Re: [OSM-talk] Improved new Icon set for Open Street map

2015-11-03 Thread nebulon42
Please tell us about which style you are talking or post a link so that we can have a look for ourselves. As far as the OSM standard style is concerned it does not have an icon for university buildings (yet). nebulon42 Am 2015-11-03 um 07:28 schrieb Nasir Khan: Thanks for the response. The

Re: [OSM-talk] Improved new Icon set for Open Street map

2015-11-03 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > Am 02.11.2015 um 18:52 schrieb Philip Barnes : > > As for your comment, I would say you are wrong, OSM is way ahead of > google in terms icons and map style. Most places are almost devoid of > mapped icons on google maps. because they chose a

Re: [OSM-talk] Improved new Icon set for Open Street map

2015-11-02 Thread Michael Reichert
Hi Nasir, Am 2015-11-02 um 17:53 schrieb Nasir Khan: > One thing i faced every time and asked from many that, is there a way to > improve the icon set to make the map more attractive. I really feel that we > all should look at this issue and make a plan to improve this user > experience. If you

Re: [OSM-talk] Improved new Icon set for Open Street map

2015-11-02 Thread Christian Pietzsch
This can be seen from different perspectives. Someone who wants a more aesthetic clean map, will like GMaps more. Meanwhile OSM carto is much more informative with a lot more details. But you can still have a look at the icons used and try to make an improved version and suggest it to the style

Re: [OSM-talk] Improved new Icon set for Open Street map

2015-11-02 Thread Philip Barnes
On Mon, 2015-11-02 at 22:53 +0600, Nasir Khan wrote: > Hi, > > I am a big fan of Open Street Map. I used this for may of my web > application projects. > > One thing i faced every time and asked from many that, is there a way > to improve the icon set to make the map more attractive. I really

Re: [OSM-talk] Improved new Icon set for Open Street map

2015-11-02 Thread nebulon42
Hi, the icons of osm-carto have been refreshed since December 2014. I'm not sure if you have noticed that a lot of icons of the Standard map style have changed (improved in my view) since that time. Me and others have already invested tons of hours into re-designing icons, reducing

Re: [OSM-talk] Improved new Icon set for Open Street map

2015-11-02 Thread Lester Caine
On 02/11/15 18:08, nebulon42 wrote: > However, there is of course always the possibility to improve things > further. I'm welcoming contributions at https://github.com/gmgeo/osmic, > which is a repository that holds all icons I have done for the Standard > map style (some I have also adapted from

Re: [OSM-talk] Improved new Icon set for Open Street map

2015-11-02 Thread Nasir Khan
Thanks for the response. The point i want to mention that, we should improve the Icons for different type for establishments. For example "University Building" it uses the "Home" icon, but i think it should be different because building could be administration or hostel. This is an example but

[OSM-talk] Improved new Icon set for Open Street map

2015-11-02 Thread Nasir Khan
Hi, I am a big fan of Open Street Map. I used this for may of my web application projects. One thing i faced every time and asked from many that, is there a way to improve the icon set to make the map more attractive. I really feel that we all should look at this issue and make a plan to improve

Re: [OSM-talk] Improved new Icon set for Open Street map

2015-11-02 Thread Andy Townsend
On 02/11/2015 16:53, Nasir Khan wrote: ... One thing i faced every time and asked from many that, is there a way to improve the icon set to make the map more attractive. (apologies if I'm stating the obvious here, but...) "OpenStreetMap" isn't just "the standard map that you see at