Vincent, Here is an extract of my post, replying to Yann Chemin suggestion for a replacement for the Medieval central European map that started this thread. I mentioned 2 historical maps and gave example links. I also like the idea of a cool map created with GRASS. I’m generally open if it is good design and conveys a powerful message about GRASS.
Michael ======== cut here ========== Since GRASS is a global project, how about one of the first truly global like Mercator's of 1569 (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cartography#/image/File:Mercator_1569.png) or Ortelius' of 1570 (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cartography#/image/File:OrteliusWorldMap1570.jpg)? Better images than these from Wikipedia probably exist. With such a map, we could have a slightly different message on the splash screen too. Maybe something like GRASS. Bringing advanced geospatial technologies to the world. OR GRASS. Advanced geospatial technology for everyone. ______________________________ C. Michael Barton Director, Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity Professor of Anthropology, School of Human Evolution & Social Change Head, Graduate Faculty in Complex Adaptive Systems Science Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-2402 USA voice: 480-965-6262 (SHESC), 480-965-8130/727-9746 (CSDC) fax: 480-965-7671(SHESC), 480-727-0709 (CSDC) www: http://csdc.asu.edu, http://shesc.asu.edu http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton On Jan 21, 2015, at 3:16 PM, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> wrote: From: Vincent Bain <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: grass-dev <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: January 21, 2015 at 1:47:42 PM MST Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] New splash screen for GRASS GIS 7? Hi, thanks to all those who sent feedback on my strictly cosmetic contrib'. Nikos & Luca: sorry for the flashy green tone, I'm daltonic... Markus and Michael: do you think of a particular historical map ? would a partial view on the map do the job ? Well, to be continued then... On the other hand of that surprisingly branchy thread: myself teaching GRASS to students too, I deplore that many pretended GIS-aware students (having skills with end-user oriented software) at the end of the day show very poor knowledge in geodetics, projection systems, etc. Starting with GRASS forces them to go back to basics: the quite unusual starting process associated with the location/projection selector to my mind is /very/ helpful ! Good night, V.
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