GIS icon theme version 0.1

This page presents current icons list, but not ordered yet.

area-measure
attributes-display
attribute-show
cats-copy
cats-display
centroid-create
crs-change
content-move
countours-from-dem
create

Edit

edit
edit-copy
edit-cut
edit-paste

element-add
element-delete
element-move
erase
font

GCP

gcp
gcp-add
gcp-create
gcp-delete
gcp-remove
gcp-rms
gcp-save

georectify
group
help-contents
hide
identify
image-add
image-export
info
interpolate
island
island-add
island-delete
item-move
label-add

Layer

layer
layer-add
layer-aspect-arrow-add
layer-cell-cats-add
layer-command-add
layer-create
layer-db
layer-db-add
layer-delete
layer-edit
layer-export
layer-gps
layer-grid-add.png
layer-group-add
layer-his-add
layer-import
layer-label-add
layer-more
layer-open
layer-raster
layer-raster3d-add
layer-raster-add
layer-raster-analyze
layer-raster-histogram
layer-raster-more
layer-raster-profile
layer-raster-profile-redraw
layer-redraw
layer-remove
layer-rgb-add
layer-save
layer-shaded-relief-add
layer-sqlite-add
layer_to_preview_add
layer-vector
layer-vector-add
layer-vector-chart-add
layer-vector-create
layer-vector-more
layer-vector-thematic-add
layer-wms-add
layer-wfs-add
layer-wcs-add
layer-wps-add

legend-add
length-measure

Line

line
line-create
line-delete
line-edit
line-move
line-polygon-edit
line-split

Map

map
map-add
map-create
map-delete
map-edit
map-export
map-extent-info
google-map
map-import
map-open
map-redraw
map-reference
map-remove
map-save

Mapset

mapset
mapset-add
mapset-create
mapset-delete
mapset-edit
mapset-export
mapset-import
mapset-open
mapset-remove
mapset-save

Other

measure
merge
monitor
monitor-create
monitor-erase
move
nearblack
open
open1
options
overlay-add
pan
pdf-export
point
point-create
pointer
polygon
polygon-create
polygons-from-raster
print
quit
raster-distance
raster-fill
raster-transform
rasterize
raster-sieve-filter
redo
redraw
region
reload
ring
ring-add
ring-delete
save
save1
save-as
save-as1
scale-bar-add
search
select
selected-delete
settings
show
simplify
split
svg-export
table
text-add
tips
tools
undo
ungroup
vector-create
vertex
vertex-create
vertex-delete
vertex-move
vertex-tools
view
view-create
VRT

Zoom

zoom-in
zoom-out
zoom-layer
zoom-extent
zoom-last
zoom-next
zoom-point
zoom-refresh
zoom-region
zoom-selection

Request icon

Please, just send me e-mail with your request and I will add it to list.

You are also welcome to OGGeo Graphics mailing list for discussion.

Todo list

Sandbox

License

Creative Commons License
GIS icons by Robert Szczepanek is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. Feel free to use it in any GIS software or for other purposes. I only ask you to let me know about that and to include licence.txt file in your work.

Design guidelines

GIS icon theme is designed mainly for GIS applications. It is intended to be open and free alternative for existing GIS icon sets. Design was inspired mainly by Tango Desktop Project.

Tools

Inkscape 0.46 was the only design tool I used. Except pencil and paper.

How to work with Inkscape.

Set the canvas size to 24x24 pixels. Add grid with 1px step. When drawing elements you should take into consideration how Inkscape renders images.

Usually drawing we snap vertex to grid nodes,
but this results in blur image.
When we move objects just by 0,5px,
image becomes sharp.

And this is a reason why it is not possible to scale vector graphics between some small sizes. We just have to know icon size a priori. When designing GIS icons which are small size, sharp images are preferable. Downscaling of very nice, 3D vector graphics is just not working. Too many small details result in image bluring.

Colors

GIS icons palette is less saturated than Tango, but both looks very similar.

GIS icons palette Tango palette

Download GIS icons palette in Inkscape format and save it in ... directory. Tango palette is installed with Inkscape and ready after instalation.

Colors from both palettes are used mainly when bigger areas have to be filled up, so you can use any appropriate color for smaller details.

Icon size

Perspective type

Naming convention

My intention is to follow Icon Naming Specification and supplement it with FOSS4G terms.
Depending on term complexity, three general types of file name are applied:

  • object
  • action
  • object-action

Most of icons follow object-action type.