barryhunter

To be honest, not really something I can readily fix. The geocoder is made by Google, so if their geocoder does not support the abbrivations, then its tough. ... in...

Not made any changes. If soemthing happened its within the Google Maps API :)

Kind of. Can do this: http://nearby.org.uk/google/new-uk-roads.php It uses the Styled Map feature to colour the roads roughly as the UK scheme. But notice it does it worldwide :) It was...

I've added it ClassyGMap :) http://gokml.net/maps?t=u&ll=54.2354,-3.466&z=6 I dont know how long those 'legacy' tiles mentioned in that SO post will continue to be available, which is why reluctant to add...

Just a follow up, as did some more research about the A road color. It seems the styled map feature, can't differentiate between A (non-trunk), B roads and C roads...

There is a feature request for more complete breakdown, https://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=5448 Suggest staring it! (A star counts as a vote!) In reading that, notice that motorway sliproads are not catered for....

Hmmm, can do the same styling to the Satalite layer, http://nearby.org.uk/google/new-uk-roads2.php (works for Hybrid as well as Terrain and normal map mode :) But would need the 'layer id' for...

Ahh, found it! Thanks to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23017766/google-maps-tile-url-for-hybrid-maptype-tiles See: http://gokml.net/maps?t=l&ll=54.2354,-3.466&z=6

Ah, didnt realise they available upto z=21, now updated.

Hmm, I just noticed the Legacy tiles no longer seem to work :( The old tiles have updated their colour scheme. Both links in your post above, and http://optimap.co.uk/ itself,...