[OSM-talk] new logo

[Richard Weait]

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Robert Martinez <mail at mray.de> wrote:
> Hello OpenStreetMappers,
>
>
> I would love to offer a special contribution to the project: a new logo!
> Here is my blogpost: http://freegital.de/osm-logo-proposal
> Here is the presentation:
> http://mray.de/sites/default/files/logoproposal_big.html

Dear Robert,

I really like the logo.  I'm just one voice of course.

I don't agree with Paul's characterization of "clip art." Clip art
leaves a negative connotation for me.  Paul's suggestion of a golf
course interests me, as I have a couple of golf-map related domain
names.  So with a couple of minor[1] tweaks, I think you have a super
logo for my osm-related interest.

For an OSM or OSMF logo, I've been following this thread with interest.

I think Matt's logo, the current OSM logo, is miles better than
anything else proposed at the time.  Like your offering, Matt
contributed a lot of thought, time and expertise in creating and
donating a logo.  It has served us well and as mentioned earlier in
this thread, Has anybody left the project because of the logo?

Of course I still can't leave well enough alone, so how about:
Rather than a flag, marking a point on a grid, how about a pen, or
hand wielding a pen, drawing a road?
On the left, a field of 1s and 0s for the data, and on the right the
aforementioned road as part of a junction?[2]

Clearly inspired and informed by Matt's magnifying glass revealing the
underlying data, but showing instead the progression from data to
information, and the hand of the contributor (or their pen).[3]

[1] that is to say, "I have no clue, I'm not a graphic artist, but I
feel like I have to put my fingerprints on this."
[2] /Ibid./
[3] /Ibid./