On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Phil! Gold <phi...@pobox.com> wrote: > * Richard Fairhurst <rich...@systemed.net> [2010-10-14 10:47 -0700]: >> I think you could largely sum up his criticisms in two broad headings: >> >> 1. US OSM contributors need to get their shit together >> 2. European maps don't look like American ones > > I'm trying to see what sort of consensus exists on some of the issues from > 41 latitude's post. I've sent an email to the talk-us list[0] asking for > feedback and discussion. I encourage anyone who's interested, particulary > people who map in the US, to contribute to the discussion on that list. > > [0]: > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2010-October/004361.html
The North American interest in highway signs may be difficult to understand around the world. If I remember correctly one of our Euro-colleagues referred to highway shields as looking "a bit naff". I think that means "good" though. So, highways and road culture play a large role in the life of many North Americans, there are even songs that we know like Route 66, and Highway 61 that show affection for specific roads. There are others. Many others. I was surprised to find this list of road songs on the official US Federal Highway Administration web site. That may help to define the scope of the interest (problem) for our friends who don't see the attraction of highway shields. Even the humorless official bodies in North America like a good road song. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/roadsong.cfm _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
