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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.
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Map of wolf evolution

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Article(s): Gray wolf/Eastern wolf/Red wolf

Request:

A map with text included, based on the map present on page 117 of this google book here -- Mariomassone (talk) 19:33, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Kommentar The reference states that the map is copyright (based on the underlying data) and that is impossible to circumvent as there is no other way to show the evolutionary tree. Sorry, but it looks like your request is unworkable as it stands. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 21:05, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

I don't quite see why the version i made below should infringe on their copyright. The actual data can not be copyrighted, the shape of a tree diagram neither. The only thing that can be copyrighted is the presentation, and I'd argue my version differs quite a bit. What are your opinions?DLommes (talk) 17:27, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi DLommes. As far as I can see, the only difference in your version is that you moved "Eurasia" and "North America" from the top of the diagram to the bottom. If I put a world map behind that, then the labels will appear in the Antarctic Ocean, which doesn't make sense. Let me see if I can come up with an alternative interpretation then I'll get back to you. Best, ► Philg88 ◄ ^♦talk 06:56, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

 Erledigt ► Philg88 ◄ ^♦talk 09:51, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

If you look at Gray_wolf, then the image in the book we were working from is misleading. The Gray wolf exists in North-America AS WELL AS in Eurasia. The image in the book and both our derivatives suggest otherwise. I propose we just scrap the whole Map thing then and just use my diagram without the gray bars. I will change it accordingly. But if you have another idea, I am open. Cheers.DLommes (talk) 21:07, 2 April 2014 (UTC

@DLommes I've modified the map to take that into account. Please let me know whether you want to use it or not. Cheers, ► Philg88 ◄ ^♦talk 04:56, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

@Philg88 Yours is definetly much nicer than mine. But there are a few small problems:

1. The big one: Your map suggests geographical distribution. If you look at File:Present_distribution_of_wolf_subspecies.gif the different subspecies are spread all over nothern america.
2. The dates refer not to the specific branches, but to the point in time when they split. So the big split happened 1-2mn years ago, the Coyote / Eastern wolf split then ~200k years. Please move the labels accordingly.
3. "Eastern wolf", not "Eastern Canadian Wolf" is the name Wikipedia uses.
4. Eastern wolf and Red wolf should have separate branches, as these are different species, or so I believe. Inversely, the subspecies of Grey wolf should not be more prominently branched than the Eastern wolf / Red wolf split. But that is just something i believe, i do not really know. I will invite some people from the wolf pages over to take a look.
5. I would crop your map on the left side.

Thus I feel that my diagram might just be a better fit. It does only one thing (evolutionary descent), but it does not suggest anything else. Having said all of that, your map is, once again, MUCH NICER than mine, and if we (perhaps with the help of the wolf people) can adapt your map then I'd be more than happy to lobby for your map. I have no emotional investment in my diagram, i just think that (at the moment) it is potentially less confusing. Thanks for your work. I will go find wolf people now.DLommes (talk) 12:26, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Let's see what the wolf people say :) ► Philg88 ◄ ^♦talk 13:15, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

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I personally prefer the full map on purely aesthetic grounds, though I'd suggest replacing the English names with the binomial latin ones, that way it can be used on foreign language wikis. As for the graph, I don't think the grey backgrounds were misleading, as they were meant to illustrate the geographical origin of these species, not their current distribution.Mariomassone (talk) 18:26, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

@Mario, what about using a map of the coastline at, say, 21 Cal Years BP:

North Atlantic 21,000 Cal Years BP-Modern

War in Somalia (update)

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  Map of zones of control in the War in Somalia

Article(s): War in Somalia (2009–)

Request:

The map is quite good in principle, but was last updated in March 2013 – since then, the zones of control have shifted a bit again, as can be read in 2013_timeline_of_the_War_in_Somalia and 2014_timeline_of_the_War_in_Somalia. It'd be great if someone could take half an hour of their time, go through the timeline since the last update and update the zones of control as described therein. —Nightstallion 11:56, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

If you would list the changes to be made, this would make it much easier.--DLommes (talk) 18:34, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

Philippine map in the Tagalog Language topic/subject

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I would like to request that the Philippine in the Tagalog Language topic/subject be edited, to also highlight the Palawan islands. Palawan is part of MIMAROPA which are Tagalog speakers. In fact in another link which redirects to MIMAROPA, Palawan is shaded/highlighted on map shown there. It was not highlighted in the map under this subject matter, to supposedly show the places/provinces where Tagalog speakers are located. I have placed links below of the maps (1st link Tagalog Language and 2nd link MIMAROPA map), for your reference.<rhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Katagalugan.pngef><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ph_locator_region_4b.png/ref>

Hoping for your kind assistance. Thank you in advance!

Chiqui Mariano

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• Description of first image
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• Description of third image (if needed; don't request too many at once, though)
  Description of third image (if needed; don't request too many at once, though)

Article(s): [[]]

Request:

Details of your request go here... -- 2601:1:2B80:17A:8558:C79:CDE6:3F1F (talk) 19:52, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

You say "I have placed links below of the maps". But you have not provided links to the maps, instead you have provided invalid URLs. I believe that what you want could easily be done, but I do not know what map you want changed, nor what change you want made to it. Maproom (talk) 10:24, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

@Maproom: I think he intended to link to File:Katagalugan.png and File:Ph locator region 4b.png. Jackmcbarn (talk) 19:37, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Ok. So should I treat this as a request to edit File:Katagalugan.png, making Palawan and the islands between Palawan and Mindoro the same colour as Mindoro? Maproom (talk) 20:07, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

World Rail Gauge Map

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  Existing rail gauge map
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  Possible base map to be used.

Article(s): List of track gauges, Track gauge in Europe, etc.

