[Qgis-user] Reminder: Call for QGIS release name suggestions

[Alexander Bruy]

Just to help with name selection here is the list of all hackfest
places and QGIS versions linked with them

2009 Hannover
2009 Vienna
2010 Pisa
2010 Wroclaw (QGIS 1.7 "Wrocław")
2011 Lisbon (QGIS 1.8 "Lisboa")
2011 Zurich (QGIS 2.0 "Dufour")
2012 Lyon
2012 Essen
2013 Valmiera (QGIS 2.2 "Valmiera")
2013 Brighton (QGIS 2.6 "Brighton")
2014 Vienna
2014 Essen



2015-01-02 13:50 GMT+02:00 Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at>:
> Hi,
>
> As promised in the call for suggestions, meeting venues will
> definitely be preferred but I need your help sourcing the map images.
>
> Best wishes,
> Anita
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Werner Macho <werner.macho at gmail.com> wrote:
>> +1 for Essen
>> (but only if we call the release afterwards "Vienna" or "Wien" - we
>> also already had 2 HF in Vienna - looooong time ago the 2nd one - and
>> last year the famous code sprint).
>>
>> regards
>> Werner
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Raymond Nijssen <r.nijssen at terglobo.nl> wrote:
>>> Having had two great hackfests in Essen I would suggest that is the place to
>>> name the next QGIS release after.
>>>
>>> I don't have any old map of Essen, but maybe some (German) community members
>>> could provide it. Or some people here will help us:
>>> https://www.essen.de/rathaus/aemter/ordner_62/KartenHistorische.de.html
>>>
>>> Could possibly conflict with:
>>> http://www.essenvision.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> Btw, I wondered which names have already been used and found them here:
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QGIS
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Raymond
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 31-12-14 17:35, Anita Graser wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear QGIS community,
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to remind you to please send in your ideas for future release
>>>> names.
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> CALL for QGIS RELEASE NAME SUGGESTIONS
>>>>
>>>> The following rules apply:
>>>> - The suggestion should be the name of a place.
>>>> - The suggestion must not be the name of a software product. (Please
>>>> try to do some Google searches before submitting the suggestion.)
>>>> - Each suggestion must come with a suitable map image for splash
>>>> design. (Make sure that we have the rights to use the image. Since the
>>>> splash is also printed in our user guide, a minimum resolution of
>>>> 3000x2000 px is necessary.)
>>>> - Locations of developer meetings have priority.
>>>>
>>>> Submission format: Send an email with a short description of your
>>>> suggestion and a link to a ZIP file containing the map image(s) to
>>>> anitagraser at gmx.at
>>>>
>>>> The PSC will pick the release names. The deadline for the 2.8 release
>>>> is the 1st of January 2015. If there are multiple good suggestions, we
>>>> might announce names for later releases as well.
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Thanks you and happy 2015!
>>>> Anita
>>>>
>>>>
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