[OSM-talk] religion and places_of_worship

[Nick Whitelegg]

On Saturday 03 Nov 2007 10:41, spaetz wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 12:41:20AM +0100, Ben Companjen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Quick and dirty (made, that is), I designed a prayer logo. I'm sure
> > one can find something alike (but I didn't copy anything).
> >
> > Just an idea: http://www.bonofree.nl/prayer.svg (Inkscape SVG)
>
> Looks nice when big, but is hardly recognizable as anything when shown as a
> 15x15 icon or so. Church crosses have at least the advantage of being
> recognizable and members of a religion which feels offended are free to
> submit their own logos anytime.

Agree that it would be more useful to use icons relating to a particular 
religion. A user of the map is likely to be looking for a church, a mosque, a 
synagogue etc rather than just a place of worship.

Nick