Request:

It would be great if this map could be made into an SVG using the world base map I suggest or some other base map. It would make it easier to zoom in on smaller countries. -- gren グレン 15:05, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

There already is File:Rail gauge world.svg, which is an SVG Map, it is just outdated. If I find the time tomorrow, I will update it. If someone else is fast, be my guest... --DLommes (talk) 21:03, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

I will most likely not do this in the next few days.--DLommes (talk) 14:28, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Distribution of North American Canis

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 - Lommes (talk) 21:18, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

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Article(s): Gray wolf, Eastern wolf, Red wolf.

Request:

A map based on the second map on page 8 of this pdf document, illustrating the modern distribution of wolves, coyotes and their hybrids, with the addition of the range of the red wolf (shown here [1]), which is oddly ommitted in the pdf file. The names should be written in their Latin, rather than English forms, as this will allow it to be used on foreign language wikis. Mariomassone (talk) 18:40, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

 Erledigt, or so i think. Have a look Mariomassone, if everything is alright. The legend is in the description, and can be copied to articles from there. Cheers.--DLommes (talk) 13:51, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

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Excellent work! Now all it needs is the binomial names of each species superimposed on each range (the true binomial name of Eastern wolf/coyote hybrids, pictured in orange, is "Canis latrans var."Mariomassone (talk) 19:05, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Just use the legend in the description. It can be added in the caption of any use of the image. This assures easy translatability even for those who do not know how to deal with svg images.DLommes (talk) 21:42, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Is there a way to place the legends side by side, rather than on top of each other? They are taking a lot of space here [2]. Mariomassone (talk) 10:56, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

@Mariomassone: You mean like that? --DLommes (talk) 12:32, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

C. lupus	C. latrans
C. latrans var.	C. lycaon
C. rufus	C. lupus/C. latrans

Doesn't seem to work, as placing it in the infobox cancels it out. Mariomassone (talk) 08:51, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

If straightforward wikitable does not work, try the following, which is wikitable via template. Lommes (talk) 14:24, 6 April 2014 (UTC) class="wikitable "

Perfect, thanks. Mariomassone (talk) 17:53, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Iowa senate districts

Article(s): Iowa Senate and Iowa House of Representatives

Request:

Make a free map of Senate districts and House districts -- CTF83! 01:11, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Anyone??? CTF83! 21:10, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Need help for editing a svg map

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  Dioceses of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui

Article(s): Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui

Request:

Please erase the white lines within each colour, so that each of the green, red and blue areas will be continuous. The white lines are boundaries of political districts of Hong Kong but not of ecclesiastical dioceses of Hong Kong. -- Hailpeace (talk) 14:11, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

It is my opinion that these lines should stay in the image. Users are most likely familiar with the districts, so they can then use the district boundaries as clues as to the size and extent of the dioceses. We do the same regularly with maps of ancient states (where the current boundaries are shown) and with species distribution maps.--DLommes (talk) 14:25, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

When the territories of the dioceses were drawn, the political district (designated by the government) was used a reference. Although each diocese was formed by grouping several neighbouring political districts, the political districts themselves are not sub-divisions of the dioceses (parishes are). If the white lines are kept, the readers may be misled into thinking that the church divides the dioceses into political districts. --Hailpeace (talk) 14:49, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Similarly for File:Dioceses of Church of England.svg, only the boundaries of the dioceses are shown, but the county boundaries are not. So I think it would be sensible if the white lines of the HKSKH map are removed. --Hailpeace (talk) 14:54, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

THen I would advise you to create a caption like the following: Map of the ecclesiastical dioceses of Hong Kong, xyz in green, xyz in blue, ... Political districts of Hongkong are displayed for reference.

And i also think the english one should be changed as well.

Perhaps you can convince someone else, but according to my understanding this is common practice and should not be changed. DLommes (talk) 14:57, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

 Not done DLommes is quite right. The boundary markers should not be removed per established map conventions, I suggest you follow the advice above. Good luck, ► Philg88 ◄ ^♦talk 15:15, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

I understand it is entirely up to graphists' discretion whether to accept a request or not. However, I believe the "map convention" for dioceses maps is: the map shows boundaries of the dioceses, and does not show other subvisions not used by the church. Examples include: File:EpiscopalChurch-Diocesesmap.png, File:Map of Church in Wales.svg, File:Dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church.png and File:Dioceses of the Church of Ireland.png. The Irish one does not even show the national border between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. --Hailpeace (talk) 15:56, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Maybe they don't show these things – but they would be better maps if they did. Maproom (talk) 19:14, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Hailpeace removed the lines him/herself. I don't want to make a big fuss about it, i don't really care neither about the lines, nor about the anglican church in HK, but removing them after three other editors said they should stay seems wrong.DLommes (talk) 22:42, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

As DLommes says, a consensus (albeit a small one) indicates that the lines should stay. Any editor is of course free to revert to the previous version of the map and if it becomes a dispute to follow the appropriate process. ► Philg88 ◄ ^♦talk 05:46, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Vancouver Island Ranges

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  Mountain ranges on Vancouver Island lacking geographic coordinates

Article(s): Vancouver Island Ranges & dozens of individual mountain pages like Golden Hinde (mountain) Mount Prevost, Mount Tzouhalem

Request:

1. Require geographic coordinates for the boundaries of the existing map in order to accurately locate mountains on Vancouver Island on their individual articles. The typical map used is for the entire province of British Columbia which is too large an area. -- Canuckle (talk) 21:48, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

2. Permit users to click on the 16 subranges listed on the map and open the article specific to the subrange. -- Canuckle (talk) 21:48, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

I'm looking into this now, assuming you're still interested.  Philg88 ^♦talk 15:02, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Amphisbaenia range map

Article(s): Amphisbaenia

Request:

