While we are at it, what about specific symbols for train/metro stations per operator? That is also a great "landmark" for map users.
On 2015-08-21 11:57, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Minh Nguyen <m...@nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us> > wrote: > >> Lester Caine <lester <at> lsces.co.uk [1]> writes: >> >>> Just what is the convention in the US, Russia or China? >> >> Regarding the U.S., Paul and I describe the conventions here in detail: >> >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2015-August/073892.html >> >> But the short version is: real highway shields. Their absence is striking to >> Americans, far more than the highway colors (which aren't as uniform in U.S. >> print cartography as they are in the U.K.). There are plenty of technical >> issues to work out, in any case: >> >> https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/508 > > Yeah, this is jarring for most North American users, as Canadian, Mexican and > even some Japanese maps (probably more prevalent to English maps of Japan, > though) often use the style popular in the US, and I would hope that > rendering the refs off relations with shields should be considered mandatory > for the next update. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk Links: ------ [1] http://lsces.co.uk
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