This discussion starts to get into the value, it is a lot of work to gather up these original or alternate sources ... both for end users migrating to open source, and for OSGeo projects to do on their own.
I think this would be a great group project. On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 3:44 AM Brad Hards <br...@frogmouth.net> wrote: > I have no idea what is in the map fonts (or even what an ESRI map font > is), but if you're looking for the symbology for DNC and VMAP, (which sound > vaguely like: ESRI NIMA DNC LN, ESRI NIMA DNC PT, ESRI NIMA VMAP1&2 LN, > ESRI NIMA VMAP1&2 PT) its probably based on some variant of the NGA GeoSym > stuff - MIL-HDBK-857A and MIL-DTL-89045/A > > If you're prepared to deal with converting CGM to whatever that font thing > is, you can download the definitions from the NGA GWG Portrayal Working > Group at https://gwg.nga.mil/pfg_documents.php (expect a cert warning) > > The ESRI Mil2525C Modifiers and some of those MilSym / MilMod things might > be MIL-STD-2525 (aka STANAG APP-6) symbology. Not usually treated as a font > though.... > > Brad > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf Of Nyall Dawson > Sent: Tuesday, 12 May 2020 3:46 PM > To: Even Rouault <even.roua...@spatialys.com> > Cc: OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Free licensed alternative to ESRI map fonts > > On Wed, 6 May 2020 at 01:13, Even Rouault <even.roua...@spatialys.com> > wrote: > > > for my understanding, and hopefully help others, I assume the issue is > that you have a style definition where there are tuples of > (font_identifier, symbol_identifier_in_the_font) to define the styling of > layers with point geometries, right ? > > Partially, but the "bigger picture" is that there's just no alternative > freely available version of many of these symbol graphics themselves. > That's the blocker that I've encountered. > > > If that's only the former, then assuming there would be N open fonts > already covering the whole set of ESRI symbology fonts (unlikely), one > could possibly create a mapping between each tuple of (ESRI_font_id, > ESRI_symbol_id) to (OPEN_font_id, OPEN_symbol_id). If the later, then you > need a complete replacement for each proprietary font. > > It's the later. > > > How many symbols / fonts are we discussing about ? > > There's about 73 fonts total (see list below, may not be complete), which > average about 100 icons apiece. > > ESRI AMFM Electric > ESRI AMFM Gas > ESRI AMFM Sewer > ESRI AMFM Water > ESRI ArcPad > ESRI Arrowhead > ESRI Business > ESRI Cartography > ESRI Caves 1 > ESRI Caves 2 > ESRI Caves 3 > ESRI Climate & Precipitation > ESRI Commodities > ESRI Conservation > ESRI Crime Analysis > ESRI Default Marker > ESRI Dimensioning > ESRI Elements > ESRI Enviro Hazard Analysis > ESRI Enviro Hazard Incident > ESRI Enviro Hazard Sites > ESRI Environmental & Icons > ESRI ERS Infrastructures S1 > ESRI ERS Operations S1 > ESRI Fire Incident NFPA > ESRI Geology AGSO 1 > ESRI Geology > ESRI Geology USGS 95-525 > ESRI Geometric Symbols > ESRI Hazardous Materials > ESRI Hydrants > ESRI IGL Font16 > ESRI IGL Font20 > ESRI IGL Font21 > ESRI IGL Font22 > ESRI IGL Font23 > ESRI IGL Font24 > ESRI IGL Font25 > ESRI Meteorological 01 > ESRI Mil2525C Modifiers > ESRI MilMod 01 > ESRI MilMod 02 > ESRI MilRed 01 > ESRI MilSym 01 > ESRI MilSym 02 > ESRI MilSym 03 > ESRI MilSym 04 > ESRI MilSym 05 > ESRI NIMA City Graphic LN > ESRI NIMA City Graphic PT > ESRI NIMA DNC LN > ESRI NIMA DNC PT > ESRI NIMA VMAP1&2 LN > ESRI NIMA VMAP1&2 PT > ESRI North > ESRI Oil, Gas, & Water > ESRI Ordnance Survey > ESRI Pipeline US 1 > ESRI Public1 > ESRI SDS 1.95 1 > ESRI SDS 1.95 2 > ESRI SDS 2.00 1 > ESRI SDS 2.00 2 > ESRI Shields > ESRI Surveyor > ESRI Telecom > ESRI Transportation & Civic > ESRI US Forestry 1 > ESRI US Forestry 2 > ESRI US MUTCD 1 > ESRI US MUTCD 2 > ESRI US MUTCD 3 > ESRI Weather > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- -- Jody Garnett
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