Regarding the mil2525 symbols there's this boundless plugin where there we a bunch of svg symbols
https://github.com/planetfederal/qgis-milstd2525-plugin/tree/master/milstd2525/svg But that's only the tip of the iceberg... Best regards, Alexandre Neto A quarta, 13/05/2020, 14:40, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> escreveu: > This discussion starts to get into the value, it is a lot of work to > gather up these original or alternate sources ... both for end users > migrating to open source, and for OSGeo projects to do on their own. > > I think this would be a great group project. > > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 3:44 AM Brad Hards <br...@frogmouth.net> wrote: > >> I have no idea what is in the map fonts (or even what an ESRI map font >> is), but if you're looking for the symbology for DNC and VMAP, (which sound >> vaguely like: ESRI NIMA DNC LN, ESRI NIMA DNC PT, ESRI NIMA VMAP1&2 LN, >> ESRI NIMA VMAP1&2 PT) its probably based on some variant of the NGA GeoSym >> stuff - MIL-HDBK-857A and MIL-DTL-89045/A >> >> If you're prepared to deal with converting CGM to whatever that font >> thing is, you can download the definitions from the NGA GWG Portrayal >> Working Group at https://gwg.nga.mil/pfg_documents.php (expect a cert >> warning) >> >> The ESRI Mil2525C Modifiers and some of those MilSym / MilMod things >> might be MIL-STD-2525 (aka STANAG APP-6) symbology. Not usually treated as >> a font though.... >> >> Brad >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf Of Nyall Dawson >> Sent: Tuesday, 12 May 2020 3:46 PM >> To: Even Rouault <even.roua...@spatialys.com> >> Cc: OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> >> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Free licensed alternative to ESRI map fonts >> >> On Wed, 6 May 2020 at 01:13, Even Rouault <even.roua...@spatialys.com> >> wrote: >> >> > for my understanding, and hopefully help others, I assume the issue is >> that you have a style definition where there are tuples of >> (font_identifier, symbol_identifier_in_the_font) to define the styling of >> layers with point geometries, right ? >> >> Partially, but the "bigger picture" is that there's just no alternative >> freely available version of many of these symbol graphics themselves. >> That's the blocker that I've encountered. >> >> > If that's only the former, then assuming there would be N open fonts >> already covering the whole set of ESRI symbology fonts (unlikely), one >> could possibly create a mapping between each tuple of (ESRI_font_id, >> ESRI_symbol_id) to (OPEN_font_id, OPEN_symbol_id). If the later, then you >> need a complete replacement for each proprietary font. >> >> It's the later. >> >> > How many symbols / fonts are we discussing about ? >> >> There's about 73 fonts total (see list below, may not be complete), which >> average about 100 icons apiece. >> >> ESRI AMFM Electric >> ESRI AMFM Gas >> ESRI AMFM Sewer >> ESRI AMFM Water >> ESRI ArcPad >> ESRI Arrowhead >> ESRI Business >> ESRI Cartography >> ESRI Caves 1 >> ESRI Caves 2 >> ESRI Caves 3 >> ESRI Climate & Precipitation >> ESRI Commodities >> ESRI Conservation >> ESRI Crime Analysis >> ESRI Default Marker >> ESRI Dimensioning >> ESRI Elements >> ESRI Enviro Hazard Analysis >> ESRI Enviro Hazard Incident >> ESRI Enviro Hazard Sites >> ESRI Environmental & Icons >> ESRI ERS Infrastructures S1 >> ESRI ERS Operations S1 >> ESRI Fire Incident NFPA >> ESRI Geology AGSO 1 >> ESRI Geology >> ESRI Geology USGS 95-525 >> ESRI Geometric Symbols >> ESRI Hazardous Materials >> ESRI Hydrants >> ESRI IGL Font16 >> ESRI IGL Font20 >> ESRI IGL Font21 >> ESRI IGL Font22 >> ESRI IGL Font23 >> ESRI IGL Font24 >> ESRI IGL Font25 >> ESRI Meteorological 01 >> ESRI Mil2525C Modifiers >> ESRI MilMod 01 >> ESRI MilMod 02 >> ESRI MilRed 01 >> ESRI MilSym 01 >> ESRI MilSym 02 >> ESRI MilSym 03 >> ESRI MilSym 04 >> ESRI MilSym 05 >> ESRI NIMA City Graphic LN >> ESRI NIMA City Graphic PT >> ESRI NIMA DNC LN >> ESRI NIMA DNC PT >> ESRI NIMA VMAP1&2 LN >> ESRI NIMA VMAP1&2 PT >> ESRI North >> ESRI Oil, Gas, & Water >> ESRI Ordnance Survey >> ESRI Pipeline US 1 >> ESRI Public1 >> ESRI SDS 1.95 1 >> ESRI SDS 1.95 2 >> ESRI SDS 2.00 1 >> ESRI SDS 2.00 2 >> ESRI Shields >> ESRI Surveyor >> ESRI Telecom >> ESRI Transportation & Civic >> ESRI US Forestry 1 >> ESRI US Forestry 2 >> ESRI US MUTCD 1 >> ESRI US MUTCD 2 >> ESRI US MUTCD 3 >> ESRI Weather >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- > -- > Jody Garnett > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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