The current map (File:World.distribution.amphisbaenia.1.png) is inaccurate, showing, among other things that amphisbaenas occur in Madagascar, in a different area of the Arabian Peninsula from their actual range, and missing their range in Asia Minor. The second page of this article contains an accurate map of Amphisbaenia distribution and I'd like to request that a new map be made for this article based on it. Note that the article has different colors for each Family within the group, and that the range of Amphisbaenia is the aggregate of those ranges. It might also be worthwhile to make a distribution map for each family to be included in the respective articles on those taxa. Cheers! Peter G Werner (talk) 03:01, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

The external link given above gives me a "File not found" message. But this link works. Maproom (talk) 06:42, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Russo-Georgian war

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  This image serves as the base for a new map.
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  Knowledge of German is required. The areas in Abkhazia and adjacent Georgian territory.
• Spanish map. Areas controlled in South Ossetia by Georgia are shown in two different shades of green.
  Spanish map. Areas controlled in South Ossetia by Georgia are shown in two different shades of green.
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  Polish map. The borders are the most accurate here, but the quality is low. It can be combined with Spanish map.
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  International Crisis Group (ICC) map.
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  Current article map

Article(s): Russo-Georgian War, Background of the Russo-Georgian war

Request:

The map is needed for the article to show the areas controlled by Georgia before 2008. First image is to be edited and the areas of the separatist enclaves controlled by Georgia shown in different colors. The symbol of Globe and the frame around the map must be removed. I don't have the knowledge of either German or Spanish but I guessed some things.

The areas in Abkhazia (Abchasien on the map) controlled by Georgia and UN is shown on German map. UN controlled area must be shaded in the same style on the new map as it is on the German one and show the exact borders. Another map for verification is here in this source: ABKHAZIA TODAY, Europe Report N°176 – 15 September 2006, p. 27

Spanish map depicts the situation in South Ossetia more accurately than German map. There are areas in different green colors on the map and both supposedly show the Georgian-governed territories, so therefore both should be combined into single colored area. But Polish map seems to have more accurate South Ossetian-Georgian boundaries. There are some areas (in light green) on Spanish map that are not shown on the Polish and ICC maps. These areas are not to be taken into consideration. --UA Victory (talk) 17:51, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

It would be great if you signed your request, I don't think many will work on it without knowing who requested it, anyway that goes for me, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 17:28, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I have now signed my request. This is the first time I requested a Graphics work done and the blank where I had to fill in all the details, I forgot it.--UA Victory (talk) 18:55, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

 Request taken by Goran tek-en (talk) 18:24, 25 April 2014 (UTC).

UA Victory I have taken this request and I will gladly do it. It will take a week or maybe two before I can start to work on it. If that doesn't work for you just tell me and then maybe someone else can do it faster than that, it's all up to you, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:24, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Actually, I will gladly wait until the map is made. --UA Victory (talk) 18:36, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

UA Victory So now I have started to work on your map. You can look at a draft here. Look at it and tell me if it's something you want. This map is a svg file so it should be easier to change it in the future.
I'm not sure I have understood you totally so just tell me what you want changed/removed or other ideas, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:39, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Goran tek-en This is a good draft, and I like the graphics, but it lacks some details. Where are the cities and towns? They were perfectly depicted on the base map. Can you convert the base map to SVG and combine it with your draft?

The caption for Georgia should be moved to the right, just under South Ossetia and the river. The captions for Abkhazia and South Ossetia on your draft should be smaller and lighter in color (grey).

The light yellow area (territory controlled by Georgia) in Abkhazia is called Kodori Gorge. The colors for areas in South Ossetia should be inverted. The area controlled by South Ossetian separatists should be shown in green.

Georgian administrative divisions except Ajaria are not needed to be depicted on your draft. Georgian-Abkhaz and Ajarian borders are better suited with the same type of Autonomous republic boundary style as on the base map. South Ossetian border with Georgia is to be shown with the same type of boundary as the administrative divisions on your current draft.

As for the legend, Demilitarized zone should be changed to Restricted weapons zone (RWZ), UN controlled area to UN Security zone (SZ) and the color code for Controlled by Georgia should be switched to light yellow. --UA Victory (talk) 12:29, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

UA Victory When I do graphic work like this i try not to do a lot of work which is not needed, therefore I don't put in to much information=work to start with which I eventually have to discharge later on, I do have other things in life. Also, this is the requestors subject which I as a graphist have zero or very little knowledge about, bear that in mind. I'm all for constructive feedback but I don't appreciate smart comments on the work or what I should have understood as you see it.
What is, as you write "perfectly depicted on the base map" is not all that clear to someone who knows nothing of the subject or what final map image you alredy have in your mind, how can I know that. There are also a lot of other things in the map, roads, railroads and so on. Should that also be included in the map, it's not all that clear.

• Now there is a new draft, reload the page for the new version for you to look at.
  
• Regarding the boundary styles I stick to what is suggested in "Maps_template-en.svg", the reason for this is that maps more or less should look the same and therefore work together better thru out Wikimedia.
• Give me constructive feedback on this, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 19:04, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Goran tek-en Thank you for your understanding and patience. However the draft still needs some tweaking. You don't have to worry about the roads and other stuff, the towns are sufficient for the readers to understand who controlled what. What I meant by "perfectly depicted on the base map" that before I saw your draft, I thought that you would edit the base map and add in these colour areas that I requested. I did not expect that you would recreate the map from zero with your graphic style. That's fine, I like your style.

