[foss4g2014] Who wants to make a map?

[David Mangold]

Thanks everyone -- all great suggestions!

The challenge: not enough space.

It has been suggested that I attempt to squeeze approx. 45 square miles 
of geographic space into two, 4.5" W x 3.825" H (let's say 4.25" W to be 
conservative) page spaces and call out restaurants, hotels, places of 
interest, streets, light rail, PSU buildings and more. Simply put, 
that's not going to happen. There's just not enough room for it all.

The solution: more than one map.

There are already some great maps of the Portland area that are freely 
available and show all the requested features. I think we should include 
some of these existing maps in conference packets and embed a stripped 
down schematic-type map with a few important locations in the small 
panels described above. That would give folks quick access to some 
essential information but the ability to get specifics if they want / 
need them.

Here's a link to the collection of good existing maps:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wc8hews1ciooypu/AACYoAudEmaAPODVLjZg8zCsa

I recommend including these in the packets:

pdx-city-center-map.pdf - general transportation / lodging
pvm-map.pdf - things to do and traveler information
psu-campus-map.pdf - umm... the PSU campus

Thoughts?

Dave

On 07/24/2014 05:39 PM, TC Haddad wrote:
>
> No that's great - depending on scale World Forestry Center might be 
> tough, but if it fits, awesome...
>
> We should also show the MAX line with arrows that point towards the 
> Airport, and if WFC doesn't FIT, show that direction with an arrow too...
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Chris MacWhorter 
> <cmacwhorter at gmail.com <mailto:cmacwhorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Cool; world forestry center, ecotrust(?) or is that a different issue
>
>     Sent from my iPhone
>
>     > On Jul 24, 2014, at 7:37 AM, Daniel Karnes
>     <danlkarnes at icloud.com <mailto:danlkarnes at icloud.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     > Other buildings to highlight on the PSU campus would be Cramer
>     Hall and the College of Engineering building.
>     >
>     > danl
>     >
>     >> On Jul 22, 2014, at 14:29, Darrell Fuhriman <darrell at garnix.org
>     <mailto:darrell at garnix.org>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> Hey all, there are a few little things we could use help with
>     as we get ready for the conference.
>     >>
>     >> I know some of you love maps (shocking, right?). So, we could
>     really use a map of the central portland area suitable for print
>     (i.e. greyscale).
>     >>
>     >> It doesn't matter what tools you want to use, but we need a
>     vector representation for the final print version.
>     >>
>     >> Things that should be highlighted include:
>     >>
>     >> The Convention Center
>     >> Eliot Center
>     >> Portland State -- highlighting SMSU, Neuberger Hall and FAB
>     >> Doubletree Hotel
>     >> Max Lines
>     >> Restaurants (the MapTimePDX folks were working on this -- Matt?).
>     >>
>     >> Dimension of each page is  4.5" W x 3.825" H -- you have two
>     facing pages to work with, but you have to plan for a gutter, so
>     you can't completely span those pages.
>     >>
>     >> Ideally this could get done in the next 7-10 days.
>     >>
>     >> Takers?
>     >>
>     >> Darrell
>     >>
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