[Qgis-developer] Splash screen for 2.0

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi,

I also like the name "Dufour".

There are also the old "Dufour" maps: see http://s.geo.admin.ch/09751c84f

The problem is that the mountain called "Dufourspitze" is not yet on the
maps that Dufour initiated/created. It was only named after his name.

So - we could either use one of the old maps without the name
"Dufourspitze" or the current map and ask Swisstopo for permission to
use the new map.

I can volunteer to ask Swisstopo for permission. I have some good
connections. You just have to decide whether you want the old Dufour map
(black and white, old style) or the current map (current/new style).

Andreas

Am 12.07.2013 15:31, schrieb Denis Rouzaud:
> +1 for Dufour!!!
> 
> Easily pronounced, and very representative!
> 
> A very good idea!
> 
> That would be a nice map on the summit:
> http://s.geo.admin.ch/d632bf34e
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Denis
> 
> On 07/12/2013 03:04 PM, Marco Bernasocchi wrote:
>>
>> hi I remember a discussion we had with tim last month in South Africa.
>> I Suggested that. he thought was too hard in english.
>> I then suggested "Dufour".  beside being a very influencial swiss
>> cartographer [1] it is also the highest mountain in switzerland.
>>
>> i think it would be very representative for the whole swiss community.
>>
>> ciao
>>
>> [1] http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dufour_Map
>>
>> Marco Bernasocchi (mobile)
>> http://opengis.ch
>>
>> >To avoid trademark etc issues I would prefer we use a little know
>> place - also one that non german speakers have a vague hope of being
>> able to pronounce.
>>
>> What about 'Hönggerberg' (the place where the developer meeting took
>> place) ?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Marco
>>
>> On 12.07.2013 14:42, Tim Sutton wrote:
>>> Hi All
>>>
>>> If you are a daily blocker list [1] watcher you will have noticed
>>> that Juergen Fischer (aka our resident coding machine) has been
>>> whittling the list down  - 31 issues left as I write this.
>>>
>>> Juergen has been funded for two weeks - one week each from the Swiss
>>> QGIS Users Group and QGIS.org's fund). If you have been contemplating
>>> sponsoring QGIS, there is never a better time to do it as we use the
>>> money to fund activities such as these which are a huge step in
>>> helping us to produce good quality releases.
>>>
>>> Based on his progress I expect we should be ready to release before
>>> FOSS4G2013 (yay!). We need to decide on two things:
>>>
>>> * A name for the release
>>> * A map for the splash screen
>>>
>>> These should be in a similar vein to the splash and name for QGIS 1.8
>>> 'Lisboa'. Since the next Hackfest after Lisbon was Zurich I am
>>> proposing that we name this release after an interesting place in
>>> Zurich. To avoid trademark etc issues I would prefer we use a little
>>> know place - also one that non german speakers have a vague hope of
>>> being able to pronounce. As such could I ask our hosts from Zurich to
>>> proffer a suitable name and a nice old map that we can use for the
>>> splash screen?
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [1] http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/issues?query_id=23
>>>
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