Editing Incubator escapee wiki:WikiProject Maps

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Maps are useful in presenting key facts within a geographical context and enabling a descriptive overview of a complex concept to be accessed easily and quickly. WikiProject Maps encourages the creation of free maps and their upload on Wikimedia Commons. On the project's pages can be found advice, tools, links to resources, and map conventions.

The project suggests some web-friendly map conventions that may help to make maps more readable. The suggested conventions are free for graphists to adapt to their specific needs. Graphists who are unsure of an appropriate style, colour, or style of labelling, may find these suggestions helpful.

== Scope ==
The aim of WikiProject Maps is to improve the quality of maps across the Wikimedia Foundation.
* The '''[[Wikipedia:Maps for Wikipedia|Maps for Wikipedia]]''' page is an overview of different formats and tools for maps available on Wikipedia.
* The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Conventions|'''Map conventions''']] page <!-- ({{4/4 complete}})... --> provides advice for creating and improving maps.
* The [[WP:GL/MAP|'''Map workshop''']] page <!-- ({{4/4 complete}})... --> can be used to add your map requests and your sources. A graphist will create the requested map. The page is forum-based, to enable cross-teaching conversations to take place.
* The [[commons:Commons:Map resources|'''Resources''']] page<!-- ({{2/4 complete}})... --> provides advice to both beginners (in the form of tutorials) and experienced map-makers.

Please feel free to ask questions on our [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Maps|talk page]].

== Recommended conventions ==
{{Main|Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Conventions}}

{{Map conventions}}

=== Citing sources ===
As maps can be politically charged, it is important to cite your sources and/or your methodology when editing or creating any map.  This is particularly true for historical maps.

For some sources you can use, see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Source materials]]

=== Topographic maps ===
[[File:Maps template-en.svg|class=skin-invert|500px]]

=== Historical maps ===
[[File:Maps template-history patch-en.svg|class=skin-invert|500px]]

== Exemplars ==
Map styles is a subject of on-going discussion at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Maps]]. Please join in the conversation there.  For general use, the following is a gallery of maps that have been approved by Wikiproject Maps as exemplars:

<gallery caption="Gallery of Exemplars">
Image:Hawaii_Island_topographic_map-fr.svg|Topographic map in SVG format. Featured picture.
File:Uk_outline_map.png|Outline of UK
Image:India-locator-map-blank.svg|India locator map (blank), used as a base map for other India maps.  It is a former featured picture and an example of a SVG format map.
Image:Texas Locator Map with US.PNG|Texas Locator Map with US inset. (orange not up to date)
Image:Florida Political Map Kwh.png|Florida Political Map
Image:Ancient Greek Colonies of N Black Sea.png|Ancient Greek Colonies of North Black Sea<br>Example of inset
Image:Holy Roman Empire 1648.svg|A historic map example featuring the Holy Roman Empire. (orange not up to date)
</gallery>

== File formats to use ==
[[File:Battle Trebia-en.gif|thumb|300px|right|Demonstration of how to create a map using layers: 1.Valley ; 2.Plain ; 3.Hills ; 4.Rivers ; 5.Troops ; 6.Moves ; 7.Text ; 8.Thumbnail map ; 9.Legend.]]

The use of [[JPEG]] is discouraged, since it is a [[lossy compression]] format and so will result in a blurry map or diagram. The quality of [[GIF]] images is better than JPEG. GIF images allow for the creation of animations.

[[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]] is a [[lossless]], [[24-bit color|truecolor]] image format. It is good for all maps and particularly for maps with more than 256 colours. As a pixel-based image, it is more difficult than an SVG image to edit. Some uploaders prefer to work with SVG and then upload a PNG version.

[[Scalable Vector Graphics|SVG]] is [[vector graphics]] format, which has three main advantages:

* Images can be scaled without data loss, which allows large-sized and very high quality maps to be made;
* It is a text-based XML language and so can be edited and shared quickly and easily.
* It is a precisely-coded language which can be converted by script or CSS.

