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

[Pēteris Brūns]

On 2014.02.10. 12:44, Radim Blazek wrote:
> 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
That's true, and for me Valmiera also sounds much better.
But in another hand for QGIS probably better, Google search on 
"Valmeera" will return QGIS.

Option B, choose another name, for example "Gauja". Well known river in 
Latvia, Raymond and Paolo spend some days in Gauja National Park, name 
also is in some relation with Valmiera.

>> 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
>> SunGIS
>> +371 26336691
>> pb at sungis.lv
>>
>>
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Pēteris Brūns
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