[OSM-newbies] Rendered two ways; why?

[James Ewen]

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Steve Dobson <steve at dobbo.org> wrote:

> In contrast it took me quite a while to spot the "One Way" sign of North
> America.  White lettering on a black background is just not part our
> European road signs so I just don't see them and have turned the wrong
> way into a one way street.

So from the above, we can deduce that the standard "One Way" sign in
the UK does not match the North American "One Way" signage.

> Surely what is needed is a way of internationalising the symbology in
> OSM (and JOSM, ...).  I would like to see the symbols that I am already
> familiar and I expect that others would too.

I would like to see familiar signage as well... but my familiar
signage doesn't look like yours.

Okay, how are we going to internationalize the symbology, yet still
have it match the symbols that you are familiar with? From the
information you have provided in the first paragraph above, you tell
us that the UK signs do not match the North American signs, but that
you want them to match what you are familiar with in the second
paragraph.

I guess that the world revolves around you... 8) (That's a joke)

This is one of the issues that is a serious point of contention with
an international project like OSM. How do you create a universal set
of signage that everyone in the world understands, and agrees upon?
There was a fairly intense discourse recently about the icon to use to
denote a graveyard, since the icon chosen was associated with a
specific religion.

I would guess that we will be able to come up with a common set of
signage, language, theology and ideology one day... not sure when
though.

James
VE6SRV