Thank you Mark! +1 to the OSM Map with a focus on Dar Es Salaam- https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/-6.8049/39.2472
PS: I do not even see our people on Nikolaj Cyon's imagined map, perhaps we were still in transit to Uganda from the Ethiopian Mountains or somewhere in the Bahr el Ghazal (Sudan) :-) best, -- Ketty On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 6:34 PM, Mark Iliffe <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > There is a discussion below that needs > your voice! > > Cheers, > > Mark > > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* Maelle Vercauteren <[email protected]> > *Date:* 29 July 2018 at 11:01:25 GMT-4 > *To:* Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]> > *Cc:* OSGeo Discussions < > [email protected]>, > [email protected] > *Subject:* *Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeoLive] Suggestions for a background > image for next OSGeoLive - with an African theme* > > Hello, > > I take this occasion to share this map of Africa that I like. It was > Africa if colonialism had not occurred as imagined by > Nikolaj Cyon : > > https://www.cyon.se/#/alkebulan-1260-ah/ > > If the Africa Local Chapter and the Dar es Salaam LOC likes it too, we > could try to contact the artist and see if we can use it... > > Kind Regards, > Maë//e > > 2018-07-29 0:17 GMT+02:00 Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]>: > >> Or an historical noncolonial or postcolonial map of Tanzania or Dar es >> Salaam? Or is this even a concern? I would like advice from the LOC. It >> would be great to give Dar es Salaam the same prominence (OSGeoLive >> background) as previous FOSS4G hosts. >> >> The Africa list rejects email from nonsubscribers such as myself. :-( >> >> Kind regards, >> Ben. >> >> >> On 29/07/18 04:15, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> Ben you are with your comment. >>> >>> What do you think instead about an actual >>> OSM Map from Dar Es Salaam - that shows how great the region is mapped >>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/-6.8049/39.2472 >>> >>> or maybe a nice photo instead of a map. >>> >>> Astrid >>> >>> Am 28.07.2018 00:17 schrieb Ben Caradoc-Davies: >>> >>>> I love historical maps. However, maps have been both the tool and >>>> emblem of colonisation, by which Africa has been particularly badly >>>> affected. The choice of an historical map of Africa for the OSGeoLive >>>> background must be informed by the actions of those who used it and >>>> their impact on the people of Africa, as well consider of the >>>> current-day appropriateness of the labels used on the map. I would >>>> follow the advice of the Africa Local Chapter and the Dar es Salaam >>>> LOC. >>>> >>>> Kind regards, >>>> Ben. >>>> >>>> On 28/07/18 09:23, Mark Iliffe wrote: >>>> >>>>> I would vote for the map that you'd listed, but linking in the Africa >>>>> Local >>>>> Chapter :-) >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Mark >>>>> >>>>> On 27 July 2018 at 08:32, Cameron Shorter <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> The time has come to select a background image for our next OSGeoLive >>>>>> release, which is scheduled to be ready in time for FOSS4G Dar es >>>>>> Salaam, >>>>>> and we are looking for inspiration for a background image. >>>>>> >>>>>> Traditionally, we have drawn inspiration from the image from the >>>>>> conference location, and are hoping that someone with a mapping or >>>>>> artistic >>>>>> eye can suggest an interesting map, or image that we can use. The >>>>>> image >>>>>> needs to be available under an open license, and will likely need to >>>>>> be >>>>>> shaded so that icons will still stand out against it. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm wondering whether a historic navigating chart of Africa would be >>>>>> good? >>>>>> Maybe something like this: >>>>>> >>>>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AMH-7121-KB_Map_of_Africa.jpg >>>>>> >>>>>> Or maybe a drawing of some of the big African animals. >>>>>> >>>>>> Are there any people in the mapping or African communities who would >>>>>> be >>>>>> willing to help us out here? >>>>>> >>>>>> Warm regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Cameron Shorter >>>>>> Technology Demystifier >>>>>> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant >>>>>> >>>>>> M +61 (0) 419 142 254Mark Iliffe <[email protected]> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Discuss mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>> osgeolive mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeolive >>> >> >> -- >> Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]> >> Director >> Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/> >> New Zealand >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > > -- > Maëlle VERCAUTEREN DRUBBEL > Coordinatrice du stage SIG Libres ARES > > Université Libre de Bruxelles - IGEAT (CP 130 / 03) > Campus du Solbosch > Av. 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