Nice maps, thank you. All that remains is to find a strong idea and some spare time to achieve it. V.
Le jeudi 22 janvier 2015 à 00:14 +0000, Michael Barton a écrit : > 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] > > wrote: > > > > From: Vincent Bain <[email protected]> > > > > To: grass-dev <[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. > > > > _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
