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Altitude map (altitude as color gradient)
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Could it be possible to develop the possibility to see the altitude by color in the parelel map mode ?
Like that :
http://fr-fr.topographic-map.com/places/France-27/
Its much more easy to read than the shadow mode
Sincerely
DC
I like this idea 
Good afternoon to all,
few hours ago, I've published new Beta version of Locus Map on Google Play with this feature implemented!
How to:
In menu (Settings > Maps - advanced), in same dialog where you select hill-shading and slope-shading is now one more option. After selecting, you get an option of few, predefined coloring palettes.
What needs to be done:
Currently, I've used just a few very general palettes. What should be welcome improvement is just a better palette for a world and an continents. Otherwise it works fine right? ;)
What you may do:
Locus directory: Locus/data/interpolators
Place into directory files in format "CPT" and Locus offer them for color shading
Where to get them - best site I found: http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/
Important info: every palette has defined range for colors. Like this palette http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/esri/hypsometry/eu/tn/europe_2.png.index.html . It has defined range from 0 to 126. Locus anyway take these values as 0 metres - 126 metres, so really usable maybe for a Paris :). It's needed to define these values for expected elevations manually or download palettes that has correct values, like this: http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/wkp/country/tn/wiki-france.png.index.html
And wish you happy COLORING!
Good afternoon to all,
few hours ago, I've published new Beta version of Locus Map on Google Play with this feature implemented!
How to:
In menu (Settings > Maps - advanced), in same dialog where you select hill-shading and slope-shading is now one more option. After selecting, you get an option of few, predefined coloring palettes.
What needs to be done:
Currently, I've used just a few very general palettes. What should be welcome improvement is just a better palette for a world and an continents. Otherwise it works fine right? ;)
What you may do:
Locus directory: Locus/data/interpolators
Place into directory files in format "CPT" and Locus offer them for color shading
Where to get them - best site I found: http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/
Important info: every palette has defined range for colors. Like this palette http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/esri/hypsometry/eu/tn/europe_2.png.index.html . It has defined range from 0 to 126. Locus anyway take these values as 0 metres - 126 metres, so really usable maybe for a Paris :). It's needed to define these values for expected elevations manually or download palettes that has correct values, like this: http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/wkp/country/tn/wiki-france.png.index.html
And wish you happy COLORING!
read similar idea month ago here in help.
wait...brb...
found it:
http://help.locusmap.eu/topic/3d_maps_by_using_srtm_files#comment-10260
read similar idea month ago here in help.
wait...brb...
found it:
http://help.locusmap.eu/topic/3d_maps_by_using_srtm_files#comment-10260
Hmm yes, it is the same idea. But idea from onelook is really lost in quite different idea. Mentioned topic is about real 3D maps. This topic is "just" about coloring maps by altitude (a lot easier task).
Hmm yes, it is the same idea. But idea from onelook is really lost in quite different idea. Mentioned topic is about real 3D maps. This topic is "just" about coloring maps by altitude (a lot easier task).
Yes it's about 3D this linked topic, but somebody made a screen shot of what I was looking for. There is this link too
https://thangbui.wordpress.com/2012/06/24/create-map-tiles-from-srtm-data-gdal-and-imagemagick/
So it's possible to have it in Locus ? I didnt understand how to have it, my english is not so good, and my knowledge in computer skills not so developed :)
Yes it's about 3D this linked topic, but somebody made a screen shot of what I was looking for. There is this link too
https://thangbui.wordpress.com/2012/06/24/create-map-tiles-from-srtm-data-gdal-and-imagemagick/
So it's possible to have it in Locus ? I didnt understand how to have it, my english is not so good, and my knowledge in computer skills not so developed :)
I hope it will come !!! Could be very usefull :)
I hope it will come !!! Could be very usefull :)
up :)
up :)
du nervst...
du nervst...
I saw you introduce a colored map for the worlwide vectorial map ! its a good beginning, thanks :)
I saw you introduce a colored map for the worlwide vectorial map ! its a good beginning, thanks :)
Good afternoon to all,
few hours ago, I've published new Beta version of Locus Map on Google Play with this feature implemented!
How to:
In menu (Settings > Maps - advanced), in same dialog where you select hill-shading and slope-shading is now one more option. After selecting, you get an option of few, predefined coloring palettes.
What needs to be done:
Currently, I've used just a few very general palettes. What should be welcome improvement is just a better palette for a world and an continents. Otherwise it works fine right? ;)
What you may do:
Locus directory: Locus/data/interpolators
Place into directory files in format "CPT" and Locus offer them for color shading
Where to get them - best site I found: http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/
Important info: every palette has defined range for colors. Like this palette http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/esri/hypsometry/eu/tn/europe_2.png.index.html . It has defined range from 0 to 126. Locus anyway take these values as 0 metres - 126 metres, so really usable maybe for a Paris :). It's needed to define these values for expected elevations manually or download palettes that has correct values, like this: http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/wkp/country/tn/wiki-france.png.index.html
And wish you happy COLORING!
