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Copyright and licensing information

This is a collection of vectorized symbols for use on the APRS system.

The copyright status of this collection is a bit complicated, since the symbols come from various sources, each having different copyright owners.

Most of the vectorized symbols are loosely based on the low-resolution "standard" bitmap symbol set as distributed by Stephen Smith, WA8LMF. That set is used by most APRS software around the world. The low resolution of those symbols does not allow direct vector conversion, so I've drawn new symbols in a similar layout. The vector versions try to mimic the original appearance and colours, with the intention of keeping the set recognizable and familiar to existing users. In some cases the vector versions are probably similar enough to the originals, so that they cannot be considered "original work" by myself. In some of these cases, the originals are probably also mimicking someone else's design.

The original symbols do not come with any information on their licensing. They've been distributed with a lot of APRS software over time, but I don't know who designed which symbol originally. Most likely all of them are drawn by one of:

  • Roger Barker, G4IDE, "original set provided with UI-View" (SK)
  • Steve Dimse, KH4G, "U.S. customary set"
  • Stephen Smith, WA8LMF

The Adobe Illustrator (.ai) file contains a copy of the original bitmaps as a hidden layer, just for reference.

Some symbols I obtained from other sources, such as Wikipedia. In those cases I picked SVG versions which allow commercial reuse (source known, and the work is placed on public domain, or with a CC license which allows adaptation and commercial reuse).

Some symbols are vectorized versions of product or brand logos. The copyright of those is owned by the respective companies (Apple, Microsoft, Kenwood), and each of those may have some opinions on how the logos are used. Please check for yourself if you can use them or not.

In the list below I try to summarize the licensing status for each symbol.

Shorthand notation for common licensing status

  • VEC-OH7LZB - Vectorized by OH7LZB, based on original APRS symbol set
    • Source of original bitmap: http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/APRS_symbols.htm
    • Original designer of individual symbol unknown at this time, but one of:
      • Roger Barker, G4IDE
      • Steve Dimse, KH4G
      • Stephen Smith, WA8LMF
    • Vectorized versions are designed to look similar
    • Licensing: Unknown
  • OH7LZB - Original vector design by Heikki Hannikainen, OH7LZB

Primary table

Secondary table

  • Emergency

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Numbered digipeater / Green star

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Bank

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Numbered gateway / Black diamond

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Crash site

    • OH7LZB

  • Cloudy

    • OH7LZB

  • MEO

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Snowflake

  • Church

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Girl Scout

    • VEC-OH7LZB
    • Looks slightly like the common USA girl scouts logos. Should be different enough to not infringe on "Girl Scouts of the USA" copyrights.

  • Home (HF antenna)

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Unknown position

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Destination

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Numbered circle

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Petrol Station

    • OH7LZB

  • Hail

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Park

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Gale Flag

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Red car from above

    • OH7LZB

  • Info Kiosk

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Hurricane

    • OH7LZB

  • Numbered white box

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Snow blowing

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Coast Guard

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Drizzle

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Smoke / Chimney

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Freezing rain

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Snow Shwr

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Haze

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Rain Shower

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Lightning

    • OH7LZB

  • "Kenwood radio"

    • Kenwood logo, vectorized

  • "Lighthouse"

  • Nav Buoy

    • OH7LZB

  • Rocket

  • Parking

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Earthquake, Restaurant

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Satellite

    • OH7LZB

  • Thunderstorm

    • OH7LZB

  • Sunny

    • OH7LZB

  • VORTAC, Numbered WXS

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Pharmacy Rx

    • OH7LZB

  • Wall Cloud

    • OH7LZB

  • Numbered plane

  • Numbered WX Station

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Rain

  • Numbered diamond

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Dust blowing

    • NA

  • Numbered civil defence

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • DX spot

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Sleet

    • NA

  • Funnel Cloud

    • NA

  • Gale

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Store

  • Numbered black box

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Work zone / Excavator

  • SUV

    • OH7LZB

  • Milepost, Numbered triangle, Circle sm

    • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Partly cloudy

    • OH7LZB

  • Restrooms, Numbered boat

  • VEC-OH7LZB

  • Tornado (also used in Funnel cloud, Skywarn)

  • Numbered truck

    • OH7LZB

  • Numbered van

    • OH7LZB

  • Flooding

    • NA

  • Sky warn, Numbered shelter, fog

    • VEC-OH7LZB