I think this is a general issue for all the of the FOSS GIS stack. There are several relatively new lists from OSGeo: carto and graphics (not sure why these aren't the same list) http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo
Check and see if there's something here for you, the US Park Service has a good set of public domain icons, I was about to start porting them all to svg for use in QGIS etc. http://www.nps.gov/hfc/carto/map-symbols.htm Alex Milo van der Linden wrote: > Hello Bill, > > I cannot provide you with a free glacier icon, although I would love to > draw one. I also need to make a symbol for mangrove forest to use in > conjunction with openstreetmap. > > However, you triggered me to share some other information: I find that a > good source ánd a good place to share imagery is openclipart: > (www.openclipart.org) I allready have a set of mapsymbols there: > > http://openclipart.org/media/people/milovanderlinden contains symbols in > svg that can be manipulated and re-used at will. > > There is also a nice snowflake that could be used as a starting point > for your symbol: > > http://openclipart.org/media/files/Kliponius/12422 > > I added a link to OpenClipArt on the SymbologyExchange. > > Kind regards, > > Milo van der Linden > > > > > > Bill Thoen schreef: >> I'm looking for an open source pixmap to represent glaciers on a map >> set I'm making. I'd like something more interesting than flat white, >> too. Something like the attached image (which I can't use because it's >> from a COTS GIS): >> >> pixmap for "glacier" >> >> I can make my own, of course, but if one exists already, and it can >> expand into a seamless repeating pattern like this one, I'd rather use >> that and spend the time saved to work on something new. >> >> I dropped by the Symbology Exchange on the MapSeerver Wiki >> (http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/SymbologyExchange) but >> unfortunately that was a great idea that sank without bubbles. There >> hasn't been any activity there for about a year, and there's not one >> pixmap to exchange yet. I think all that page needs is some regular >> exposure to air to let people know it exists, and then the content >> will come. So if you're looking for YARRTS (yet another railroad track >> symbol, the digital cartographer's "hello world") or you seek a little >> world fame, this is one place to share your symbols! >> >> So if anyone has, or knows where to find, a pixmap that whispers >> "glacier" directly into the mind of the viewer, and you're willing to >> share it, please let me know. >> >> TIA, >> -- >> - Bill Thoen >> GISnet - www.gisnet.com >> 303-786-9961 >> _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
