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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%.