The Graphics Lab is a project to improve the graphical content of the Wikimedia projects. Requests for image improvements can be added to the workshop pages: Illustrations, Photographs and Maps. For questions or suggestions one can use the talk pages: Talk:Graphics Lab, Talk:Illustrations, Talk:Photographs and Talk:Maps. This specific page is the requests page for the Map workshop. Anyone can make a request for a map to be created or improved for a Wikipedia article. The standard format for making a request is shown below, along with general advice, and should be followed.
You are encouraged to share information and request advice from others. Also see possible conventions toolbox, map tutorials and topographic map tutorials.
Advice to requesters
What do we do?
Location maps
Area maps (animals, languages, empires, etc.)
Historical and conflict related maps
Battle maps
Technical maps (archaeology, city closeups, etc.)
Sourced requests: If possible, please try to provide a reliable source to create a map. This includes a map already on Wikipedia with a reliable source or an external link.
Please check: Please check back regularly to see if progress has been made or if any additional questions need to be answered before the request can be completed.
Direct collaboration: Some mapmakers are especially interested by one topic area. If you notice a mapmaker fitting your needs, consider asking on their personal talk page to request maps.
{{Reqmap}}: To request a map, you can also tag the talk page of the article in need of a map with or {{Reqmapin|Australia}} (articles then appear in Category:Wikipedia requested maps)
If a request is done to your satisfaction, please mark it with {{resolved}}.
Advice to Graphists
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Suggestion: Before overwriting the original, please consider creating a new file so that the original is still available if the situation changes. cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ21:38, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Uploading an image at the same location doesn't remove the old one - it just hides it under a rug, which you can easily peek under at the file description page and restore older versions. See here for the previous version of this particular image. עוד מישהוOd Mishehu05:50, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
County Tipperary and Waterford City
Stale
Article(s): Every article these maps are already on.
In addition: afaik, Limerick city and the respective county merged. These (hard to spot) borders were also removed. --TUBS (talk) 17:24, 9 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I am requesting a new map detailing the location of the Amabassador Bridge. The current map is unsatisfactory because it is largely based on a map of Michigan. I request that a new map be made that is more 'zoomed' in so that it includes more of Ontario and better reflects the nature of the bridge as bordering two countries.
@ACanadianToker: Can you take a look at this site, which provides free license maps? Here is is zoomed in on the bridge. You can pan out to get the detail you want, then down load the map as .png. That would be an easy way. You could also look around at maps of other bridges, such as Brooklyn Bridge to get a better sense of the design you would like. Do you want details of city streets, or just gray scale, or colors for Canada and Michigan? Maybe ask this at the article talk page to get consensus? Gaff (talk) 19:40, 6 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Gaff: Hello, I tried to edit the map in OSM but was unable to change anything. I have this picture, which I think is most appropriate. Ideally a map would be like this, in colors for Michigan and Ontario With Detroit and Windsor both listed. As for streets I think they could be left off. I appreciate your help, Gaff.
I'm going to let somebody else take this on, because they will do a better job faster than I can do it. I'm still too much a novice to do this well enough. Sorry. Gaff (talk) 04:27, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@ACanadianToker: I do belive I can help you out on this but I need some more information, and you will have to ping me as the watch doesn't work all the time.
Do you want a map holding the area your OSM includes?
You have to explain or draw so that I understand the different areas?
@Goran tek-en: Hello, I think that the level of zoom in the OSM picture I made is adequate. Right now the picture shows more of the state of Michigan than anything, and a new map should better reflect that it is on the border of Michigan and Ontario. As for roads I would think that less is more, perhaps only the major highways (401 in Ontario, Interstate highways in Michigan). I hope I made that more clear, if not please let me know. Thank you for your efforts. - A Canadian Toker (talk) 22:31, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Description of third image (if needed; don't request too many at once, though)
Article(s)
[[<Depth Map for Mediterranean>]]
Request
I noticed that you do not have a depth map for the Mediterranean sea. The only one I found was at http://www.divinglore.com/Genesis/Mediterranean%20Depth%20Chart.html. I think Wikipedia should have one. I am not tech savy so hope this gets to you. You could have made it easier for less accomplished users. Tom T. Moore
The liner from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv needs to be extended to Herzliya, and the Rishon LeZion HaRishonim to Netanya - see here (the stations on the map are all labeled in English as well as Hebrew). Additionally, I suspect that the colors of the lines should probably be chaned, because they're used on the map only for the purpose of distinguishing the separate lines on the map, and they have nothing to do with reality, so copying them may be a copyvio. עוד מישהוOd Mishehu12:04, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
How does this look? I took some liberties with the layout to avoid angled text, which I think hurts the readability of the map. Cheers, Mliu92 (talk) 21:52, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Mliu92:Actually, the lines across (where the angled text was necessary) represent lines which go East-West = for example, Jerusalem is more or less east of Beit Shemesh (and if anything, a little north, not south); and the line from the northern end of Tel Aviv to Kfar Saba goes east until past Petah Tikva, north through Rosh HaAyin, and then west to Hod HaSharon and Kfar Saba, which is approximately east of Herzliya (not Atlit). עוד מישהוOd Mishehu10:09, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Hariboneagle927: I think you have to be a bit more specific as your link contains a lot of information. You have to understand that we (graphic workers) have zero knowledge of this subject. You have to tell us exactly what you want and provide us with the information we need, and just the information we need. Then we can create something for you. --Goran tek-en (talk) 20:07, 2 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The European Patent Convention map doesn't match the maps for two similar topics (the Paris Convention and the PCT). The EPC map also cuts off Morocco. Could someone either remake the EP map or remake all three to match one another? Thanks! -- Udeezy (talk) 00:48, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
Shaded relief map of Los Santos Province
Shaded relief map of Los Santos Province done with an old map.
