A New and Improved Look for the Realist Map

The Realist Map style has been upgraded to the new Bing map theme. What this means is a new style designed to communicate more important information at a glance. For instance, primary roadways are now denoted in a more distinct color, one-way streets are more clearly marked and road shields are more visible.

Greater Clarity

One of the primary objectives of the new map theme is to make important things easy to find. To do that, the following new improvements have been made.

• Casing for all roads – new casings on every road prevent roadways from blending with background colors
• Road type differentiation – higher contrasts and more saturated colors make it easier to distinguish road types and instantly recognize main thoroughfares versus secondary roads.
• New one-way arrows – larger arrows make it clearer when a street is one way
• New color for water – water shows up as a deeper hue of blue
• Distinction between building and road colors – previously roads and buildings were both grey… now roads are cased and building colors are a bit cooler to provide more contrast
• Making type more legible – enhanced glow on all type improves legibility

The new enhancements made to the Realist Map will make it easier to find restaurants and stores near a particular neighborhood, identify ATM’s and other valuable points-of-interest, as well as getting and following directions to a destination.  

How do you like the new Realist Map? Let us know in the comments section below.