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| Daniela Duerbeck... |
 Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 6:11 am |
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Hi!
My question is:
What symbols are known worldwide for "Parking area"
In the german Wikipedia I find: The international symbol is a blue
square with a white "P" (upper case, sans serif) inside. Is this really
also true for the USA?
TIA,
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| Daniela Duerbeck... |
| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 6:16 am |
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Dick Margulis wrote:
Quote: recognized by most urban and suburban drivers anywhere in the US. We're
much more consistent about the H (for hospital) sign than about the P
sign, in terms of color and shape.
I asked because the symbol for "parking area" in Garmin GPS handheld
devices is a red "P" inside a black circle. And I would like to have
this changed to something more usual.
I think, that somebody at Garmin changed the "No Parking-Symbol" to
something different ...
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| Dick Margulis... |
| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 6:16 am |
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Daniela Duerbeck wrote:
Quote: Hi!
My question is:
What symbols are known worldwide for "Parking area"
In the german Wikipedia I find: The international symbol is a blue
square with a white "P" (upper case, sans serif) inside. Is this really
also true for the USA?
TIA,
Dani
The uppercase, sans serif, bold P is pretty standard in the US. Some
locales have a blue P or green P on a white background, and the shape
may or may not be square. But I think the international symbol would be
recognized by most urban and suburban drivers anywhere in the US. We're
much more consistent about the H (for hospital) sign than about the P
sign, in terms of color and shape. |
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| Dick Margulis... |
| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:43 pm |
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Daniela Duerbeck wrote:
Quote: Dick Margulis wrote:
recognized by most urban and suburban drivers anywhere in the US.
We're much more consistent about the H (for hospital) sign than about
the P sign, in terms of color and shape.
I asked because the symbol for "parking area" in Garmin GPS handheld
devices is a red "P" inside a black circle. And I would like to have
this changed to something more usual.
I think, that somebody at Garmin changed the "No Parking-Symbol" to
something different ...
Dani
I think you're exactly right. |
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| Daniela Duerbeck... |
| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:16 am |
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Dick Margulis wrote:
Quote: I think you're exactly right.
I thought that the days when software developers designed user
interfaces belong to the past.
But I sent a bug report/change request to Garmin and they said they
would send it to the software developers ...
:-)))
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| Dick Margulis... |
| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:33 pm |
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Daniela Duerbeck wrote:
Quote: Dick Margulis wrote:
I think you're exactly right.
I thought that the days when software developers designed user
interfaces belong to the past.
Interface designers, at least in the US, typically work within software
development organizations. From the point of view of a customer service
representative, everyone who works in the development department is a
software developer. That is, they all look alike from the outside. In
any case, the development department is where all bug reports are
collated and prioritized. So sending your request "to the software
developers" was the correct action.
I think the root problem is that interface designers, at least in the
US, are schooled in human-computer interaction (HCI), which is a
psychological discipline, but are not rigorously schooled in
international graphic standards. This is the United States of America.
We don't really care how people do stuff in the rest of the world 
That's a pervasive cultural attitude, even in a development organization
where most of the workers are not US citizens. So that parking symbol
was probably designed by an interface designer who just didn't stop to
ask whether there is an applicable international standard. Sloppy work,
sure. But I suspect that's what happened.
As to whether the fix will be made, I give it about a five percent
chance. The way bugs are prioritized, that's always going to be a C, and
nobody ever fixes C's. |
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