Hi, I need a shaded relif map for Los Santos province, to use in both English and Spanish wikipedia. There is an old one that can be improved. I this link you can find some political maps of the province. here is map of the country, a shaded relief with name of cities. I'd be very grateful if someone can do a good map for this province. I tried but I am not good at it. … -- 62.254.75.81 (talk) 20:34, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I think it would enrich the article about that proposed highway if we had a map. The path is described in the article and I tried to render it using Openstreetmap, but it was more complicated than what I anticipated. Would somebody like to make the map for me? Thanks! -- bcartolo (talk) 19:54, 27 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
Kingston, Jamaica metropolitan area
The only blank map of Jamaica available currently.
The current football season in Jamaica has 7 teams in the Kingston area alone. There needs to be a larger detail map of the Kingston metropolitan area to help place the locations of the different teams in a clear way. This map could also be used in the Jamaica page, as well as the Kingston parish and city pages, respectively. Please see the map of London in the gallery for an example what I'm looking to accomplish. -- IKwasowski (talk) 08:53, 5 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
File:Central Europe location map.svg can be used as a basis for the map. However, the border between the Czech Republic and Poland Slovakia needs to be removed, because Czechoslovakia was a single country in 1990. The coordinations for beginning, perigee and end of the fireball are provided in the article. It would be great if the towns and cities lying near the three points (beginning: Uherský Brod, perigee: Wrocław and end: Poznań and maybe other important cities along the track were located on the map too. Thanks very much. -- Jan Kameníček (talk) 21:36, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
A better locator map of Telangana in correct equirectangular projection, Attempted myself and succeeded., check the picture on the right--Arjunaraoc (talk) 09:35, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
Question about text in SVG files
If I am creating an SVG file, I check what it looks like in my browser. The fonts my browser uses to render the text in it are presumably determined somewhere under my control.
When I upload the SVG to Commons, some program there renders the SVG into .svg.png files that are served out to the various Wikipedias. This program has some default fonts which are different from the ones my browser uses, so my SVG sometimes looks wrong: pieces of text don't fit in the boxes I drew for them.
A sensible solution would be for me to change my browser's default fonts to the ones the renderer on Commons uses. How can I find out what these are? Maproom (talk) 20:19, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Map of wharves on the River Thames, London published in 1905
I've photographed an out-of-copyright 1905 map of the River Thames wharves in central and east London. It needs to be stitched together - there are six segments divided between two horizontal strips, each with three segments at the top and three at the bottom. The colours also need to be equalised and the segments need to be correctly sized and positioned alongside each other. The segments are:
I have some software designed to do that; but it requires at least some overlap between each pair of adjacent segments. My impression is that the 1st and 2nd have a gap between them (ok, maybe no gap, but no overlap as required: look at London Bridge station), and the 5th and 6th have no overlap. Maproom (talk) 21:33, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I think the gaps exist on the original map. It consists of a sheet of cloth onto which squares of map have been glued, so there are gaps between the individual squares. I presume they made it that way to be more resistant to folding than it would be if it was a single sheet of paper. Prioryman (talk) 21:48, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, that's what the OS called the "dissected" edition. They stopped making these by the end of 1952, but they carried on making the non-dissected cloth-backed maps until circa 1967. --Redrose64 (talk) 23:15, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting, I didn't know that. It's not an OS map so I'd guess they weren't the only ones producing maps in that style. Is it possible to put it together, albeit with gaps? Prioryman (talk) 07:09, 3 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Prioryman: After some resizing and cropping, this is what it looks like. Unfortunately, because the photos were taken from different angles/distances (even minute changes have a major effect), this is the best I can come up with. Philg88 ♦talk05:39, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, it does look exactly like what I was looking for. One if these days I should learn to draw these maps if I get the time... If you can upload the version with the English names on it I can translate them into Spanish and upload a Spanish version of the map, no problem with that. Thanks a lot!--Rowanwindwhistler (talk) 21:33, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed that the map in the infobox in Altai Mountains is not a very good map. It's a bit fuzzy and the labels are not in English. I don't know how to find a better map. Perhaps somebody here could find or make one. Thanks. CorinneSD (talk) 22:27, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
@CorinneSD: Same as for your other request. You have to think about that we are graphic workers with zero knowledge of all the different subjects. You as the requester has to provide translations, information, knowledge, help and feedback so we can do the graphic work. We don't do research or investigations, please understand that, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:37, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@CorinneSD: To be able to even start to do something we would need all of the translations and that someone could give us information on the meaning of the different colors. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:32, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The other regions have hundreds of article using their maps
Request
