Hi again! I didn't expect that my previous question would make such a great fuss. Since I now volunteered for implementing an icon for amenity=veterinary, I couldn't get my mind off the icon itself today.
The approved proposal - which I now know should not have any direct influence on the renderers presentation since they are independent projects - included a paw icon that shows up at "rendered-as" in the green box at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Approved_features/Veterinary As user Breezer commented *after* the voting had passed, that could be misleadingly interpreted as a pet shop instead. I agree with that and would prefer a different or modified icon. Now I've got a few more questions: (practical, not technical) 1. Am I free to choose any other icon at my own decision or should I open a draft/RFC/vote in the wiki (or elsewhere) and post a few alternative icons? This is not about necessity but about organizational stuff since there was a somehow approved icon already and openstreetmap.org displays tiles on its front page, so I don't want to interfere with previous decisions. 2. I personally would prefer a rod of Asclepius and a V (for veterinary). Having done some quick searches on Google and Flickr that seems to be commonly used almost worldwide (limited to the search results) as far as there are any standardized icons/signs. Is there a place (maybe this mailinglist should be sufficient) to ask whether that's really easy to understand for everyone? It should be for Europe and according to my searches also in the USA and Australia; but what about other countries or is that irrelevant? There are existing nodes all over the world (currently only a minority outside Europe, USA and Australia), so the same icon would show up globally as soon as the tiles are being rerendered. 3. My personal favorite is still the rod and the V enclosed by a red circle as used in JOSM and suggested by Ulfl. I'm unsure if that may be protected by law or registered as a trademark since it's the sign used throughout Germany at almost all vet surgeries. I would ask my government as well as the veterinary association about it by email. If it's protected we couldn't use it. If it isn't (according to these two emails) I would like to choose it as the rendering icon. What's the official policy of OSM, Osmarender and Mapnik concerning the use of such icons? I know that Wikipedia has the policy to either don't use them at all or the email communication has to be archived at the foundation for later legal reference. Since I'm in Germany, there's neither fair use nor public domain for me; if there's any chance of a remotely legal issue I'm unable to use that icon or it could be seen as an infringement. Thanks, Daniel _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
