[OSM-talk] new logo

[Robert Martinez]

Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Robert,
>
>> In my opinion a logo has to reduce the amount of representation to 
>> the absolute essence in order to work right.
>
> [...]
>
>> I chose to stick to the basic aspect of marking things on a map
>
> "Marking things on a map" is the absolute essence of trivial POI 
> collection projects. There are *lots* of them and your logo would 
> probably work very well for them.
>
> OSM however is not about marking things on a map, but rather about 
> making the map in the first place. I don't like your logo because it 
> suggests that we do nothing more than the millions of people who 
> produce Google mashups. It fails to capture the essence of OSM.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
I don't reduce the project I reduce the logo.
If only there was a decent way to visualize the process of making a map! 
Didn't work out for me.
Unluckily I don't see how putting a magnifier on 1s and 0s on a map 
shows any kind of "making" anything either.

Bye
Robert