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==Gallery==
{{Gallery
|title=Completed works
|lines=4
|Image:Extreme points of Malaysia en.svg|[[Extreme points of Malaysia]].
|Image:Malaysia states named.png|
|Image:Malaysia location map.svg|
|Image:Kuala Lumpur locator map.svg|
|Image:Kuala Lumpur constituencies map.svg|
|Image:Selangor districts numbered.svg|
}}

Revision as of 10:45, 8 August 2009

To do list

How to make SVG country maps

  1. Get map images for references. The more images the better(er). My main references are:
  2. The images are brought into Inkscape, and that's where the fun starts. Images from World Wind have to be arranged accordingly on top of equirectangular maps.
  3. World Wind images are then converted into vector with the Trace Bitmap function using procedures shown here.
  4. Herein starts the painstaking work of combining the Bézier lines to shape your map.
  5. Colour the map using colours suggested by Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps

Topo maps tutorials

Please cite GRASS when using the software in your work. Here are some choices depending on the version used:

  • GRASS Development Team, 2009. Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS) Software, Version 6.4.0. http://grass.osgeo.org

Sources

References