Barry,<br><br>Hi also think it is a really good idea.<br><br>However, one simple question comes to my mind:<br>How to deal with the data property and rights, ragrding both printing or spreading on the Web ?<br><br>May be such an initiative should accept maps using OpenData or OSM only ?<br>
<br>Best,<br><br>Nick<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/7/28 Michael P. Gerlek <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mpg@flaxen.com" target="_blank">mpg@flaxen.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Barry:<br>
<br>
This is the coolest idea I've heard in a long time.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Count me in, I'll volunteer to help.<br>
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On Jul 28, 2012, at 4:33 AM, Barry Rowlingson <<a href="mailto:b.rowlingson@lancaster.ac.uk">b.rowlingson@lancaster.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Do you think an atlas of beautiful maps produced with open-source<br>
> technology (software and data) could be made? Here's what I was<br>
> thinking:<br>
><br>
> * Put out a proposal for beautiful cartography, stunning maps, and<br>
> insightful visualisations done with OpenSource applications and/or<br>
> Open Data.<br>
><br>
> * Collect map proposals as images on a flickr group:<br>
> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/osgeomaps/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/groups/osgeomaps/</a><br>
><br>
> * Get enough, have a community vote/expert opinion for the best 50 or so.<br>
><br>
> * Get high-res or vector versions of the winners.<br>
><br>
> * Get authors to write a note for the book, explaining the software,<br>
> the techniques, and the impact of their work.<br>
><br>
> * Edit them into a glossy colour book, publish on a publish-on-demand<br>
> site (eg <a href="http://lulu.com" target="_blank">lulu.com</a>).<br>
><br>
> * Give free copies to the authors of the top ten voted maps or maybe<br>
> all the ones included (I'll pay for these unless someone wants to<br>
> sponsor it).<br>
><br>
> * Release the PDF under an open license. Of course.<br>
><br>
> * Profit!! [By selling copies on lulu at a small premium for OSGeo]<br>
><br>
> I don't think the production effort is very much, I just wonder if<br>
> enough people are producing maps that will look good in A4 or larger<br>
> (we're all about the web these days, right?) and if publicity can be<br>
> sustained enough to get 50 nice maps. The timeline would be set so we<br>
> have lots of glossy copies of these sitting around for sale at FOSS4G<br>
> 2013.<br>
><br>
> Good idea? Or will we just get 45 maps which are <a href="http://stamen.com" target="_blank">stamen.com</a><br>
> watercolour backgrounds with some points pasted on? There is a<br>
> perception which I think we've all heard that Open Source GIS packages<br>
> can't do cartography, but with a little help from Inkscape I've seen<br>
> some great-looking maps on posters at conferences.<br>
><br>
> ESRI used to (still do?) produce an Arc/Info atlas (I have a vague<br>
> memory of something A3-size in our GIS research lab 20 years ago) of<br>
> maps - surely we can do something like that now. Obviously I'm<br>
> sticking my hand up to do the work for this, my concern is purely<br>
> whether we'd get enough entries. I'd like the bar to be quite high.<br>
> Most of the work is going to be done by the mappers themselves.<br>
><br>
> Shoot.<br>
><br>
> Barry<br>
><br>
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