I like the spirit of this, and I think it's a necessary and welcome idea. When Stamen did the Nike Grid Run project a few years ago, the one place where it was not possible to display correct attribution was on the TV ads, so a significantly smaller but still compliant contribution marker would have been helpful. I think it should be textual though, and in my opinion a memorable link to more useful information.
What about "osm.org/c" ? Small, obviously a URL, can be easily tucked away in a corner in the same way as the hammer mark, but when seen it can be acted-on regardless of medium. /c would redirect. -mike. --------------------------------------- michal migurski http://mike.teczno.com On Jan 11, 2013, at 10:30 AM, Mikel Maron <mikel_ma...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I agree with the other comments. Some text is needed, though perhaps it can > be compressed to something like "Made By OSM"? I do like the symbol in > itself, but it's too subtle here and needs to somehow evoke the OSM brand. > > * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > From: Alex Barth <a...@mapbox.com> > To: "talk@openstreetmap.org Openstreetmap" <talk@openstreetmap.org> > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 9:26 AM > Subject: [OSM-talk] RFC - OSM contributor mark > > Over here at MapBox we see a need to better communicate the open and > contributory philosophy of OpenStreetMap on our maps. In striving to build a > true data commons for contributing and distributing geographic knowledge, > OpenStreetMap relies on map users being aware of the openness of its > underlying data. At the same time there is room for improvement how we all > (the OpenStreetMap community) attribute map data - the ever-expanding range > of OSM based maps in the world are an incredible communication channel to > talk to individuals who are potential contributors, and encourage them to > choose open data or support the OpenStreetMap project in other ways. > > ## Proposal > > Inspired by successful campaigns like "Intel Inside" and "Fair Trade", this > RFC proposes an OpenStreetMap contributor mark for use on OpenStreetMap based > maps. The goal of the OSM contributor mark is to be adopted by as many OSM > data users as possible and on as many OSM based maps as possible, thus > creating more awareness of the value of free and open geographic data. > > With these goals in mind > > - the mark should be compelling and recognizable (i.e. not generic). > - it should work off maps in cases where thumbnail maps need to be attributed > e.g. in mobile devices > - the mark should be clearly distinct from common map user interface elements. > - the mark should link to a page on openstreetmap.org that explains the > openness of OSM data and its local, community driven nature. > > Based on this thinking, we have developed a mark that links to a > corresponding page for OpenStreetMap.org. This work is captured in a pull > request to openstreetmap.org, but you can review it on the demo instance I > will walk through here. > > Pull request: https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/180 > > ### Example usages > > Here are some example maps using the OSM contributor mark: > > http://yhahn.github.com/byosm/examples.html > > (none of the organizations or individuals used on these examples have > officially endorsed this proposal yet, including osm.org). > > ### Linking back to OSM > > The contributor mark on these maps link all back to the same page that should > be ultimately hosted on `openstreetmap.org/contributors`: > > http://yhahn.github.com/byosm/ (just a demo domain, this should live ideally > on `openstreetmap.org/contributors`) > > The osm.org/contributors communicates key OpenStreetMap features: > > - Powering map data in hundreds of applications > - Local knowledge > - Community driven > - Open data > > A "learn more" button invites to explore more. > > The main purpose of this page is to feature OpenStreetMap as a community > powered project. Hence we worked with pictures of individuals where possible. > *We are currently reaching out to photographers and individuals on pictures > to get copyright permissions and model releases, if you're on one of these > pictures or if you're the photographer of one of these pictures, please get > in touch with me.* > > ### Configurable tiles and wording > > By modifying the URL to osm.org/contributors specific tile sets and map > providers can be featured, like in this example of a link from a Stamen map: > > http://yhahn.github.com/byosm/index.html?name=Stamen&image=tile.stamen.com/watercolor/10/164/396.jpg&vendor=Stamen&vendorURL=maps.stamen.com > > ### Linking back to OSM based services > > Organizations who provide OSM based services can choose to set a discreet > link from the bottom of osm.org/contributors to their web sites: > > http://yhahn.github.com/byosm/index.html?name=skobbler&image=http://tiles2.skobbler.net/osm_tiles2/11/511/806.png&vendor=skobbler&vendorURL=skobbler.us > > http://yhahn.github.com/byosm/index.html?name=foursquare&image=https://dnv9my2eseobd.cloudfront.net/v3/foursquare.map-0y1jh28j/13/2342/3134.png&vendor=MapBox&vendorURL=mabox.com > > ### Easy to configure > > It's easy to create your own variation of the page by clicking on "add to > your map" on the bottom of the page, check it out: > > http://yhahn.github.com/byosm/ > > ## Next steps > > I am pretty excited about this proposal, as it provides a better way to > present the virtues of the OSM project. I'm looking forward to everyone's > feedback and hope we have something we want to launch together. Please just > respond here or grab me on IRC if you'd like to discuss. This campaign can > only gain true momentum if we can get as many as possible to join in. > > Roughly the next steps are: > > - Feedback on this thread > - Adjustments based on feedback > - Ideally: launch on osm.org > > A hat tip to Young Hahn who developed the concept and design for this > proposal. > > -- Alex > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
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