On 6 June 2015 at 02:56, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 6/06/2015 11:13 AM, pmailkeey . wrote: > > > > On 5 June 2015 at 06:01, Marc Gemis <marc.ge...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 4:14 AM, John Willis <jo...@mac.com> wrote: >> >>> Don't confuse searching for an object with how they are >>> sorted/labeled/and represented - nor forget about the inflexibility in >>> OSM/-carto to get them represented differently. (Take-out bag?) Or support >>> regional renderings (buddhist shrines do not use the buddhist wheel in >>> Japan, but thats what they get) >>> >> >> You might know the French made their own rendering of OpenStreetMap data. >> They have a baguette for a bakery instead of the bagel icon. They also have >> decicated icons for their railway stations, mail offices, etc. It would be >> a good thing when e.g. the Japanese community would set up their own >> server, with focus on what they find important and with typical icons for >> their culture. When it would appear on osm.org as an alternative layer >> that would even be greater. >> >> regards >> >> > I have absolutely no objection to locals using their own language names > for things but having different icons is surely not a benefit ? > > > > It is to the locals. > e.g. They may not see 'fast food' as a hamburger! > > I don't recognise 'fast food' in any case ! Perhaps an image of a cheetah or peregrine falcon would be more appropriate ? I'm not sure all 'fast food' outlets produce food particularly quickly - but that's beside the point. I suspect a cup of coffee symbol is pretty universal globally for a café / coffee shop - and OSM should be aiming for as globally acceptable icons as possible.
I can just see then the icon globally agreed and a colour debate going on into the next century ! -- Mike. @millomweb <https://sites.google.com/site/millomweb/index/introduction> - For all your info on Millom and South Copeland via *the area's premier website - * *currently unavailable due to the country's ongoing harassment of me, my family, property & pets* T&Cs <https://sites.google.com/site/pmailkeey/e-mail>
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