[GRASS-dev] New splash screen for GRASS GIS 7?

[Vincent Bain]

Nice maps, thank you. All that remains is to find a strong idea and some
spare time to achieve it.
V.

Le jeudi 22 janvier 2015 à 00:14 +0000, Michael Barton a écrit :
> Vincent, 
> 
> 
> Here is an extract of my post, replying to Yann Chemin suggestion for
> a replacement for the Medieval central European map that started this
> thread. I mentioned 2 historical maps and gave example links. I also
> like the idea of a cool map created with GRASS. I’m generally open if
> it is good design and conveys a powerful message about GRASS.
> 
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
> ========  cut here ==========
> 
> 
> Since GRASS is a global project, how about one of the first truly
> global like Mercator's of 1569
> (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cartography#/image/File:Mercator_1569.png) or Ortelius' of 1570 (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cartography#/image/File:OrteliusWorldMap1570.jpg)?
> 
> Better images than these from Wikipedia probably exist.
> 
> 
> With such a map, we could have a slightly different message on the
> splash screen too. Maybe something like
> 
> 
> GRASS. Bringing advanced geospatial technologies to the world.
> 
> 
> OR
> 
> 
> GRASS. Advanced geospatial technology for everyone.
> 
> 
> ______________________________
> C. Michael Barton 
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> Professor of Anthropology, School of Human Evolution & Social Change
> Head, Graduate Faculty in Complex Adaptive Systems Science
> Arizona State University
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> > On Jan 21, 2015, at 3:16 PM, grass-dev-request at lists.osgeo.org
> > wrote:
> > 
> > From: Vincent Bain <bain at toraval.fr>
> > 
> > To: grass-dev <grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org>
> > 
> > Date: January 21, 2015 at 1:47:42 PM MST
> > 
> > Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] New splash screen for GRASS GIS 7?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > thanks to all those who sent feedback on my strictly cosmetic
> > contrib'.
> > Nikos & Luca:  sorry for the flashy green tone, I'm daltonic...
> > Markus and Michael: do you think of a particular historical map ?
> > would
> > a partial view on the map do the job ?
> > 
> > Well, to be continued then...
> > 
> > On the other hand of that surprisingly branchy thread: myself
> > teaching
> > GRASS to students too, I deplore that many pretended GIS-aware
> > students
> > (having skills with end-user oriented software) at the end of the
> > day
> > show very poor knowledge in geodetics, projection systems, etc.
> > Starting
> > with GRASS forces them to go back to basics: the quite unusual
> > starting
> > process associated with the location/projection selector to my mind
> > is /very/ helpful !
> > 
> > Good night,
> > V.
> > 
> 
>