• I looked at "Maps_template-en.svg". The administrative boundaries of Ajaria and Abkhazia within Georgia should be like "Province / Region" shown on the template.
• The labels - Kvasi, Tsalenjhikha, Bakhamro and zurgeti are erroneous. Instead, they should be labeled as Kvaisi, Tsalenjikha, Bakhmaro and Ozurgeti.
• Overall, the several towns look misplaced because the rivers look somewhat different from the base map. The problematic towns are Ambrolauri, Zestaponi, Chiatura and Chokhatauri. On the base map they are located on the river. Please try moving the circle symbols to the north, near the rivers.
• Please correct the locations of these towns after visually comparing to the base map: Pitsunda (move to more south-western location), Anaklia (to southern location, the inside of the circle denoting the town should be yellow, Abkhaz border near here also needs some correction as it runs on the north of the river), Batumi (to the northern direction, on the cape), Tskhinvali (the inside of the circle symbol should be green as it was controlled by the separatists), Akhalgori (on the other maps that I gave for reference, the town seems to be in the centre of the Georgian controlled territory, so the circle should be moved to the right), Gori (a bit to the north, right on the river), and Rustavi (the circle should be moved to the left, on the side of the river).
• After all this, the map should almost be ready. --UA Victory (talk) 20:35, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

UA Victory To me it's very seldom worth the trouble to edit a bitmap (png, jpg) instead of creating a vector (svg) image that is so much easier to edit later on and the usage is so much greater in many ways.

Sorry that I didn't see the issues with the cities before. New version reload the page for the new version for you to give me feedback on, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 19:46, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Goran tek-en The circle symbol denoting Ozurgeti is too large compared to other towns. Also the circle for Zestaponi should be moved a bit lower, right by the side of the river. However the misplacement of the rivers still disturb me. Can you correct the rivers according to the standard WP map as it seems more accurate, especially because the easternmost borders are demarcated along the rivers, please? --UA Victory (talk) 20:27, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

UA Victory That is exactly the base map I'm using so there is nothing to be changed what concern the rivers location. There is a difference between your original map and this base map and that has to be changed by hand. I have changed Ozurgeti and Zestaponi but whatever else that has to be changed is all by hand on your instructions. new draft, reload the page for the new version --Goran tek-en (talk) 19:29, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Goran tek-en The circle for Ozurgeti has to move to southwest. As for the rivers, overlay your draft on top of this standard WP map or compare them side by side and you'll see the cause of my concern. Look at both the rivers and the state borders near DedoplisTsqaro on both your draft and WP template. --UA Victory (talk) 20:17, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

UA Victory The problem is that there is a differnce in the maps concerning the rivers and scale. I did try to adjust for that before but obviously I didn't succeed, I'm sorry for that. It's very good that you tell me so I can correct it, thanks.

I have now (again) tried to combine the maps in spite of the differences. I'm sorry but you would have to check the citys again, new draft, reload the page for the new version, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 17:28, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Goran tek-en There is huge white shade behind the label for Zestaponi when highlighted that should be removed. Tqvarcheli is located a bit lower than the latitude Gulripsh is on the base map. Senaki is located a bit lower than Khobi on the base map. Move Bakhmaro a bit upper. Move Keda a bit lower, on the side of the river. Move Khashuri a bit lower, on the side of the river. Move Mleta in the direction of NNW, just under the river. Move Pasanauri a bit upper above the South Ossetian border.--UA Victory (talk) 21:25, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

UA Victory new draft, reload the page for the new version. When we eventually are done I would need a new name for the map because I can't have the same as on the bitmap image. I will reuse description and categorys if you don't give other information. Get back to me thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 13:20, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Goran tek-en Move Mleta a bit upper, above the border. Rename T'bilisi to Tbilisi.

Please have a look at International Crisis Group (ICC) map and see the white area around Khetagurovo on the left of Tskhinvali. The relevant green area on your draft should be extended to the boundary.

After this, the work should be finished. The name will be "Georgia before August 2008". When you will upload the map to Wikipedia, in the source section write in those maps that I gave for reference and also this ABKHAZIA TODAY, Europe Report N°176 – 15 September 2006, p. 27. --UA Victory (talk) 14:15, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

UA Victory Mleta is supposed to be south of the river according Georgia_high_detail_map.png so is this OK?

Is this what you wanted around Khetagurovo?

It's not exactly the same as for the spanish and polish maps which you provided as source so it's really hard to know which one to go by. Please don't give me options, tell me what to pick from which map and I will try to adjust for different proportions as almost all map has. New draft, reload the page for the new version. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:14, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Goran tek-en Yes, Mleta now is OK. As for the area around Khetagurovo, it is delineated on Spanish map, but it's unclear on Polish one because the huge label sits on top of it. You are right, I should have explained more explicitly.

Move the circle of Chokhatauri below right on the side of the river. Rename Tskhaltubo to Tsqaltubo. Move the label for Bakuriani below the circle, because it sits too close to the label for Georgia.

The little green area between Kurta and Tskhinvali looks smaller compared to previous draft. Can you re-extend it to the border like it is on both Spanish and Polish maps?

Move the circle of Tskhinvali a bit on the right so the river flows through the circle. The label should be placed under the circle and the border so the area around it remains visible. The area between the circle and the border (where now the symbol "T" stands) should be yellow like it is demarcated on both Spanish and Polish maps.--UA Victory (talk) 19:37, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

UA Victory New draft, reload the page for the new version. --Goran tek-en (talk) 14:12, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Goran tek-en Move Ozurgeti to Northwest on the same longitude as Lanchkhuti.

Move around the labels for Tqibuli and Kutaisi (a bit below), and Khvanchkara (on the right) so they don't overshadow the rivers.

Correct the South Ossetian boundary line below Kurta per the standard WP map --UA Victory (talk) 15:17, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

UA Victory New draft, reload the page for the new version. --Goran tek-en (talk) 10:07, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Goran tek-en To me it seems that now all towns are OK. The work on towns is finished.

