Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Conventions/Area maps

This page provide conventions for wiki Areas maps.
Area maps displaying a multiple entities on a map, and are closely link to Historical maps which provide conventions for associated labels, icons, and legend. Historical label/icons conventions may also be used for other purpose, such complex biology maps, etc. This page conventions apply to areas. For further icons and legend conventions, see Historical maps conventions.

This Areas conventions are often use to display area of control by respective kingdoms/countries, plus some key points, and are actually the basis of more complex maps. You need this conventions when you start an explicative historical map. If you use these conventions to complete background such as topographic ones, apply a transparency of 30%.

Convention

The goal of a free, on-line encyclopedia is furthered when maps are properly designed with a clear, consistent look and feel. The following are the suggested standard colours for maps:

Recommendations for map colours

Colour	Colorimetry ( hex / RGB )		Used for
Black	#000000 R:0 G:0 B:0		Label colour
Brown	#A08070 R:160 G:128 B:112		Political borders. Country, state, and province borders.
Light brown	#D0C0A0 R:208 G:192 B:160		Secondary political borders.
Light yellow	#FFFFD0 R:255 G:255 B:208		Territory of interest (or one of four choices for four-colour maps).
Orange	#F7D3AA R:247 G:211 B:170		Surrounding territories.
Medm blue	#9EC7F3 R:158 G:199 B:243		Bodies of water, oceans or lakes.
Blue	#1821DE R:24 G:33 B:222		Lake or ocean's coasts, rivers, if necessary.
Red	#B00000 R:176 G:0 B:0		Point of interest (cities especially).
Red-orange	#F07568 R:240 G:117 B:104		Area of interest (animal' range, etc).
Medium red	#E0584E R:224 G:88 B:78		Border colour for areas highlighted in Red-orange
Green	#A0F090 R:160 G:240 B:144		Parks or natural preservation areas
Light blue	#CEFEF2 R:206 G:254 B:242		An alternate color to be used for four-colour maps.
Pink	#FFD0D0 R:255 G:208 B:208		Another colour to be used for four-colour maps.
Orange	#F8A20C R:248 G:162 B:12		A third colour to be used for four-colour maps.
Green	#3CE67B R:60 G:230 B:123		A fourth colour to be used for four-colour maps.
Naming (upload): File:{Subject name in English} map.svg (or png) To find the subject name, use the wikipedia article's title, and if need, add just after the section's name, the year, etc.

Template

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Gallery of examples

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  Map strictly respecting the Areas conventions.
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  Historical map, more free, but with colors close to the conventional ones.