[Qgis-developer] Splash screen for 2.0

Sun Jul 14 14:38:11 PDT 2013

Hi

I took a look at the various maps linked to. I prefer this on:

http://s.geo.admin.ch/09751c84f

The large tracts of white in the Siegfriedkarte don't really work for me
and I find the above one much more visually interesting and not at all
depressing. I also do not think it matters that the word dufour does not
exist on the map.

I put together a splash mock up here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1166848/splash.png - please commence
flaming :-)

Regards

Tim

On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>wrote:

> Hi Stefan,
>
> Good idea. This version - because the italian part is white, would even
> leave some space for the QGIS logo ;-)
>
> Who will design the splash screen?
>
> Should I go ahead and ask Swisstopo for permission? I think that even
> for the Dufour or Siegfried maps we should ask for permission. Even if
> the copyright has expired.
>
> Andreas
>
> Am 12.07.2013 17:37, schrieb Ziegler Stefan:
> > There is also an old map called "Siegfriedkarte" which is based on the
> one from dufour and on this one the mountain is names "Dufourspitze".
> >
> > http://s.geo.admin.ch/327b6cf7e
> >
> > And it does not look that depressing as the b/w one.
> >
> > Regards
> > Stefan
> >
> > Von meinem iPhone gesendet
> >
> > Am 12.07.2013 um 15:46 schrieb "Andreas Neumann" <a.neumann at carto.net
> <mailto:a.neumann at carto.net>>:
> >
> > 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<http://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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