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Re:A clean point-of-interest icon set for web cartography by taneliv on Monday January 21, 2013 @02:13AM (#5090354)
Looks good! Except for the pharmacy symbol. That information is sometimes needed in emergencies, and what you currently have was totally unrecognizable. Make it the same as hospital, or very similar?

Some other things to improve: prison sign looks like railway crossing, college cap (?) would look stupid in many locales where there is no cap or different design, embassy and bank icons were difficult to figure out. Likewise for the minefield.

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Re:A clean point-of-interest icon set for web cartography by taejo on Monday January 21, 2013 @04:54AM (#5090742)
Yep, pharmacy symbol is unrecognisable to me too. Unfortunately, there isn't really an internationally recognised symbol. In some countries, the recipe symbol (℞) is used; in others, a green cross; in others still, the Bowl of Hygieia.
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