[OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeoLive] Suggestions for a background image for next OSGeoLive - with an African theme
Cameron Shorter
cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Mon Jul 30 00:59:33 PDT 2018
-0 from me for an OSM basemap for OSGeoLive (unless someone wants to
enhance the image).
Reasons: While I think it is great to promote OSM, I think that it is
best if we can add a bit of creative flair to each OSGeoLive release.
Using OSM is using something most of us will already be familiar with
and won't have a "Wow" factor (unless someone volunteers to develop a
new and cool style for the basemap). Also, we want each release to look
different to the last so that people can easily recognise the
difference, and using an OSM image every year won't show such an obvious
difference (unless combined with another image in some cool way).
On 30/07/2018 6:26 AM, Ketty Adoch wrote:
> Thank you Mark!
>
> +1 to the OSM Map with a focus on Dar Es Salaam-
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/-6.8049/39.2472
> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/-6.8049/39.2472>
>
> PS: I do not even see our people on Nikolaj Cyon's imagined map,
> perhaps we were still in transit to Uganda from the Ethiopian
> Mountains or somewhere in the Bahr el Ghazal (Sudan) :-)
>
>
> best,
>
> --
>
> Ketty
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 6:34 PM, Mark Iliffe <markiliffe at gmail.com
> <mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> There is a discussion below that needs your voice!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> *From:* Maelle Vercauteren <mavercau at ulb.ac.be
>> <mailto:mavercau at ulb.ac.be>>
>> *Date:* 29 July 2018 at 11:01:25 GMT-4
>> *To:* Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben at transient.nz <mailto:ben at transient.nz>>
>> *Cc:* OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org
>> <mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>, osgeolive at lists.osgeo.org
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>> *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
>>
>> 2018-07-29 0:17 GMT+02:00 Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben at transient.nz
>> <mailto:ben at transient.nz>>:
>>
>> Or an historical noncolonial or postcolonial map of Tanzania
>> or Dar es Salaam? Or is this even a concern? I would like
>> advice from the LOC. It would be great to give Dar es Salaam
>> the same prominence (OSGeoLive background) as previous FOSS4G
>> hosts.
>>
>> The Africa list rejects email from nonsubscribers such as
>> myself. :-(
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Ben.
>>
>>
>> On 29/07/18 04:15, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Ben you are with your comment.
>>
>> What do you think instead about an actual OSM Map from
>> Dar Es Salaam - that shows how great the region is mapped
>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/-6.8049/39.2472
>> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/-6.8049/39.2472>
>>
>> or maybe a nice photo instead of a map.
>>
>> Astrid
>>
>> Am 28.07.2018 00:17 schrieb Ben Caradoc-Davies:
>>
>> I love historical maps. However, maps have been both
>> the tool and
>> emblem of colonisation, by which Africa has been
>> particularly badly
>> affected. The choice of an historical map of Africa
>> for the OSGeoLive
>> background must be informed by the actions of those
>> who used it and
>> their impact on the people of Africa, as well
>> consider of the
>> current-day appropriateness of the labels used on the
>> map. I would
>> follow the advice of the Africa Local Chapter and the
>> Dar es Salaam
>> LOC.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Ben.
>>
>> On 28/07/18 09:23, Mark Iliffe wrote:
>>
>> I would vote for the map that you'd listed, but
>> linking in the Africa Local
>> Chapter :-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On 27 July 2018 at 08:32, Cameron Shorter
>> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com
>> <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> The time has come to select a background
>> image for our next OSGeoLive
>> release, which is scheduled to be ready in
>> time for FOSS4G Dar es Salaam,
>> and we are looking for inspiration for a
>> background image.
>>
>> Traditionally, we have drawn inspiration from
>> the image from the
>> conference location, and are hoping that
>> someone with a mapping or artistic
>> eye can suggest an interesting map, or image
>> that we can use. The image
>> needs to be available under an open license,
>> and will likely need to be
>> shaded so that icons will still stand out
>> against it.
>>
>> I'm wondering whether a historic navigating
>> chart of Africa would be good?
>> Maybe something like this:
>>
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AMH-7121-KB_Map_of_Africa.jpg
>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AMH-7121-KB_Map_of_Africa.jpg>
>>
>> Or maybe a drawing of some of the big African
>> animals.
>>
>> Are there any people in the mapping or
>> African communities who would be
>> willing to help us out here?
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> --
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Technology Demystifier
>> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>>
>> M +61 (0) 419 142 254Mark Iliffe
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>> <mailto:markiliffe at gmail.com>>
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