[Talk-us] Parks in the USA, leisure=park, park:type

[Greg Troxel]

Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com> writes:

> On 4/29/19, Greg Troxel <gdt at lexort.com> wrote:
>
>> With leisure=nature_reserve, leisure=park, golf courses, cemetaries,
>> schools, etc., we represent them on the map by some kind of shading or
>> fill.  But, boundary=protected_area is represented by denoting the
>> border, and this does not serve map users well.
>
> If you are talking about the Openstreetmap-carto style (the standard
> map layer on openstreetmap.org), then this is not quite correct.
>
> It's true that leisure=park and golf courses are represented by a fill
> color for the whole polygon.
>
> However, leisure=natural_reserve, boundary=national_park and
> boundary_protected area (with protect_class  1 thru 7 and 97-99) are
> currently rendered identically, with a green semi-transparent outline.
> (There is also a semi-transparent green fill at low zoom levels).

Sorry, I was off on nature_reserve.   But my point is that we have fill
sometimes and sometimes not, and that focusing on thinking about
boundary seems to lead to not filling, and I think that's unfortunate.

It's at high zooms that I think the fill is needed; some of these are
large enough that zooming in means the border isn't showing.

> Military areas and tourist areas (zoos, theme parks) are also rendered
> with outlines in red and purple.

Military at least also has a fill pattern, so they are not just
observable from the edges.  I have no problem with special edges; my
complaint is the decision that no fill is necessary.