[OSGeoLive] [OSGeo-Discuss] Suggestions for a background image for next OSGeoLive - with an African theme
Cameron Shorter
cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Tue Jul 31 11:56:28 PDT 2018
I've reached out to the artist to ask if they are interested in sharing
an image under an open license with us. Lets see if they respond.
On 31/07/2018 7:07 PM, Maelle Vercauteren wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Thanks for your comment and feedback.
>
> Cameron, I agree with you. I can contact the artist
> (https://www.cyon.se/about/) if you want
>
> or somebody from Africa Local Chapter or the Dar es Salaam LOC do it…
>
> or I do it and can put somebody of you in cc for the follow-up ?
>
> What do you think ?
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Maë//e
>
> 2018-07-30 9:25 GMT+02:00 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com
> <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>>:
>
> Indeed, this is a beautiful collection of maps. I particularly
> like the language map.
>
> It also has a great story behind it. To date, we haven't linked to
> the story behind the osgeolive basemap, but maybe it is time to
> start doing so.
>
> The one glitch is the copyright - in that we will be wanting to
> have the map available under an Open license. Maelle, I think it
> is a good idea to reach out to Nikolaj Cyon to sound out if she
> would like her image to be available on an Open Source
> distribution of software - noting that we would be wanting it to
> be available under an open license. (She might be interested in
> sharing a cut down version of the image in an Open format).
>
> Cheers, Cameron
>
>
>
> On 30/07/2018 1:01 AM, Maelle Vercauteren wrote:
>> 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/
>> <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
>> <mailto: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
>> <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
>> <mailto: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
>> <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
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> Cameron Shorter
> Technology Demystifier
> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>
> M +61 (0) 419 142 254
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>
>
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> --
> Maëlle VERCAUTEREN DRUBBEL
> Coordinatrice du stage SIG Libres ARES
>
> Université Libre de Bruxelles -
IGEAT (CP 130 / 03)
> Campus du Solbosch
> Av. F. D. Roosevelt, 50
> B-1050 Bruxelles
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