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On 27.07.2015 13:59, Michael Reichert wrote: > 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 want not to look outdated, I decided to use a light signal.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 Wayside signals are not universal to railways, and where they are used they differ a lot in appearance. I'd prefer some symbol universally asssociated with railways. Examples would be the winged wheel, or the cross-section of rail (like in the China Railway logo). Philipp -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 181 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.openrailwaymap.org/archives/openrailwaymap/attachments/20150727/4ad3e437/attachment.sig>