These regions are missing location maps. They are the only ones in china that are missing. Would be very useful to have them! ShakyIsles (talk) 00:04, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Could someone please create a PNG map of the British Empire as it was in 1952, at the start of Elizabeth II's reign, using the shaded countries from the first map (above left) and the borders of the world featured on the Map of the 1952 Olympics (above right). The colonies and protectorates should be shown in dark red, and the dominions - Canada, Australia (including Papua New Guinea), New Zealand, South Africa (including Namibia), Pakistan (including Bangladesh) and Ceylon/Sri Lanka - should be in pink.
Would someone be able to create a map for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor using the model supplied here? The article is badly in need of a map. Currently, the ones that have been used have all been taken from somewhere in the internet and deleted for copyright. I can't find a free or public version. Hence, it would be great if someone here could do the cartography. The link I've given is reliable, as the map has been designed by the National Highways Authority (Pakistan) and has their logo on it. Mar4d (talk) 14:07, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I will suggest to creators that, using bare term Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan map will suggest that Jammu and Kashmir is one of state of Pakistan while in reality it is one of democratic state of India. so better term should be used in map will be "Indian administered Kashmir" for Indian side and "Pakistan administered Kashmir" for Pakistan side of Kashmir. United Nations maps do have such terms. If Pakistan side of Kashmir is not mentioned as "Pakistan administered Kashmir" then that Map will be nominated for deletion on Wikimedia. --Human3015 Say Hey!! • 16:03, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It's a map of Pakistan. Like all the other maps, all the provinces have their own names, including Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The only reason why Jammu and Kashmir is added is because it's a territorial claim. Mar4d (talk) 16:50, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Pakistan government itself consider "Paksitan administered Kashmir" as "disputed territory". see map on Pakistan's government site. This map can be seen on all Pakistan's government websites. If both side of Kashmir is disputed then why only Indian side should be called as "Administered side". It is map of "only" Pakistan on government websites still they show "Pak administered Kashmir" as "disputed" one. So there should be no question regarding this issue that both sides should be called as "administered side".--Human3015 Say Hey!! • 17:06, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
You showed me one map, but there are thousands of maps and I can show you any with Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan doesn't dispute Kashmir as its claimed territory, it only disputes its status. This article is on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, not the Kashmir conflict, so such maps are not relevant. As a major portion of the project is concentrated in Gilgit-Baltistan, an official map accurately showing the territory and all the other Administrative units of Pakistan would be required. And by the way, you won't find any official map of Pakistan where Kashmir is excluded. Mar4d (talk) 18:48, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
If you can show me "thousands of maps" then please show 10 maps from Pakistan's government websites. If this article is about China and Pakistan then no need to show Indian state in it. If Pakistan claims Jammu and Kashmir then India also claims Pakistan side of Kashmir. I can show "thousands of Maps" from Indian government websites. You will say this is article about Pakistan, then it doesn't mean that Government of Pakistan owns this article. We have to write article on the basis of international standards, not on local standards. Anyway, don't debate on it. I was just giving my opinion to creators, not to you. Hope creators got my point. This is sensitive issue and any wrong map will be nominated for deletion on Wikimedia commons. Thank you.--Human3015 Say Hey!! • 19:05, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
You could make the life of the creators so much easier is you provide a link of an accurate map. Preferrably a SVG-map. But any map will do essentially. It just needs to be accurate.Wereldburger758 (talk) 06:46, 24 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
If I use a derivitative work, I always take the licence of the original work. That is, in some cases, required. That way I am always on the safe side. So I changed the licences of both works. I also changed the source of both files. I cannot create new files because I don't have the time for that now. But it is not a difficult task. Others can do that for you.Wereldburger758 (talk) 09:50, 24 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
University article of Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University is under construction. As every university article has its logo in infobox, this article also needs logo. this is official website of the university. This is agriculture university of Government of India, so it very important article which very stub right now. This university is one of only 4 agri universities of Maharashtra state and has enormous campus which includes 40-50 villages.(as it is a agri university). So article needs to be good. You can see logo on upper left corner of the official website. Kindly help. Thank you. --Human3015 Say Hey!! • 04:20, 24 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Mjbmr (talk) 11:32, 24 May 2015 (UTC)[reply] @Mjbmr: Please use the "New request" link at the top as it gives us all the code we need. I don't understand your request so you will have to explain it much more. Please remember that the graphic workers probably have zero knowledge of the subject, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 19:33, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Warning I'm beginner editor of Wikipedia, and I need the help of a high-ranking member who knows how to create a map and who has knowledge of historical China especially Ming Empire. As you can deduce from my words yes I'm intent on creating a Ming Empire, with provinces and prefectures(smaller districts). This map may take you some toll, I will provide with the resources and what the map looks like of course as part of resources exchange. Maybe even a team can work together. Alexis Ivanov (talk) 21:10, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome and we all learn all the time from each other. First it would be good if you used the "—New request—" link at the top of the page as that gives us all the code within a request that we need during the work with it. So please se if you can correct that.
