MapServer logo (was: Call for volunteers!)

[Daniel Morissette]

Steve and Ma,

We were also concerned about the ESRI similarity (unfortunately, there
are not that many ways to represent the globe into an icon) and the fact
that the globe was showing America (We even thought about making a
down-under version especially for our Aussie friends... showing the
other side of the globe and with the support of the globe (the base) at
the top! :)

Hopefully we'll receive more suggestions...  If anyone has ideas, even
if you don't have the tools or the artistic skills to draw it yourself,
just send a description of your idea to the list and perhaps someone
else can draw a prototype.

BTW Steve, I like the suggestion of a MapServer TTF font with the
logo... it could also contain a set of common map symbols, e.g. camping
site, picnic table, etc...

Daniel


Stephen Lime wrote:
> 
> I liked it but saw the ESRI similarity. The my continent vs yours issue doesn't bother me. Heck, go with Pangia if that makes everyone happy. I'd have gone with Minnesota myself. ;-) Thank Fred for his efforts, it's real close.
> 
> Besides the ESRI comment I was worried a bit about display at small sizes. It'd be nice to embed it in maps. Might need a mapserver ttf.
> 
> Steve
> 
> >>> Ma <marin at here.is> 10/27/00 18:24 PM >>>
> If we could have a logo with other continents also  not only with America
> ... I can understand you but somehow it is not global ... There are
> MapServer users in Europe, Australia, Asia, probably Africa, etc... and
> it's too ESRI like design also...
> 
> ---
> Ma
> 
> Daniel Morissette wrote:
> 
> > Marc Jacquin wrote:
> > >
> > > In the meantime, do we have a 'Powered by MapServer' logo ?
> > >
> >
> > It would be cool to have an official one for sure.
> >
> > There have been interesting discussions but no decision yet as far as I
> > know.  We had proposed a logo which has been used in a few sites but 2
> > problems were raised: it used too many colors (could not embed it in a
> > map slide), and it could not be easily scaled (to make T-Shirts for
> > instance).   Fred, our graphics designer has come up with a simpler
> > design of that same logo that addresses these problems:
> >
> >   http://www2.dmsolutions.on.ca/mapserver/logo/
> >
> > If others have idea then perhaps then could send them too and we could
> > have a decision taken in the near future.
> >
> > --
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> >  Daniel Morissette             morissette at dmsolutions.on.ca
> >                http://www.dmsolutions.on.ca/
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> >   Don't put for tomorrow what you can do toay, because if
> >       you enjoy it today you can do it again tomorrow.

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 Daniel Morissette             morissette at dmsolutions.on.ca
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