[mapserver-dev] New logo sample posted...

[Lime, Steve D (DNR)]

Interestingly Ottawa also has a confluence so one could say that the two most influential locations on the software are referenced (as are a 100 other cities but you get the gist) by the logo as it sits...

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Hartmann [mailto:j.l.h.hartmann at uva.nl] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 3:43 PM
To: Lime, Steve D (DNR)
Cc: Thomas E Burk; mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [mapserver-dev] New logo sample posted...

I like it very much Steve, good work. Good that Tom is still there too 
in the background to explain to us all what you really meant with it! :-)

Jan

On 16-12-2009 19:26, Lime, Steve D (DNR) wrote:
> Hi Tom: Good to hear from you! I'm not a plate guy myself, but everyone will have their opinion. I'm all for simple, something that will translate well
> at a variety of scales (e.g. favicon) and colors (greyscale, B&W, color). You're correct about the rivers, it's an abstraction of the area south of St. Paul.
> The green is a bit more random and is meant to symbolize land (brown didn't go over too well).
>
> Steve
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> From: mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Thomas E Burk [teb at mallit.fr.umn.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 9:26 AM
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> Subject: Re: [mapserver-dev] New logo sample posted...
>
> I liked the plate idea a long time ago.
>
> I assume the two streams coming together are the Mississippi and
> Minnesota rivers, i.e. near the birthplace of MapServer. And the
> green represents MapServer's natural resources roots.
>
> Tom
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