That looks great, would need to be lighter so that text and graphics can go over too.
And yeah I was trying to go away from topo, which is not always very accessible. Linework features, streets, featured etc... On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 11:41 AM Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl <[email protected]> wrote: > Sort of like the OSM based T-shirts: > > http://www.citeefashion.com/products > > > > I like the idea, but perhaps it makes things a little too complex? > > A contour line map of The Netherlands as a biz card background would not > be very exciting ;-) > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Gert-Jan > > > > > > > > *Van:* Discuss [mailto:[email protected]] *Namens *Jody > Garnett > *Verzonden:* zaterdag 29 april 2017 20:32 > *Aan:* Vicky Vergara; Maria Antonia Brovelli > *CC:* OSGeo Discussions > *Onderwerp:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] R: website/rebranding april update > > > > Okay I have an idea that I may regret sharing - because I am not enough of > a cartographer to make it happen. > > What if we went for a line work map (no fills or very saturated fills) and > people could zoom into an appropriate area for their biz card or > presentation subject matter? We would need a consistent palette to go well > with the logo and general branding - but I love the metaphor of every > member, local chapter, event having their own location driven background. > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 5:56 PM Vicky Vergara <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I like the sophisticated. > > But the green on the name cards etc ... its too much green, maybe more > transparent. I am not saying to have it multicolour because printing > becomes expensive with more colors. > The white www.osgeo.org is behind the black lines, its so wierd. > > Vicky > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 5:01 PM, Maria Antonia Brovelli < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I like the proposed logo sophisticated. > > About topography, I agree with Jody. > > I would prefere as background a stylized map of the galaxy or the > universe. > > In any case, thanks a lot! > > Maria > > > > > > > > Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung > > > > -------- Messaggio originale -------- > Da: Jody Garnett <[email protected]> > Data: 28/04/17 23:16 (GMT+01:00) > A: Jeffrey Johnson <[email protected]> > Cc: OSGeo Discussions <[email protected]> > Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] website/rebranding april update > > > > My feedback: > > > > - The topo background graphic proposed is a strong visual, but comes > across as vintage / retro / dated to my eyes (steampunk!). It does evolve > from our current branding (see slide 2 here > <https://www.slideshare.net/DirkFrigne/osgeo-think-global-act-local?qid=22fda894-eda8-4161-acca-1be6d1a323ce&v=&b=&from_search=8>), > but I am not sure it reflects modern mapping technologies. Wonder if we > could go for a blueprint vector+note visualization of the data behind > mapping.... > > > > - Tempted to use the current light-green as one of the colors for logo3, > because many <https://osgeo.nl> local chapters > <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Aust-NZ> have taken the color rather than the > visual elements as a base, others look amazing <http://www.gfoss.it> > doing there own thing. > > > -- > > Jody Garnett > > > > On 28 April 2017 at 13:54, Jeffrey Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > We can share the initial cut of the branding process. It is available > as a PDF here. > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1D61nG9ZgtbdmpmcTh4SnBYMFU/view?usp=sharing > > Feel free to comment here or on the marketing list. We will go through > a few sets of revisions with the vendor. > > Jeff > > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 12:16 PM, Jody Garnett <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Quick status update from the webstie/rebranding initiative for April: > > > > We have started to see rough wireframes of the approach used for the > > website. To make these wireframes more realistic we are going through an > > "visitor journey" exercise (which is where your representatives from > > geoforall and local chapters are key). > > We received the first breakdown of new branding this week, and are > providing > > feedback on the proposed logos/colors. > > > > A big thanks to Marc, Jeffrey and the GetInteractive team for efficiency > in > > April, cutting this work down to size for the rest of the team. > > > > We would like to welcome some new volunteers: > > > > Peter Mooney - has joined to provide an academic perspective, making sure > > the website/rebranding supports the work we do with GeoForAll. Please > give > > him your support as we work against some tight deadlines. I also > understand > > that Peter will be providing a perspective from OSGeo local chapters. > > Phillip Davis - has volunteered and started to review. Philip we are > waiting > > on you to sign up to the marketing list and introduce yourself. > > Harrison Grundy - is taking on communication with our system > administration > > committee. This week he is looking at LDAP so that our members can see > the > > website beta prior to release. > > > > As many know this is an expensive undertaking for our organization. We > would > > like to thank GetCat, Boundless and other sponsors for enabling this > OSGeo > > activity financially. > > > > -- > > Jody Garnett > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > -- > > Georepublic UG (haftungsbeschränkt) > > Salzmannstraße 44, > > 81739 München, Germany > > > > Vicky Vergara > > Operations Research > > > > eMail: [email protected] > > Web: https://georepublic.info > > > > Tel: +49 (089) 4161 7698-1 > > Fax: +49 (089) 4161 7698-9 > > > > Commercial register: Amtsgericht München, HRB 181428 > > CEO: Daniel Kastl > > > > -- > > -- > > Jody Garnett > -- -- Jody Garnett
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