The FOSSGIS Brasil magazine (<a href="http://www.fossgisbr.com.br">www.fossgisbr.com.br</a>) showcases a open-source produced map each edition.<div><br></div><div>It's hard to get a quality map, because I think, many people get the chills to send their work to us.</div>
<div><br></div><div>You'll need some convincing, but it's a great idea.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 9:49 PM, Simon Cropper <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simoncropper@fossworkflowguides.com" target="_blank">simoncropper@fossworkflowguides.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On 30/07/12 02:19, <a href="mailto:seven@arnulf.us" target="_blank">seven@arnulf.us</a> wrote:<br>
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Really good idea, and great to see so many interested.<br>
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I offer to act as data licensing advisor / clearinghouse and add what we<br>
learn from the process to the OSGeo Wiki. Step one of my planned Public<br>
Geospatial Data Committee revival. Step two will be an OSGeo White Paper<br>
defining Open Data, VGI, Crowdsourced and so on geospatial data. If<br>
there is interest...<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Arnulf<br>
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Arnulf Christl (aka Seven)<br>
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Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas<br>
Date: Sat, Jul 28, 2012 13:57<br>
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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<br>
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>
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2012/7/28 Michael P. Gerlek <<a href="mailto:mpg@flaxen.com" target="_blank">mpg@flaxen.com</a>><br>
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> 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<br>
> satellite companies make calendars every year with their best hi-res<br>
> shots... We should play the game too.<br>
><br>
> Count me in, I'll volunteer to help.<br>
><br>
> .mpg<br>
><br>
> On Jul 28, 2012, at 4:33 AM, Barry Rowlingson <<br>
> <a href="mailto:b.rowlingson@lancaster.ac.uk" target="_blank">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/<u></u>osgeomaps/</a><br>
> ><br>
> > * Get enough, have a community vote/expert opinion for the best 50<br>
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>
> > --<br>
> > blog: <a href="http://geospaced.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://geospaced.blogspot.com/</a><br>
> > web: <a href="http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~rowlings" target="_blank">http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~<u></u>rowlings</a><br>
> > web: <a href="http://www.rowlingson.com/" target="_blank">http://www.rowlingson.com/</a><br>
> > twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/geospacedman" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/<u></u>geospacedman</a><br>
> > pics: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacedman" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/<u></u>spacedman</a><br>
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Hi All,<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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!<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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