<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5525">That lengthy discussion mentions that contrast is not high enough with surrounding forest. The question is Should we modify lake or forest color? <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5526"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5527" dir="ltr">In forestry areas like north of Norway and Canada, it is difficult to find features unless you know where they are and zoom-in enough. I have edited a lot in north of Quebec, Canada and often observe this.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5528" dir="ltr"><br> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5529">A better color balance would be obtained betwee lakes and forests, plus it would be easier to spot features and text if the forest color was lighter and the forest icons were less predominant. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5624"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5625">North of Canada, forests and lakes are predominant. These are large areas where it is difficult to spot features. We need a balance with both lakes, forests and other features.<br></div><br><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5172" class="signature"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5189" style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(0, 0, 191);font-weight:bold;"> <br><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5190" face="garamond, new york, times, serif">Pierre </font><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5171" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5088" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5087" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5086" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, linéale; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5168" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5169" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5170" size="1"> <b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5362"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5361" style="font-weight:bold;">De :</span></b> Daniel Koć <daniel@koć.pl><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> talk@openstreetmap.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b> jeudi 22 Septembre 2016 11h14<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> [OSM-talk] Planned water color change on osm-carto<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5085" class="y_msg_container"><br>Hi,<br><br>I want to change the water color on default OSM map layer (osm-carto <br>style) and wile the code itself is very simple:<br><br><a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1474565564807_5576" href="https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/compare/master...kocio-pl:water" target="_blank">https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/compare/master...kocio-pl:water</a><br><br>the water is so important map feature, that I want to test it as wide as <br>possible. So if you know some places where there's a water problem <br>currently or which is perfect now and you are worry that it can be <br>worse, drop a line with URL, so I can test it. I want to focus on water <br>color to avoid solving too many problems at once and hit the rendering <br>servers one day, but other water related issues may be discussed <br>separately.<br><br>You can also look at a lengthy discussion about water color here:<br><br><a href="https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/1781" target="_blank">https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/1781</a><br><br>-- <br>"To co ludzie zwą marskością wątroby/ Tak naprawdę jest śmiercią z <br>tęsknoty" [Afro Kolektyw]<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>talk mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:talk@openstreetmap.org">talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>