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.
- 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
Symbol Availability
| Symbol | GFOSS.it | GRASS | OSGEO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Interested people
- Markus Neteler
- Dave Sampson
- Martin Landa: GRASS developer
- Wolf Bergenheim
- Maksim Sestic