[OSGeo-Discuss] R: website/rebranding april update

[Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)]

‘Twould be fun to have a “You are here!” arrow pointing at some spot in the OSM city view.

Then on the back of the shirt could be picture of the Earth
^or^
the Milky Way with another “You are here” arrow, i.e. . .

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/You-Are-Here-Earth.png/1024px-You-Are-Here-Earth.png

http://sites.psu.edu/vansonspace/wp-content/uploads/sites/18071/2015/04/milky-way-you-are-here.jpg

-Patrick

From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jody Garnett
Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2017 1:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] R: website/rebranding april update

That looks great, would need to be lighter so that text and graphics can go over too.

And yeah I was trying to go away from topo, which is not always very accessible. Linework features, streets, featured etc...
On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 11:41 AM Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl <gert-jan at osgeo.nl<mailto:gert-jan at osgeo.nl>> wrote:

Sort of like the OSM based T-shirts:
http://www.citeefashion.com/products

I like the idea, but perhaps it makes things a little too complex?
A contour line map of The Netherlands as a biz card background would not be very exciting ;-)

Regards,

Gert-Jan

Van: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>] Namens Jody Garnett
Verzonden: zaterdag 29 april 2017 20:32
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Onderwerp: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] R: website/rebranding april update

Okay I have an idea that I may regret sharing - because I am not enough of a cartographer to make it happen.

What if we went for a line work map (no fills or very saturated fills) and people could zoom into an appropriate area for their biz card or presentation subject matter? We would need a consistent palette to go well with the logo and general branding - but I love the metaphor of every member, local chapter, event having their own location driven background.
On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 5:56 PM Vicky Vergara <vicky at georepublic.de<mailto:vicky at georepublic.de>> wrote:
I like the sophisticated.
But the green on the name cards etc ... its too much green, maybe more transparent. I am not saying to have it multicolour because printing becomes expensive with more colors.
The white www.osgeo.org<http://www.osgeo.org> is behind the black lines, its so wierd.
Vicky


On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 5:01 PM, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it<mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
I like the proposed logo sophisticated.
About topography, I agree with Jody.
I would prefere as background a stylized map of the galaxy or the universe.
In any case, thanks a lot!
Maria

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Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] website/rebranding april update

My feedback:

- The topo background graphic proposed is a strong visual, but comes across as vintage / retro / dated to my eyes (steampunk!).  It does evolve from our current branding (see slide 2 here<https://www.slideshare.net/DirkFrigne/osgeo-think-global-act-local?qid=22fda894-eda8-4161-acca-1be6d1a323ce&v=&b=&from_search=8>), but I am not sure it reflects modern mapping technologies. Wonder if we could go for a blueprint vector+note visualization of the data behind mapping....

- Tempted to use the current light-green as one of the colors for logo3, because many<https://osgeo.nl> local chapters<http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Aust-NZ> have taken the color rather than the visual elements as a base, others look amazing<http://www.gfoss.it> doing there own thing.

--
Jody Garnett

On 28 April 2017 at 13:54, Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com<mailto:ortelius at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi All,

We can share the initial cut of the branding process. It is available
as a PDF here.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1D61nG9ZgtbdmpmcTh4SnBYMFU/view?usp=sharing

Feel free to comment here or on the marketing list. We will go through
a few sets of revisions with the vendor.

Jeff

On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 12:16 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com<mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Quick status update from the webstie/rebranding initiative for April:
>
> We have started to see rough wireframes of the approach used for the
> website. To make these wireframes more realistic we are going through an
> "visitor journey" exercise (which is where your representatives from
> geoforall and local chapters are key).
> We received the first breakdown of new branding this week, and are providing
> feedback on the proposed logos/colors.
>
> A big thanks to Marc, Jeffrey and the GetInteractive team for efficiency in
> April, cutting this work down to size for the rest of the team.
>
> We would like to welcome some new volunteers:
>
> Peter Mooney - has joined to provide an academic perspective, making sure
> the website/rebranding supports the work we do with GeoForAll. Please give
> him your support as we work against some tight deadlines. I also understand
> that Peter will be providing a perspective from OSGeo local chapters.
> Phillip Davis - has volunteered and started to review. Philip we are waiting
> on you to sign up to the marketing list and introduce yourself.
> Harrison Grundy - is taking on communication with our system administration
> committee. This week he is looking at LDAP so that our members can see the
> website beta prior to release.
>
> As many know this is an expensive undertaking for our organization. We would
> like to thank GetCat, Boundless and other sponsors for enabling this OSGeo
> activity financially.
>
> --
> Jody Garnett

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