[PROJ] A few PROJ Logo propositions

Wed Sep 18 06:57:43 PDT 2019

Bonjour Sylvain,

Thanks for another batch of hard work from you!

10B works surprisingly well, with the phi giving a quite convincing
impression of the Earth and its axis of rotation. It does, however, not
really hit the 4D point.
11A is, in my opinion, very good - extremely clear, both graphically and
communication wise. I would probably suggest a slightly darker shade of
grey for the coordinate designations (but you have probably tried that and
found it worse)
11B is a nice humorous take. I see why it probably won't work with a varphi
instead of the plain phi - but would like to see that as well if you have
tried it out already.

All in all, as of right now, I prefer the elegant, expressive and
recognizable 11A, which will probably work extremely well in any size and
angle, and provoke the right questions.

/thomas

Den tir. 17. sep. 2019 kl. 21.04 skrev Sylvain Beorchia <
sylvain.beorchia at gmail.com>:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks Thomas for your feebacks.
>
> Here are a few new tries (work in progress) :
> http://dakitanmonkey.2tokiislands.com/proj_logos_4.png (lines 10 and 11),
> inspired by your suggestions.
>
> Sylvain.
>
>
>
>
>
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> Le mar. 17 sept. 2019 à 07:48, Thomas Knudsen <knudsen.thomas at gmail.com>
> a écrit :
>
>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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