id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
12124	area icons	bastiK	team	"I find it hard to identify area features just from the color of the fill. `landuse=forest`, `leisure=pitch` and `landuse=farmland`, all look the same to me on the map. It would be nice to have patterns or other visual cues to tell them apart.

My idea is to use a papercutting style with silhouette icons. Here is how it could look:

[[Image(area-symbols-mockup.png)]]

You can see `landuse=allotments`, `natural=wood` and `landuse=residential`.

I've attached the style for testing.


"	enhancement	new	normal		Internal mappaint style			area icon style image-pattern	Klumbumbus gaben