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Originally Posted by StuartJ
One thing I'm really interested in as a potential application for colour e-ink in the future is for displaying maps. I wonder though how well the lower colour resolution of the A5 CC will handle finer detail for contour lines and other features.
Could anyone ( charlie - uk maybe?) with an A5 Pro CC please try opening the attached file and post a screenshot?
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It's from my LG V20 phone, of the 'OS Maps' app displaying a small area at 1:25,000.
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You asked for a "screenshot", so I included one. However, it is essentially the very same as the file you uploaded which is not how it appears on the device. It's the same as if you were to take a screenshot of a colour image on a regular eink ereader. It would appear as grayscale on the actual device. However, the screenshot would appear in colour on a device which is able to display colour.
So I also took two pictures of the screen of the A5 Pro CC to show how the image renders on the device. One is of the whole image; the other is zoomed in. The light is on full in a semi-dark room. I did not play around with contrast or saturation which can be adjusted somewhat as desired.
As you might imagine, the actual image on the screen is better than is displayed in my photos. I think it would be a very useful device for maps which is one of the reasons I finally bit the bullet and got one.