Make a proposal to the board if you want to set this up as a cross project initiative.
Marketing board would happy to accept your proposal also (this is a barrier to adoption). Approach project PSC individually also works. There is a PDF on osgeo GitHub on how to do this kind of thing ... On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 5:36 PM Nyall Dawson <nyall.daw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 13 May 2020 at 23:38, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 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. > > Brett has recently compiled a summary of these fonts and symbols here: > https://github.com/Saijin-Naib/ESRI-Fonts-Cheat-Sheets > > What I think we should aim for is an equivalent of the "Liberation" > font package, which implements freely licensed equivalents of the > standard Windows font packages (Arial, Times New Roman, etc), with > identical font metrics and similar styling so that they can be used > effectively as a drop-in replacement. > > What would be the next step to move forward with this and approach > osgeo for funding? > > Kind regards, > Nyall > > > > > 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 > -- -- Jody Garnett
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