I don't really understand what you mean by a "high-ranking member", maybe you mean experienced? It seems like you want to create a map which will be comprehensive in many aspects and will have to be planned thoroughly. I don't really know if you will be able to find a graphic worker who also has knowledge of "historical China especially Ming Empire", sounds like it will be hard.
I have zero knowledge of the subject but if you can't find any graphic worker with that knowledge you can contact me as it sounds like an interesting project, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 15:13, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Has anything happened with this? I happen to be somewhat familiar with Chinese history and I know a bit about maps too. Feel free to ping me to discuss further. Philg88 ♦talk09:54, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Could someone please create a new map of the British Empire as it was in 1945, using the above map, which shows all colonial Empires after WWII, as a guide.
Pakistan and Ghana are republics within the Commonwealth, so could someone please shade them in pink to reflect that. Additionally, would someone remove the border between East and West Germany, and change the transparent colour of the sea to white, please.
Is it possible to have a map like this one, but treating Ireland pre-1921, i.e. showing the six NI counties and without showing the border? Mooretwin (talk) 14:56, 16 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
Will one of these, already on Commons, do? If you like I can make a version with the six counties recoloured to match the others. And I can make the sea and lakes blue.Maproom (talk) 15:47, 17 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
We have found that this does not work. The requested map needs, I think, to be associated in some way with the "Location map" template. I have no idea how to do this, or even if it is possible. Can anyone advise? Maproom (talk) 09:02, 19 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Maproom: To use the Location map template you need to know the top left and bottom right coordinates of the area under the map. It's then a fairly simple process to create the necessary files. Cheers, Philg88 ♦talk10:05, 19 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The color scheme, from red to yellow to green, is hard for me to understand due to colorblindness; Maine and Mississippi look rather similar to me, and Connecticut and Kentucky are identical. Could you switch the color scheme, perhaps something like red to yellow to dark blue? No point in retaining the "No data" option, since every state has data here. Nyttend (talk) 23:34, 18 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
Near the start of the SVG source is the following element:
These nine fill: values represent the nine colours respectively, so it's a simple matter of adjusting the ones that are less distinguishable. The first and last can probably stay the same, and the eighth probably can too, so six replacement colours need to be chosen. All other colours (both fill and stroke) in the drawing are blacks and greys, which need not be altered. --Redrose64 (talk) 10:43, 19 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
apparently there is a standard palette that is color-blind unambiguous. Search Color Universal Design (CUD) then jfly.iam.u-tokyo etc, about 4/5ths of the way down, and several other places. If I wre loading this I would resort the numbers from dark to light to indicate %-sequences. Benjamin Trovato (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 15:03, 19 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
If you're red-green colorblind, blues and purples can be confusing because you don't see (or see poorly) the red influence on the purple. Nyttend (talk) 14:31, 25 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand what you mean "That's easy" because then you maybe can do it by yourself.
