Re: [emergency] Symbol for CAP

[Matthias Lendholt <matthias.lendholt@gfz-potsdam.de>]

or a combination of both,
see attached image (bottom left)

(my last mail, sorry for spamming the list)

Matthias

Am 17.06.2011 13:21, schrieb Matthias Lendholt:
>
> Another very simple but intuitive symbol is used by the Global Disaster
> Alert and Coordination System (gdacs.org):
>
> http://www.gdacs.org/images/cap.gif
>
> Matthias
>
>
> Am 10.06.2011 22:15, schrieb Steve Hakusa:
>> I agree with Matthias that most of the time, the communication protocol
>> should not have to surface in the iconography.
>>
>> When distinguishing between multiple types of feeds is necessary, the
>> capsule style is nice, eg
>> http://www.fngtps.com/files/2/2006/05/060530_xml_icons-1.gif It also
>> allows room to specify RSS vs Atom vs EDXL-DE if that really became
>> necessary.
>>
>> If 32x32 is required, then this makes sense. Another similar example on
>> the web:
>> http://www.theredelephant.org/html/images/rss_xml_atom_feeds_news_icon.jpg
>>
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Rob Torchon <rtorchon@yahoo.com
>> <mailto:rtorchon@yahoo.com>> wrote:
>>
>> These look very good.
>>
>> I agree with your statement about the map icons. There are numerous map
>> symbol tables already all indicating event or incident type.
>>
>> I like your first symbol. It's very clean and would scale well. The
>> second
>> has the "!" element that is used in some map symbols already.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Matthias Lendholt [mailto:matthias.lendholt@gfz-potsdam.de
>> <mailto:matthias.lendholt@gfz-potsdam.de>]
>> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 2:26 AM
>> To: emergency@lists.oasis-open.org
>> <mailto:emergency@lists.oasis-open.org>
>> Subject: Re: [emergency] Symbol for CAP
>>
>> Am 09.06.2011 17:56, schrieb Elysa Jones:
>> > Friends,
>> >
>> > As I presented after the CAP workshop and again mentioned in the
>> EM-TC
>> > meeting this week, there is a need of a symbol for CAP to be used on
>> > maps as well as for web service CAP feeds. Just this past week Simon
>> > Elliot of EUMETSAT asked if we had made any progress on this action.
>> > Does anyone of our TC members with to make a contribution of symbols
>> > as requested for CAP? If so or if you have any input on this topic,
>> > please respond.
>>
>> Elysa,
>>
>> I think we must differentiate between usage in maps and usage in feeds.
>> In most map based applications the symbol in the map will indicate
>> the event
>> (e.g. tsunami, bush fire, etc.) and not the type of underlying
>> communication
>> protocol.
>>
>> However, for CAP RSS feeds a unified symbol is a very good idea. The RSS
>> icon is well-known, therefore I propse to create a CAP feed icon
>> which is
>> similar an which re-uses elements of the RSS icon.
>>
>> Please find attached two drafts just to give an impression.
>>
>> Whichever icon will be selected, it must be scalable to 32x32 pixel
>> without
>> getting illegible.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Matthias
>>
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