[Qgis-developer] New Symbology / OSM/ ICONS

Mayeul Kauffmann mayeul.kauffmann at free.fr
Mon Feb 21 17:27:24 EST 2011


Hi,
I have added (on the wiki) some comments and a link to the 3liz.com demo
and blog about the qgis mapserver rendering based on shapefiles.
Mayeul

Le lundi 21 février 2011 à 09:17 +0100, kimaidou a écrit :
> Hi Mayeul and devs,
> 
> Mayel, I had a look at your wiki page which describes how to get and
> use OSM data. I think you should speak a bit more about pre-processed
> shapefiles, as it is much easier for people with no server/time/skills
> to open a shapefile in Qgis than setting up a complete OSM
> postgresql/postgis database.
> 
> I know all the tags are not in the shapefiles, but it is a good start.
> See the small qgis mapserver rendering with these shapefiles :
> http://demo.3liz.fr/qgismapserver/
> 
> By, the way, I am also looking for icons to render the rich OSM poi
> database, (http://demo.3liz.fr/osminterest/ ) and asked the creator of
> the SJJB icons to create some more. I gave him a list 2 days ago, and
> he told me he would spend some times to work on it in the coming
> weeks.
> 
> I will let you know when I get some information.
> 
> Kimaidou
> 
> 2011/2/19 Mayeul Kauffmann <mayeul.kauffmann at free.fr>
>         Thanks for the suggestion Martin!
>         Icons are available here:
>         http://www.mediafire.com/?344x43313q3xx8n
>         
>         They are meant to be used with the tutorial here:
>         http://www.qgis.org/wiki/Using_OpenStreetMap_data
>         
>         I was hoping to find something without restrictions and if
>         possible
>         dedicated to open source material.
>         I could not find it here:
>         http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_map_symbol_set
>         
>         There is http://www.openclipart.org (which supports multiple
>         uploads,
>         collections and packages) but I cannot upload a zipped file,
>         hence I
>         cannot reproduce the folder structure required for qgis to
>         find the
>         right files.
>         So I've put the icons I'm using on mediafire:
>         
>         osm_icons4qgis_v1.zip
>         (If I do not login often enough, this might be destroyed).
>         
>         All the icons that either SJJB or myself created are copyright
>         free
>         (CC-0). I do not know the status of the others (mostly, the
>         others are
>         preinstalled with qgis).
>         See http://www.sjjb.co.uk/mapicons/introduction
>         
>         Mayeul
>         
>         
>         Le vendredi 18 février 2011 à 23:40 +0100, Martin Dobias a
>         écrit :
>         
>         > There are plenty of web services for easy sharing of files,
>         for
>         > example, mediafire.com or megaupload.com
>         >
>         > Martin
>         
>         
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