Normally one recommends not more than five steps to make a really true map for everyone to be able to view. This scheme is as close to a monochromatic as you can get but instead with blue color, no real difference. Also you didn't give me any feedback on my draft. Please just tell me if it works or not. --Goran tek-en (talk) 19:43, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
That was the feedback. I meant that it's easy to understand your draft, so easy that monochromats (people who can't see any color at all, who see everything in various shades of grey) could still understand it. Nyttend (talk) 19:45, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Goran tek-en: I notice that you didn't adjust the colour values in the <style>...</style> element (as I suggested at 10:43, 19 June 2015), instead you left those alone and added a fill: property to every separate shape. This makes it much more difficult to change the colours in future. --Redrose64 (talk) 20:13, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Nyttend: I'm sorry for misunderstanding you, my apologies. Do you want this to be uploaded as a new file or replacing the other one. If you want it uploaded as a new I will need the following;
@Redrose64: I'm that type of graphic worker who prefer to work with what I see and in Inkscape, so to me my way is easier. I do understand your point that it could be easier to edited in a text editor your way, but I need to see things, and search-replace works also. I'm trying to do stuff in the code and I will of course learn more as time goes but so far it's harder for me. --Goran tek-en (talk) 08:23, 9 July 2015 (UTC) Done[reply]
Hi, I would like to request that a label "Moscow Canal", in blue text, be added to this map (the canal is mentioned in the caption at Moskva River, but not actually marked). The Moscow Canal is the short waterway running approximately north from Moscow to the Volga River. At the same time, I would like to request that the canal symbol (short blue 'ticks') is made more obvious. At normal viewing scale it is very faint and virtually indistinguishable from a river. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.51.134.46 (talk) 20:30, 22 June 2015
Thanks for your efforts. The label should be blue, as I mentioned. I realise there is very little space, but the canal symbol does not look great, to be perfectly honest. Also the colour looks different from the other blues. 109.153.245.25 (talk) 19:39, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I find the colors a little confusing in this map. The legend mentions yellow for areas where Alans settled, red [lines] for routes taken by civilians, and orange [lines] for military excursions. However, one of the red lines, the shorter one below the long one, looks a little orange, and the short, thin lines proceeding from the yellow settlement areas look too yellow to be called orange. Is there any way to make the military excursions look truly orange and the red lines to look really red? I presume the military excursions are the pale orange-yellow ones proceeding from the yellow settlement areas, but I'm not sure. Perhaps if one or both lines were another color, such as blue or purple, there would be no possibility of confusion. CorinneSD (talk) 22:36, 29 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
@CorinneSD: It's very hard to do something very good on that bitmap image, a lot of work and we still have a low resolution jpg.
I suggest that we make a svg version of this map instead. I have found a base map that is also topographic if you want that but maybe it's OK to use a flat base map, it's up to you. If you want this, contact me and I will help you. You have to contact me directly as the watch and ping doesn't work all the time for me, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:23, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
This map was kindly created as a .jpg, but as I need to plot locations on it, apparently it needs to be .svg. Can the map be converted to .svg? Mooretwin (talk) 15:56, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much. I agree that the second would be most suitable. However, I attempted to use that map as-is (i.e. with the same colouring), and this is what happened -
Lua error in Module:Location_map/multi at line 13: Unable to find the specified location map definition. Neither "Module:Location map/data/Counties of the island of Ireland" nor "Template:Location map Counties of the island of Ireland" exists.Mooretwin (talk) 10:07, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
That error message doesn't mean a fault with the map, it means that the country name "Counties of the island of Ireland" isn't registered with the {{location map+}} suite. It shouldn't be: instead, the first unnamed parameter should stay as |Ireland, with other parameters being used to obtain the map data (name, corner coordinates, etc.) that should be set in {{Location map Ireland}}. --Redrose64 (talk) 16:29, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your reply, but I'm afraid I don't understand what I need to do. Could you create the map I need here, and then I can use it as a template? Mooretwin (talk) 10:08, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
This map is supposed to show the maximum area of settlement of the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture at a certain point in the past. I suppose the thin lines under the colors are outlines of modern countries and either states or provinces within those countries. If one is familiar with those outlines, the countries will be easily recognized, but for readers unfamiliar with the outlines, the map is not very helpful. If the countries could be labeled, and perhaps the outlines of the countries made a little bolder, to distinguish them from the outlines of states/provinces, it would make this map much more informative. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CorinneSD (talk • contribs) 01:29, 1 July 2015
I wonder if it would be possible to replace the raster background in the first map with the vector one from the second map. The maps should match with a bit of rotating, moving and cropping I guess but I do not seem to get it right (and my computer does not have the power for all these manipulations). The goal would be to get a pure vector version of the first map (Greek Offensive 1940 41 in Northern Epirus.svg), getting rid of all raster information and replacing it by vector one. Thank you in advance!-- Rowanwindwhistler (talk) 11:32, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Goran tek-en:. It looks good to me. If possible and if does not entail too much effort, it would be nice to turn the river lines into actual lines (now they seem to have changing thickness, probably by the way they were generated), provided that does not break the topographic data underneath. If it does or that would need too much effort, it can be left as it is. Thank you!--Rowanwindwhistler (talk) 05:15, 9 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Goran tek-en: it looks better to me. I would rather leave the old map in place just in case someone wants to use it for some reason and upload the new pure SVG version as a separate file. I think it can be called simply "Greek Offensive 1940 41 in Northern Epirus-2.svg" with the same description and categories as the older version. Thank you!--Rowanwindwhistler (talk) 20:00, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
This image shows the campaigns of Abu al-Dahab and depicts Daher el-Omar's sheikhdom limited to the Galilee. Prior to Abu al-Dahab's 1774 campaign (depicted by the brown arrows), Daher's actual control extended from Gaza to Beirut.