When drawing an SVG map, please name any objects, groups and layers you create, so as to assist anyone who wants to correct the map, look at how the map is set up, or learn how to make an image of their own. [[meta:SVG image support|SVG image support]] has been retained as a Wikimedia Meta-wiki for historical interest.

== Coordinate-referenced map templates ==
The process of supplying freely licensed maps for direct use in Wikipedia articles is important to make the articles complete, especially for offline versions.  A complementary effort, however, is adding [[Geographic coordinate system|latitude and longitude coordinates]] to articles about geographically fixed entities.  This enables readers to click through to find maps of the surrounding area on external web sites like Google Maps. to be automatically plotted on maps.

To learn how to add geographic coordinates to a page using templates, please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates]].

To paste a location map with a dot (using the city of Madrid as an example), copy and paste the following code:

 <nowiki>{{Location map|Spain|label=Madrid|mark=Green_pog.svg
|lat=40.5|long=-3.7|width=230|float=center}}</nowiki>

This is the result:

{{Location map|Spain|label=Madrid|mark=Green_pog.svg
|lat=40.5|long=-3.7|width=230|float=center}}

To paste multiple dots on one location map, use [[Template:Location map many]] or [[Template:Location map+]]. For instruction on creating a map template, see [[Template:Location map/Creating a new map template]].

==Using multiple icons==
{{Location map+ |Ukraine |width=300|float=right|relief=1|caption=First line<br/>[[file:Blue-circle.gif|10px]]: mouth of Don River
|places=
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50.39|long=24.74|label=Dubno}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50.45|long=30.52|label=Kyiv|marksize=16|label_size=200|background=yellow}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=46.16|long=33.69|label=Perekop|position=top|mark=X solid black 17.gif}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.83|long=24.01|label=Lviv|mark=Point carte.svg}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=45.00|long=34.00|label=CRIMEA|position=top|mark=clear pog.svg}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=47.00|long=25.00|label=TRANS-<br/>SYLVANIA|position=bottom|marksize=0}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=47.10|long=39.42|label=|mark=Blue-circle.gif}}<!--Azov-->
}}
This layout usually works well. It places major fixed-length items in columns on the left and minor variable-length items on the right. Decimal degrees are easier than degrees-minutes-seconds. Two digits are usually enough. Use negative longitude for the western hemisphere. 

<pre>
{{Location map+ |Ukraine |width=300|float=right|relief=1|caption=First line<br/>[[file:Blue-circle.gif|10px]]: mouth of Don River
|places=
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50.39|long=24.74|label=Dubno}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50.45|long=30.52|label=Kyiv| marksize=16|label_size=200|background=yellow}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=46.16|long=33.69|label=Perekop| position=top|mark=X solid black 17.gif}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.83|long=24.01|label=Lviv| mark=Point carte.svg}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=45.00|long=34.00|label=CRIMEA| position=top|mark=clear pog.svg}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=47.00|long=25.00|label=TRANS-<br/>SYLVANIA| position=bottom|marksize=0}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=47.10|long=39.42|label=| mark=Blue-circle.gif}}<!--Azov-->
}}
</pre>

Relief option on the first line turns relief on and off (sometimes). Error messages are poor, so save early and often.

Additional information can be found at:

* [[Template:Location map]]
* [[Template:Location map many]]
* [[Template:Location map+]]
* [[Template:Location map~]]

Maps can be searched for at [[Commons:Category:Location maps by country]]. Icons can be found at [[Commons:Category:Map icons]].

