Name for this project

[amaury1093]

As pointed out by @whirish, "Interactive Map" isn't really catchy nor explicit. We should probably think of a better name for our project.

[amaury1093]

Some ideas:

• Wikihistory
• Humanity (very difficult to make domain name, SEO etc work, maybe a variant of it?)

[quorth0n]

We could also consider including the word 'Open' in the name.

[bapo224]

Maybe a merge word (like HumaniMap etc) or Latin (orbis terrarum historiae or fabulis terrarum etc)

[amaury1093]

I like the latin idea. I would go for a short name, maybe historia only, but then it's also Spanish.

[jpeppelman]

I also have some ideas:

• I would like to see “Historical Atlas” included in the name: Open Historical Atlas, osm Historical Atlas or Online Historical Atlas. I prefer the term Atlas over the term Map. Because our project includes multiple maps instead of one and we also provide information on the states in the maps.

• Another name I like is “Ortelius”. It’s the Latinized name of Abraham Ortels. Ortelius was a famous 16th century geographer who made the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. He also made the first historical atlas. We could consider adding an explicit subtitle: open historical atlas (or something similar)

[bapo224]

I like the idea of having 'Open Historical Atlas' as our subtitle. So like: '[CHOSEN NAME]: An open historical atlas' or something like that. But it shouldn't be our primary project name since it's not really unique/catchy.

[jpeppelman]

@bapo224 That's a fair point, I agree

[quorth0n]

+1 for Atlas over map, though I do think Open or Wiki should be in the primary name. A more descriptive subtitle is definitely a solid idea

[Improvised-username]

i think "atlas" should be in the name but unfortunately "atlas" means a BOOK of maps or charts

[jpeppelman]

The definition of an atlas is a collection of maps. This can either be in a book or digital. Here is an example of a digital atlas of the Roman Empire: http://dare.ht.lu.se/

[quorth0n]

I like the names OpenAtlas or WikiAtlas personally

[quorth0n]

ἀνοίγω and aperta are 'open' in Greek (Atlas is a Greek word) and Latin respectively, we could consider using one of these terms in the title.

[amaury1093]

Following @jpeppelman's idea on famous historians/geographers, I can propose:

• Pausanias
• Strabo
• Pytheas

[amaury1093]

One thing to keep in mind too is Google search results. For example, OpenAtlas already exists, and it'd not be wise imo to compete with them on the same name.

[bapo224]

popularity poll: [see Slack]

[bapo224]

OpenAtlas, WikiAtlas, WikiHistory, Historia, Strabo, Pytheas and Ortelius are also already in use btw

[quorth0n]

Slack poll concluded with ChronoScio as our name for the foreseeable future.