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For the record, LOVE the new maps. Thank you SO MUCH for making them. However, in perusing some of them, the scale on the article makes them all but illegible. The writing is so small that you can barely make out anything. They appear mostly as random red lines surounded by random blue lines. Is there anyway to increase the legibility of the route markers and a few city and/or county names on the maps to make them more legible? --Jayron32|talk|contribs07:24, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
They are more legible in full view, but only because they take up the full screen. Ideally, there SHOULD be a map which is info-box sized AND legible. Some possibilities that may help the situation:
Maybe show each on a full (or nearly full) map of North Carolina instead of a zoomed-in view. That may provide context better. See: M25 motorway for an example.
A more simplified map with starker colors may help. Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway) for example, does not have much larger fonts than you use, but the pastel colors MAY be hindering reading on the NC maps you have created.
Here's another: Interstate 40 in North Carolina. If you used the source map for this one, and zoomed it in at the county level, the county names may be legible enough to work with.
I just wrote up an article in the Blue Ridge Parkway tunnels and am thinking about placing a map of some type to point out that 25 of the tunnels are in North Carolina and only one is in Virginia. I submitted this as a hook for a self nominated DYK. Would a map or map info box be appropriate next to the TABLE of tunnels? I don't know how to do it and maybe you could help me on this. Thanks.--Dougtalk13:10, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, as the new member of the Virginia Highways WikiProject, I looked for the userbox to add to my page. I couldn't find one, so I made one. As a member yourself, I figure you would like to have the userbox as well, so here ya go:
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