[OSM-dev] New Map Style feedback

Maarten Deen mdeen at xs4all.nl
Mon Nov 2 09:44:40 UTC 2015


On 2015-11-02 10:30, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 11/02/2015 09:40 AM, Maarten Deen wrote:
>> I agree that the abandonging of the blue for motorways is a bad 
>> choice.
>> It is not only a british color, motorways are signalled in blue also 
>> in
>> lots of other countries in europe.
> 
> I find it strange to see many people arguing that there should be a
> similarity between street signs and the colour used on the map. 
> Germany,
> for example, uses blue motorway signs exclusively,

I'm not sure if I read this right, but the Netherlands, Belgium and 
France also use blue signs to indicate motorways.

But I also say "It is not that a colorscheme should follow the 
colorscheme of a particular country per se", so IMHO it should not be a 
consideration. I was merely pointing out that it was not limited to the 
UK alone.

Regards,
Maarten




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