[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

George Silva georger.silva at gmail.com
Sun Jul 29 18:24:42 PDT 2012 

The FOSSGIS Brasil magazine (www.fossgisbr.com.br) showcases a open-source
produced map each edition.

It's hard to get a quality map, because I think, many people get the chills
to send their work to us.

You'll need some convincing, but it's a great idea.

Cheers

On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 9:49 PM, Simon Cropper <
simoncropper at fossworkflowguides.com> wrote:

> On 30/07/12 02:19, seven at arnulf.us wrote:
>
>> Really good idea, and great to see so many interested.
>>
>> I offer to act as data licensing advisor / clearinghouse and add what we
>> learn from the process to the OSGeo Wiki. Step one of my planned Public
>> Geospatial Data Committee revival. Step two will be an OSGeo White Paper
>> defining Open Data, VGI, Crowdsourced and so on geospatial data. If
>> there is interest...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Arnulf
>>
>> --
>> Arnulf Christl (aka Seven)
>> http://arnulf.us
>>
>> ----- Reply message -----
>> From: "nicolas bozon" <nicolas.bozon at gmail.com>
>> To: "Michael P. Gerlek" <mpg at flaxen.com>
>> Cc: "osgeo-discuss" <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas
>> Date: Sat, Jul 28, 2012 13:57
>>
>>
>> Barry,
>>
>> Hi also think it is a really good idea.
>>
>> However, one simple question comes to my mind:
>> How to deal with the data property and rights, ragrding both printing or
>> spreading on the Web ?
>>
>> May be such an initiative should accept maps using OpenData or OSM only ?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2012/7/28 Michael P. Gerlek <mpg at flaxen.com>
>>
>>  > Barry:
>>  >
>>  > This is the coolest idea I've heard in a long time.
>>  >
>>  > ESRI does a yearly coffee-table book for Arc-generated maps, the
>> various
>>  > satellite companies make calendars every year with their best hi-res
>>  > shots... We should play the game too.
>>  >
>>  > Count me in, I'll volunteer to help.
>>  >
>>  > .mpg
>>  >
>>  > On Jul 28, 2012, at 4:33 AM, Barry Rowlingson <
>>  > b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:
>>  >
>>  > > Do you think an atlas of beautiful maps produced with open-source
>>  > > technology (software and data) could be made? Here's what I was
>>  > > thinking:
>>  > >
>>  > > * Put out a proposal for beautiful cartography, stunning maps, and
>>  > > insightful visualisations done with OpenSource applications and/or
>>  > > Open Data.
>>  > >
>>  > > * Collect map proposals as images on a flickr group:
>>  > > http://www.flickr.com/groups/**osgeomaps/<http://www.flickr.com/groups/osgeomaps/>
>>  > >
>>  > > * Get enough, have a community vote/expert opinion for the best 50
>> or so.
>>  > >
>>  > > * Get high-res or vector versions of the winners.
>>  > >
>>  > > * Get authors to write a note for the book, explaining the software,
>>  > > the techniques, and the impact of their work.
>>  > >
>>  > > * Edit them into a glossy colour book, publish on a publish-on-demand
>>  > > site (eg lulu.com).
>>  > >
>>  > > * Give free copies to the authors of the top ten voted maps or maybe
>>  > > all the ones included (I'll pay for these unless someone wants to
>>  > > sponsor it).
>>  > >
>>  > > * Release the PDF under an open license. Of course.
>>  > >
>>  > > * Profit!! [By selling copies on lulu at a small premium for OSGeo]
>>  > >
>>  > > I don't think the production effort is very much, I just wonder if
>>  > > enough people are producing maps that will look good in A4 or larger
>>  > > (we're all about the web these days, right?) and if publicity can be
>>  > > sustained enough to get 50 nice maps. The timeline would be set so we
>>  > > have lots of glossy copies of these sitting around for sale at FOSS4G
>>  > > 2013.
>>  > >
>>  > > Good idea? Or will we just get 45 maps which are stamen.com
>>  > > watercolour backgrounds with some points pasted on? There is a
>>  > > perception which I think we've all heard that Open Source GIS
>> packages
>>  > > can't do cartography, but with a little help from Inkscape I've seen
>>  > > some great-looking maps on posters at conferences.
>>  > >
>>  > > ESRI used to (still do?) produce an Arc/Info atlas (I have a vague
>>  > > memory of something A3-size in our GIS research lab 20 years ago) of
>>  > > maps - surely we can do something like that now. Obviously I'm
>>  > > sticking my hand up to do the work for this, my concern is purely
>>  > > whether we'd get enough entries. I'd like the bar to be quite high.
>>  > > Most of the work is going to be done by the mappers themselves.
>>  > >
>>  > > Shoot.
>>  > >
>>  > > Barry
>>  > >
>>  > > --
>>  > > blog: http://geospaced.blogspot.com/
>>  > > web: http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~**rowlings<http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~rowlings>
>>  > > web: http://www.rowlingson.com/
>>  > > twitter: http://twitter.com/**geospacedman<http://twitter.com/geospacedman>
>>  > > pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/**spacedman<http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacedman>
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> Hi All,
>
> I think a map book is a great way to showcase fosGIS. I also remember the
> ESRI map book that came with Arcview. Although little help in understanding
> how the maps were produced it did give you a sense of what could be
> achieved using the package.
>
> I think it important however that people *do not* use Inkscape, unless of
> course it is being put up as an fosGIS package. Using Inkscape has come
> about due to the inherent deficiencies in map production in various
> packages.
>
> Any maps produced for such a book need to be produced solely using the
> package they are meant to be showcasing. Otherwise the resulting map is not
> representative of what can be produced using a particular GIS package but
> rather the artistic skill of the cartographer!
>
> --
> Cheers Simon
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George R. C. Silva

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