[Evergreen-web-team] Evergreen Libraries map icon

[Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich]

On Jun 7, 2012, at 14:41 , Ben Shum wrote:
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> I thought of two potential courses of action:
> 
> 1)  We continue to use the LibraryMarker.png image and seek the revised permission from Breeding.  If so, perhaps we need to incorporate a copyright statement on the origin of the file along with the file when we make it part of the website's git repository.
> 
> 2)  We can follow Ben's example and switch to using a more generic icon like the blue-dot.png instead.
> 
> Thoughts or opinions moving forward?
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Of these choices, 2) would be better.

However, at most zoom levels (at least 0-5), both versions of the icon seem to impair map usability, because they obscure the base layer and locations almost entirely in dense areas.  If it is an option, a dot would work much better for this type of map at most zoom layers, thus creating a dot map.  Example: https://www.e-education.psu.edu/natureofgeoinfo/c3_p16.html, although for Evergreen libraries the relationship will be 1 to 1. A larger icon could be used for higher zoom levels.

Alexey Lazar
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