"Needs Maintenance" attribute icon

[+NinjaCacher!]

Hi,

 

I'm new to geocaching but looks like I'm getting addicted already...

 

Just something I noted on the website - the icon used for attribute "Needs Maintenance" on cache details pages is not actually a first aid sign (red cross on white ground, or white cross on green ground) sign but the Swiss flag (white cross on red ground) - being from Switzerland this quite confuses me

 

Current icon:

 

Sample cache in "Needs Maintenance" state: GCMXPF

 

Some random first aid icons from web:

 

Cheers

Luzian

[+Isonzo Karst]

Perhaps the Swiss Flag isn't copyrighted, and the Red Cross icon is?

[+cache_test_dummies]

Just something I noted on the website - the icon used for attribute "Needs Maintenance" on cache details pages is not actually a first aid sign (red cross on white ground, or white cross on green ground) sign but the Swiss flag (white cross on red ground) - being from Switzerland this quite confuses me

I seem to remember a discussion about this issue once. I think the reason given for not using the red cross on a white background for "Needs Maintenance" had to do with potential legal issues related to the use of an icon owned by the American Red Cross.

[+Gecko1]

Just something I noted on the website - the icon used for attribute "Needs Maintenance" on cache details pages is not actually a first aid sign (red cross on white ground, or white cross on green ground) sign but the Swiss flag (white cross on red ground) - being from Switzerland this quite confuses me

I seem to remember a discussion about this issue once. I think the reason given for not using the red cross on a white background for "Needs Maintenance" had to do with potential legal issues related to the use of an icon owned by the American Red Cross.

We should use the green cross. This is geocaching, after all.

 

Edit: Green on white. Is that taken?

Edited February 7, 2007 by Gecko1

[+BlueDeuce]

Just something I noted on the website - the icon used for attribute "Needs Maintenance" on cache details pages is not actually a first aid sign (red cross on white ground, or white cross on green ground) sign but the Swiss flag (white cross on red ground) - being from Switzerland this quite confuses me

I seem to remember a discussion about this issue once. I think the reason given for not using the red cross on a white background for "Needs Maintenance" had to do with potential legal issues related to the use of an icon owned by the American Red Cross.

We should use the green cross. This is geocaching, after all.

 

Edit: Green on white. Is that taken?

 

That's already being used when the owner posts a 'performed maintanance' log.

[+ZSandmann]

We should use Libya's flag, it's just the coolest flag ever!

 

[+BlueDeuce]

We should use Libya's flag, it's just the coolest flag ever!

 

 

[+0100101001010010]

Just something I noted on the website - the icon used for attribute "Needs Maintenance" on cache details pages is not actually a first aid sign (red cross on white ground, or white cross on green ground) sign but the Swiss flag (white cross on red ground) - being from Switzerland this quite confuses me

I seem to remember a discussion about this issue once. I think the reason given for not using the red cross on a white background for "Needs Maintenance" had to do with potential legal issues related to the use of an icon owned by the American Red Cross.

 

How can the American Red Cross own an international symbol?

[+gof1]

So, the theory is that the legal types at Groundspeak feel less threatened by the Swiss than by the American Red Cross?

Must be a moral or some irony or something in there someplace.

[+cache_test_dummies]

Just something I noted on the website - the icon used for attribute "Needs Maintenance" on cache details pages is not actually a first aid sign (red cross on white ground, or white cross on green ground) sign but the Swiss flag (white cross on red ground) - being from Switzerland this quite confuses me

I seem to remember a discussion about this issue once. I think the reason given for not using the red cross on a white background for "Needs Maintenance" had to do with potential legal issues related to the use of an icon owned by the American Red Cross.

 

How can the American Red Cross own an international symbol?

I am a blood donor, but lack the credentials or the knowledge to respond to your question from a legal perspective. But I did find the following on the American Red Cross web site:

 

Trademark Information

The Greek Red Cross emblem and the American Red Cross name are federally protected marks of The American National Red Cross (see United States Code, Title 18, Section 706).

[rokclmb]

Someone might see an international symbol for first aid and go to the area of that cache if they are injured and expect to be able to get help. Both the red cross with the white background and the white cross with a green background are internationaly recognized as first aid. GC.com probably made their need's maintenance symbol so it is similar but not the same symbol. That's just my guess. Take it for what it's worth.

[+welch]

In an older thread, This post has some interesting links. Apperently there have been lawsuits over the use of the 'red cross' symbol.

[+Glenn]

I like the green cross because that is what is being used in Europe to designate a pharmacy. A green cross meaning that a cache needs some TLC is intuitive. Well, for the at least it is for the Europeans.

 

[+Jhwk]

How about a shovel, or a hammer?

[markandlynn]

A spanner is the usuall in motor vehicle circles