Hi, It probably seems strange to me (and Marco), as this is my everyday map and I have a totally different association than QGIS to this. But as there is not much response to this, I guess there are not many concerns around.
As a reminder concerning the swisstopo map, we are also not allowed to use this at a resolution exceeding 500'000 pixels. The picture with the Hotel Schwarzsee which Marco cited is also available at a higher resolution (to some extent at the expense of some blurryness) [1] Regards, Matthias [1] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Monte_Rosa_and_Hotel_Schwarzsee%2C_Valais%2C_Alps_of%2C_Switzerland.jpg On Sam 31 Aug 2013 15:04:50 CEST, Anita Graser wrote: > Hi Matthias, > > Thank your four raising these points. > > Am 31.08.2013, 13:04 Uhr, schrieb Matthias Kuhn <[email protected]>: >> However, I'm still not really convinced of using a background of a >> modern (admittedly visually appealing) map service which has no >> relation to and is by no means produced with the help of QGIS. > > I understand your concern but I'm not sure how big an issue it would be. > In my opinion, the design is very artistic and clearly not a result which > could be achieved directly in a QGIS but which requires serious > cartographic skill. > > As a reference, here is the design with the old black-and-white map > http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9637382664/ > >> I was looking for other >> images, which are not maps, but nevertheless artistic work with spatial >> nature and cannot be mistaken (at least I believe so) to be a result of >> QGIS. >> So here some pictures I found > > Sorry, but none of those are an option in my opinion. I think they look > very dull and I would not like to look at them every day. On the > technical > side, they are of very low resolution and some blurry. I would like to > see > the splash screen design reflected on the new website as well, so the > material should work at different resolutions. > > I'm open to try different background maps of the agreed region but they > should be available in a reasonable resolution. > > Best wishes, > Anita > > > > >> >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monte_Rosa_and_Hotel_Schwarzsee,_Valais,_Alps_of,_Switzerland.jpg >> >> http://www.festivaltour.de/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4817&d=1358685981 >> >> http://www.gemeinschaftskatalog.de/GK/stra/Bilder/435%20Nolde-Dufour.jpg >> http://rlv.zcache.de/monte_rosa_lyskamm_mit_gorner_gletscher_wallis_postkarte-r81b50da849b8458b9a2aa7b91bd5120f_vgbaq_8byvr_512.jpg >> >> http://www.historisches-alpenarchiv.org/data/bilder/web/143/00109153_w.jpg >> >> >> I'm not sure about the rights we have to get to use them, but they are >> ancient, so I guess that should not be a problem? >> >> Matthias >> >> On Sam 31 Aug 2013 12:31:28 CEST, Anita Graser wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> It's time to get the splash ready. This thread seems to agree with the >>> general direction of the drafts Nathan posted. I've therefore prepared >>> three variants of the design: >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9633228465/in/photostream/ >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9633228767/in/photostream/ >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/48244569@N02/9633228881/in/photostream/ >>> >>> Please use the star feature to vote on the design(s) you prefer and >>> leave comments on the image page if you think something should be >>> changed. I'll check all the feedback and create the final version on >>> Sunday evening (Sept 1st, CEST). >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> Anita >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Am 23.07.2013, 09:35 Uhr, schrieb Tim Sutton <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> My 2c below: >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Larry Shaffer >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Nathan Woodrow >>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Here is a version with the green but also the full logo: >>>>>> >>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/u6bj807cesttnwl/qgis_green3.png >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> +1, I think the layout and color selection are good. The layout >>>>> doesn't >>>>> include that dark grey border, does it? If so, please consider >>>>> removing it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I think the Q logo should be smaller, say 1/3 the splash hight and >>>> nestled >>>> into the top left corner (with some white space around it) and with no >>>> transparency. >>>> >>>> >>>>> Also, the font used for 'QGIS' is rather weak and, to be frank, a bit >>>>> goofy-looking (especially the Q). I have a huge assortment of >>>>> professional >>>>> fonts which I can work with to find something better. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Agreed - though can you please use a font that is free or at least >>>> easily >>>> available and provide the final splash as a gimp xcf so that we can >>>> easily >>>> re-use it in future releases. >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Nathan, do you have a working design file I can use? Or at least a >>>>> background PNG without the lettering? >>>>> >>>>> There appears to be no leading between the lines 'QGIS 2.0' and >>>>> 'Dufour,' >>>>> nor spacing between 'QGIS' and '2.0.' Was this intended? I do kind >>>>> of like >>>>> the effect, however. Usually when this is done in design, at >>>>> minimum, the >>>>> coloring of the two words/lines is different, even if just a >>>>> difference in >>>>> tone of the same color. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I agree with this, it needs a little more white space between the >>>> words. >>>> >>>> Also a note that we usually store the master splash in much higher >>>> resolution so that it can be used in posters / printed products etc. A >>>> downsampled one is then used for the final splash. Ideally in future >>>> releases we would just swap out the background image and edit the text >>>> containing the version and name. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Tim >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Larry >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> - Nathan >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:18 AM, Marco Bernasocchi < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 07/16/2013 03:02 PM, Matthias Kuhn wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Currently, all splash screen drafts I have seen are heavily >>>>>>> based on >>>>>>>> swisstopo maps. While I personally like these very well-done >>>>>>>> maps, I >>>>>>>> don't see the connection between these and QGIS. For me, looking >>>>>>>> at the >>>>>>>> splashes feels like looking at a swisstopo advertisement. >>>>>>>> I would prefer a version, where we show off the new features of >>>>>>>> QGIS >>>>>>>> and/or having a historical map instead of just showing a standard >>>>>>>> product of the official Swiss map-makers. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I agree with Matthias, and I'll suggest again (as Andreas did >>>>>>> before) to >>>>>>> try the dufour map: >>>>>>> http://s.geo.admin.ch/**09751c84f<http://s.geo.admin.ch/09751c84f>or >>>>>>> >>>>>>> maybe the sigfriedkarte >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ciao >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Marco Bernasocchi >>>>>>> http://opengis.ch >>>>>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>>>>> Qgis-developer mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/qgis-**developer<http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Qgis-developer mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Qgis-developer mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qgis-developer mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> >> > > _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
