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.
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 |
Map symbols
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)
Bob the Builder's corner
Where and how should it be organized. Centralized vs. distributed model.
Resources and people
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