Add rendering for historic=ruins
Neither POI or area/multipolygon ruins are currently rendered. http://www.openstreetmap.org/note/114642 brought this to my attention, as the castle named in the note is already mapped as both POI and multipolygon.
For POI, perhaps just the name rendered, and for areas - well I'll let you pick a suitable colour. The wiki also suggests a lot of ways are also tagged as ruins - perhaps for these render a bit like generic barriers?
Yes, there is a need for this. historic=ruins should render on the map.
I guess dashed outline (as mentioned here, citing OsmAnd) could work as a visual hint.
I don't think that works for historic=ruins. AFAIK OsmAnd uses an icon (shown in the screen) for historic=ruins. A dashed outline makes only sense for building=ruins (see https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/1898).
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Il giorno 24 set 2016, alle ore 21:07, Michael Glanznig [email protected] ha scritto:
I don't think that works for historic=ruins.
what s the difference to archaeological site? Maybe we can use the same rendering?
What about this icon of ruined castle, proposed for Osmic by @MaestroGlanz:
https://github.com/MaestroGlanz/osmic/blob/b6f0eaa85eedfc453e5c9b8b19ca8d1d3a89e54d/tourism/castle-ruins.svg
Example rendering on z17:

The separate shape above is implausible, what is it supposed to be?
I agree that ruined castle icon is not working in practice. I guess we can use the idea of decomposed shape for something simpler, like house.
It is directly derived from the castle icon. I could change it to a version where the parts are joined.
Please try, we're still looking for something good enough.
FWIW (different map) for nodes I went for the name and a dot, in a "historical" colour https://map.atownsend.org.uk/maps/map/map.html#zoom=17&lat=53.429972&lon=-1.26303 and for ways the name if present and a "not quite a building" colour https://map.atownsend.org.uk/maps/map/map.html#zoom=19&lat=53.122449&lon=-1.853998 and https://map.atownsend.org.uk/maps/map/map.html#zoom=20&lat=53.2699203&lon=-1.989286 .
The actual colours won't transfer to OSM Carto, but I'm not convinced you need a "characteristic" icon - the name normally describes the thing well enough.
I have two other suggestions here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/a/a4/Building_ruins_generic3.svg https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/c/cb/Building_ruins_generic2.svg
You can check the appearance on https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:MeastroGlanz#Icons_I_created
I used 16px grid. At least, I think so.
@kocio-pl @polarbearing
Still not recognizable for me at 14 px.
I created other versions: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/7/76/Building_ruins_generic4.svg https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/6/62/Building_ruins_generic5.svg https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/6/62/Building_ruins_generic6.svg https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/images/5/5d/Building_ruins_generic7.svg
All together on https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:MeastroGlanz#Icons_I_created
Do you have any suggestions of mixing some of the ideas?
I prefer version 3 the most.
Btw. are there any icons, which should be created?
Nice try, but none of them work for me at 14px (32 px would be OK). I was thinking about solid, easy to recognize shape like a simple house as a base.
I like Building_ruins_generic6.svg... and Building_ruins_generic4.svg as well.
Btw. are there any icons, which should be created?
Sure, you may for example look at #131, #152, #2518, #1870, #958, #2856...
@PontiacCZ Try to look at 14 px version only, because that's the only thing the user will see.
Yep, that's what I actually did, I compared icons in the "Icon original size" row on the summary page and my Firefox tells me they're 14 px wide.
Well, the more I look at the variants the more I like
(Building_ruins_generic6.svg) - the concept of one fallen tower and the other one still standing is pretty clear for me to understand it as ruins.
I am not sure, MastroGlanz, what you mean by version 3 - is it
(Building_ruins_generic4.svg)? Pretty nice as well, for me on the 2nd place.
But any of those would be better than none.
BTW kocio-pl, you have mentioned that "one of them work for me at 14px". Which one is it?
I meant "none" - sorry for the typo.
6 is a nice concept, but the details are too small for me, so it looks just like 2 rectangles, with no connection to buildings.
@PontiacCZ Have a look at the post from 4 days ago. There is 2 and 3.
I added two further versions:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:MeastroGlanz#Icons_I_created
I prefer version: 3, 10, 6, 4, 2 in that order.
For me 8 looks quite promising as a base:
- the window should be bigger
- the top should be wider/bigger
- instead of lying part there should be "ruins" pixels (similar to 1-3 design, but without door entry)
What about "ruined" museum icon?

I also have a new suggestion.

@kocio-pl Can you review the proposals?
None of them work for me. I was thinking about something like simple manor/house with decaying one side (just like this: https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/331#issuecomment-331642349).
You mean manor icon https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/744#issuecomment-370141077 with ruined right side, yes? Did I understand correctly?
Yes. The castle icon had two problems - it was too distinctive (while ruins may be very generic and not even really historic) and it has not too regular shape, so it's not easy to see the progression of decay, and it looks just like a tower with something small attached. Otherwise the idea still appeals to me.