OSGeo map symbol set

Motivation
The OSGeo Cartographic Library and all software projects obviously need a free map symbol set.

Available Material

 * Free map symbol sets from GFOSS.it: Simboli cartografici: trees, geology, meteorology and north arrows


 * Free map icons from GRASS: various symbols


 * GpsDrive and OpenStreetMap maintain a repository of c. hundreds of Point Of Interest (POI) rasterized and SVG symbol icons under a permissive OSS license. Things like "banks" and "hospitals" are very well covered.
 * see http://www.gpsdrive.de/development/map-icons/overview.en.shtml
 * http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Tags_to_Symbols_Mapping
 * http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Osmarender/Symbols


 * symbols for wildland fire are available from US Gov't: http://gis.nwcg.gov/gstop_symbol.html (public domain?)



Other Technology
(please keep focus on free as in freedom technologies)

Microsoft has a symbol server

Interested people

 * Markus Neteler
 * Dave Sampson
 * Martin Landa: GRASS developer
 * Wolf Bergenheim