Direction, position, or indication sign

A sign is a sign with target and direction data for selected objects. Sign may be attached to signposts or even representing.

Basics

Signs are made ​​of sheet metal, wood, stone or plastic and can be attached to stakes, poles, trees, or solid construction works - so include street furniture.

Signs are usually kept in typical colors, labeled, can be provided with symbols or pictograms and frequently also contain distance and other details of the objective. In the original sense is any signs, indicating a direction, a guide, such as a stone men or peg as a landmark, in an extended sense, a signpost that gives a cartographic or symbolic overview of a route.

Use

Standardized signs are for example:

• In the public road signs the signs and signposts are required by law, on main streets and roadways also anticipation Weiser (see road signs ).
• In safety technology, the signs are used to award the escape routes, and are prescribed by law and in normalized form, appearance and Anbringplatz. Public and large buildings have green signs with white arrows point to the escape routes and emergency exits.
• For signs of trails, often by regional Alps or heritage societies, the signs are still additionally provided with signposts. In Switzerland, the yellow signs for trails across the country are uniformly designed by the Swiss Hiking.

For others, not the security serving signpost local regulations may apply (for example in relation to the townscape ), about their design, installation or mounting. So cultural attractions are often announced with brown panels, natural beauties in green, etc.

• Such signpost serving as a tourist reference
• At events or meetings for the signposts are often performed only temporary and in paper, as a poster and similar.

Signs themselves may be cultural, sculptural objects.

Examples

Signs for trails

Shanghai airport

Guide to " Gamburg " on the M39 south of Tashkent

Guide to 1900 Calvörde