[OSGeo-UK] [External] Re: Fwd: QGIS release name from UK user group

[Sam Franklin]

Just an idea, I see the convention is a town or city name, but is there
anything stopping us going for a street name?

If so, how about "Broad Street
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Snow-cholera-map-1.jpg>" ? Personally,
I'd love to see that map on the QGIS splash screen one day! :-)

Obvs. happy to go with the consensus!

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Sam Franklin


On Mon, 15 Jan 2024 at 17:29, Tom Chadwin via UK <uk at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> This was my other concern. I'm getting flashbacks to Prospero in The
> Tempest.
>
> Tom
>
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 5:28 PM Barry Rowlingson via UK <
> uk at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> My only concern with using "Maidenhead" is that it is also a term for
>> part of female anatomy, related to virginity. It might possibly be
>> triggering, but I don't know how well-known or archaic the usage is. Kids
>> these days etc.
>>
>> Barry
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 12:56 PM James Scott-Brown via UK <
>> uk at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>>
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>>> Another interesting historical geospatial link to Maidenhead is the
>>> Maidenhead Locator System [1], though its usage is mostly limited to the
>>> amateur radio community.
>>>
>>> [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidenhead_Locator_System
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>>   James Scott-Brown
>>>   james at jamesscottbrown.com
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024, at 11:02 AM, Nick Bearman via UK wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Hopefully this is a nice Monday morning email to make you smile :-)
>>>
>>> The QGIS UK user group has been asked to suggest name for the next QGIS
>>> release. Usually they are named after the locations of user meetings, but
>>> since they have had more releases than user meetings, they are working
>>> through the user groups in turn to ask for suggestions (see Anita's email
>>> below for details).
>>>
>>> Si Miles has suggested "Maidenhead":
>>>
>>> Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council was one of the first UK local
>>> authorities to move to QGIS (at version 1.8!) back in 2010/11. It was while
>>> working at Windsor and Maidenhead that with the support of Simon Miles &
>>> Matt Travis the UK QGIS user group was born. Maidenhead even hosted the
>>> first ever UK user group meeting. Windsor and Maidenhead also contributed
>>> financial to many an QGIS plugin and was also a bronze sponsor for a long
>>> as I was there. Finally, Maidenhead hosted many of the Carry On movies, and
>>> has the oldest or is one of the oldest football clubs in the UK, if not
>>> world! Might have to fact check that one though!
>>>
>>> Windsor and Maidenhead is the name of the council ("Royal Borough of
>>> Windsor and Maidenhead") but Maidenhead is their HQ, and Anita says a
>>> single name is better than a double name.
>>>
>>> Maidenhead is certainly not a tourist hot spot for the UK (sorry Si!)
>>> but I think it has a nice QGIS history and sounds like a good choice to me.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any other suggestions or comments?
>>>
>>> Anita needs to know by Fri 19th, so I will make a decision and let her
>>> know on Thurs 18th Jan.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Nick.
>>>
>>> On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 at 6:41 pm, Anita Graser <anita at qgis.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> As you certainly know, QGIS releases usually get their names from
>>> locations of QGIS developer meetings.
>>>
>>> Since we have more releases than developer meetings, we have decided to
>>> reach out to our country user groups to select additional release names.
>>> The country order is determined by the founding date of the respective user
>>> groups.
>>>
>>> Since QGIS UK is next on our list, I'm reaching out to you to ask you
>>> for suggestions for release names. The suggestions should be place names in
>>> the UK (and ideally be related to the user group).
>>>
>>> Besides the name, we will also need a historical map of the location
>>> which we can use for the release splash screen.
>>>
>>> I'm looking forward to your suggestions. Please don't hesitate if you
>>> have any questions.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Anita Graser
>>> QGIS PSC Vice chair
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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