Since the double-diamond has map and map legend usage, it might be a good idea to have it encoded separately. I know that I'm stating the obvious here, but the important point is doing the research and showing that it has widespread usage.
↪ Shervin On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Shawn Steele <[email protected]> wrote: > I’m used to them being next to each other. So the entire discussion > seems to be about how to encode a concept vs how to get the shape you want > with existing code points. If you just want the perfect shape, then maybe > an svg is a better choice. If we’re talking about describing ski-run > difficulty levels in plain-text, then the hodge-podge of glyphs being > offered in this thread seems kinda hacky to me. > > > > -Shawn > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Philippe > Verdy > *Sent:* Thursday, May 28, 2015 2:12 PM > *To:* Jim Melton > *Cc:* Shawn Steele; unicode Unicode Discussion > *Subject:* Re: "Bunny hill" symbol, used in America for signaling ski > pistes for novices > > > > Some documentations also suggest that the two diamonds are not stacked one > above the other, but horizontally. It's a good point for using only one > symbol, encoding it twice in plain-text if needed. > > > > 2015-05-28 22:15 GMT+02:00 Jim Melton <[email protected]>: > > I no longer ski, but I did so for many years, mostly (but not > exclusively) in the western United States. I never encountered, at any USA > ski hill/mountain/resort, a special symbol for "bunny hills", which are > typically represented by the green circle meaning "beginner". That's > anecdotal evidence at best, but my observations cover numerous skiing > sites. I have encountered such a symbol in Europe and in New Zealand, but > not in the USA. (I have not had the pleasure of skiing in Canada and am > thus unable to speak about ski areas in that country.) > > The double black diamond would appear to be a unique symbol worthy of > encoding, simply because the only valid typographical representation (in > the USA) is two single black diamonds stacked one above the other and > touching at the points. > > Hope this helps, > Jim > > > On 5/28/2015 2:04 PM, Shawn Steele wrote: > > So is double black diamond a separate symbol? Or just two of the black > diamond? > > > > And Blue-Black? > > > > I’m drawing a blank on a specific bunny sign, in my experience those are > usually just green. > > > > Aren’t there a lot of cartography symbols for various systems that aren’t > present in Unicode? > > > > *From:* Unicode [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Philippe Verdy > *Sent:* Thursday, May 28, 2015 12:47 PM > *To:* unicode Unicode Discussion > *Subject:* "Bunny hill" symbol, used in America for signaling ski pistes > for novices > > > > Is there a symbol that can represent the "Bunny hill" symbol used in North > America and some other American territories with mountains, to designate > the ski pistes open to novice skiers (those pistes are signaled with green > signs in Europe). > > > > I'm looking for the symbol itself, not the color, or the form of the sign. > > > > For example blue pistes in Europe are designed with a green circle in > America, but we have a symbol for the circle; red pistes in Europe are > signaled by a blue square in America, but we have a symbol for the square; > black pistes in Europe are signaled by a black diamond in America, but we > also have such "black" diamond in Unicode. > > > > But I can't find an equivalent to the American "Bunny hill" signal, > equivalent to green pistes in Europe (this is a problem for webpages > related to skiing: do we have to embed an image ?). > > > > > > -- > > ======================================================================== > > Jim Melton --- Editor of ISO/IEC 9075-* (SQL) Phone: +1.801.942.0144 > > Chair, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC32 and W3C XML Query WG Fax : +1.801.942.3345 > > Oracle Corporation Oracle Email: jim dot melton at oracle dot com > > 1930 Viscounti Drive Alternate email: jim dot melton at acm dot org > > Sandy, UT 84093-1063 USA Personal email: SheltieJim at xmission dot com > > ======================================================================== > > = Facts are facts. But any opinions expressed are the opinions = > > = only of myself and may or may not reflect the opinions of anybody = > > = else with whom I may or may not have discussed the issues at hand. = > > ======================================================================== > > >