The area between the labels for Tskhinvali and South Ossetia on your draft will be better if changed according to the International Crisis Group map. Otherwise it would be consistency problem. It seems that ICC map is the source for the the current article map. The small green area on your draft, on ICC map it is connected to the separatist-held territory and doesn't extend to the border.

I found out that the Kodori gorge area on German map that I gave for reference is not the same as on the current article map. I tried to make an example in Paint what I mean here near Tqvarcheli. I found Wikimapia map of Kodori Gorge that gives the most accurate boundaries. Can you overlay your draft over Wikimapia map and change the area accordingly, please?

After all this, I suspect that German map should not be used as the base. Please, create the copy of your draft and delineate on it the RWZ like here ABKHAZIA TODAY, Europe Report N°176 – 15 September 2006, p. 27. Please, show both versions here. --UA Victory (talk) 11:31, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

UA VictoryThe ICG map and Georgia_location_map.svg does not have exactly the same border and the rivers are different also for South Ossetia. That makes it hard to get everything right and it probably has to be adjusted based on your knowledge of the area.

There are more differences between wikimapia and the draft but I didn't change that.

The link on the text "ABKHAZIA TODAY, Europe Report N°176 – 15 September 2006, p. 27" is "176_abkhazia_today.ashx" which wants me to save something. I don't know what this is so I will not save it on my computer so I can't view it.

The two versions;

• New draft
• no RWZ --Goran tek-en (talk) 17:44, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Goran tek-en It's strange that you could not open this file: ABKHAZIA TODAY, Europe Report N°176 – 15 September 2006, p. 27 I found it on some Wikipedia article. I am using Google Chrome and I did not have any problem viewing it. I took a screenshot of the needed map. Maybe you will use it. I think this is better source for SZ and RWZ than German map. Please don't change the current style of your draft, only boundaries.

As for Kodori Gorge, I tried really hard and found at last an official government map. See ABKHAZIA BEFORE AUGUST 2008. Can you use it as reference?

Now South Ossetia area seems almost OK except for the small yellow stripe between Kurta and the left border (from Chiatura to Khashuri). You can remove it (change to green again) because it doesn't appear on other maps.--UA Victory (talk) 18:44, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

UA Victory This is what it looks like when I click on the link. I run Ubuntu 12.04 and chrome, I don't know if that has anything to do with it.
It's amazing that almost every map is slightly different but here are what I think it should be;

• New draft, reload for new version
• no RWZ, reload for new version. --Goran tek-en (talk) 21:23, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Goran tek-en Yes, I found it amusing too that every map was different. At least, I think we should rely on official maps because they seem to be more reliable than other (self-made without any source) maps.

Please don't upload the version without RWZ any more. My previous request was to create another copy of the draft with the RWZ from the official report alongside the draft based on German map. You've already created the new version.

South Ossetia seems OK to me. I don't think there is any more work to be done now.

Let's focus now on Abkhazia. Kodori area now seems OK to me.

However on the official government map Lata is outside the Kodori Gorge. Let's move the circle (should be green) for Lata on the left so it sits between the symbols "a" and "t" right under the label for "Lata".

Gali is inside the SZ. The circle should be moved lower to southeast so it barely touches the boundary line of SZ from inside. Move Senaki a bit on the right.--UA Victory (talk) 23:42, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

After comparing the draft to governmental map, several towns need correction.

Ambrolauri should be moved a bit on the left, under U turn of the river. Samtredia should be moved below, near the confluence of two rivers so the circle sits tight between two rivers (on the same latitude that label for Zestaponi sits). Chokhatauri should be moved a bit on the left. Baghdati should be on the left side of the river. Akhmeta should be a bit lower. Qvareli should be moved a bit lower. DedoplisTsqaro should be moved a bit to southwest. Pasanauri should be moved to southeast by the side of river. Move Mleta a bit to southeast just under the river, but above the border (I know that the circle will be a bit above the river, but that's OK).--UA Victory (talk) 23:42, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

UA Victory Do you mean that you have uploaded the NO RWZ anywhere?

That file was not in a final stage and prepared for upload and I want to know and control where my work go. I only accept upload to WikimediaCommons and nothing else. So if you have done anything else you have to undo that and tell me where/what you want uploaded.

New draft, reload for new version. --Goran tek-en (talk) 11:41, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Goran tek-en No, I didn't upload the file anywhere. I simply meant that I don't need such map (without RWZ) and I told you this, so you wouldn't have unnecessary work to do.

Gali and Lata now are OK.

However, I did the measurements for location of the towns in Paint. Senaki should be moved a bit on the right (4px) to exactly match the base map for RWZ.

Move Novyy Afon a bit on the left (4px). Move Otap a bit on the left (8px). Move Lentekhi a bit upper (7px), by the upper side of the river. Move Chokhatauri a bit on the right (8px), by the side of river. Move Keda a bit on the right (5px). Move Tqibuli a bit lower (4px). Move Pasanauri a bit lower, by the side of the river (5px). Move Khvanchkara a bit on the left, by the side of river (3px). Move Archilo a bit below (5px).--UA Victory (talk) 13:57, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

UA Victory I hope you didn't have another scale or zoom because then eg 4px will be different in my file. New draft, reload for new version. --Goran tek-en (talk) 18:29, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Goran tek-en No, the measurements were done on the default scale image. It worked out just OK.

However, we have to move Chokhatauri a bit lower by the side of river. Move Baghdati a bit on the right so its circle touches the river (1px). Move Pasanauri a bit on the right so its circle barely touches the river. Move Akhaltsikhe a bit upper by the side of the river. Akhalkalaki should be moved a bit below, right under the river.

Please move Tsalenjikha a bit on the right so the circle barely touches UN SZ (9px).

