OSGeo Graphics

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About

Our goal is to coordinate efforts in development of common, free and reusable graphical elements for many OSGeo projects. Icons for desktop/web applications and map symbols are of special interest.

We are working within OSGeo Labs.

Naming conventions

General information how to name image files. To be presented in tabular form for every icon with detailed description.

Application icons

• GIS icons theme based on KDE and Gnome Icon Naming Specification.

Name	Description
	Basic objects
point
line
polygon
vertex
node
ring
island
layer
layer-vector
layer-raster
map
mapset
	Basic actions
create
delete	-create
add
remove	-add
accept
reject	-accept
edit
open
save
import
export
	Display actions
zoom-in
zoom-out
zoom-layer
zoom-extent
zoom-last
zoom-next
zoom-refresh
zoom-selection
	Actions
georectify

• Eclipse User Interface Guidelines (uDig Summary)

Map symbols

• google map icons
• OpenStreetMap Map Features
• GeoSilk
• uDig Imagery

Common repository

List of existing solutions

• OpenMapSymbols - nice integration of different sources

• GPS Drive
  • accommodation
  • education
  • food
  • ... (total 28 cats)

• OpenStreetMap
  • physical (Highway, Barrier, Cycleway, Tracktype, Waterway, Railway, Aeroway, Aerialway, Power, Man Made, Leisure, Amenity, Shop, Tourism, Historic, Landuse, Military, Natural, Geological)
  • non physical (Route, Boundary, Sport, Abutters, Accessories, Properties, Restrictions

• google map icons
  • Administration, Office & Industry
  • Culture & Entertainment
  • Education & Kids
  • ... (12 cats)

• QGIS
  • biology
  • emergency
  • entertainment
  • ... (12 cats)

Preliminary structure

Feel free to modify this list/structure and put comments.

Two level structure covering whole range of graphics. Small size pictures (toolbar) and scalable symbols (other).

• cartography
  • north-arrows
  • waypoints
• man-made
  • accomodation
  • education
  • emergency
  • food
  • infrastructure
  • leisure
  • religion
  • shopping
  • sightseeing
  • sport
  • transport
• nature (trees, etc.)
• people
• science
  • geology
  • meteorology
• toolbar-icons (svg format)
  • 16x16 (rendered png)
  • 24x24 (rendered png)

Bob the Builder's corner

Where and how should it be organized. Centralized vs. distributed model.

Resources and people

Tutorial how to design icon by Jody Garnett :)

Application icons

• GIS icon theme (Robert Szczepanek)
• GeoSilk (Rolando Peñate)
• OSGeo icon set

Map symbols

• google maps icons (Nicolas Mollet, Matthias Stasiak)
• OSGeo map symbol set

Cartography

• Cartography 2.0 (Mark Harrower) - free online knowledge base and e-textbook for students and professionals interested in interactive and animated maps

Varia

• GRASS Art Gallery

Related projects

• OSGeo Cartographic Library