[GRASS-dev] GUI splash heritige

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Hi,

I am looking to document the heritage of the GUI startup splash screen.

Anybody know? The "Polonia" in the bottom left indicates Poland, but as
it came from Radim I thought perhaps the area is part of Czech now, or...?

thanks,
Hamish

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On Oct 20, 2008, at 9:54 PM, Hamish wrote:

Hi,

I am looking to document the heritage of the GUI startup splash screen.

Anybody know? The "Polonia" in the bottom left indicates Poland, but as
it came from Radim I thought perhaps the area is part of Czech now, or...?

there is word Bohemia in the upper right (with the Lion symbol) and even Hungaria in upper left
but the image and the title is too fuzzy to read. Maybe there is a better version of that image somehwere

Helena

thanks,
Hamish
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Helena Mitasova wrote:

Hamish:

> I am looking to document the heritage of the GUI startup splash
> screen.
>
> Anybody know? The "Polonia" in the bottom left indicates Poland,
> but as it came from Radim I thought perhaps the area is part
> of Czech now, or...?

Helena:

there is word Bohemia in the upper right (with the Lion symbol) and
even Hungaria in upper left but the image and the title is too fuzzy to
read. Maybe there is a better version of that image somehwere

ah, now I see big letters on the UL-LR diagonal that spells "SILESIA",

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesia

is it the Oder River, centered on Breslau?
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Oder.png

Then North would be down on the map (turn it upside down).

Hamish

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Helena:

there is word Bohemia in the upper right (with the Lion symbol) and
even Hungaria in upper left but the image and the title is too fuzzy
to read.

Hamish:

ah, now I see big letters on the UL-LR diagonal that spells "SILESIA",

Helena:

Maybe there is a better version of that image somehwere

here we go,
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Landkarte_von_Schlesien.jpg

First map of Silesia by Martin Helwig, 1561

ours seems like a different edition of that (top text box,..)

more about it:
http://cartography.geog.uu.nl/explokart/mappae_summaries.html#kozica

thanks,
Hamish

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Hi,
one profesor told me, he new the name of the author. The map is pretty
old, with north on the bottom. I'll ask and let you know.

Jachym

2008/10/21 Hamish <hamish_b@yahoo.com>:

Hi,

I am looking to document the heritage of the GUI startup splash screen.

Anybody know? The "Polonia" in the bottom left indicates Poland, but as
it came from Radim I thought perhaps the area is part of Czech now, or...?

thanks,
Hamish

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http://mapserver.fsv.cvut.cz/antos/zoomify/helwig.html
http://mapserver.fsv.cvut.cz/antos/slezsko_en.html

Could it be?

jachym

2008/10/21 Jachym Cepicky <jachym.cepicky@gmail.com>:

Hi,
one profesor told me, he new the name of the author. The map is pretty
old, with north on the bottom. I'll ask and let you know.

Jachym

2008/10/21 Hamish <hamish_b@yahoo.com>:

Hi,

I am looking to document the heritage of the GUI startup splash screen.

Anybody know? The "Polonia" in the bottom left indicates Poland, but as
it came from Radim I thought perhaps the area is part of Czech now, or...?

thanks,
Hamish

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Hi,

2008/10/21 Jachym Cepicky <jachym.cepicky@gmail.com>:

http://mapserver.fsv.cvut.cz/antos/zoomify/helwig.html

funny, I am sharing flat with the guy who is mentioned in copyright.

Martin

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