Given the "sturdiness" of some of those buildings, I would seriously consider SSRing them as huts. As for the fences, I would think hedge would be the closest thing in ASL terms.
No, no, no. We just had this conversation in a different thread!
An ASL hedge is
nothing like a flimsy wooden fence. A sturdy, rugged, wooden fence, built by sturdy, rugged manly men -- sure. Not the things depicted in those photos. Here's the acid test: a Deuce-and-a-half truck smashes into a flimsy wooden fence. What happens? Not much happens to the truck, for sure -- perhaps the paintwork is scratched. And you're left with an ex-fence -- bits of wood scattered over the ground.
Replace "flimsy wooden fence" with "ASL Hedge" and the truck is stopped cold.
I would argue (and have argued, and will continue to argue) that "flimsy wooden fences" are already depicted on our ASL boards. You can assume that every other small wooden building -- and maybe even some of the larger wooden buildings -- has a flimsy wooden fence incorporated into the artwork. Can't see it? Get closer ... closer ... still closer ... so close that the map board is now stuck to your forehead. Still can't see those flimsy wooden fences? Now you understand exactly how much impact they have on the ASL environment.
They're like footpaths on a city board. Sometimes the artwork depicts them and sometimes it doesn't. Same result either way.
Now, if you do have a sturdy, manly wooden fence, able to withstand the assault of both men and machines -- then sure, use an ASL hedge depiction. You're just not going to see very many of them in villages such as in the photos above.
I'd agree with the general argument that
most villages, as depicted on ASL geo-boards, either represent western European villages or no villages ever settled by man, anywhere. Few depict anything much like what we see in those photos. That's not necessarily a bad thing -- at the very least, it might inspire some more variety in new boards, which can't be a bad thing.
