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Mapbox Navigation Day

Mapbox Navigation Day is a high-contrast map style optimized for in-vehicle turn-by-turn navigation in daytime conditions. It emphasizes road hierarchies, shields, and junction details while reducing visual noise from non-navigational map elements.

Classic style — no longer maintained
Mapbox Navigation Day is a classic style that is no longer actively maintained. It remains available for existing applications.

For new projects, use Mapbox Standard, which supports a day light preset and is continuously improved.

Access this Style

Use this Style URL to load this style in any Mapbox SDK or library:

mapbox://styles/mapbox/navigation-day-v1

Retrieve the full style JSON via the Styles API:

https://api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/mapbox/navigation-day-v1?access_token=YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN
Clone in Studio

Map Preview

Tilesets used in this style:

Common uses​

  • In-vehicle navigation applications
  • Ride-sharing and delivery routing interfaces
  • Any application requiring a high-contrast, road-focused map in daytime conditions

Customization​

Classic styles can be customized in two ways:

  • At runtime in code — use setLayoutProperty and setPaintProperty to show, hide, or restyle individual layers after the map loads. This keeps all style logic in your codebase and is well-suited for dynamic changes driven by user interaction or application state.
  • In Mapbox Studio — clone the style in Mapbox Studio to adjust colors, toggle layers, change fonts, and add custom data sources. The resulting custom style is hosted by Mapbox and referenced by a style URL.

For new projects, consider using Mapbox Standard instead. Standard provides a richer feature set, continuously improving cartography, and a configuration API that replaces direct layer manipulation.

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