Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols

[drums_in_the_night@ieji.de]

@combat_penguin @Natasha_Jay

degoogled link:

https://www.ampelmann.de/en/

[th@social.v.st]

@Natasha_Jay since everyone has pointed out the missing Ampelmann, there's also the Hilversum and Tilburg cross walks with a jaunty ponytail

[messieass@procial.tchncs.de]

@mina@berlin.social @combat_penguin@infosec.exchange @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt
Missing indeed, not only in eastern Berlin

[jayalane@mastodon.online]

@Natasha_Jay @blogdiva cool; when I started walking places with my spouse I was like we have to wait for the walking person sign and she was like you mean for the white man to give us permission I see her point now (and in California they are white and not particularly gender neutral).

[pacman@swiss.social]

@Natasha_Jay Irish pedestrian traffic lights in their green phase use this Traditional Irish Dancing signal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5alvB4TlMA

[amorphophalex@mastodon.social]

@Natasha_Jay I'm sure there's a dissertation's worth on whether the simplest stick figures here can be considered gender neutral. I think the ones with hair and a hat are clearly not. I forget where I saw this but I thought I once saw a walking light represented by footprints.

[bituur_esztreym@pouet.chapril.org]

@Natasha_Jay
the fun with the Mexican one is he's walking/running faster according to the seconds left before passing to the red one.

[connynasch@mastodon.social]

@Natasha_Jay Istanbul looks like he needs the loo

[stekopf@mstdn.social]

@Natasha_Jay

How about using @altbot if it's to time consuming to describe these quite detailed images?

I tried it with the fourth image out of curiosity and it even created simple descriptions of the symbols. (I like the weavy person from Andorra)

#Altbot had become much better over the last 12 month - I would say:
https://mstdn.social/@stekopf/117309622887604634

[natasha_jay@tech.lgbt]

I am greatly enjoying the comments on this thread

[simonroyhughes@beige.party]

@Natasha_Jay London also looks like this:

[miriamrobern@dice.camp]

@th @Natasha_Jay

[schnitzer@sueden.social]

@Natasha_Jay Esslingen / Germany has "Äffle und Pferdle" as red/green lights

[maybe_mbk@mastodon.social]

@Natasha_Jay

What? No Ostmännchen? And none of these?

[luc0x61@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@Natasha_Jay Curious how in Italy we have the most neutral, icon styled walking person. So neutral that I never thought very much about it

[sailboat@mastodon.scot]

@Natasha_Jay today i learned that andorra has at least one traffic light!

[schnitzer@sueden.social]

@Natasha_Jay And in Bayreuth / Germany composer Richard Wagner can be found.

[maumau@chaos.social]

@Natasha_Jay Vienna has had so many different and wonderful traffic light figures since the Eurovision Song Contest… showing just one really isn’t enough.

[urban_hermit@mstdn.social]

@Natasha_Jay
Morning brain:

My first thought, scrolling through... Aah, someone has made an international field guide to identifying the various species of yeti. Mostly swamp things, based on coloration.

[petealexharris@mastodon.scot]

@Natasha_Jay

It's only possible to tell by context on a road crossing signal what the Puno one is supposed to be doing .

If I just saw that sign on a door all I'd think is do not go though that door.