[OSM-talk] Icons

[john whelan]

I think the fantasy is to have a basic icon available for every recognized
tag.  For custom renders there will always be a need for custom or
different icons but I was hoping that we could evolve a basic set that
covered tags in the existing map.

Yes end users could always use JOSM and look at the tags but to be kinder
to them to let them see what is in the map a basic icon would be useful.

In other words fill the gaps.

Cheerio John

On 28 June 2012 14:58, Matthias Meißer <digi_c at arcor.de> wrote:

> I like the basic idea and started something similar years ago:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/**wiki/Map_Icons<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Icons>
>
> But as all others allready said, the situation is a bit complex. For every
> kind of map usage, another design would make sense (with/without buttons,
> 16x or 32x or SVG, level of detail, ...) and so it's hard to get all this
> within a single step.
>
> In my eyes the only thing you can do, is to encourage people to start a
> new icon set/add missing icons, by giving them a working map that makes use
> of this icons.
>
> bye,
> Matthias (user:!i!)
>
>
> Am 28.06.2012 00:06, schrieb john whelan:
>
>> Could someone or a group come up with a more standard set of icons please?
>>
>> Currently JOSM has its own set, various rendering systems have their own
>> sets but a single recommended set that covered more would be better.
>>
>> Currently skateboard, Softball, T-ball, toboggan are things that don't
>> seem to have an icon.  Locally we have splash-pads where young children
>> can run in and out of a spray of water.  Very useful in hot weather but
>> not something I'd expect to see in the UK for example, however a
>> standard name and an icon would be helpful.
>>
>> Thanks John
>>
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