Render tower:type=communication (always)

[jaakkoh]

I just reported this issue (the other way around) to the openstreetmap-carto gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto#339. In Humanitarian style the issue is:

If there's a man_made=tower -- at least in conjunction with tower:type=communication -- then that is rendered in the Humanitarian style with an icon (example: http://osm.org/node/2489765793#map=17/12.07757/-86.24800&layers=HN ).

I think this same rendering should happen when using man_made=mast (at least with tower:type=communication), which currently doesn't ( http://osm.org/node/2666366790#map=20/12.08458/-86.24263&layers=HN ).

Perhaps all masts should be rendered with the icon, so it might make sense to add that too (perhaps as an additional option)?

[yohanboniface]

Not sure we need an icon for a mast, but maybe only a small circle, like for "power=pole"?

[jaakkoh]

My understanding is that there are actually masts that are quite tall, prominent and in some cases major landmarks. Tower (to my understanding) is a free-standing structure whereas masts are (at least usually) supported (by wires). Perhap's (ideally) there should be some additional data to define the prominence in rendering buy until we have that I think we'd do just fine using the same (current) tower icon for masts, too. .. Comparing the HDM tower (http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2489765793#map=20/12.07926/-86.25211&layers=H) to Mapnik mast (http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2666366790#map=19/12.08462/-86.24272&layers=N) or OpenCycleMap mast (http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2666366790#map=18/12.08462/-86.24272&layers=CN) doesn't set them far apart from each other. Or just cross-use Mapnik or OCM mast?

[jaakkoh]

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