There are no maps out there showing the maximum extent of Daher's control or few if any that show his longtime control of the Galilee. In my opinion, the map would add incredible value to the subject's article (which I intend to nominate for GA soon) and for any readers interested in the subject who would be able to have a better idea of Daher's autonomous sheikhdom. The information I have listed above is derived by the reliable sources used in the subject article, in particular Thomas Phillipp's Acre: The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian City, 1730-1831 and Ahmad Hasan Joudah's Revolt in Palestine in the Eighteenth Century: The Era of Shaykh Zahir Al-ʻUmar. Other sources could be provided to further confirm this information. -- Al Ameer (talk) 19:02, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Al Ameer son: The link for Levant shows different areas so it's hard to know exactly which you want. Look at this draft and tell me if the red or blue area is what you want or something else, thanks. Maybe you have to reload the page to get the new image. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:42, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The red square is perfect. --Al Ameer (talk) 16:34, 19 July 2015 (UTC)@Goran tek-en: Actually, considering the fact that there probably won't be enough room to label all of his principal headquarters in the Galilee, I've reduced the maximum area. See the yellow box here. --Al Ameer (talk) 00:37, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Al Ameer son:I had to redraw the map because is was not accurate enough for this. I have now added all the different locations but all the names have not been worked with so they way they are shown will change, it's a draft.
In this draft I have both areas and if we go for the yellow you will loose one place.
I have no idea of how to understand the extent/borders of Daher el-Omar empire. You will have to tell me or show me a map/drawing. Remember that I have zero knowledge of this, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 19:09, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Al Ameer son:Now there is a new draft for you to look at and give me feedback on. In this draft I haven't removed any localities but edited other stuff. Have a look at it and if you still want me to remove the localities above I will of course do so but it didn't feel so good to remove those places as I guess they are important to the map. --Goran tek-en (talk) 15:29, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Elimination of the localities that have been erased (i.e. Shefa-'Amr, Saffuriya, Yaroun, al-Bassa, Tira, Ajlun, Khirbat Jiddin, Abu Snan, Bi'ina, Tarbikha, Deir al-Qassi, Suhmata, Tyre and Qaqun)
The labeling of all other localities remaining on the map instead of the legend, including Damascus, Jerusalem, Nablus and Sanur. The change in color from white to black for the following localities: Irbid, Ajlun, Haifa, Tantura, Jaffa, Gaza, Ramla, Sidon, Tyre, Tibnin, Safad and Beirut. The following should be kept white and denoted in the legend as "Zahir's seats of power": Acre, Nazareth, Tiberias, Arraba and Deir Hanna.
The modern-day (2015) borders should be replaced by the Ottoman provincial boundaries of the 18th century, which I drew in red. The three provinces that should be labeled are Sidon Eyalet, Damascus Eyalet and Egypt Eyalet.
The Hauran, Jabal Amil, Mount Lebanon, Jabal Nablus and Galilee geographic regions should be mentioned in italics. I added them to the draft but you could adjust the style to however you see fit.
Some form of stripe shading should be applied to the territory of Zahir's vassal, Sheikh Nasif al-Nassar. I highlighted the area in green. --Al Ameer (talk) 20:36, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
First you asked me to eliminate Aljun and then to change the color from white to black, but I just removed it?
I removed the names Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, was that correct?
I didn't add the arrows yet, I need some kind of explanation to them. It helps me to shape/form then and for the legend. Give me feedback, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:49, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Goran tek-en: Everything you just mentioned above is fine and thank you for your patience. I understand this is not a region you're very familiar with. The arrows were not meant to be included in the final map. I only added them to give you a better idea about the areas that those geographic regions covered. All the critical aspects are finished, all that remains are some style adjustments: The font and color of the geographic names and provinces should be more distinct from each other, but if this is too time-consuming then no big deal. Could the Mount Lebanon, Galilee and Jabal Amil geographic regions appear vertically/diagonally as depicted in my Revised Draft. And finally, "Daher el-Omar" should be replaced with "Zahir al-Umar" in the map's title due to the article's recent name change. The map should be all set after that. --Al Ameer (talk) 20:42, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Al Ameer son:New draft to look at. I'm not to keen on putting names diagonally as it reduces the readability. Look at my draft and see if that's OK. As I don't really understand what areas is meant by the Geographic regions respectively Provinces names it's hard for me to place them more correct. If you want we can add some very thin shades to show them.
