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Love this! Some suggestions for more touristic and landmark icons #12

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Hi Nico,

Absolutely great icons and so much what I'm looking for. I'm building a
couple of pretty big tourist maps and need to start using different icons
for better overview. You can take a look here:

http://maps.google.es/maps/ms?gl=es&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=100992618111608626378.000
46c0f90262c463109d&ll=37.981991,-0.672698&spn=0.025978,0.057421&t=h&z=15

You wondered about new icons... ;-)  Since I'm creating a touristic map I
need some more icons to identify different touristic objects. Examples
could be:

- Castles
- Fortress
- Towers (like old watch towers)
- City walls
- Bridges
- Architecturally interesting buildings
- Museums
- Archeological dig site
- Interesting view
- Monuments
- Statues
- Fountains
- Windmill
- Marina
- Caves
- Cloister
- Shopping Center
Well, as you can see I have many ideas...

One question, what do you think is the best approach, should I link to your
original pictures or put them all on my server?

Kind regards,

Matthias

Original issue reported on code.google.com by myBCN...@gmail.com on 19 Jun 2009 at 8:51

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Hello Matthias

Thank you for the nice words :)

First, your suggestions are all valid, and it may take a while until I complete 
all
these icons. I will do some of them with in my free time, and I cannot garantee 
a
time limit.
Consider donating, as it will motivate me to do them quicker.

I saw your custom map, I like it, the icons look good on it. 

Secondly, your question : You can link to the original pictures. I think I will 
not
change anymore the size. I may change the design a little to make them better 
but it
will not be radically different. I think it's the best option to link to my 
original
pictures. The bandwidth used is google one.
In case you are scared of my modifications or problems, still, the zip files
containing all the icons are available for you to download.

--
Nico

Original comment by nico.mol...@gmail.com on 24 Jun 2009 at 8:53

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by nico.mol...@gmail.com on 24 Jun 2009 at 8:53

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
An icon for PicnicTables could also make touristic category better

Original comment by geocachi...@googlemail.com on 24 Jun 2009 at 10:49

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
You map is improving, and I saw your custom icons. Some of them are well 
designed !

I like the Molino, the Castillo, the fountains, the catedral, the bridge.

Original comment by nico.mol...@gmail.com on 30 Jun 2009 at 8:36

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Thank you, glad you like them! Let me know if you want some for your project. 
They
are all based on your template anyway. Have an .PSD-file (made in Paint.Net) 
that I
can e-mail you.

Original comment by myBCN...@gmail.com on 4 Jul 2009 at 7:40

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
:)

If I use some of your design, I can credit your work with your name and an URL 
: but
what name and URL do you want ?

Original comment by nico.mol...@gmail.com on 6 Jul 2009 at 12:54

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
OK, that sounds fair. My name is Matthias Stasiak, in Swedish, half German and 
I live
in Barcelona, Spain.  My URL is www.myBCN.es  I'll do some more icons in my 
area,
tourism, later, second half of August. Still need:

- More Museum types (ex. National, Person, Naval, War etc.)
- A better Monument and a new Statue
- Architecturally interesting buildings (by century or style)
- Shopping Center and Market
- Palace
- Government/Official buildings

and more...  But since this is not what I really do I cannot give any 
guarantees it
will happen even then. :-)

Original comment by myBCN...@gmail.com on 6 Jul 2009 at 11:59

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I added some of your designs and credited you :
http://code.google.com/p/google-maps-icons/

Hope you don't mind. Be aware, your designs are packed with mine, under Gnu GPL 
v3
licensed. Alright ?

Original comment by nico.mol...@gmail.com on 17 Jul 2009 at 1:12

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Hi Matthias and Nico,

I love the work you are doing. I would like to link to some of the other icons 
Matthias made that have not yet been included in the set that is available on 
http://code.google.com/p/google-maps-icons/. For example the monuments icon. Is 
there some way to do that?

And one thing I have been looking for all over the internet is a decent icon 
for a 
UNESCO World Heritage Site. Do you know if that is available?

Best regards,

Willem Nabuurs

Original comment by wjanabu...@gmail.com on 31 Jul 2009 at 7:48

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Hello Willem,
Thanks :)

You are right with the monument. I imported one icon from Matthias but I am not 
sure
if it's the one you were talking about :
http://google-maps-icons.googlecode.com/files/monument.png
Let me know :)

For the UNESCO icon. It is an icon for the logo like a tree in :
http://whc.unesco.org/graphics/banner/fr/451-2.jpg
or the one with "unesco" writen into a monument ?

Regards
--
Nico Mollet

Original comment by nico.mol...@gmail.com on 31 Jul 2009 at 9:18

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Nico - Thanks for including my monument symbol, think it can be made better 
though.
I'm happy with the idea but the graphics in the symbol can be made better with 
some
semi transparent pixels to get the roundness and depth of it. And for me this 
is the
"Historic" monument symbol, the better Monument and a new Statue one is still 
missing
as mentioned earlier.

The one with the "tree" is the symbol for the World Heritage Sites, the other 
is the
UNESCO logo. If you're not already on it I'll make one this evening. I need one 
as
well and it's very simple.

Original comment by myBCN...@gmail.com on 31 Jul 2009 at 1:39

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Nico & Willem,

Here you go. Hope it's OK. I decided to skip the outer text circle in the 
original
icon since it's so small and I kept the white inside to make it look as much as
possible as the original. If you want the green or any other background color, 
you
just open the .PSD-file and change it as you see fit. The same goes if you 
don't want
the white. Open the .PSD and change the Layer Properties and change the Mode to
Multiply or darken.

Enjoy!

Original comment by myBCN...@gmail.com on 31 Jul 2009 at 8:04

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Hi Matthias,

I love it. Really nice. I'll keep tracking this site frequently, because this 
seems 
to be a fountain of creativity :-)

What kind of icon would you guys use for a square? The fountain icon?

And what about a lighthouse? The tower that Matthias designed is not really 
great 
for that one.

Willem

Original comment by wjanabu...@gmail.com on 1 Aug 2009 at 3:13

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Hey guys, I created a white on green "world heritage site" icon :
http://google-maps-icons.googlecode.com/files/worldheritagesite.png

Will be on the next update.

Original comment by nico.mol...@gmail.com on 3 Aug 2009 at 3:15

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Hi, Nico.  Good work, that is of cause how the icon should look.  For some 
reason I
got the idea/impression that the original icon was white on the inside which of 
cause
isn't...  :-)

Original comment by myBCN...@gmail.com on 3 Aug 2009 at 11:21

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Case closed :)

Original comment by nico.mol...@gmail.com on 4 Aug 2009 at 7:12