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** US Geologic Survey (public domain) [http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/symbols/topomapsymbols.pdf Topo Symbols] | ** US Geologic Survey (public domain) [http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/symbols/topomapsymbols.pdf Topo Symbols] | ||
** BLM [http://www.blm.gov/nstc/mapstandards/intlsym.html International Recreation Symbols] | ** BLM [http://www.blm.gov/nstc/mapstandards/intlsym.html International Recreation Symbols] | ||
| + | ** [http://www.fgdc.gov/HSWG/ref_pages/DownloadSymbols_ref.htm Emergency Management] (Homeland Security Working Group of FGDC) | ||
* GeoServer default SLDs: http://svn.codehaus.org/geoserver/trunk/configuration/release/styles/ (useful?) | * GeoServer default SLDs: http://svn.codehaus.org/geoserver/trunk/configuration/release/styles/ (useful?) | ||
Revision as of 19:46, 16 November 2010
Motivation
The OSGeo Cartographic Library and all software projects obviously need a free map symbol set.
Available Material
- GRASS GUI icons: visual dictionary
- Free map symbol sets from GFOSS.it: Simboli cartografici: trees, geology, meteorology and north arrows
- Cartography symbols from GRASS
- 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.
- US Government
- National Park Service (public domain) http://www.nps.gov/hfc/carto/map-symbols.htm
- Arc symbols for wildland fire (public domain?) http://gis.nwcg.gov/gstop_symbol.html
- US Geologic Survey (public domain) Topo Symbols
- BLM International Recreation Symbols
- Emergency Management (Homeland Security Working Group of FGDC)
- GeoServer default SLDs: http://svn.codehaus.org/geoserver/trunk/configuration/release/styles/ (useful?)
- AtlasStyler collection of SE symbols and SVGs: http://en.geopublishing.org/openmapsymbols/
- Add more here ...
Other Technology
(please keep focus on free as in freedom technologies)
Microsoft has a symbol server
Symbol Availability
see also the GpsDrive/OpenStreetMap matrix above
| Symbol | GFOSS.it | GRASS | OSGEO | QGIS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community | ||||
| School | NA | |||
| Recreation Centre | NA | |||
| Emergency Services | ||||
| Hospital | NA | |||
| Police station | NA | |||
| Fire station | NA | |||
| Ambulance | NA | |||
| Basic | NA | |||
| Arrow | yes | NA | ||
| Box | yes | NA | ||
| Circle | yes | NA | ||
| Extras | NA | |||
| Compass | Yes | NA | ||
| Airport | Yes | NA | ||
| Target | yes | NA | ||
| Dive Flag | yes | NA | ||
| Transportation | ||||
| Information Centre | NA | |||
| Bus Stop | NA | |||
| Picnic Area | NA |
Format
- The preferred interchange format is SVG.
Interested people
- Markus Neteler (proposer)
- Dave Sampson
- Martin Landa: GRASS developer
- Wolf Bergenheim
- Stefan A. Krüger: AtlasStyler developer
- Maksim Sestic
- Alex Mandel
- Hamish: GRASS, GpsDrive dev
- Brian Hamlin
- Milena Nowotarska