Thank you for pointing this out! I had seen this page previously and had tried halfheartedly to find a copy of the original pdf at the time and given up. Just now I tried again though and was able to find one. Seems like a great guide, thanks a ton!
This is a modernized version of a base map (used to overlay topical maps over it) that they have been working on for the past few years. Available as vector tile. It's very clean and crisp, and IMHO much more readable than e.g. the Google Maps style, or OSM.
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Highly customizable 3D map viewer (under development).
Performance is a bit choppy, and navigation feels somewhat clunky. But you can overlay any of the hundreds of topical maps (pick from geocatalog menu, or search via search bar).
Light Base Map look very early 2000s. Washed out and low contrast with pastels.. It's very pretty. I'd use it as a background image. But I feel you can't see anything really without really straining yourself. You don't get an immediate sense of the terrain or road network without taking a minute to look at it in detail.
Maybe b/c it's what I grew up with, but I've always found AAA maps (do they still print them?) had the best colors and contrast. I've never found any other map app that looks anywhere nearly as good
The style in the same as all pre-Internet paper maps I've seen, but with much higher fidelity. So it looks nice to me, but it's not the most readable, mostly the names do not stand out in the dark green background.
This is something I'm familiar with! I refined the above algorithm to reconcile statements according to the statement end balance. It works well, and yes it's knapsack.
