[mapserver-users] Glacier symbology

[Alex Mandel]

I think this is a general issue for all the of the FOSS GIS stack. There
are several relatively new lists from OSGeo: carto and graphics (not
sure why these aren't the same list)
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo

Check and see if there's something here for you, the US Park Service has
a good set of public domain icons, I was about to start porting them all
to svg for use in QGIS etc.
http://www.nps.gov/hfc/carto/map-symbols.htm

Alex

Milo van der Linden wrote:
> Hello Bill,
> 
> I cannot provide you with a free glacier icon, although I would love to
> draw one. I also need to make a symbol for mangrove forest to use in
> conjunction with openstreetmap.
> 
> However, you triggered me to share some other information: I find that a
> good source ánd a good place to share imagery is openclipart:
> (www.openclipart.org) I allready have a set of mapsymbols there:
> 
> http://openclipart.org/media/people/milovanderlinden contains symbols in
> svg that can be manipulated and re-used at will.
> 
> There is also a nice snowflake that could be used as a starting point
> for your symbol:
> 
> http://openclipart.org/media/files/Kliponius/12422
> 
> I added a link to OpenClipArt on the SymbologyExchange.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Milo van der Linden
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Bill Thoen schreef:
>> I'm looking for an open source pixmap to represent glaciers on a map
>> set I'm making. I'd like something more interesting than flat white,
>> too. Something like the attached image (which I can't use because it's
>> from a COTS GIS):
>>
>> pixmap for "glacier"
>>
>> I can make my own, of course, but if one exists already, and it can
>> expand into a seamless repeating pattern like this one, I'd rather use
>> that and spend the time saved to work on something new.
>>
>> I dropped by the Symbology Exchange on the MapSeerver Wiki
>> (http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/SymbologyExchange) but
>> unfortunately that was a great idea that sank without bubbles. There
>> hasn't been any activity there for about a year, and there's not one
>> pixmap to exchange yet. I think all that page needs is some regular
>> exposure to air to let people know it exists, and then the content
>> will come. So if you're looking for YARRTS (yet another railroad track
>> symbol, the digital cartographer's "hello world") or you seek a little
>> world fame, this is one place to share your symbols!
>>
>> So if anyone has, or knows where to find, a pixmap that whispers
>> "glacier" directly into the mind of the viewer, and you're willing to
>> share it, please let me know.
>>
>> TIA,
>> -- 
>> - Bill Thoen 
>>   GISnet - www.gisnet.com
>>   303-786-9961
>>