines. I cannot find anything in the map settings which is a kind of path and has the color grey. Perhaps anybody has an idea, what kind of object this is and I cannot remove the visibility.

Wishes
ryder

Quote from Middelfrangge on 20.08.2025, 02:35

Hi Ryder,

 

you either change the appearence or switch off visibility of road 6 and 7.

Otherwise it is like Johan wrote. If the surface is not correct within the basemap you will not be able to distinguish between the roads. Thats not related to Scenic but to OSM as Map provider.

 

This is how it is with road 6 and 7 and w/o.

 

Quote from ryder_hook on 20.08.2025, 03:11

Hi Thomas,

thanks that helped. What setting did you use for the second screenshot, it looks different to mine or Is this a consequence of the different zoom levels?

Wishes
ryder

Quote from Middelfrangge on 20.08.2025, 03:40

Hi ryder,

 

I am using a different mapstyle and the 2nd screen shot is just with road 6 and 7.

 

I would not switch off road 6 and 7 but change appearance by zoom levels otherwise you will not have any road through villages.

Make a copy of your mapstyle and test what fits best to your use. My mapstyle is as well available under map style if that fits better to your needs - take it and change your copy till it shows what you want to have.

 

Thomas

Quote from johansw on 20.08.2025, 04:35

Hi ryder

I was also just going to suggest you have a look at my map style, where I did a lot of thinking and colour on these little roads:

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my map is made for Norway with few names on cities and villages. Other countries might have more, the map gets cluttered, and you have to change the zoom level for those names to show.

Johan

 

Quote from GHJ on 21.08.2025, 08:13

Thanks Johan, for the link to your Norwegian map style. The import works perfectly. As you mentioned, the map is a bit cluttered in densely populated areas like the Netherlands.

Perhaps other users have nice map styles that could be shared here. I look forward to it.

Geert-Henk

Quote from Guido on 21.08.2025, 08:17

Hi Geert-Henk,

Also have a look at this forum topic where people share their styles: https://scenic.app/forum/topic/scenic-4-custom-map-styles/#postid-12240

 

Additionally, Scenic 4.23 was released yesterday, with new default map styles (that you can duplicate and make your own).

Cheers,

Guido

Quote from ryder_hook on 21.08.2025, 09:36

@johansw, I tried your new style, perfekt. This one works the road I had mind, with a gravel part, is correct displayed with your style.

Now I found out what the problem, I use for planning an old iPAD and on this device I made the screenshot (see above). On my smartphone it looks fine.

Thanks to all for the great support.

Wishes

ryder

Quote from Chaos on 22.08.2025, 16:33

Quote from Guido on 21.08.2025, 08:17

Hi Geert-Henk,

Also have a look at this forum topic where people share their styles: https://scenic.app/forum/topic/scenic-4-custom-map-styles/#postid-12240

 

Additionally, Scenic 4.23 was released yesterday, with new default map styles (that you can duplicate and make your own).

Cheers,

Guido

Hi Guido,

I really enjoyed the designation of dirt roads in purple on the previous map version. Taking your advice, I went to create my own map style to see if I could "put it back". However, when I click on "duplicate style" nothing happens. I tried restarting the app, then restarted my phone, with the same results - nothing. What am I missing? Thank you for your time.

Chaos

Quote from Guido on 22.08.2025, 17:03

I you tap on a default map style, then choose duplicate, you should get this screen.

After you choose your name and tap “OK“. The style will be added to the list. Tap on that duplicated style and the choose “edit style”.

Quote from Chaos on 22.08.2025, 17:36

I keep pushing duplicate style, but no other screen pops up. The popup goes away and nothing happens. I am back to default light & dark options. No name & description shows up.

Quote from Guido on 22.08.2025, 18:27

Weird. What iOS version are you running?

Quote from Chaos on 22.08.2025, 18:48

18.6.1

need to do the update (just noticed that, thank you) to 18.6.2. Should probably do that and report back, eh?

will run update tomorrow.

Quote from Guido on 22.08.2025, 21:59

Don’t think that will make a difference, but please let me know. Thought you might be on iOS26 beta.

Quote from Chaos on 23.08.2025, 08:00

Did update to 18.6.2 with the same result.

Just for fun, I tried it on my husband's phone. He's on iOS version 18.5. Same result.

Thoughts?

Quote from Guido on 23.08.2025, 08:34

Must be something different on your devices compared to mine. What iPhones are you using? I have a 16 plus

Quote from sdk on 23.08.2025, 13:24

Quote from Chaos on 23.08.2025, 08:00

Did update to 18.6.2 with the same result.

Just for fun, I tried it on my husband's phone. He's on iOS version 18.5. Same result.

Thoughts?

Just a thought: Do you have display zoom / large text / bold text etc. enabled? Your font looks suspiciously big. Maybe that messes with the UI?

Quote from Chaos on 23.08.2025, 14:31

I have an iPhone 14. Husband has an 11.

Followed sdk's advice and checked settings. I only had font bold, no zoom or anything. Turned the bold off, tried again, and same result. It will act like it's clicking the button, I see the button be clicked, and then it just goes back to the screen with light & dark options.

I recognize this may be a Me Problem, lol. This is a side of Scenic I hadn't learned yet, so I was eager to try it out to see if I could turn my dirt roads back to purple again because that was an excellent feature (for me) in the previous map version.

 

Quote from Guido on 23.08.2025, 15:02

Since this happens both on your phone and your husband's phone, it's not just a "you" problem. Probably there are more people that have this problem, but they haven't tried this functionality yet or have not reported it to me. In the coming week I'll try to play a bit with some settings and different iPhones to see if I can find the root cause. Should you find anyting meanwhile, please let me know.

Quote from Chaos on 23.08.2025, 19:53

Will do, Guido. Thank you for taking the time to look into this.

Quote from ryder_hook on 24.08.2025, 05:31

Quote from ryder_hook on 21.08.2025, 09:36

....

Now I found out what the problem, I use for planning an old iPAD and on this device I made the screenshot (see above). On my smartphone it looks fine.

....

I was able to reproduce the problem on a MAC as well, here I also have It looks different than on the iPhone. So the problem does not occur on the iPhone and only occurs when using the default map style. When I use Johansw's map style, it displays correctly. Here are two screenshots from the same device.

Default style:

Johansw style

BTW, I don't have the problem with copying the default style, neither on iPhone nor on MAC.

Wishes

ryder