Add rendering for playground=structure

[carstenhag]

Expected behavior

Structures get rendered. They should not be transparent.

Actual behavior

"Structure" playgrounds don't get rendered :(

Links and screenshots illustrating the problem

https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/721297178
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/721297179

[polarbearing]

Actually playground=structure does not mean a particular type of playground, it is one of the typical playground devices. Among them are swings, see-saws, sandpits etc.

None of this playground equipment is currently rendered in this style. I would not expect them to be shown here in a general map.

Recently somebody created a map that shows them, have a look here : https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Babykarte

[polarbearing]

In #3161 it was decided not not render playground equipment.

[jeisenbe]

@carstenhag are you only interested in playground=structure, or should this issue be expanded to include other types of playground=* equipment like see-saws, swings, slides, etc?

Note that using different icons for each type of playground= equipment was in PR #3161 which was also closed. Do you have a different idea for rendering these features?

[carstenhag]

Well, to me it would make sense to at least show "something". I'm not sure if 20 icons on one playground are the best way.

Nothing being shown just seems wrong.

[jeisenbe]

Normally a playground is tagged with leisure=playground. The two examples above, https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/721297178 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/721297179, only have playground=structure, but that tag is not meant to be used without a surrounding area tagged with leisure=playground - or you can add leisure=playground to the same object as playground=structure, if that's the whole extent of the playground.

See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:playground=structure - note:
"useful combination: leisure=playground for the area around the devices"

[carstenhag]

Well... https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/315040636 is the surrounding area with leisure=playground. I don't know what you are wanting to tell me :)

[jeisenbe]

Sorry, I misinterpreted your comment about "it would make sense to at least show something".

Do you have a thought about a way that these features could be shown, besides using different icons for each type?

[polarbearing]

While leisure=playground is indeed a useful combination for the surroundings of a device in most cases, in reality you have sometimes stray devices e.g. in a park, without defining a playground. A swing here, a springy there.

[matkoniecz]

in reality you have sometimes stray devices e.g. in a park, without defining a playground. A swing here, a springy there.

In my tagging, and also in my experience such places can be treated and mapped as a very small playgrounds. Is it something that is considered as poor tagging/incorrect? If yes - is it documented/discussed somewhere?

[polarbearing]

I would not consider that a suitable solution. If I ask a query tool, how many playgrounds are in this area, the number would be significantly inflated by such 'micro-playgrounds'. Further, they have not a verifiable boundary. This probably needs further discussion and documentation.

[jeisenbe]

they have not a verifiable boundary.

In that case mapping as a node is a good solution.

[jeisenbe]

I think we should probably close this issue, since #3161 attempted to render playground equipment but it was not possible to find 14 pixel icons that could work for all the features or a generic playground icon that did not look like a see-saw. However, if someone has new ideas about how to render these features in an appropriate way, we could reconsider.

[polarbearing]

Happy enough to close, it is a case for a specialized map.