User talk:Kamlung

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Hello Kamlung, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially those regarding Oregon highways. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Thank you! And also, thanks for providing these information links. They're proving to be quite invaluable for a green Wikipedian like myself. :) -- Kamlung 07:52, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Interstate Shields

I think the Interstate highway shields you've uploaded as replacements to those provided by Denelson83 are more legible and of higher quality. I would like to update all other Interstate shields with versions based this model. According to the notices, they are the official work of a USDOT employee. Where can similar shields be obtained? Thanks! -- Fogger 02:00, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Originally, these are based off of the designs from R.C. Moeur's Manual of Traffic Signs in the route marker section. I used the 1988 MUTDC standard style sign, which maximised font size and legibility. From those images, I was able to get a comparative font size and spacing to use on the current signs uploaded. The only interstate signs i've replaced were for interstates I've driven on or have fond memories of (which is why a lot of them are West Coast interstates :) ), and if there wasn't a sign image provided recently for any particular interstate, I uploaded those too. Also, if you have a program like Photoshop or anything of the like, I would recommend creating new shield images as Transparent PNGs. Just take an example shield I put up, cover up the number with the same colour blue patch and overlay whatever route number you want on top. The ShieldsUp! generator is also a great tool, if you don't mind fixing up the images after screen-grabbing them. Oh yeah, which reminds me, use the Roadgeek 2005 Series D font for 1-2 digit interstates, and Roadgeek 2005 Series C for 3-digit interstates. Get the fonts here, it's free! Thanks for your input! -- Kamlung 07:52, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Interstate-80.png

A bot tagged your image as having no copyright info. Could you please tag the image? Oterwise it will get deleted.

--Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 17:28, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I think this one should be deleted anyway. Wherever this image is linked to should use the other I-80 image instead. -- Kamlung 05:36, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Interstate-80.png has been listed for deletion

[edit] Barnstar

For your excellent contributions of route marker images of all sorts, I hereby award you this Graphic Designer's Barnstar. Scott⁵¹¹⁴ 05:06, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] SHS 2004

You are correct in saying that a hell of a lot of the 3di signs out there appear to use "C" lettering (like the 2di's). I actually can't seem to find one that uses "E" along my usual routes, but I have certianly not looked very hard. (I can only speak really for New York, though. (specifically Westchester and the Bronx, and a bit of Queens and Nassau). I'm just confused about one thing: Why use a 1988 SHS when there is a perfectly good 2004 one? (see page 3-1, M1-1) I'm actually not sure where I would get a 1988 SHS book, but somehow I assume that it wasn't initially posted on the web. ;-) There is a chance the font I use isn't perfect, but SHS 2004 specifies the width of the word INTERSTATE, and it is definetely 42% wider for 3di's. I personally like the nice big "INTERSTATE", since, after all, the shield is wider, so why waste space on the sides? Anyway, I'm not about to just go and change every 3di sign; I think the one I did (Image:Interstate-469.png) was the only one missing when I decided to post a 3di shield using the SVG I cooked up. I guess I should post the SVG, but I'm pretty sure you'd need the fonts I use, so MediaWiki's PNG rendering would look terrible. Anyway, sorry for the lack of structure in the above mess. To summarize:

• Why use 1988 SHS rather than 2004 SHS?
• I plan on publicising my SVG, which would really only need 3 characters changed to make any 3di. Sounds like a job for perl and Apache Batik SVG Rasterizer!
• I still haven't persued my idea about putting state names by using M1-2,3 as a model.

--Chris 02:31, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

It's just a personal preference for me. While it's great that there's an updated edition of the standards, some states/contractors/designers prefer to go with older ones that are still acceptible to use. For example, California has their own version of the MUTDC, which is loosely based off of the 1972 standards. In fact, CalTrans makes great Interstate shields with the state name inside. They have all their sign specifications on their website; note that some of the sign specs date back to 1971. Anyway, you may use whatever specifications you prefer, I just like using the 1988 specifications because I think they're more legible (especially when shrunk down to 20 px).

