Mapstyles manager

The map-styles manager manages map styles (“render themes”) for vector maps.

Top toolbar menu

The top toolbar menu provides the following options:

  • Settings:
    • Extract styles: If checked then zipped styles are extracted in the “Mapsforge styles” directory. This option is useful for developing custom render themes because you can directly edit the XML file.
  • Check for updates: Checks if updates are available for the styles. This works only for styles with an associated download server.
  • Info: This page.

Style entry popup menu

When clicking on a style entry the following popup menu entries are available:

  • Set as default Mapsforge style: Sets the style as the default Mapsforge style.
  • Set as default MBTiles (vector) style: Sets the style as the default MBTiles (MVT) vector style.
  • Layers: Opens a dialog where you can select Mapsforge layers provided by the selected style (city, bicycle, hiking, etc.).
  • Properties:
    • Enable Mapsforge features: If the style is a Mapsforge style then this option should be enabled.
  • Rename: Renames the style.
  • Delete: Deletes the style.
  • Move to folder: Moves the style to another folder.
  • Clone: Creates a copy of the style entry.
  • Redownload/update: Re-downloads the style. This option is only available when a download url is attached to the style.

Main view “+” button

The “+” button offers the following options:

  • Add folder: Adds a new folder.
  • Import style: Imports a style from a file.
  • Download style: Shows a dialog with sites offering styles for download.

19 thoughts on “Mapstyles manager

  • August 20, 2022 at 10:39 am
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    Hello,
    I’ve been using the old Windows 10 Desktop Version Cartograph Pro 2.6.2 in the past years and recently updated/changed to new Desktop version Cartograph 3 (version 3.2.2), which has good improvements (e.g. tracks information etc.).
    However, unfortunately the standard ML Mapsforge maps (e.g. OpenAndroMap Alps_East_oam.osm, etc.) with Elevate themes are not rendered/displayed anymore in a good manner: they appear with very low contrast only (e.g. contour lines hardly visible) regardless what settings I try. For that reason I’d stick to the old version or/and other software which don’t show this rendering weakness.
    Or is there a way that this can be improved in Cartograph 3?
    Thans and regards,
    Mark

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    • August 20, 2022 at 10:41 am
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      Please open the map as a “Mapsforge (raster)” map (by clicking on the map entry in the Map manager). This will show the map with the old Mapsforge render engine.

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  • August 21, 2022 at 8:00 am
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    Great – thanks for your info!
    BTW: I also checked the functionality for displaying Orux/Locus SQLite Maps (with different projections, sizes, etc.) which basically are displayed correctly. FYI, just the calibration of these format is somehow slightly interpreted wrongly, as those maps are always a bit stretched: GPS waypoints/coordinates are displayed ~50-200 meters away from their real position (too far north-west on the upper/northern map part and ~100-300 meters too far south at the southern map part). No big deal for me (as I rarely use these maps ), but maybe an interesting info for you (room for improvement 🙂 …).
    Anyway, thanks for your great software!

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    • August 21, 2022 at 8:06 am
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      Are you facing this problem only with Orux SQLite maps (which contain a XML + DB file), or also with Locus SQLite Maps (which should always be WGS84)?

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  • August 21, 2022 at 8:39 am
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    Actually with Orux SQLite Maps (XML+DB; ), which all have have datum=”WGS 1984:Global Definition@WGS 1984:Global Definition”. Some have … projection=”Transverse Mercator,9,0,0.9996,0,0″ … some have … projection=”UTM,32″ …

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  • August 21, 2022 at 8:56 am
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    Actually with Orux SQLite maps (XML+DB; ), which all use datum=”WGS 1984:Global Definition@WGS 1984:Global Definition”. Some have projection=”Transverse Mercator,9,0,0.9996,0,0″ some projection=”UTM,32″ …

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  • February 18, 2025 at 6:25 pm
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    I tried to use Elevate 5.5 from openandromaps with a recent (v. 2025-01-08) Mapsforge map of Oregon on Windows 11. It works, but the street names are very very small on a 32″ full-hd-display. The cartograph (3.7.4) default style works well. I tried to adjust the font sizes in elevate.xml but to no avail. Is there something I can do to enlarge the street names and other map labels with mapsforge maps and elevate?

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    • February 19, 2025 at 4:48 am
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      In the Map manager -> “Settings” -> “Advanced” you can select various scale factors which scale text, symbols, and lines.
      If you are using Mapsforge (raster) then you can also adjust the settings in each map’s settings view.

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  • February 19, 2025 at 1:57 pm
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    Thanks a lot, just tested, works great!
    Cartograph is really a powerful piece of software with plenty of options and tweaks.

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  • April 14, 2025 at 3:17 pm
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    Hello,
    New user of Cartographer Maps on Windows 11 I was wondering how to display shadow and contour lines on a map France-South_oam.osm.map as it is already the case with Locus on my Android phone.
    In Spécial offline maps I selected Offline hillshader, Offline relief and Offline slope but it doesn’t change anything on the map. Is there any additional file I need to download ?
    Thanks !

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    • April 14, 2025 at 3:23 pm
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      First, you have to download elevation data (using the quick access menu on the left).
      Your map and render theme (“style”) have to support contour lines. For instance, the OpenAndroMaps maps and Elevate style support contour lines.

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  • April 14, 2025 at 7:22 pm
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    Elevation data downloaded. No change on the map.
    Do I have to download Elevate 5 and install it somewhere ?

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    • April 15, 2025 at 3:28 am
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      Are you using OpenAndroMaps’ maps with Elevate theme? These definitely support contour lines. For contour lines, you do not need additional elevation data because these are part of the maps.

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  • April 15, 2025 at 6:47 pm
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    Yes I downloaded the map from https://www.openandromaps.org/.
    I don’t find any information in the Cartographer Help to tell me what to do to display the contour lines, nor the hillshader.
    Do I have to download Elevate.zip and install it somewhere ?
    Is there any button in Cartographer to select map styles and options ?
    Usually I’m not too stupid with apps but with Carto I’m lost…

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    • April 15, 2025 at 6:53 pm
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      Contour lines are part of the map and render theme. When you load an OAM map and the Elevate render theme, then contour lines show up.

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  • April 16, 2025 at 7:13 am
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    Thanks for your help !
    So I downloaded the map from the openandromaps page and now it works more or less as the display is not as good as what I get with Locus on my Android.
    I downloaded ” Orux map” version is it the right one for Cartograph as there is several other versions available (Locus map, Karte, Backctry, Bikecomputer, etc…) ?

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  • April 17, 2025 at 6:13 pm
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    Thanks a lot, this video is just perfect and now everything is fine with my map !
    I didn’t know about Youtube videos. They are very interesting and moreover helpfull to start to use Cartograph !
    Again thanks a lot.
    BTW I like the way to draw a track, it’s very instinctive.

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