[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

[nicolas bozon]

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/
> >
> > * 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
> > web: http://www.rowlingson.com/
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> > pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacedman
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