Actually I have spent quite some time in that area but it was not during that time span...
Description: The maximum extent (actual and nominal) of the autonomous sheikh Zahir al-Umar's sheikhdom within the Ottoman Empire in 1774.
Categories: "Daher el-Omar", "Maps of the Ottoman Empire in the 18th-century", "Maps of Ottoman Levant", "Ottoman period in Palestine", "Lebanon under Ottoman rule". --Al Ameer (talk) 18:44, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I'm about 1/2 way through an article on the Sentinel Program, a US anti-missile system from the late 1960s. I'd like to add a map of the deployment options. You can find the map here. It's basically a series of markings on the US map. -- Maury Markowitz (talk) 20:15, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Some very minor corrections? You can remove the ACC1, ACC2 and ACC3 labels. I think these were base names, but if so they would be better left somewhere else. The icons seem to be behind the geography, you can see it where the missile icons are half-on/half-off. The labels for Boston and New York at missing. Finally, the captions in the lower left should read "missiles" not "missile", they had lots at each site. Nice work on the MSR faces BTW! Maury Markowitz (talk) 22:00, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
In the section Australia#Geography and climate there is a topographic map of Australia. I felt that the map would be more helpful and informative if it had a legend, and I posted a comment to this effect on the talk page of the article at Talk:Australia#Geography and climate. User:Rwood128 agreed; s/he was unable to find a map with a legend, so added a bit to the caption. Would it be possible to add a legend giving colors and elevations to this map? - CorinneSD (talk) 16:44, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It took me a while to find Alor Island on this map. It's way up in the upper right-hand corner. Also, some readers may not be familiar with the other islands, so even if they see the island labeled "Alor", they may not be able to visualize where Alor is. I'm wondering if someone could find or create a map that shows the island of Alor more toward the center of the map and that includes slightly more of the surrounding islands. CorinneSD (talk) 17:52, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I wish to use the map below to plot locations, but when I do. this happens:
Lua error in Module:Location_map/multi at line 13: Unable to find the specified location map definition. Neither "Module:Location map/data/Counties of the island of Ireland" nor "Template:Location map Counties of the island of Ireland" exists.
I'm advised that "the first unnamed parameter should stay as |Ireland, with other parameters being used to obtain the map data (name, corner coordinates, etc.) that should be set in {{Location map Ireland}}". Unfortunately I don't understand what this means. Can anyone help? Mooretwin (talk) 09:20, 21 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
{{Location map Ireland}} uses a different map - Ireland location map.svg - not the one you're trying to use. For future reference, this isn't the right place to ask questions about template usage - we make maps according to requests. Next time I suggest you ask at the Help Desk. Philg88 ♦talk14:59, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Papakating Creek, etc.
I'd like to create some river maps for Papakating Creek (with tributaries and watershed) and Neepaulakating Creek, a mountain map for Kittatinny Mountain amongst other landforms in northwestern New Jersey that I'll be working on going forward (drafts being sandboxed). If someone from this project would help me with creating those three--I mean teach me as you do them--I'd be glad to learn how to make maps and maybe if I get the hang of it (I tend to be a quick study) assist in aiding this project and any backlog of requests. Look forward to hearing from you. JackTheVicar (talk) 14:57, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It would be nice if that template had instructions for its use...a template page without clear or sufficient instruction to aid a novice is counterproductive. I think USGS/GIS has suitable source material but I'm not sufficiently familiar yet with those systems to know better. JackTheVicar (talk) 14:48, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Use the --New Request-- link at the top of the page (in the darker green area) and that will provide us with all the code we need to be able to complete a request. Click on it and copy the code to your request is what you can do on this one. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:58, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Goran tek-en:. Then, if possible, please add the territory up to Dniester river. While rechecking the maps I realized some of them (these: 1, [1] at least) extend quite to the North of the peninsula. If it is better to have one base map for all of them, it would be nice to extend this second version North till the Dniester to be able to use it for these ones too. Sorry I did not notice last time. Thank you.--Rowanwindwhistler (talk) 04:56, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, sorry for intervening a bit late but just two comments. First, it seems that the resolution of the coastline data of the proposed map is very low and thus the quality of the coast is bad. Just look at the Thasos Island. It is represented as part of the main land and the Nestos river is on top of it. Second, I would recommend to cut the map on the south around the 38.5 N as the Peloponnese was never part of the Bulgarian state and no need to present it. This will allow to focus better on the subject and reduce the map size. If you do not have the means I can help if you wish to produce a map with better resolution. --Ikonact (talk) 14:22, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for informing me about the resolution. I will make a new one with higher resolution so please check here for that. I have no knowledge of that area like that so I need help. This is a problem that comes from taking a part of a map that shows a much larger area so I usally redraw them as I will with this. If you both agree on the cut I will also do that, I have no knowledge, again. My idea is that this is a base map and then we can reduce/zoom in when it's possible depending on the map. --Goran tek-en (talk) 14:33, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Goran tek-en:, personally, I think the previous one was much better. If the map does not include the Southern part of Greece, some maps will not be able to use this base map, as I mentioned earlier. Thank you.