Tqibuli still has to be moved a bit lower (8px). Move Omarishara a bit on the left, by the upper side of the river (16px). Move Mestia a bit on the right (3px). Move Tsqaltubo a bit lower (4px). Chiatura has to be moved a bit lower (6px), then across the river on the left (11px). Abastumani should be moved a bit lower (12px). Ozurgeti should be moved a bit on the right (14px). Lanchkhuti should be moved a bit on the right (17px).

Move Borjomi to southwest by the side of river (10 px lower latitude). Move Khashuri a bit on the right (7px), by the upper side of river. Bakuriani should be moved a bit lower (24px). Tsnori should be move a bit lower (5px), then on the left (8px). Lagodekhi should be moved a bit below (6px), then a bit on the left (8px). Telavi should be on the same latitude as Qvareli. --UA Victory (talk) 22:38, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Map of ongoing armed conflicts

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  Map of ongoing armed conflicts. Change is requested for Egypt, China, N. Korea, S. Korea and Paraguay.

Article(s): List of ongoing armed conflicts

Request:

Shading Egypt in red while adding China, the Koreas and Paraguay in orange. Consensus can be found on Rybec's and Greyshark's talk page. The graphists can check the article's discussion as well for more information. -- Fitzcarmalan (talk) 21:07, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Request help for someone else

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  Need a plain, black & white PNG version of this map
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Article(s): Various

Request: User Soman asked in the Illustration workshop for help on an Indian election map. Because I run my os on a 486, my computer cannot handle images of that size. Can someone give him a hand? Preferably by making a SVG-map of the data provided by him. Or if he doesn't want that, a png-file (emptied of the results of 2009) of the SVG-file already posted here. Wereldburger758 (talk) 07:46, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Do you want to get a pc donated from wikimedia germany?--Kopiersperre (talk) 22:15, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Uploaders opinion(s):

By chance I have seen this request. I have created the map on the right, from which the left one is derived. There already exists a blank png map of the Indian constituencies: File:Lok Sabha constituencies of India.png. What does User Soman want to do ? --Furfur (talk) 08:45, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

LTE (telecommunication)

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  World Map of country activity

Article(s): LTE (telecommunication)

Request:

Please change the colour of India to match that f South Africa in accordance with this -- Lihaas (talk) 16:02, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

THat was easy.  ErledigtLommes (talk) 16:35, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Minor changes on the map at "Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights"

On the map at the article Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - this map: [3] - El Salvador, Gabon and Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) must be dark green, to update the map (these countries have become parties to the Convention).

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Thanks. 2A02:2F0A:506F:FFFF:0:0:BC19:A0C0 (talk) 13:31, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

And Poland must be added too, it has now ratified - on 25 Apr 2014. It must be dark green on the map.[5] 2A02:2F0A:506F:FFFF:0:0:BC1B:44A0 (talk) 12:50, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Blank very-large World map request

Resolved

 - Goran tek-en (talk) 17:41, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Article(s): [[]] Request: Hi, It is possible for the world location map to be in a bigger resolution than posted as 2000px... can you try something around 20,000px. I need a map this large to zoom in to certain locations without being pixelated. The map is just perfect for what I need. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.86.15.72 (talk) 03:57, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

First, it would have been great if you used the --New request-- link above as it provides all the code that is needed. Also it would be appreciated if you had signed your request here.

 Request taken by Goran tek-en (talk) 17:41, 17 April 2014 (UTC).

You can find the big png here Worldmap location NED 50m 20000-10027. --Goran tek-en (talk) 17:41, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

 Erledigt

Cambridge electoral wards

Resolved

Cambridge UK ward map 2010 coloured on Cambridge-Openstreetmap-08-06-13.svg

Article(s): en:Cambridge

Request:

Can someone please vectorise en:File:CambridgeWards.png (and not use Comic Sans)? By the way, where can one check if the boundaries are still valid? cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 22:02, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

@cmglee please check if the boundaries are valid BEFORE you request a map. this way we don't need to do the work twice (once now, and once when you find out that there are new boundaries. thanks.--Lommes (talk) 18:58, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

The Cambridge City Council site does have a fairly basic map showing the current 14 wards.[6] -- [[ axg // ✉ ]] 19:48, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Edit: The user has already filed a request at the Commons Graphic Lab, which has been answered. -- [[ axg // ✉ ]] 19:52, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

 Erledigt – combined Cambridge_UK_ward_map_2010_coloured.svg on Cambridge-Openstreetmap-08-06-13.svg as on right. cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 16:17, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

World locator map

Thanks for the large locator world map you uploaded!. [[7]] Is it possible adding the US states as well as the Great Lakes in it as well?

Greatly appreciated! 67.86.15.72 (talk) 12:54, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Stanley in Africa

Article(s): Henry Morton Stanley's first trans-Africa exploration 

Request:

Details of your request go here... -- DePiep (talk) 22:30, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi. Henry Morton Stanley's first trans-Africa exploration could use a nice graph. -DePiep (talk) 22:30, 18 April 2014 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

Location map for Telangana, India

Article(s): Telangana, Hyderabad, several others

Request:

Please create a location map image of Telangana, similar to Andhra Pradesh's File:Location map India Andhra Pradesh.png (though it should be an SVG, not a PNG). -- Jackmcbarn (talk) 18:35, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

LTE (telecommunication)

Resolved

 - Jackmcbarn (talk) 01:26, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

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  World Map of country activity

Article(s): LTE (telecommunication)

Request:

Please change the colour of Greece to red as more than half of the population is covered with LTE by two carriers. link 1

link 2 -- Sergiogr Sergiogr (talk) 11:20, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Not easy. 99% of the work will be identifying which of the hundreds of "path"s in the file correspond to Greece. It would have been so much easier if the SVG contained comments to identify the countries. Maproom (talk) 20:35, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

