Hi I took a look at the various maps linked to. I prefer this on:
http://s.geo.admin.ch/09751c84f The large tracts of white in the Siegfriedkarte don't really work for me and I find the above one much more visually interesting and not at all depressing. I also do not think it matters that the word dufour does not exist on the map. I put together a splash mock up here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1166848/splash.png - please commence flaming :-) Regards Tim On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Andreas Neumann <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Stefan, > > Good idea. This version - because the italian part is white, would even > leave some space for the QGIS logo ;-) > > Who will design the splash screen? > > Should I go ahead and ask Swisstopo for permission? I think that even > for the Dufour or Siegfried maps we should ask for permission. Even if > the copyright has expired. > > Andreas > > Am 12.07.2013 17:37, schrieb Ziegler Stefan: > > There is also an old map called "Siegfriedkarte" which is based on the > one from dufour and on this one the mountain is names "Dufourspitze". > > > > http://s.geo.admin.ch/327b6cf7e > > > > And it does not look that depressing as the b/w one. > > > > Regards > > Stefan > > > > Von meinem iPhone gesendet > > > > Am 12.07.2013 um 15:46 schrieb "Andreas Neumann" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>: > > > > Hi, > > > > I also like the name "Dufour". > > > > There are also the old "Dufour" maps: see > http://s.geo.admin.ch/09751c84f > > > > The problem is that the mountain called "Dufourspitze" is not yet on the > > maps that Dufour initiated/created. It was only named after his name. > > > > So - we could either use one of the old maps without the name > > "Dufourspitze" or the current map and ask Swisstopo for permission to > > use the new map. > > > > I can volunteer to ask Swisstopo for permission. I have some good > > connections. You just have to decide whether you want the old Dufour map > > (black and white, old style) or the current map (current/new style). > > > > Andreas > > > > Am 12.07.2013 15:31, schrieb Denis Rouzaud: > > +1 for Dufour!!! > > > > Easily pronounced, and very representative! > > > > A very good idea! > > > > That would be a nice map on the summit: > > http://s.geo.admin.ch/d632bf34e > > > > Cheers, > > > > Denis > > > > On 07/12/2013 03:04 PM, Marco Bernasocchi wrote: > > > > hi I remember a discussion we had with tim last month in South Africa. > > I Suggested that. he thought was too hard in english. > > I then suggested "Dufour". beside being a very influencial swiss > > cartographer [1] it is also the highest mountain in switzerland. > > > > i think it would be very representative for the whole swiss community. > > > > ciao > > > > [1] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dufour_Map > > > > Marco Bernasocchi (mobile) > > http://opengis.ch > > > > To avoid trademark etc issues I would prefer we use a little know > > place - also one that non german speakers have a vague hope of being > > able to pronounce. > > > > What about 'Hönggerberg' (the place where the developer meeting took > > place) ? > > > > Regards, > > Marco > > > > On 12.07.2013 14:42, Tim Sutton wrote: > > Hi All > > > > If you are a daily blocker list [1] watcher you will have noticed > > that Juergen Fischer (aka our resident coding machine) has been > > whittling the list down - 31 issues left as I write this. > > > > Juergen has been funded for two weeks - one week each from the Swiss > > QGIS Users Group and QGIS.org<http://QGIS.org>'s fund). If you have > been contemplating > > sponsoring QGIS, there is never a better time to do it as we use the > > money to fund activities such as these which are a huge step in > > helping us to produce good quality releases. > > > > Based on his progress I expect we should be ready to release before > > FOSS4G2013 (yay!). We need to decide on two things: > > > > * A name for the release > > * A map for the splash screen > > > > These should be in a similar vein to the splash and name for QGIS 1.8 > > 'Lisboa'. Since the next Hackfest after Lisbon was Zurich I am > > proposing that we name this release after an interesting place in > > Zurich. To avoid trademark etc issues I would prefer we use a little > > know place - also one that non german speakers have a vague hope of > > being able to pronounce. As such could I ask our hosts from Zurich to > > proffer a suitable name and a nice old map that we can use for the > > splash screen? > > > > Many thanks > > > > Tim > > > > > > > > [1] http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/issues?query_id=23 > > > > -- > > Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) > > ============================================== > > Please do not email me off-list with technical > > support questions. Using the lists will gain > > more exposure for your issues and the knowledge > > surrounding your issue will be shared with all. > > > > Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net<http://freenode.net> < > http://freenode.net> > > ============================================== > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-developer mailing list > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > > > -- > > Dr. Marco Hugentobler > > Sourcepole - Linux & Open Source Solutions > > Weberstrasse 5, CH-8004 Zürich, Switzerland > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected]> http://www.sourcepole.ch > > Technical Advisor QGIS Project Steering Committee > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-developer mailing list > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-developer mailing list > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-developer mailing list > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qgis-developer mailing list > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > -- Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) ============================================== Please do not email me off-list with technical support questions. Using the lists will gain more exposure for your issues and the knowledge surrounding your issue will be shared with all. Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net ==============================================
_______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
