On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 at 13:09, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Make a proposal to the board if you want to set this up as a cross project > initiative. > > Marketing board would happy to accept your proposal also (this is a barrier > to adoption). > > Approach project PSC individually also works. > > There is a PDF on osgeo GitHub on how to do this kind of thing ...
Thanks Jody! Have you got a link to this PDF? Nyall > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 5:36 PM Nyall Dawson <nyall.daw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Wed, 13 May 2020 at 23:38, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > 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. >> >> Brett has recently compiled a summary of these fonts and symbols here: >> https://github.com/Saijin-Naib/ESRI-Fonts-Cheat-Sheets >> >> What I think we should aim for is an equivalent of the "Liberation" >> font package, which implements freely licensed equivalents of the >> standard Windows font packages (Arial, Times New Roman, etc), with >> identical font metrics and similar styling so that they can be used >> effectively as a drop-in replacement. >> >> What would be the next step to move forward with this and approach >> osgeo for funding? >> >> Kind regards, >> Nyall >> >> > >> > 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 > > -- > -- > Jody Garnett _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
