[LINK] UN Pictograms for Humanitarian Software

[Michael Skeggs mike@bystander.net]

I particularly like some of the more challenging nouns to illustrate, e.g.
'deployment' or 'response' and the difference between 'assessment', 'needs
assessment'  and 'coordinated assessment'!
http://thenounproject.com/NaN/
Regards,
Michael Skeggs

On 27 August 2012 10:45, Andy Farkas <andyf at andyit.com.au> wrote:

> On 08/27/12 09:03, Tom Worthington wrote:
> > The OCHA Humanitarian Icons are a set of 500 pictograms for humanitarian
> > relief operations from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of
> > Humanitarian affairs (OCHA).
> >
> > These can be used as computer icons for communicating information about
> > relief operations where language may otherwise be a barrier:
> >
> http://www.unocha.org/top-stories/all-stories/ocha-launches-500-free-humanitarian-symbols
> >
> >
>
> That web page only shows 165 icons.
>
> If you download the icons (available at non-unocha websites) and count
> them,
> there are only 243 unique icons. Each icon is represented twice, one
> being the
> inverse colour of the other. That only gives 486 icons.
>
> Clearly I have too much time on my hands. It was also fun putting
> meanings to
> some of the icons before reading what they were actually meant to
> represent :)
>
> -andyf
>
>
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