New OsmAnd style "Selection". Update to version 3.43

[Egal]

Appended you will find the newest version of the new OsmAnd style "Selection".

Canges:

- Fixed a small bug: The text in the shields of main roads wasn't centered.

- Added some new objects.

- Added in the selection menus the information at which zoomlevels (ZL) the objects will be visible.

- Added in the selection menus the information which colors the objects will have.

- Again the "Selection" file is smaller than the previous versions.

It is very small (92 kByte instead of 628 kByte OSMand default style) but nearly complete (no ashtrays, benches, poodles or other small things of no importance).
It is rather fast.
It is free.
It is stand alone, what means, it is not derived from other styles and don't need other styles.
It is very flexible. That means: You can create with some simple clicks your own theme map (Selection). You can hide or show every object type from the map. You can combine the object types you want to see and hide all other unwanted object types. So you get a very clear map. That is also helpfull for OSM-mapper in many cases. Examples for theme maps:
- Public transport only or combined with town names and waters. (The lightrail and the subway lines of cities with their typical line colours).
- Orohydrographic maps
- Main streets with town names (e.g. for car navigation)
- Power net and power objects.
- Nature protection areas combined with woods and other landuses.
- Historic objects and areas
- Map of proposed objects combined with roads and pathes.
- Mapping hints and errors combined with roads and pathes.
- Administration borders with town names and the names of the administration areas.
... and so on ...
... and so on. No limits.

How to use:
- Download Selection<x.yz>.render.xml.
- Rename the Selection<x.yz>.render.xml file to Selection.render.xml.
- Copy Selection.render.xml into the directory ../rendering of your OSMand directory
- Start OSMand
- Main menu => Configure map => Map rendering => Map style => Selection

- Under: Main menu =>  Configure map => Map rendering => Hide ... you can select the objects which you don't want to see.
- Under: Main menu =>  Configure map => Map rendering => Details ... you can select extra objects which you want to see.
- Under: Main menu =>  Configure map => Layer Selection ... you can select the layer of which you want to see the objects (e.g. underground only).
- Under: Main menu =>  Configure map => Map Background Color Selection ... you can select the background color. Black or red background can be helpfull for error search.
- You can use most of the other Configure map options.
  but:
- You should not use the osmand built-in: "Main menu" =>  "Configure map" => "Topography" => "Nautical depth" ... because this option is buggy.
- You should also not use the osmand built-in:  "Main menu" =>  "Configure map" => "Transport" ("ÖPNV") ... because this option is buggy.
Instead you should use these options from the style "Selection": "Main menu" => "Configure map" => "Map rendering" => "Details" ... because they works much better.
 
Before you change back to another style, first reset your changes in the "Hide", "Details", "Select Layer" and "Select Map Background Color" menus to unselected - otherwise in other styles some objects will not be shown.

The copyright of this style is property of its developer Holger Tamm (c)2025.
Copying and distribution without fee is allowed on condition that this comment lines with the copyright keeps unchanged and undeleted.
For distribution with commercial software, a licence from the developer ist necessary.

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Hi Holger, 

Thank you for your job.

I added the link to your style to the table here  - https://osmand.net/docs/user/troubleshooting/resources/#custom-map-styles