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[openrailwaymap] Logo Drafts

Philipp Klaus Krause pkk at spth.de
Mon Jul 27 18:13:07 MEST 2015


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 want not to look outdated, I decided to use a light signal.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


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