SignPlot
| Original author(s) | SK Morgan |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Buchanan Computing Ltd |
| Initial release | 1984 |
| Stable release | 2.4
/ August 2009 |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Available in | English, Welsh |
| Type | Traffic sign design |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Buchanan Computing |
SignPlot is a software application for the design of UK traffic signs and their supports and foundations, developed and sold by Buchanan Computing[1]. Initially created for MSDOS in the early 1980s as a university project by Simon Morgan, SignPlot 2 (as it is now known) has evolved into a 32-bit Windows application. The degree of inbuilt guidance and intelligence has increased over that time to the extent that it now automates almost all the layout and spacing rules of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002[2], Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 7[3], and drawings issued by the Welsh Assembly Government for bilingual signing.
External links
SignPlot related websites
Official Government Websites
- Working drawings for traffic signs by the Department for Transport
- Department for Transport traffic signs and signals index page.
- The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002.
- Know Your Traffic Signs, DfT 2007 (PDF 6MB)
- Signs & Markings. Part of the Highway Code website.
History
Other resources
- Institute of Highway Incorporated Engineers sign design technical gateway
- Spot the deliberate errors on 5 incorrectly designed signs (Morelock Signs)
See also
- Road signs in the United Kingdom
- Traffic sign
- Highways Act 1980
- Highway Code
- Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
- Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002