On Saturday 16 October 2010 13:46:44 Richard Weait wrote: > On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Phil! Gold <[email protected]> wrote: > > * Richard Fairhurst <[email protected]> [2010-10-14 10:47 -0700]: > >> I think you could largely sum up his criticisms in two broad headings: > >> > >> 1. US OSM contributors need to get their shit together > >> 2. European maps don't look like American ones > > > > I'm trying to see what sort of consensus exists on some of the issues > > from 41 latitude's post. I've sent an email to the talk-us list[0] > > asking for feedback and discussion. I encourage anyone who's > > interested, particulary people who map in the US, to contribute to the > > discussion on that list. > > > > [0]: > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2010-October/004361.htm > > l > > The North American interest in highway signs may be difficult to > understand around the world. If I remember correctly one of our > Euro-colleagues referred to highway shields as looking "a bit naff". > I think that means "good" though. > > So, highways and road culture play a large role in the life of many > North Americans, there are even songs that we know like Route 66, and > Highway 61 that show affection for specific roads. There are others. > Many others. I was surprised to find this list of road songs on the > official US Federal Highway Administration web site. That may help to > define the scope of the interest (problem) for our friends who don't > see the attraction of highway shields. Even the humorless official > bodies in North America like a good road song. > > http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/roadsong.cfm > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
FYI, as a Brit, naff = Something that is poorly thought out, doesn’t really work, or is otherwise not very good. (Apologies to Wikipedia) -- Richard.
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