[OSGeo Africa] Africa pre-colonial map

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Chris, I also have access, if you need help you can also email me 
directly.  -jeff

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Jeff McKenna
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On 2018-07-30 10:20 AM, Tim Sutton wrote:
> Hi Chris
> 
> 
> 
>> On 30 Jul 2018, at 09:29, Chris <chris at airphotoafrica.co.za 
>> <mailto:chris at airphotoafrica.co.za>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Tim ;
>>
>> I have cced you in this reply of mine as it appears that my posts seem 
>> to disappear. No idea why ? or who the "moderator" is that decides to 
>> -- junk them ?
> 
> 
> Gavin (in CC) is moderator, let's see if he can help.
> 
>>
>> WHY involve something technical and scientific with something political ?
> 
> I don’t take any specific public position on the content of the map but 
> the technical considerations and cartography are interesting I think and 
> hopefully of general interest to those on this list since it pertains 
> both to Africa and OSGEO. Having a good understanding of pre-colonial 
> political / tribal boundaries would probably contribute a lot to a more 
> informed debate in the South African context too. I wonder if anyone 
> knows of public pre-colonial political boundary datasets like this that 
> I can open in my trusty QGIS and share on online?
> 
> I would suggest you take any discussion of the topic to the upstream 
> OSGEO list if possible:
> 
> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
> 
> Upstream thread is here:
> 
> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2018-July/037675.html
> 
>>
>> IF you want serious maps ( even of Africa ) why not try the 
>> International Cartographic Society
>>
>> https://icaci.org
> 
> 
> Thanks for sharing the link!
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>     Survayers have cause to make muche.of me.
>> And so have all Lordes , that landes do possesse.
>>     But Tennauntes I feare will like me the lesse.
>>        Yet do I not wrong but measure all trueley.
>>        All yelde the full right of everye man justely
>>       Proportion Geometrical hath no man opprest.
>>            If anye bee wronged, I wish it redrest
>>
>> On 30 Jul 2018 at 8:59, Tim Sutton wrote:
>>
>> /> Hi List/
>> /> /
>> /> There is some discussion going on in the OSGEO Discuss and OSGEO Live/
>> /> mailing lists about potentially using this pre-colonial map of 
>> Africa for/
>> /> the OSGEO-Live CD Cover. If you live in Africa (I guess that is a 
>> check/
>> /> mark for most of us) take the time to visit the link below, look at 
>> the/
>> /> thought provoking maps and share your voice with the OSGEO Live 
>> team! See/
>> /> email below:/
>> /> /
>> /> Regards/
>> /> /
>> /> Tim/
>> /> /
>> /> /
>> /> > /
>> /> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeoLive] Suggestions for a 
>> background/
>> /> > image for next OSGeoLive - with an African theme/
>> /> > /
>> /> > Hello,/
>> /> > /
>> /> > I take this occasion to share this map of Africa that I like. It was/
>> /> > Africa if colonialism had not occurred as imagined by Nikolaj Cyon :/
>> /> > /
>> /> > https://www.cyon.se/#/alkebulan-1260-ah//
>> /> > <https://www.cyon.se/#/alkebulan-1260-ah/>/
>> /> > /
>> /> > If the Africa Local Chapter and the Dar es Salaam LOC likes it 
>> too, we/
>> /> > could try to contact the artist and see if we can use it.../
>> /> > /
>> /> > Kind Regards,/
>> /> > Maë//e/
>> /> /
>> /> —/
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