Than Paul, Here's what I fell when comparing (feedback from a non-expert): (oops the site went down when I was browsing)
Overall I really like the new contrasts. On the other hand green regions seem too dark to me mostly because I have the impression that rivers are less visible now (maybe blue should be darker as well?) Thanks! On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 7:50 AM, Kevin Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I was comparing the old and new styles, and at first I thought the new was > on the left, and old on the right. Now I see they are the other way around. > Would it be easy to label each panel, to avoid confusion? > > Some observations, based on looking at downtown Seattle: > > Most of the piers along the waterfront were too faint before, but look > good now. > > 2nd and 4th aves weren't highlighted as major streets before, but now they > are. But 1st isn't. Google highlights 1st, 2nd, and 4th. I'm not sure what > is most accurate. > > Northeast of Stewart St, running above the middle of 5th Avenue is a > monorail, and the track supports divide the road. Google shows all that > pretty well. Neither our old or new styles show the track, or the division, > clearly. I can just barely see the track itself in the new style, if I know > to look for it. > > The SR 99 tunnel is never shown any more. In the old style, at zoom 15, it > was clearly labeled, but the tunnel itself was barely visible. At 16, it > was both visible and well-labeled. > > At the south end of downtown, the Yesler Terrace neighborhood label is > getting cut off at "YE" at 14 and above. International District/Chinatown > disappears at 14, but is visible at 13 and 15. > > I miss having more neighborhood labels, like Lower Queen Anne (just > northwest of downtown), which was shown on the old style. On Mercer Island > (in the lake, east of Seattle), there used to be several neighborhoods > shown, but now there are none. > > I like the new light rail/trolley/bus station icons. But I miss having bus > stops at 16. But I guess it depends on what the map is going to be used > for. Also, I'll confess that I'm so accustomed to google's blue bus stops > that seeing them in dark gray is a big jarring for me. > > > If you want me to create phab tasks for any of those, let me know > off-list. > > > > Kevin Smith > Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation > > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 4:07 PM, Paul Norman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As part of https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T153282 a new style for >> Wikimedia maps is being developed, and I've loaded up the whole planet >> on one of my test servers as a test and demo. >> >> The demo is available at http://legolas.paulnorman.ca:6789/, and through >> "Compare" on the right-hand side of the interface you can compare it >> with the current Wikimedia style, OpenStreetMap Carto, and lots of >> others. Some other things to be aware of when comparing are: >> >> - The map is displayed with Kosmtik, a design tool with minimal caching, >> and it might be restarted while I'm working on it >> >> - Even though the server is faster than production, it may appear slower >> because it doesn't have everything cached >> >> - The OSM data on the server is normally within a day of the latest data >> >> Some of the more noticeable style changes are >> >> - Road colours are different, helping view the overall layout of the >> city >> >> - There are fewer cases of subtly different shades of green. >> >> - Bridges and multi-level road constructions are now handled properly, >> which should make some areas easier to figure out >> >> I am particularly interested in feedback on >> >> - the overall colour darkness and intensity, >> >> - which of city, region, and country labels are most important: >> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T163503 >> >> Feedback is welcome, either through email, phab tickets, or by IRC in >> #wikimedia-interactive on freenode. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> discovery mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/discovery >> > > > _______________________________________________ > discovery mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/discovery > >
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