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create your own color scheme

In a previous article we have downloaded a new color scheme file named karl.zip. Now we want to make some modifications to this file. First of all we copy this file to the pc and rename the file from karl.zip to myscheme.zip. Next step is to unzip this file, this zip file containes following files:
color.ini
texture.bmp
texture.spr

If we open the color.ini in a text editor then we see at first the following lines
[INFO]
name="Karl"
night=0

The value for variable name is the name we see in Mio or in IGo, lets change this name in name="mycolormap", the lines look like this:
[INFO]
name="mycolormap"
night=0

When we look further then we see lines such as:
a = "0_int", 255, 255, 0
A = "0_ext", 255, 0, 0

The first letter identifies the type of road, lowercase stands for inside color, uppercase stands for outside color. The 3 numbers represent the color in RGB, 255,255,0 = yellow and 255,0,0 = red. We can see on the picture that the highway in the Karl scheme is yellow with a red line on the outside. Suppose we want to change the motorway color in a special green color, this color is 153,255,153. Now we change the lines to:
a = "0_int", 153, 255, 153
A = "0_ext", 255, 0, 0

Zip the 3 files back to myscheme.zip and place it on the \My Flash Disk\miomap\miomap\scheme directory. Now we can select mycolormap in the map options menu.

	karl
	mycolormap

Road types:
a = motorway, autobahn
b = U roads, U- und Europastrasse (aber nicht Autobahn bzw Schnellstrasse)
c = highway/federal highways, K-roads, bundesstrasse
d = highways, large major roads, bundesstrasse
e = road K and U, ausserort Verbindungsstrasse
f = connecting roads within the city, innerorts Nebenstrasse
g = one-way streets, verbindungsweg
h = side streets - city center, nebenstrasse in der Stadt
i - r = ?
s = highway, schnellstrasse
u = unpaved roads, nicht asphaltiert
v = poor road, slechtes
z = pedestrian precinct, fussgaengerzone

Comments (7) 05.05.2007. 19:12

New color scheme for IGo or Mio device

Color map schemes obtain the definitions for the colors of roads, higways, water, urbanisation and so on. Schemes can be selected from the Map options menu, here you can select a color map for night or daylight. On the internet you can find several scenes for your mio device or IGo. Downloaded schemes must be installed in the
My Flash Diskmiomapmiomapscheme directory. Do not unzip the downloaded file but place it as a zip file on your device. Below is an example of a color scheme, click on the map for download.
After you have installed the zip file you can select the new color map in the map options menu.