http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/04/22/internation-iconography/?src=elegantfigures-rss On data visualization and information design on the Earth Observatory. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:40:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/04/22/internation-iconography/comment-page-1/#comment-11217 Steve Mon, 02 May 2011 23:35:48 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=300#comment-11217 Directional signs are of great and continued use within national parks around the globe and well positioned do indeed save upon the use of maps, but here in England with open moorlands and lakes it would first be so unseemly to have these obtrusive signs at every bush and gateway and surely takeaway the beauty of knowing you were ‘outside’ rather than in a pre-determined area of ‘urban’ space where you can walk safely. Nature is just that.
Whilst I take Heidi’s point about saving the environment, without paper maps, destroying trees to create a map about a woodland that is now in the habds of the visitor, it is also part of the ‘nature’ culture to orientate your way through without too many signposts taking away the experience.

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