 Erledigt. By the way, you can right-click somewhere on an SVG and hit Inspect element (at least in Firefox) to see which path it is. Jackmcbarn (talk) 01:26, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Thank you, Jackmcbarn, for the tip! I'll be using that. Maproom (talk) 07:09, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Mashonaland East districts - map error

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Article(s): Districts of Zimbabwe and Mashonaland East Province

Request:

Please, could the districts be correctly labeled. The current map has an obvious labeling error. It lists two districts as "Murehwa". The probable cause is that the two districts used to be a single district named "Murehwa". About 1978 Murehwa District was split into a reduced Murehwa District to the south and the new Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe or UMP District to the northwest. This can be seen on the larger map: Davies, D. Hywel and Wheeler, R. G. "Zimbabwe Administrative Areas (as used for the basis of the Enumeration Areas for the Population Census of 1982)". Central Statistical Office, the Department of the Surveyor-General, Zimbabwe.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link). This can also be seen (using some interpretation) on the constituency map at File:Mashonaland East-constituency2008.gif and on the UN-OCHA map of Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe, but it is most clearly seen on the maps at http://www.mapmakerdata.co.uk.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/library/stacks/Africa/Zimbabwe/Mashonaland%20East/index.htm. --Bejnar (talk) 19:24, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

 Erledigt. The anti-aliasing is not as good as I would like, but that's what happens when I use PaintShop Pro, slanted text, and a bitmap. Maproom (talk) 20:20, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

LTE (telecommunication)

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  World Map of country activity

Article(s): LTE (telecommunication)

Request:

Please change the colour of Pakistan to match that of India in accordance with this -- - sms- talk    09:20, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

 Erledigt. Maproom (talk) 09:44, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Cross-sections, Antarctic and Tibet/Himalaya

• Cross-section/transect comparison of Tibetan Plateau and Antarctica
  Cross-section/transect comparison of Tibetan Plateau and Antarctica

Article(s): Antarctica

Request:

Documented data source

It would be great to have a map comparing the heights of the Tibetan Plateau and the Antarctic, to scale (obviously the vertical scale will have to be much larger than the horizontal scale, but the same scales for both locations). The height of Antarctica is really important to the regional circulation and other features, and it would be great to have a vivid visualization of how tall it is. A N-S transect for Himalaya/Tibetan Plateau, and a 90W-90E one for Antarctica, would work well.

The individual cross-sections, seperately, would make useful and informative images in their own rights, and encourage people to modify them to present geological and biozone information.

Showing the under-ice ground surface is nice, but not essential. See the metadata of the image on the right for a data source.

Antarctica example: http://lima.nasa.gov/antarctica/ Himalayan example: http://sciencythoughts.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/how-bar-headed-geese-cross-himalayas.html

-- HLHJ (talk) 11:49, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

South West England

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Article(s): South West England and many others

Request:

Only nine years late... I've noticed that this map does not show the Isle of Wight (for comparison see File:EnglandSouthEast.png). It needs to be added - it's specifically mentioned at, for instance, West Country dialects. -- Ghmyrtle (talk) 18:43, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): Consider using locator maps from Commons:Category:SVG locator maps of regions in England (location map scheme)--TUBS (talk) 07:54, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Small edit to error on a map of Boston

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  SVG version
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  PNG version

Article(s): voy:Boston

Request:

Please change the label "Missionary Hills" to the correct name: "Mission Hill" -sumone10154^(talk) 01:04, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Resolved

 - Done by User:Ypsilon. -sumone10154^(talk) 00:35, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

On the UN Ukraine vote map for Europe, Greenland should appear green (like Denmark) not grey

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  United Nations General Assembly resolution 68-262 vote in Europe

Article(s): United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262

Request:

Summary: On the above map, please change the colour of Greenland from grey to green (the same colour as Denmark and the rest of Western Europe).

Details: I've already posted a detailed justification for this request on the article's Talk Page, in this section. To avoid duplication, I haven't copied it to here, but please feel free to do so if you think that would help. Tlhslobus (talk) 03:19, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Languages of Indonesia

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  Indonesia Ethnic Groups Map English
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  Indonesian Province

Article(s): Languages of Indonesia

Request:

Please add province boundary in Indonesia Ethnic Groups Map. -- Kaiyr (talk) 16:41, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Indian general election, 2009 result in Chhattisgarh

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  Existing map for the result

Article(s): Indian general election, 2009 (Chhattisgarh)

Request:

There are many things that could be improved about this image (e.g. JPG->SVG, adding constituency names, etc.). But, for now I would like an error in the image to be corrected — a saffron region in the map should be changed to cyan or blue, and vice versa, to reflect the correct election result.

A map (requiring Adobe Flash plugin) of all the constituencies and results as of 2009 can be found here. Note the locations and colours of 4 - Korba and 9 - Mahasamund in the map therein.

The articles Mahasamund (Lok Sabha constituency) and Korba (Lok Sabha constituency) also state that Korba was won by INC and Mahasamund by BJP in 2009. The existing image shows Mahasamund as won by INC and Korba as won by BJP. This could have been due to a confusion with the 2004 result [8] when INC won Mahasamund (Lok Sabha constituency). -- Paddu (talk) 00:10, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

 Erledigt. It was a pretty skundgy image, I have tried not to make it any worse. Maproom (talk) 22:39, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

EU Constituencies of Ireland

 Erledigt

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Article(s): South (European Parliament constituency), Dublin (European Parliament constituency), Midlands–North-West (European Parliament constituency).

