Blue Motorways Return (Sort Of...)

[MaFt]

Back in August last year I had a bit of a moan about Google changing their mapping colour scheme to predominantly orange. It still annoys me to this day when I'm managing the speed camera submissions; a submission on an orange road means I have to zoom out and see if it's an A road or a motorway to validate the speed - it was so much easier when motorways were blue and A roads were green.

If, like me, you still long for the days when the submission maps used nationally recognised colours for their roads then rejoice with me for your days of longing are over! Sadly, Google have not officially returned the proper colours but, with a bit of jiggery-pokery (and the great idea of Optimap by Mark Groodge) we now have real map colours back on the POI and Speed Camera submission maps! Real colours are selected by default but you can easily change to the Google-Orange scheme by selecting 'Map' in the top right.

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[M8TJT]

TFFT. It's great to see the 'proper' colours back. What on earth were Google thinking about when they changed the colours. Shame that you can't do it on the Google maps ordinaire.

[K13ehr]

Nice to have a local map for a change when illustrating a map.

Not that there London area one :D :D

Thanks MaFt

[K13ehr]

[Anita]

Absolutely agree, Kev. Hate the rubbish that now obscures parts of the map.

I can't find a way to drop a lat/long marker either. It was so easy before - right click where you wanted it and select 'Drop lat/long marker'.
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Anita
TomTom VIA 135 - App 12.075
UK map 1130.12368
Samsung Galaxy S21

[MaFt]

[K13ehr]

I always liked CleckHuddersFax :D :D

[Fellwalker]

Proper colours include Blue for Motorways, Green for Primary routes (formerly known as Trunk Roads), RED for A roads, Yellow for B roads, and white for others. That is what my Ordnance Survey road atlas uses (even more colours in 1:50,000 but that might be too difficult).
To me, that means the so-called proper colours are still wrong. Perhaps Google does not differentiate trunk and A so they are all green. Personally, I'd prefer red for all A roads if they all have to be the same.

OpenStreetMap for me then. At least it shows PROPER colours.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 9, Nexus 5, Galaxy tab S3. Also use OSMAnd+, Sygic Mobile Maps, and OS maps app. Also "Great Britain Topo Maps" and "Old Maps". Don't use speed camera database as sticking to the limit is safer.

[MaFt]

[sussamb]

Go on then

[Fellwalker]

[Wazza_G]

Fellwalker has it spot on and Optimap has it wrong as well.

Best solution is use Bing maps & select OS.
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Be alert.. This country needs more lerts.

[K13ehr]

[gem]

Thank goodness.

I really was hoping to read that someone had a crash (not serious) because of this confusion and deliberate change. Then to have sued Google for deliberately providing information that was confusing to the UK road user.

Alas I don't think anyone did sue them - pity.

For one, I ended up a few times taking the wrong road as some main roads and side roads were both white!

It does beggar belief some idiot committee agreed to make UK motorways the same colour as in Germany etc and as the trunk A roads so (e.g.) a learner driver and passenger can't easily avoid the motorways.

I have deliberately not upgraded my iPhone in part due to mapping nonsense. Just a shame millions of folks have let off Google and Apple.

But not the majority of us on GPSworld.

[MaFt]

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