Change icons for amenity=waste_disposal and amenity=waste_basket

[Dimitar5555]

Expected behavior

amenity=waste_disposal should be rendered with something similar to a dumpster/large container. amenity=waste_basket should be rendered with something that looks like a waste basket.

Actual behavior

Currently amenity=waste_disposal is rendered with the same icon as amenity=waste_basket but with minor diffrences (one of them being their size). amenity=waste_basket is rendered using an icon that looks like a cremation pot/flower pot with a lid.

iD seems to use nice icons for both of them. I'm not sure if they can be used directly but they are a good inspiration.
amenity=waste_basket: https://github.com/mapbox/maki/blob/main/icons/waste-basket.svg
amenity=waste_disposal: https://fontawesome.com/v5/icons/dumpster?f=classic&s=solid

Screenshots with links illustrating the problem

Current rendering:

iD icons:

[imagico]

Thanks for looking at the waste icons. These indeed could use some refinement work.

I don't quite understand your critique and suggestion though. Here current symbols we use and the maki waste basket symbol mentioned in comparison:

• the maki symbol is - apart from the rounded corners and the more detailed handle on the lid - more or less exactly the same shape as the symbol we use - except larger.
• if you'd use the larger waste baket symbol that would mean no size differentiation towards amenity=waste_disposal (not to mention a very crowded map in areas with many waste baskets). And there is no substantial room to increase the size of the amenity=waste_disposal symbol within our 14x14 pixel standard (shown in the illustration).
• our symbol guidelines mandate a simple siloutte of the subject with an "on the shelf" perspective - so perspective views are not seen very favorably.
• at 14 pixel size the suggested dumpster symbol is not recognizable IMO.

[dch0ph]

Agree with the general point that amenity=waste_disposal is poorly differentiated from amenity=waste_basket, as the example shows.

From a brief look, it is not straightforward to simply re-use the font awesome icons as iD does. iD can and does use larger icons (16 x 16?) for a start.

A simplified version of the font awesome "dumpster" might work. Wide rather than tall would visually differentiate from waste_basket and a simple flat lid with no handle (avoiding the perspective aspect)?

Personally I don't think the maki wastebasket looks good. It looks like a cup with a generous cappuccino! The FA symbol is more recognisable.

[Dimitar5555]

I don't quite understand your critique and suggestion though.

For waste baskets we use a tiny pot and for dumpsters we use a waste basket. The easiest solution seems be to use the current icon for waste_collection on waste_basket and think of another icon for the dumpsters.

A simplified version of the font awesome "dumpster" might work. Wide rather than tall would visually differentiate from waste_basket and a simple flat lid with no handle (avoiding the perspective aspect)?

I've tried to draw a dumpster but it's 16x16. 14x14 doesn't seem to work like I want it to: