[PROJ] A few PROJ Logo propositions

[Thomas Knudsen]

I am unconvinced (or actually rather strictly against) the “globe and
plane” style logo candidates: They focus too narrowly on the projection
side of things, which is already indicated quite clearly through the name
PROJ.

I kind of like 3C, with the phi and its shadow - the shadow somehow
indicating a “related but not identical reference frame”, i.e. a datum
shift.

I do, however, not like the shape of the phi (or actually “varphi”: phi is
the “O with bar strikethrough” often used to indicate a clock phase): The
very open-to-the-left varphi looks too much like the word “up”.

I would like the logo to indicate more clearly that geodesy is a
four-dimensional science, and the operations PROJ provide support that.

So perhaps something like 3C, but with the letters “P R O J” casting the
shadows “varphi lambda H t” - or for the sake of simplicity and
recognizability in small sizes: Just the four letters “varphi lambda H t”
on one line, and “P R O J” below that:

φλHt

PROJ

(where the phi was supposed to be a varphi)

It may be a challenge to make it work graphically, since varphi descends,
and lambda, H and t ascends - but I am sure this can be made to work by
someone more graphically skilled than myself.

/thomas


Den man. 16. sep. 2019 kl. 16.27 skrev Sylvain Beorchia <
sylvain.beorchia at gmail.com>:

> Thanks for the feedback  and suggestions.
> Let's wait some more reactions of the community for my propositions, and
> also for the other's (Nicolas, Janne...) one.
>
>
>
> Le lun. 16 sept. 2019 à 15:55, Kristian Evers <kreve at sdfe.dk> a écrit :
>
>> Thank you! I’ve come to the conclusion that of your proposals I like 5B
>> the best. I like the wire-frame globe and that the plane below it is sort
>> of the projected footprint of the globe. Additionally I like that the
>> colors are simple (no shades and gradients) which I believe is more
>> suitable for a logo. Additionally the red can be replaced with other colors
>> depending on the context, for instance the OSGeo website which uses a black
>> and green colorscheme.
>>
>>
>>
>> /Kristian
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Sylvain Beorchia <sylvain.beorchia at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* 16. september 2019 13:55
>> *To:* Kristian Evers <kreve at sdfe.dk>
>> *Cc:* Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>; proj at lists.osgeo.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [PROJ] A few PROJ Logo propositions
>>
>>
>>
>> Kristian,
>>
>>
>>
>> I've added a new version there
>> http://dakitanmonkey.2tokiislands.com/proj_logos_3.png including your
>> suggestion (9B)
>>
>>
>>
>> Le lun. 16 sept. 2019 à 09:51, Kristian Evers <kreve at sdfe.dk> a écrit :
>>
>> Thanks Sylvain,
>>
>>
>>
>> These are indeed some good logo proposals. Like Even I also like the
>> 2B/9A logo. I also like the 5B version. It would be interesting to see a
>> combination of 5B and 9A. I like the wireframe globe and the red from 5B.
>>
>>
>>
>> /Kristian
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* PROJ <proj-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> *On Behalf Of *Sylvain
>> Beorchia
>> *Sent:* 14. september 2019 00:08
>> *To:* Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
>> *Cc:* proj at lists.osgeo.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [PROJ] A few PROJ Logo propositions
>>
>>
>>
>> Sorry bad link,
>>
>>
>>
>> http://dakitanmonkey.2tokiislands.com/proj_logos_2.png
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>>
>> Le sam. 14 sept. 2019 à 00:07, Sylvain Beorchia <
>> sylvain.beorchia at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>
>> Even,
>>
>>
>>
>> I added your suggestion to the list (A9)
>>
>>
>>
>> http://dakitanmonkey.2tokiislands.com/proj_logos_2.png
>> <http://dakitanmonkey.2tokiislands.com/proj_logos.png>
>>
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>> Le ven. 13 sept. 2019 à 23:49, Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
>> a écrit :
>>
>> On vendredi 13 septembre 2019 23:26:48 CEST Sylvain Beorchia wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Here are some few propositions for the PROJ logo :
>> >
>> > http://dakitanmonkey.2tokiislands.com/proj_logos.png
>>
>> Thanks Sylvain. My preference would go to 2B, but perhaps with a
>> uppercase J.
>> Wondering if it wouldn't be better to enlarge a bit the green plane so
>> that
>> all letters (especially the P) are on it ?
>>
>> Even
>>
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