These tricks are sometimes useful:
*'''Comment:''' <code><nowiki><!--comment--></nowiki></code>
*'''Label:''' None: label= or position=none; Big=label_size=200; background=yellow; Split=top<br/>bottom; Mouseover: label=[*[Jail|Go To]]
*'''Icon:''' None:mark=clear pog.svg or marksize=0; Big: marksize=16
*'''Caption:''' Linefeed: <code><nowiki><br/></nowiki></code>; Icon in caption: <code><nowiki>[[file:Blue-circle.gif|10px]]</nowiki></code>

Some good icons:

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Icon
! Filename
|-
| [[File:Pfeil oben.svg|10px]]
| Pfeil oben.svg
|-
| [[File:Pfeil unten.svg|10px]]
| Pfeil unten.svg
|-
| [[File:Pfeil rechts.svg|10px]]
| Pfeil rechts.svg
|-
| [[File:Pfeil links.svg|10px]]
| Pfeil links.svg
|-
| [[File:Pfeil rechts oben.svg|10px]]
| Pfeil rechts oben.svg
|-
| [[File:Pfeil links oben.svg|10px]]
| Pfeil links oben.svg
|-
| [[File:Red Arrow Up.svg|10px]]
| Red Arrow Up.svg
|-
| [[File:Red Arrow Right.svg|10px]]
| Red Arrow Right.svg
|-
| [[File:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]]
| Red Arrow Down.svg
|-
| [[File:Red Arrow Left.svg|10px]]
| Red Arrow Left.svg
|-
| [[File:Dot-yellow.svg|10px]]
| Dot-yellow.svg
|-
| [[File:Red dot.svg|10px]]
| Red dot.svg
|-
| [[File:Blue-circle.png|10px]]
| Blue-circle.png
|-
| [[File:Point carte.svg|10px]]
| Point carte.svg
|-
| [[File:Solid blue.svg|10px]]
| Solid blue.svg
|-
| [[File:X solid black 17.gif|10px]]
| X solid black 17.gif
|-
| [[File:Filled diamond.svg|10px]]
| Filled diamond.svg
|-
| [[File:Blue-circle-concentric.png|10px]]
| Blue-circle-concentric.png
|-
| [[File:Location dot black.svg|10px]]
| Location dot black.svg
|-
| [[File:Location dot yellow.svg|10px]]
| Location dot yellow.svg
|-
| [[File:Location dot red.svg|10px]]
| Location dot red.svg
|-
| [[File:Location dot blue.svg|10px]]
| Location dot blue.svg
|-
| [[File:Yellow ffff00 pog.svg|10px]]
| Yellow ffff00 pog.svg
|-
| [[File:Red pog.svg|10px]]
| Red pog.svg
|-
| [[File:Purple 8000ff pog.svg|10px]]
| Purple 8000ff pog.svg
|-
| [[File:Blue pog.svg|10px]]
| Blue pog.svg
|}

== Categories ==
{{cl|WikiProject Maps}}

{{cl|Wikipedia maps}}

{{cl|Wikipedia geographic image maps}}

== Userboxes ==
{{yytop}}
{{yy|Template:User WikiProject Maps}}
{{yy|Template:User WP Maps}}
{{yy|Template:User interest maps}}
{{yy|User:Scepia/maps}}
{{yyend}}

==Participants==
See [[:Category:WikiProject Maps participants]].

== Subpages ==
A list of all {{subpages}}.

== Banner ==
A template for adding articles to [[:Category:WikiProject Maps articles]], {{tl|WikiProject Maps}}, can be added to talk pages:

{{WikiProject Maps|category=no}}

== Barnstar ==
{{tlx|The Map Barnstar|put your message here <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>}}—an award placed at another users talk page for improving [[Map]]-related articles.
{{The Map Barnstar}}

== See also ==
* [[OpenStreetMap]]
* [[Wikidata:Wikidata:OpenStreetMap|Wikidata:OpenStreetMap]]
* [[Wikipedia:Using maps and similar sources in wikipedia articles]]
* The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Assessment|assessment department]] of WikiProject Maps
* [[Template:Location map/Creating a new map definition]]

{{Map conventions}}
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{{Wikipedia policies and guidelines}}
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