Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-08 Thread John Smith
--- On Sat, 8/8/09, Elizabeth Dodd ed...@billiau.net wrote: someone keeps on telling me not to tag for the renderer The other reason they were elevated is due a lot of them being of regional importance. ___ Talk-au mailing list

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread b . schulz . 10
I had a play around wit Inkscape and 5mins later had come up with this: http://www.overclockers.com.au/pix/st7vm The link is to a transparent png so it doesn't look right with the dark blue background of the hosting service but such is life. I can't post the svg to the list without moderator

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread 80n
That looks good, but... penStreetMap It's not obvious to the layman that the magnifying glass is supposed to be an O. And because pen is a common word many people will misread this as penStreetMap which makes about as much sense as OpenStreetMap if you've never heard of either. I'd strongly

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread b . schulz . 10
Noted, version 2: http://ocau.com/pix/yg3b2 - Original Message - From: 80n 80n...@gmail.com Date: Friday, August 7, 2009 5:53 pm Subject: Re: [talk-au] posters/banners To: b.schulz...@scu.edu.au Cc: talk-au@openstreetmap.org, Matt Amos zerebub...@gmail.com That looks good

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread John Smith
--- On Fri, 7/8/09, b.schulz...@scu.edu.au b.schulz...@scu.edu.au wrote: Noted, version 2: http://ocau.com/pix/yg3b2 I actually like the other OSM logo, it gives the eye something to look at, just my humble opinion. ___ Talk-au

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread b . schulz . 10
welcome. - Original Message - From: John Smith delta_foxt...@yahoo.com Date: Friday, August 7, 2009 7:05 pm Subject: Re: [talk-au] posters/banners To: talk-au@openstreetmap.org --- On Fri, 7/8/09, b.schulz...@scu.edu.au b.schulz...@scu.edu.au wrote: Noted, version 2: http

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread John Smith
--- On Fri, 7/8/09, b.schulz...@scu.edu.au b.schulz...@scu.edu.au wrote: Any other ideas are most welcome. Check out this video: http://www.vimeo.com/5594110 Very first shot shows the kind of thing I'm aiming at here. ___ Talk-au mailing

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread b . schulz . 10
The banner shown on the slide at 21s? The slide called Tsuruga-jo Castle? I could whip up that with Australia instead of Japan, sure. - Original Message - From: John Smith delta_foxt...@yahoo.com Date: Friday, August 7, 2009 8:24 pm Subject: Re: [talk-au] posters/banners To: talk-au

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread John Smith
--- On Fri, 7/8/09, b.schulz...@scu.edu.au b.schulz...@scu.edu.au wrote: The banner shown on the slide at 21s? The slide called Tsuruga-jo Castle? I could whip up that with Australia instead of Japan, sure. I didn't actually watch the online video, I assumed it was the same as the m4v

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread John Smith
I took a screen capture of it from the vid: http://maps.bigtincan.com/data/osm-japan-capture.png ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread John Smith
--- On Fri, 7/8/09, b.schulz...@scu.edu.au b.schulz...@scu.edu.au wrote: The banner shown on the slide at 21s? The slide called Tsuruga-jo Castle? I could whip up that with Australia instead of Japan, sure. I didn't actually watch the online video, I assumed it was the same as the m4v

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread Roy Wallace
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 7:51 PM, b.schulz...@scu.edu.au wrote: Yeah, the 2 logos kind of each represent an extreme: one is a bit plain and the other is too distracting. I might try putting a map rendered as the background, but have it more as a watermark than an attraction. It's probably time

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread b . schulz . 10
up a few more versions tonight. Going on an endurance training ride today :). - Original Message - From: Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009 7:55 am Subject: Re: [talk-au] posters/banners To: b.schulz...@scu.edu.au Cc: talk-au@openstreetmap.org On Fri, Aug 7

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread Ashley Kyd
Message - From: Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009 7:55 am Subject: Re: [talk-au] posters/banners To: b.schulz...@scu.edu.au Cc: talk-au@openstreetmap.org On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 7:51 PM, b.schulz...@scu.edu.au wrote: Yeah, the 2 logos kind of each

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread Ashley Kyd
whip up a few more versions tonight. Going on an endurance training ride today :). - Original Message - From: Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009 7:55 am Subject: Re: [talk-au] posters/banners To: b.schulz...@scu.edu.au Cc: talk-au@openstreetmap.org

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread John Smith
Actually I doubt it would matter if you modified it or not, the Japanese sign was slightly modified, as is the logo on the swiss site: http://www.openstreetmap.ch/ If you look at the handle on the magnifying glass it's been made look like a swiss army knife. And I do like the image with the

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread Liz
On Sat, 8 Aug 2009, John Smith wrote: Among other things I started making a site layout based on the Swiss site, rather than just displaying a map. http://maps.bigtincan.com/index-new.php The basic layout is OK I'd try to stop the logo overlapping with the grey bar the rendering gives coral

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Sat, 8 Aug 2009, John Smith wrote: --- On Sat, 8/8/09, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: The basic layout is OK I'm trying to make it easier for people to find Aussie specific stuff. I'd try to stop the logo overlapping with the grey bar All I did was replace the logo, the swiss site

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-07 Thread John Smith
--- On Sat, 8/8/09, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: The basic layout is OK I'm trying to make it easier for people to find Aussie specific stuff. I'd try to stop the logo overlapping with the grey bar All I did was replace the logo, the swiss site already did that. the rendering gives coral

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-06 Thread b . schulz . 10
Well, what information do you want it to get across? Do we want OSM Australia to become some form of semi-official name for OSM activities/groups in Australia? Or do we just want a sign which says There's an OpenStreetMap mapping party meeting here, this is what you look for to find us in which

Re: [talk-au] posters/banners

2009-08-06 Thread John Smith
--- On Thu, 6/8/09, b.schulz...@scu.edu.au b.schulz...@scu.edu.au wrote: Well, what information do you want it to get across? Don't want look like a dork waiting for everyone to turn up :) Do we want OSM Australia to become some form of semi-official name for OSM activities/groups in