The SVG for interstate shields would be great! You did an exceptionally good job on Image:Interstate-469.png. If the fonts you are using are Roadgeek 2005, there shouldn't be any problem viewing the renderings. I would hope that most roadgeeks who come across these pages have the fonts already. :] --Kamlung 11:07, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Image:US DOT FHWA MUTCD SHS 2004 3-1 M1-1 750x600mm 000.svg

In my opinion, the numerals are too small (although still compliant with MUTDC). The reason why i changed the graphics to the 1988 and 2000 MUTDC style was for the larger numeral format, especially for those with vision problems like myself. You should still have the SVGs available for anyone to use, much like the circlesigns archived on the commons. --Kamlung 10:55, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Created page for OR-11, OR-27, need sheild graphic

Since you've done an excellent job creating these for existing highway pages; and since I'm lousy with Photoshop, a polite request for a few more.

Oregon State Route 11 Oregon State Route 27

Thanks!

--EngineerScotty 07:11, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Done and done! --Kamlung 10:33, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I might create a few more in the next couple of days/weeks... I hope I might trouble you again. --EngineerScotty 05:27, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

It looks like you created all of the remaining OR state highways--thanks! Now, a second request: Could you create an old-style shield for OR90? One similar to this one:

, but called ORE-90.png (or whatever format you like). Oregon State Route 52 now has a link to it.

If you're feeling particularly ambitious; you might do the same for all of the decomissioned/historic highways on List of Oregon numbered routes.

Thanks again!

--EngineerScotty 22:40, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

A second question: Are you interested in starting an Oregon Highways WikiProject? If so, please discuss at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Roads. Thanks! --EngineerScotty 05:56, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Interstate Shields

Someone has changed the Interstate shields that you have made. This person has changed the original Interstate shield (yours) to another in an SVG. I personally do not like the new shields because that is not how they look. Take a look at the difference. What do you think about the new shields?

--Ltljltlj 03:52, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Upon further reflection, i think the new designs (even though they are MUTDC 2004 compliant) have the numeral too small. The reason why i started changing the graphics was to make the legibility better even when shrunk down to 20px. I have pretty bad vision (even with glasses), so my best bet would be to revert the page edits to the ones with the previous shields. Though, if anyone would like to use them, the SVGs should still be available for use, much like the SVGs for the circle state route signs.

--Kamlung 10:46, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Wherever an Interstate shield appears, there should be a link to the route immediately after. If there is not, please add it. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 01:41, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:US 299.png listed for deletion

SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 17:32, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Images listed for deletion

They have been replaced by SVG images. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 01:30, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Eh, probably easiest just to look at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2006 February 8 to see all of them. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 01:44, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging Image:US121.png

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[edit] Image Tagging Image:US119.png

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Thanks for uploading Image:US119.png. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

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[edit] Image:US 101.gif listed for deletion

--Geopgeop 13:29, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Minnesota state highway shields

Hi, I noticed that you uploaded an image of a Minnesota State Highway 29 shield. I am part of WikiProject Minnesota State Highways and I would like to know if you uploaded any other shields so we can figure out which shields we have. A partial listing of some shields can be found at my sandbox. --Station Attendant 15:58, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nevada shields

I was hoping SPUI would have made the Nevada shields in SVG format, but then I decided to make them myself. See Commons:Category:Nevada State Route shields (it's not finished yet) and tell me what you think. --Geopgeop 11:39, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:US220.png listed for deletion

[edit] Image:US219.png listed for deletion

[edit] Image:K-254.png listed for deletion

[edit] Numerous Interstate and U.S. Route shields nominated for deletion

Greetings. A number of Interstate and U.S. Route shields that you uploaded or altered have been nominated for deletion. See Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2006 September 24 for the complete list. Regards, TMF ^{T - C} 20:47, 24 September 2006 (UTC)