Route colour

[Stav]

New to this but I find RouteConverter a fantastic tool for correcting routes for my OsmAnd navigation - still learning how to use it.

I was wondering whether there is a way to change the route line colour from blue to something else more unique. Bit confusing with rivers and streams that run along roads :-).
Many Thanks
Chris

[kumo]

I was wondering whether there is a way to change the route line colour from blue to something else more unique. Bit confusing with rivers and streams that run along roads :-).

Hi Chris, welcome here!

At least the colour of the track line can be changed with a hidden expert option via a registry entry.

Code:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs\slash\navigation\converter\gui\mapview]
"track/Line/Color"="553355"

553355 is the default value (dark blue). The default is used when no registry entry is present.
As example create a registry entry with the value 00ff00 for light green.

@Christian: Any chance to change the route colour in a similar way?

[routeconverter]

@Christian: Any chance to change the route colour in a similar way?

Yes, I found an option in Google Directions. I've uploaded a new prerelease which offers two new hidden options:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs\slash\navigation\converter\gui\mapview]
"route/Line/Color"="6EB4F8"
"route/Line/Width"="5"

I need your help here: these values are the current default values but I failed to define the same colors as before. Could you provide a better route/Line/Color value? Do you think the route/Line/Width of 5 is valid? l hardwired the opacity to 0.8 - is this reasonable to you?

[kumo]

Let's see...

I grabbed the default route colour with 'Paint' and got this:



6cb1f3 ???

6cb1f3


7174f0


89383f


I believe I will stay at 89383f or something similar for a while. IMHO a maroon-like colour has a good contrast against usual map colours. Your example in post #3 of this thread is a good one, too. Width and opacity are at useful defaults.

>>> This <<< page may be of help to allow other users to find Hex values for useful colours.

[Stav]

Many Thanks.

Tried to import the reg file but it failed as not recognised as a reg file. I imported only this section instead...[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs\slash\navigation\converter\gui\mapview].

I can change the "track" line colour now but its a shame we cannot change the route colour. I tend to work on the route screen most of the time.

Do I need to import the rest of the entries?

Cheers
Chris

[kumo]

Hi Chris,

Christian posted a new reg-key for the route colour at post #3 of this thread.

This key is for the prerelease from Oct 10, 2014 or later.

All example entries in the reg file are the default entries. They are hard wired in RouteConverter. A import of the whole file won't change anything and is not required. Just create a single entry with the value you like to use instead of the default value.

[routeconverter]

6cb1f3 ???

Looks nice, thank you!

[routeconverter]

Do I need to import the rest of the entries?

No, please make yourself familiar with Registry-Editing. Then add the following keys:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs\slash\navigation\converter\gui\mapview​]
"route/Line/Color"="FF0000"
"route/Line/Width"="5"

Or paste

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs\slash\navigation\converter\gui\mapview​]
"route/Line/Color"="FF0000"
"route/Line/Width"="5"

into a file name routecolors.reg and double click it.

[Stav]

Done!
I can see the route clearly now - using it on OsmAnd is another story :-)

Many Thanks