[OSM-talk] Request for feedback: new building colours in openstreetmap-carto

[Mateusz Konieczny]

See also https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/1176
that proposes adding buildings with historic=castle to major buildings.

Currently only buildings with place_of_worship are recognized as major
and are rendered with special style (=darker).

2015-01-02 18:17 GMT+01:00 Matthijs Melissen <info at matthijsmelissen.nl>:

> On 27 November 2014 at 01:16, Matthijs Melissen
> <info at matthijsmelissen.nl> wrote:
> > We are considering to change the colour of buildings in
> > openstreetmap-carto, the default rendering on openstreetmap.org.
> > Because this change has a significant effect on the looks of the map,
> > we would like to consult the community before going ahead with this
> > change.
>
> I would like to thank everyone for their feedback, either here or on
> Github. The new style has been accepted with some improvements, and is
> about to be deployed.
>
> We have changed some aspects of the rendering as the result of your
> suggestions. In particular, we made the buildings a bit darker on zoom
> levels up to zoom 14, and we shifted the colour to colour that is more
> gray rather than brownish.
>
> There are still a couple of minor issues of which we are aware, such
> as the rendering of buildings on top of barracks. We will keep working
> on solving these.
>
> We also haven't taken a definite decision on whether to render
> churches darker or not. It is clear that opinions diverge on this
> topic. We might reconsider the decision to render churches darker in
> the future.
>
> -- Matthijs
>
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