[OSGeo-Discuss] Geopaparazzi released

[Dan Putler]

After having hit the send button, I decided to make sure whether or not 
I was missing something, and ran into the screen shots of the former 
geopaparazzi compass screen (complete with the OSGEO compass), my 
apologies to Alex.

Dan

On 09/26/2010 08:59 PM, Dan Putler wrote:
> I'm more than a bit unclear as to what Alex is alluding to. Is it the
> logo for the project, which seems to be a hybrid between a compass rose
> and a transmitting tower (a natural combination given the project), or
> is it the compass rose within a circle shown in this image of the OSM
> menu: http://wiki.geopaparazzi.googlecode.com/hg/images/osm_menu1.png
>
> If it is the project logo that is the concern, I'm really perplexed. The
> compass roses shown in the image of the OSM menu screen are closer (but
> not very close). Yes they are compass roses in a circle, but it is not
> the same compass rose in a circle as the OSGeo logo (for a starter, it
> is an eight point, not a four point compass rose). Moreover, graphics of
> a compass rose within in circle (many used in company logos) are _very_
> common (a Google image search on "compass rose" will reveal this).
> Moreover, the two most natural logo elements for a geospatial project
> are the earth and a compass rose. Given that the ESRI logo involves an
> image of the earth, does this mean that PostGIS needs to remove the
> earth part of the earth balanced at the end of the elephants trunk (to
> say nothing of the GDAL/OGR logo)? Moreover, isn't the elephant the logo
> of the PostgreSQL project and the symbol of the US Republican Party, so
> shouldn't the PostGIS project's logo also shed the elephant as well?
> Somehow, I just don't think so.
>
> Yes logos and other visual identity media need to be protected, however,
> the graphics used by the geopaparazzi project just don't fall into that
> category in my opinion.
>
> Dan
>
> Hi Alex,
>    
>>
>>      
>>> One minor comment looking at the screenshots of the app on your website.
>>> It looks like you are using the OSGeo logo as the compass in your app.
>>> While the nod towards OSGeo is appreciated I think it's an inappropriate
>>> use of the logo (Copyright and possibly trademark infringement). So I
>>> kindly advise the design of another compass for the app.
>>>
>>>        
>> if what you say is right, then it is more than just a minor comment,
>> for which I thank for.
>> To be honest I was finding it nice to use it for that purpose and
>> didn't think it would be a copyright problem if, as I did in the about
>> page, it would be mentioned that the compass is the logo of the Osgeo
>> Foundation. To be honest, I am quite sad that I can't use the graphic
>> of the community I am part of, but for sure I will change that for
>> some other graphic ASAP.
>>
>> I apologize for the inconvenience,
>> Andrea
>>
>>
>>
>>      
>>> Thanks,
>>> Alex
>>> OSGeo Marketing Committee
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