Good afternoon to all,
few hours ago, I've published new Beta version of Locus Map on Google Play with this feature implemented!
How to:
In menu (Settings > Maps - advanced), in same dialog where you select hill-shading and slope-shading is now one more option. After selecting, you get an option of few, predefined coloring palettes.
What needs to be done:
Currently, I've used just a few very general palettes. What should be welcome improvement is just a better palette for a world and an continents. Otherwise it works fine right? ;)
What you may do:
Locus directory: Locus/data/interpolators
Place into directory files in format "CPT" and Locus offer them for color shading
Where to get them - best site I found: http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/
Important info: every palette has defined range for colors. Like this palette http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/esri/hypsometry/eu/tn/europe_2.png.index.html . It has defined range from 0 to 126. Locus anyway take these values as 0 metres - 126 metres, so really usable maybe for a Paris :). It's needed to define these values for expected elevations manually or download palettes that has correct values, like this: http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/wkp/country/tn/wiki-france.png.index.html
And wish you happy COLORING!
@Menion - 6 hours after your post above V3.16.2.7 is still listed on Google Play. What is the new beta version #?
@Menion - 6 hours after your post above V3.16.2.7 is still listed on Google Play. What is the new beta version #?
Genial, Im really impressed to try that, you're a real boss !!!
Genial, Im really impressed to try that, you're a real boss !!!
Hi Menion
I'am a new user of Locus Pro. I like the altitude/color shading feature in locus and now I want to play around with my own colorpalette in my home area (I live in germany in the taunus hills - maximum altitude is 880m).
So I wrote a small program that creates me cpt-files. I tried this one
... and expect 5 different colors in the colorlayer but locus seems to still interpolate the colors. :-(
Did I something wrong or is this a bug in locus?
Best regards
Jarny
Please excuse my bad english
Hi Menion
I'am a new user of Locus Pro. I like the altitude/color shading feature in locus and now I want to play around with my own colorpalette in my home area (I live in germany in the taunus hills - maximum altitude is 880m).
So I wrote a small program that creates me cpt-files. I tried this one
... and expect 5 different colors in the colorlayer but locus seems to still interpolate the colors. :-(
Did I something wrong or is this a bug in locus?
Best regards
Jarny
Please excuse my bad english
I have pimped my algo a little bit an can now create 'pseudo' contour lines.
Standard mapsforge Vectormap:
The same map with my generated color palette:
The algo is very simple and maybe it can be implemented in later Locus versions. It would be very cool if we can create special color palettes on the fly in the shading dialog. The algo needs min and max height and count of steps. I my case the min height is 300m and max heigth is 880m. I need for example 50 different color steps (about 11 meters per step).
I attach the algorithm source code (Java). Maybe you can use it directly or as inspiration. Its just an idea. With this 'procedural' palettes it is also possible to generate 'pseudo contourlines" without colors between the lines but I dont know if Locus support transparent colors.
Regards
Jarny
*edit* Attaching Java source doesnt work :-(
I have pimped my algo a little bit an can now create 'pseudo' contour lines.
Standard mapsforge Vectormap:
The same map with my generated color palette:
The algo is very simple and maybe it can be implemented in later Locus versions. It would be very cool if we can create special color palettes on the fly in the shading dialog. The algo needs min and max height and count of steps. I my case the min height is 300m and max heigth is 880m. I need for example 50 different color steps (about 11 meters per step).
I attach the algorithm source code (Java). Maybe you can use it directly or as inspiration. Its just an idea. With this 'procedural' palettes it is also possible to generate 'pseudo contourlines" without colors between the lines but I dont know if Locus support transparent colors.
Regards
Jarny
*edit* Attaching Java source doesnt work :-(
Attached source code as zip file
Attached source code as zip file
Hi guys
I didn't have much time in the last 3 weeks, so I cant take part of this discussion.
@Menion: Is it possible to use transparent color in my own palette or did locus ignore the alpha values in the color definition?
And I have an additional idea for composing the final map on the screen: It would be cool if we can control the blending of the map and the other shading image (hill, slope or altitude) with a simple slider (0 to 100 stepless, default 50).
0 means: full map opacity, no shading opacity --- we only see the map image
50 means: half map opacity, half shading opacity --- half/half image mixing
100 means: no map opacity, full shading image --- we only see the hill/slope/altitude image
Hi guys
I didn't have much time in the last 3 weeks, so I cant take part of this discussion.
@Menion: Is it possible to use transparent color in my own palette or did locus ignore the alpha values in the color definition?
And I have an additional idea for composing the final map on the screen: It would be cool if we can control the blending of the map and the other shading image (hill, slope or altitude) with a simple slider (0 to 100 stepless, default 50).
0 means: full map opacity, no shading opacity --- we only see the map image
50 means: half map opacity, half shading opacity --- half/half image mixing
100 means: no map opacity, full shading image --- we only see the hill/slope/altitude image
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