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[[Image:OSGeo 200 85 pixel.png|thumb|right|200px|Logo in 200 pixels width]]  
 
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The OSGeo [[Logo]] has been updated. It came into being through an incredibly slow process running for more than a year but finally here it is. Technical reasons like better stichability were the initial reasons to update it but then a professional designer made a few suggestions and we have created a short story around it. Here it goes: ''The tips of the compass rose have grown out of the outer ring. OSGeo is growing bigger than we imagined and it has grown beyond its initial scope. The outer ring is open so that OSGeo can connect with others.'' Which can be different tag lines. There is the general OSGeo tag line "Your Open Source Compass"[1] and already three more versions for the sponsors reading "Sustaining", "Supprting" and "Associate" plus two special versions reading "Projects" and "Incubation". As yet we have no tag lines for "Education" and Geodata" but this can be changed.
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The OSGeo [[Logo]] was updated in November 2008. Please only use [[Logo | this version]].
  
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Further suggestions are welcome.  
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== History ==
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[[Image:OSGeo Logo 150by59 pixel.png|thumb|right|150px|Old OSGeo Logo]]
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The original Logo was created in summer 2006 (see at right) following a call for proposals. We kept it for two years, it appeared on our first conferences, trade fair presences and t-shirts. It is still around in older publications.  
  
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== Extra Versions ==
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== 2008 ==
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If you need your own version of the OSGeo Logo reading your [[Local Chapter]] initials or domain name, feel free to create it. Embrace the new OSGeo logo in your design and wear it with respect. Leave the sponsor logos as they are and use them only if you are an official sponsor.
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The redesigned logo was created in a long process and many discussions over more than a year. Technical reasons like better stichability were the initial reasons to update it but then a professional designer made a few suggestions and we have created a short story around it. Here it goes:
  
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== Technical Notices ==
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'''The tips of the compass rose have grown out of the outer ring. '''
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* If you need special formats or resolutions go ahead or ask us.
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'''This is to show that OSGeo has grown beýond it's initial scop.'''
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* Beare of the colors in the EPS files, GIMP tends to render them in primary colors.  
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'''The outer ring is open so that OSGeo can connect with others.'''
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* The Logo Guidelines will be updated soon. They detail usage, color codes and copyright information.
 
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[1] People say "Your Open Source Compass" is lame. Have a better idea? Here goes:
 

Latest revision as of 08:32, 20 November 2011

Logo in 200 pixels width

The OSGeo Logo was updated in November 2008. Please only use this version.

History

Old OSGeo Logo

The original Logo was created in summer 2006 (see at right) following a call for proposals. We kept it for two years, it appeared on our first conferences, trade fair presences and t-shirts. It is still around in older publications.

2008

The redesigned logo was created in a long process and many discussions over more than a year. Technical reasons like better stichability were the initial reasons to update it but then a professional designer made a few suggestions and we have created a short story around it. Here it goes: 

The tips of the compass rose have grown out of the outer ring.  
This is to show that OSGeo has grown beýond it's initial scop.
The outer ring is open so that OSGeo can connect with others.
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