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Nuvi - legend of screen colors
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| Q Werty 2008-01-18, 3:33 pm |
| Hello everyone,
I've been trying to find a legend of colors for Garmin's maps, as
shown on Nuvis (and, possibly, other models I'm not familiar with).
While some are obvious (blue, red or magenta), others are not -- and
I'd really like to know the meaning of a traffic artery changing from
- say - yellow to orange.
Anyone got a link to a page/table with the aforementioned legend of
colors?
Thanks,
Q
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| Jack Erbes 2008-01-18, 3:33 pm |
| Q Werty wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I've been trying to find a legend of colors for Garmin's maps, as
> shown on Nuvis (and, possibly, other models I'm not familiar with).
> While some are obvious (blue, red or magenta), others are not -- and
> I'd really like to know the meaning of a traffic artery changing from
> - say - yellow to orange.
>
> Anyone got a link to a page/table with the aforementioned legend of
> colors?
There is a legend for map lines and other objects as they are seen in
MapSource. I don't know of a legend on or for a specific device.
As always, the legend in MapSource does not always seem to be 100
percent accurate with what is seen on a GPS receiver. Here is what
MapSource says for the road types in the Legend:Map Lines. I am
interpreting or guessing the displayed colors. There appear to be two
different widths for roads, and of course there are line types shown also:
gray - Street or Roadway
gray wide - Ramp
black - Arterial Roadway
red - Other Through Highway, State Highway, or Major Arterial
red wide - Principal Highway, US, or Limited Access Highway
black wide - Major Highway Connector
blue wide - Major Highway
When you zoom in and out in MapSource the colors of the lines seem to
change a little. The red seems to go towards orange. But when zoomed
in to ranges I would typically use when driving, I don't see any of the
orange and yellow lines you mention.
You might call Garmin at 1 800 800 1020 and ask them to send you a DVD
with the mapping that was preloaded to your nuvi so that you can figure
this out. It is not in the user's guide, right?
Jack
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Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA - jackerbes at adelphia dot net
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine.com)
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