--Rowanwindwhistler (talk) 19:53, 30 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Recent studies show that African "golden jackals" are a separate species from those in Eurasia. In order to reflect this new discovery, there need to be two new maps separating the African/Eurasian ranges. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mariomassone (talk • contribs) 11:04, 8 August 2015
The number of regions has changed from 9 to 7. Belle has changed the table in the article to reflect that based on the original source new region designations (near the bottom of the page) Should be a fairly easy fix, but I have no skill to do it. Thank you! SusunW (talk) 14:18, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)
Done, see above. But I recommend not using it for a week or so, as it may get deleted because I've done the bureaucracy wrong. Also, what I have created is a .png not a .svg, which some editors will disapprove. Maproom (talk) 16:13, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
Thank you! SusunW (talk) 16:27, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
A DYK nomination for 14 of the municipalities was finally approved and I'd like to have the correct map on them all before they hit the front page. Is there any possible way we could use it sooner? SusunW (talk) 17:56, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
You can use it now. But be warned, it may disappear at any time - though if its lasts two weeks, it's probably safe after that. So it might be foolish to go through all the 80-odd articles that use the old one, substituting it. Maproom (talk) 18:01, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I'll take your advice and only put it on the 14. Am hoping to *finally* finish the remaining 12 municipalities this month. SusunW (talk) 18:06, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The first map urgently needs to be fixed. It contains a blatant historical error. Uyghurs and Kara-Khanids had two different states and did not live in the same state. The second maps portrayal of the Uyghur and Karakhanids is correct- only if it were transferred to the first map. In itself, the second map is also wrong and needs to be desperately fixed, because the Kingdom of Khotan existed at that time and was not part of the Kara-Khanids. … -- Rajmaan (talk) 02:57, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I can't upload the file with the correct "Washtucna" name, because such a file already exists (and is unusable, because it contains invalid SVG). And I can't replace the current invalid "Washtucna" file, when I try I get the message "Please modify the file description below and try again", but there is no "description" field to modify. Well, you did say it might be confusing. Maproom (talk) 10:09, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Given your commment of 10:09, it looks like the accidental "Washcoma" upload was the best choice: you got it online, when the correct spelling wouldn't have worked at all :-) I'm a Commons admin, so I deleted the corrupt original Washtucna file and moved Washcoma to Washtucna. Looks like all is now correct. Thanks for the help! Nyttend (talk) 12:17, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Like the article for the previous competition, there needs to be a location map for Loto-Tonga Soka Centre, as there is for National Soccer stadium in 2014. To remain consistent, can we have same style etc.? Also, Loto-Tonga Soka Centre is in Nuku'alofa, so if you can't find it just put a point for Nuku'alofa. -- This is Mkbw50 signing out!14:41, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Graphics Lab/Map workshop
Resolved
Bumping thread.
Request taken.
Done
Stale
I'm going to let somebody else take this on, because they will do a better job faster than I can do it. I'm still too much a novice to do this well enough. Sorry. Gaff (talk) 04:27, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
Bathymetry map of the Mediterranean Sea
Existing map of Israel Railways
2015 updated map
EPC Map
Paris Convention Map
Patent Cooperation Treaty Map
Shaded relief map of Los Santos Province done with an old map.
The only blank map of Jamaica available currently.
Detail map of London, England metro area.
Map of central Europe
Andhra Pradesh Equirectangular projection map is available
Telangana map not in equirectangular
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Topographic map of Guatemala
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Great Lakes of Africa
US states by religiosity
Moskva River within the Volga watershed
Greek Offensive 1940 41 in Northern Epirus
Italo-Grecian War 194101
This image shows the campaigns of Abu al-Dahab and depicts Daher el-Omar's sheikhdom limited to the Galilee. Prior to Abu al-Dahab's 1774 campaign (depicted by the brown arrows), Daher's actual control extended from Gaza to Beirut.
A map
Cairo-Cape Town Highway
Balkans in the 14th century
Battle of Velbazhd
Bulgaria after 1371
Original nine-region map
New seven-region map
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Description of second image (if needed)
Map meant to highlight Washtucna, Washington
Map titled "...Washtucna..."
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