[Qgis-psc] QGIS 2.2 release name and splash screen

[Radim Blazek]

On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Pēteris Brūns <pb at sungis.lv> wrote:
> Dear Anita,
>
> here are some of the maps in before georeferencing
> http://www.gisnet.lv/~peteris/maps.tar.gz
>
> I asked to people and about the name "Valmeera" and understood that nowadays
> for Latvians it sounds a bit strange. Anyway this name has other advantages
> over "Valmiera".

Not only for Latvians. Valmiera sounds better. Google finds nothing
reasonable for Valmeera. Valmeera is not mentioned even on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valmiera
and http://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valmiera.

Radim

> Best regards,
>
>
>
> On 2014.02.09. 15:46, Anita Graser wrote:
>>
>> Dear Maris and Pēteris!
>>
>> The PSC would like to name the next release Valmeera.
>> Please send me any material (especially old maps) that you think might be
>> suitable for designing the splash screen and related works.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Anita
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 05.02.2014, 22:27 Uhr, schrieb Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at>:
>>
>>> Thanks for your feedback Maris and Pēteris!
>>>
>>> Valmeera or Livonia (I also like Livland
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livonia) sound like good candidates to me. Are
>>> there any cartographers, geographers, explorers, or similar, which we could
>>> consider as well?
>>>
>>> It would be great if you could still find the original map images for use
>>> in the splash screen.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Anita
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 05.02.2014, 09:37 Uhr, schrieb Pēteris Brūns
>>> <peteris.bruns at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Hi Anita and Maris,
>>>>
>>>> In case of Valmiera during time has been used several variations of the
>>>> city name, they are:
>>>> 1) Wolmar
>>>> 2) Walmeera or Valmeera
>>>> 3) Valmiera
>>>>
>>>> Theese names you can see also on old maps. Here are some examples
>>>> http://www.gisnet.lv/europeana/
>>>> Maps are in German, Russian and Latvian languages and some of them can
>>>> be
>>>> used also for splash screen. I hope that I have saved the original
>>>> images
>>>> after referencing, there should be also other images.
>>>> Due historical and political background I would suggest not to use maps
>>>> in
>>>> Russian language.
>>>>
>>>> Other potential names from "maps" and this region:
>>>>  - Livland - probably nice name, but we have one local company with bad
>>>> reputation :(
>>>>  - Livonia - maybe...
>>>>  - Burtnieks - the lake on the north of Valmiera, can be pronunciation
>>>> problems.
>>>>
>>>> If any questions I'll try to help.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 5 February 2014 00:28, Maris Nartiss <maris.gis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello Anita,
>>>>> it's not that easy with names as even "well known" names might turn
>>>>> out to be someone's trademarks :( I.e. former name of Valmiera -
>>>>> Wolmar is a registered trade mark in Australia. Also many "real
>>>>> Latvian" names tend to be a bit tricky for pronunciation for
>>>>> non-native speakers ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> I forwarded your email to the second (main) organizer of Valmiera
>>>>> hackfest to see if he comes up with some nice idea. Unfortunately (or
>>>>> fortunately?) I'm right now in a final stage of writing my PhD thesis
>>>>> and thus run out a bit of my mental abilities. I assume Peteris will
>>>>> give some feedback within next 24 h. He also has access to some old
>>>>> (out of copyright) maps of Latvia and Baltic region that might be
>>>>> sampled for the splash screen.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your offer and we will give some feedback ASAP.
>>>>>
>>>>> Maris.
>>>>>
>>>>> PS. Raymond would be happy to call it Žozefīne (Zhozefine) for
>>>>> personal reasons ;)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2014-02-03 Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at>:
>>>>> > Hi Maris,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I'm writing to you since you organized the developer meeting in
>>>>> Valmiera. We
>>>>> > are currently looking for a name for the 2.2 release. The name should
>>>>> > be
>>>>> > something short and rather easy to remember and it shouldn't contain
>>>>> special
>>>>> > characters.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Besides the name, we also need graphics to update the splash screen.
>>>>> > A
>>>>> > pretty map related to the release name is the usual choice.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > It would be great if you could send me some material to work with -
>>>>> > or
>>>>> maybe
>>>>> > you know somebody I could contact.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thanks and best wishes,
>>>>> > Anita
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Pēteris Brūns
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