Edit My Style

Available in VPC

Upon creating a My Style, you will be automatically redirected to the styling editor screen. Within the editor, you can freely style the components that comprise My Style and publish a My Style ID. You can also save custom styling data to continuously update your map content that reflects your unique identity.

The following summarizes what you can learn from this guide:

• Tasks possible on the Style Editor screen
  • My Style Editor screen
  • Component styling
    • Quick styling
    • Color styling
    • Text styling
    • Icon Editor
  • Styling history
  • Map picking quick menu
  • Location control
  • Style control

My Style Editor screen

The My Style Editor screen consists of the following areas:

Component styling

In the left menu bar of the editor screen, there is a menu that allows you to custom style the components, which are elements of the map's content. We recommended you to familiarize yourself with the classification of components before proceeding with styling.

• The styling options available are as follows:

  Available features	Description
  Color	Sets the main color for the component's design elements and text elements, as well as the border color (halo color)
  Text	Specifies the font used to represent the component
  Others	Select size, transparency, and toggle visibility ON/OFF

• Components are categorized as follows.

  • Feature: 10 main category items (symbol, boundary, facility, building, road, water system, complex, greenery, contour, land)
  • Mediator: detailed sub-items for customization, with varying styling options for each element (◯-customizable, △-partially customizable, X-not customizable)

  Main category	Sub-items (count)	Color	Color (border)	Text (font type)	Text (size)	Text (icon size)	Others (visibility)	Others (transparency)	Others (size)
  Symbol	107	△	△	◯	△	△	◯	X	X
  Boundary	1	◯	X	X	X	X	◯	◯	◯
  Facility	143	◯	X	X	X	X	△	△	△
  Building	9	◯	X	X	X	X	△	△	△
  Road	18	◯	X	X	X	X	△	△	△
  Water system	1	◯	X	X	X	X	◯	X	X
  Complex	29	◯	X	X	X	X	△	△	△
  Greenery	3	◯	X	X	X	X	△	△	△
  Contour	1	◯	X	X	X	X	△	△	△
  Land	1	◯	X	X	X	X	△	△	△

Quick styling

The quick styling menu is composed as follows:

Setting colors in quick styling

To customize color styling in the quick styling menu, follow these steps:

1. On the editor screen, click the menu then select [Color] from the available styling options for the feature.
2. If needed, choose the display mode for the mediators (list view/short view).
3. Click on the desired item in the mediator list.
4. A palette window displaying the colors shown in the thumbnail will appear.
5. Within the palette window, select the target and then choose a color.
   • Mediator name: the main color for the target mediator's text and design elements
   • Mediator name (halo): the border color for the target mediator
6. The color of the mediator displayed in the workspace will change.

Setting text in quick styling

To customize text styling in the quick styling menu, follow these steps:

1. On the editor screen, click the menu then select [Text] from the available styling options for the feature.
2. Click on the desired target in the mediator list.
3. Set the font type, font size, and icon size for the mediator.
   • The adjustable parameters vary depending on the mediator item.
4. The text and icon size of the mediator in the workspace update accordingly.

Setting other options in quick styling

To customize other styling options in the quick styling menu, follow these steps:

1. On the editor screen, click the menu then select [Others] from the available styling options for the feature.
2. In the mediator list, set the visibility for the target as desired.
3. The mediator in the workspace will toggle between visible and hidden.

Color styling

To customize color styling in the color styling menu, follow these steps:

1. On the editor screen, click the menu and then search for the styling target.
   • <Example>: when searching for apartment, features that include the keyword and each of their mediators are displayed.
2. Click on the desired item from the mediator list under the feature.
3. A palette window displaying the colors shown in the thumbnail will appear.
4. Within the palette window, select the target and then choose a color.
   • Mediator name: the main color for the target mediator's text and design elements
   • Mediator name (halo): the border color for the target mediator
5. The color of the mediator displayed in the workspace will change.

Text styling

To customize text styling in the text styling menu, follow these steps:

1. On the editor screen, click the menu and then search for the styling target.
   • <Example>: when searching for subway, each mediator containing the keyword is displayed.
2. Click on the desired target in the mediator list.
3. Set the font type, font size, and icon size for the mediator.
   • The adjustable parameters vary depending on the mediator item.
4. The text and icon size of the mediator in the workspace update accordingly.

Icon Editor

The Icon Editor menu consists of the following parts:

Replacing icons in the Icon Editor

To change an existing icon to a custom icon in the Icon Editor menu, follow these steps:

1. On the editor screen, click the menu.
2. Select the icon you wish to change from the Maps icons in the Icon Editor.
3. Choose the new custom icon to apply from My Library.
4. Confirm the changes in the icon change status area.
   • Initialize: revert to the original icon state
   • Preview: preview the state of the changed icon
   • Change: temporarily save the icon changes to be reflected on the map
5. Click the [Temporarily apply to map] button.
6. The Maps icon displayed in the workspace will change.
   • Up to 50 Maps icons can be changed

Styling history

The styling history window consists of the following parts:

Area	Description
① Undo	Clicking the button: returns to the initial state of the editing history
② History	List of editing steps POI (Point of Interest): refers to a specific area
③ Navigation	Clicking the arrows: moves up or down through the history
④ Window actions	Adjust the height of the styling history window

Map picking quick menu

The map picking quick menu window consists of the following parts:

Feature and mediator

A feature is a higher level concept that groups together the text, icon, and graphical source of a component, whereas a mediator breaks down the feature into detailed, editable elements. In the workspace, after selecting a component, use the map picking quick menu to check the feature of that component and then choose the necessary mediator to proceed with your styling work.

Location control

In the location control area, you can perform the following actions:

• Clicking the button: enter any road name or lot number in the search bar to navigate to that location
• Clicking the button: zooms in or out of the map

Style control

In the style control area, you can perform the following tasks:

Saving your styling work

After styling, clicking the [Save] button will save your work and update the display of the last saved time point.

Publishing your custom map

Clicking the [Publish] button will, for the first publication, publish a My Style ID and update the display of the publication time point.

For detailed guidance on publishing My Style, see the following:

• Publishing style