Park

Synonyms / Other Terms Used

Public Park, Recreation Ground, Pleasure Garden

Category

Public Facilities, Tourism, Recreation

Message / Function

To indicate the location of a public park available for recreational purposes
Note: Amusement parks, theme parks, as well as natural parks are not included

	Source	Description
	BS 8501:2002	Human figure sitting on chair or bench, tree in background
	CNIS	Side view of seating and tree
	KSA	Side view of tree and seating
	ISO 7001	Side view of tree, parallel projection of bench
	Eco-Mo Foundation	Side view of tree, parallel projection of bench
*)	DER	Tree and bench
	DER	Side view of two trees, human figure on swing
	Aragón	Side view of two trees

Discussion

The collection above does not offer much variation concerning the image contents, and it also reveals the close relationship to the message Picnic Area.

This relationship also appears in the theses of Fiori (2008), where the referents Park and Picnic Area are treated as a single referent. Comprehension Test data for a variant similar to the Brazilian pictogram labeled with *) offers some insight: 77.2 % of the responses were judged as correct, and most answers were related to Park and Public Open Space. Picnic Area is not listed among the most frequent responses, as this message usually is induced by also displaying a table. The answer Farm was prevalent among the wrong resposes.

In a Japanese study to propose domestically unified graphical symbols based on scientific methods, the pictogram variant labeled as Eco-Mo Foundation proved to be well comprehensable with a comprehension score of 84.1 (Eco-Mo Foundation, 2001).

Recommendation

Based on the test results detailed above we recommend the use of a variant similar to Public Information Symbol PI TC 006 of ISO 7001.

Tests of pictograms of referent Park

Eco-Mo Foundation (2001): Test data of public information symbols in Japan - Procedure for the testing of public information symbols by the Study Committee. ISO: ISO/TC 145/SC 1 N 329.

Fiori, S. R. (2008): Mapas para o turismo e a interatividade - proposta teórica e prática. Tese de Doutorado - Depto. de Geografia, FFLCH-USP.