Creating a cartographic atlas for OSGeo.
The purpose of this book is to show how beautiful cartography, insightful visualisation, and stunning design can be produced with the help of open-source tools and open data.
If you have a map or spatial data visualisation made using open-source tools that you would like included in the atlas, please:
- Post an image to the flickr group.
- In the description, outline the software and data used in the image.
- Make sure you have permission from any rights holders.
Images should have a width/height ratio of between square and that of A4-size paper. Landscape or portrait orientations are acceptable, and may be rotated for publication.
Authors may make multiple submissions if each work is not simply a derivative of another. A series of related maps should be collected into one cartographic unit.
Submissions should be substantially produced using open-source tools. If your tool-chain involves proprietary software, we would like you to consider an open-source alternative. Any manipulation of the graphics with open-source tools such as Inkscape or Gimp is fine.
Submissions using open data are especially welcome, however we can accept anything as long as rights to release the imagery can be obtained. This may require a copyright or source acknowledgement, and this is the author's responsibility.
Imagery that gets accepted into the atlas will be requested as either a high-resolution image or vector PDF file. The accompanying text will be agreed between the author and the editor. Some kind of signed agreement will be needed, as well as confirmation of rights.
The authors of the best submissions will receive a free copy and recognition at the FOSS4G 2013 conference.
The book will be made available by publish-on-demand from a web-based service provider. It will ideally be approximately 50 pages, hardback or softback, A4 size, full colour. The complete PDF will be available for free download. The book might be in landscape mode if enough of the submissions are in that ratio and it is supported by the printers.
Sales of the book may generate a small profit for OSGeo.
To get a large number of quality submissions we need to get the word out. Any publicity efforts on websites, forums, mailing lists etc would be welcome.
If people want to put their name down to help judge the entries, please email me.
Any help with the LaTeX would be handy too. I plan to use the Tufte-book class.
Organisations who want to fund the project should get in touch. Possible sponsorship offers include spots on the backcover or inside frontmatter.
The book should be ready for the FOSS4G 2013 in Nottingham in September 2013. A rough timeline then looks like this:
- Now : Submissions open
- End March 2013 : Close of submission process
- April 2013 : Selection process
- End April 2013 : Notification, get paperwork signed
- May 2013 : Get final copy text/imagery from authors
- June 2013 : Build of PDF print candidates
- Late July 2013 : Final Print-ready PDF prepared
- August : Initial print run ordered
- September 2013 : Release at FOSS4G 2013, Nottingham
- Post-FOSS4G : Public orders opened