[mkgmap-dev] night-mode styling

Sun Sep 13 10:27:41 BST 2009

On Sep 13, 2009, at 6:30, maning sambale wrote:

> I am trying to create a nightmode styling for my osm-ph gps maps. A
> good inspiration are radarmaps:
> http://justin.everett-church.com/ymaps/radarMaps.html

Just out of interest, would it not be better to use primarily red  
colours in a night mode style? (As opposed to the greens in the  
radarmaps example.) For example, some astronomy programs (I'm thinking  
of Stellarium specifically), have a night mode which displays  
everything in muted red, as this apparently does not affect the night  
sensitivity of eyes as much as other colours of light. I do not know  
how much of a practical difference this makes though.

In a similar vein, I found that when developing night styles, that it  
was best to use as few solid colours for areas as possible, and as few  
bright colours as possible in order to limit the amount of light  
projected from the GPS unit. With too much light, in otherwise very  
dark surroundings, it would take a few seconds for my eyes to readjust  
after looking at the GPS unit.

Cheers.