[openrailwaymap] Logo Drafts

[Michael Reichert]

Hi everybody,

over the last weeks I have worked on a couple of logo drafts for 
OpenRailwayMap which has up to now no project logo. I have already 
presented prior drafts to rurseekatze, Dakon and bigbug21 – now it is 
time for your feedback. All drafts base on the feedback I recieved from 
them.

I have uploaded my draft to OpenStreetMap wiki:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Openrailwaymap-logo-selection.svg

Some additional comments to my drafts:
Prior drafts contained a German/Polish semaphore main signal. Because we 
want not to look outdated, I decided to use a light signal. The current 
light signal has lots of German elements but AFAIK such a signal is not 
used on a German railway line (it may be used by a German subway 
company). There are signals which look very similar to this in Kalsruhe 
and around Mannheim on branch lines but these signals have their white 
speed light signal above the green lamp. The white-red-white pole sign 
can be found on lots of German main signals.

I do not want to have to much similarities to the OpenStreetMap logo. 
First, nobody can guarantee that ORM will use OSM as the single data 
source in future and, second, OSM logo is a trademark registred by OSMF. 
You can still find elements at my drafts which can also be found at the 
OSM logo – a folded map and some landuse and boundaries on the map.

I would like to hear your feedback about my drafts.

You can also create own drafts but please publish them under CC-0 or PD-
self as SVG.

Btw, I can distinguish red and green and therefore I would like to hear 
feedback from men who cannot do this.

Best regards

Michael