[OSGeoLive] [OSGeo-Discuss] Suggestions for a background image for next OSGeoLive - with an African theme

[Ketty Adoch]

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

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> 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>
> *Date:* 29 July 2018 at 11:01:25 GMT-4
> *To:* Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben at transient.nz>
> *Cc:* OSGeo Discussions <
> discuss at lists.osgeo.org>,
> osgeolive at lists.osgeo.org
> *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/
>
> 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>:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>> 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>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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 <markiliffe at gmail.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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