Comments on: Panoramio’s logo based on OSGeo’s? http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/12/10/panoramios-logo-based-on-osgeos/ Geospatial Technology, Web Mapping and Spatial Services Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: James Fee http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/12/10/panoramios-logo-based-on-osgeos/#comment-3770 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:50:33 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=1270#comment-3770 Thanks for the info Mike.

]]> By: Mike Rohde http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/12/10/panoramios-logo-based-on-osgeos/#comment-3769 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:48:39 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=1270#comment-3769 James, interesting topic and commentary by your readers. As the designer on the Panoramio logo, I can confirm that my very first sketches of a 4 sided compass idea were done on September 18/19th. Here’s a link to the first loose set of sketches:

http://www.makalumedia.com/projects/panoramio/panoramio-sketch.01.jpg

Further, I can state without a doubt that I have not seen the OSGeo Logo before today — so I can confirm that it’s indeed a coincidence. :-)

One thing to note also is that the compass icon used in the Panoramio logo is integrated into the words, replacing the first O, rather than appearing as a separate icon to the left of the type. We felt this helped make the mark more unique, as well as more compact.

In this area, I think it’s pretty natural to explore the idea of a stylized compass, since it immediate connects what the product or service is about.

If you have other questions, just let me know. :-)

]]> By: Jimmy http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/12/10/panoramios-logo-based-on-osgeos/#comment-3768 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:33:40 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=1270#comment-3768 Michael,

FAA and OSGeo are apples and oranges. OSGeo and Panoramio are more like Granny Smith and Fuji apples especially when Google Earth is involved.

]]> By: anonymous http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/12/10/panoramios-logo-based-on-osgeos/#comment-3767 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:14:51 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=1270#comment-3767 OSGeo not the center of the GIS universe?!?! Who is? Manifold?

]]> By: Michael Jones http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/12/10/panoramios-logo-based-on-osgeos/#comment-3766 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:18:41 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=1270#comment-3766 With more than 3300 compass-based registered trademarks at the USPTO, it seems odd that a discussion of Panoramio’s logo would be phrased as “OSGeo vs. Panoramio”; OSGeo is clearly not the center of the trademark universe any more than it is the center of the GIS universe. In fact, searching the USPTO website for any registered marks of OSGeo.org has yet to show a result. (It does show that the new FAA logo uses a four-point compass, but without the steering wheel horn button in the center that makes the OSGeo logo so different from the others.)

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=doc&state=uv2ecr.3.95

]]> By: James Fee http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/12/10/panoramios-logo-based-on-osgeos/#comment-3765 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:51:11 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=1270#comment-3765 @Joaquín Cuenca Abela

Fair enough, I’ve made the change. The blog posting that I saw seemed to imply that the logo was changed in October, but I assume now it was just the web design.

]]> By: Joaquín Cuenca Abela http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/12/10/panoramios-logo-based-on-osgeos/#comment-3764 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:27:22 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=1270#comment-3764 For what is worth, we didn’t updated the logo on october as this blog post claims.

The *main page* of Panoramio was redesigned last october, the logo has remained the same one since we started Panoramio, circa october last year.

Cheers,

]]> By: James Fee http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/12/10/panoramios-logo-based-on-osgeos/#comment-3763 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:19:25 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=1270#comment-3763 @ BT

Which North Arrow did you use, “Not to scale” or “ESRI”? :D

]]> By: James Fee http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/12/10/panoramios-logo-based-on-osgeos/#comment-3762 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:18:27 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=1270#comment-3762 I’ve already posted a like to a blog where the designer shows the progression. As I said I think it was developed independent, but you can’t ignore the similarities. ;)

]]> By: Brian Timoney http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/12/10/panoramios-logo-based-on-osgeos/#comment-3761 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:11:19 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=1270#comment-3761 I confess–I have a compass-type symbol on my business card that came from an ESRI font set, plus a globe in my company’s logo: don’t tell the trademark police.

BT

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