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Map display settings: style, labels and terrain
This section describes the settings for the display of the maps in map.army.
Overview
Here you have the option of defining the graphic display.
Style
You can choose different types of maps as the background.
| Style | Description |
|---|---|
| Satellite | The world is represented with satellite images from Google. |
| Terrain | Shaded-relief view from Google with elevation cues and reduced POI density — a good choice for outdoor / tactical planning where landform matters more than streets. |
| Hybrid | Google satellite imagery with road network and place-name labels overlaid — combines visual ground truth with named features. |
| Roads | Road-focused base map from Google, emphasising streets, highways, and route names with minimal additional decoration. |
| Roadmap | Standard road-map style from Google with streets, place names, and POI markers (city centres, transit, retail). |
| OSM | OpenStreetMap is a map of the world that is maintained by users. |
| OpenTopoMap | OpenTopoMap is a free, topographic map that is generated from the data from OpenStreetMap and SRTM elevation data. Does not display POI markers (stores, hotels, etc.) — useful when you need a cleaner base map. |
| swisstopo - National Map | Detailed maps of the Swiss national topography (only for Switzerland) |
| swisstopo - Aerial Imagery | Aerial photos of the Swiss national topography (only for Switzerland) |
Hint: The base maps do not expose a global “hide labels” toggle. Place-name labels are baked into the base-map tile rendering and cannot be turned off independently. If you need a label-light background — for printing or for a clean overlay — OpenTopoMap is the cleanest choice (no POI markers and fewer place names than Google or OSM). For a fully neutral background, you can additionally lay an image overlay over the base map — see Layers → Import Overlays — Image Layers.
Brightness
This setting defines the brightness of the map. It goes from -100 (black) to +100 (white). The default is 0.
Hue
In the case of colored maps, the hue can be changed between 0 and 360. The default is 0.
Chroma
Shows the maps in gradations between colored (100%) and grayscale (0%). The default is 100%.