Request:

The boundaries of the European Constituencies of Ireland changed recently for the upcoming European Parliament election, 2014, so would someone please change the the boundaries of both of the above maps to reflect that, using the map found at http://www.thejournal.ie/european-constituency-boundary-redraw-1099966-Sep2013/ as a guide. Plus while you're at it, maybe you could also create a similar map highlighting the new Midlands–North-West Constituency.

Graphist opinion(s):

I'll take it, since I already did a map on the subject earlier today -  Request taken by ArnoldPlaton (talk) 14:27, 18 May 2014 (UTC).

• Done - ArnoldPlaton (talk) 14:50, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

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Old Jamestown, MO

Article(s): Old Jamestown, Missouri

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Request: Communities of St. Louis County, Missouri all have a file on each article page like this, highlighting the location of the community within the county. Since the addition of Old Jamestown as a CDP in 2010, these files have not been updated to include this new community. I have attempted to contact the original uploaders of these files, but have received no response.

I request all files on articles of St. Louis County communities be updated to include the new community, (including Old Jamestown, Missouri with a highlighted file). I can provide resources if necessary. — Confession0791 ^talk 17:01, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Resources: [9] and this one is zoomable: [10] — Confession0791 ^talk 15:35, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

 Request taken.  Philg88 ^♦talk 16:08, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

@Confession0791: After looking into this, I don't think that your request will work. Based on the scale of the current locator map, Old Jamestown would be a tiny red blob if it were outlined. The source I had planned to use doesn't show this subdivision as part of MO. Any suggestions?  Philg88 ^♦talk 14:52, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

If you look at all articles of St. Louis County cities and CDP's, they all appear as "tiny red blobs" on their locator maps. It merely shows the location of the community within the county. — Confession0791 ^talk 16:14, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

OK, I see what the issue is. Leave it with me for a couple of days.  Philg88 ^♦talk 17:44, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

@Confession0791: Is that what you mean?  Philg88 ^♦talk 08:01, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Only issue is the western boundary is more like a 45 degree angle. — Confession0791 ^talk 13:35, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Western border tweaked accordingly. Let me know if this is OK and I'll update the other maps.  Philg88 ^♦talk 14:18, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Pretty good. Remember to leave this community unshaded on the other maps, since it is unincorporated. And thank you. — Confession0791 ^talk 14:47, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Status update? — Confession0791 ^talk 15:48, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

You mean are the other maps done? No, not yet. I intend to create a new SVG of the districts element of this map with lat/long referencing. It's not a trivial task so please be patient. Cheers,  Philg88 ^♦talk 16:44, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Understood. — Confession0791 ^talk 20:01, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Toxostoma curvirostre

Article: Curve-billed Thrasher

Request:Hello! I would like to have the map of the Curve-billed Thrasher revised (I requested a map done on this bird probably a year and a half ago). After doing research, it turns out that it isn't located in California unless you count instances of vagrants. Here is the link: National Geographic Curved-billed Thrasher

Thanks!LeftAire (talk) 21:22, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

• It would have been a great help for us that do graphic work here if you use the --New request-- link at the top. That provides us with all the code that is necessary for this work to be as easy as possible so please update this request.
  
• For your request it would also have been great if you linked to the image you wants to have edited. Also please bear in mind that this is your topic, we that do graphic work here have probably zero knowledge on this topic.
  
• It seems to me you are requesting a map of "Curve-billed Thrasher" what that now is? I can on your link see it's a bird, but you can't have a map of a bird, to me anyway.
  
• We do graphic work not research so please help us to help you and provide us with all the necessary information. Also write in a way so that anyone understand your purpose and information. I do hope you understand this point of view, thanks. --Goran tek-en (talk) 10:15, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

I think LeftAire wants a map of the range of the Curve-billed Thrasher, copied form the National Geographic article cited above, but not so closely as to be a copyright violation. Maproom (talk) 16:41, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Maproom is correct. I'm sorry I wasn't clear on the directions for what exactly that I had wanted. I didn't get a lot of sleep that day and it showed. Is it any way possible that the map of the range of the Curve-billed Thrasher from the National Geographic page could be closely copied w/o copyright infringement? If so, it would be greatly appreciated. Once again, my apologies. It's been quite a while since I've asked for a map graphic. LeftAire (talk) 14:08, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

 Erledigt the request to remove California and Nevada from the range, as shown in the cited National Geographic page. I have left the rest of the range alone, particularly Mexico and the blue bits shown in the sea. Maproom (talk) 22:56, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

An interactive map of Wikipedia Education Programs for Outreach wiki

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  Blank map of the world
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  Use this background, better shape and code.
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  Created by NNW ! :)

Article(s): outreach:Education/Programs

Request:

Dear Map Workshop,

Some of our community members have asked us to add a map of educational programs on education.wikimedia.org. This is a feature that we agree would be really helpful to have on Outreach wiki. An interactive map, like the one used by Wiki Loves Monuments here, would be even better. I've talked with User:Heatherawalls and User:Ragesoss about this, and we know it's possible, we just don't know how to make it happen ourselves. Heather encouraged me to reach out to the amazing mapmakers here on Commons to see if you may be able to support us in this. Can you? :) Many thanks in advance. All the best, Anna Koval (WMF) (talk) 21:26, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Hello Anna, nice to hear all this. Key factors are :

• Where do you want to implement/display your map ? which website? https://outreach.wikimedia.org I think.
• When do you need it ?
• What is the map scope ? (USA? World?) and list of countries/places to display.
• What is the depth of it (USA general interactive map + interactive map for each state ?)s.

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Different technologies and time frame are possible depending on these answer.

The IEG:Wikimaps_Atlas I lead is expected to provide such interactive maps around August 2014 for general websites. Implementation into WMF's mediawikis then need approval and deployment.

Other approaches, while handmade, may be faster to get to you.

Send us back your starting parameters, we will find you the suitable approach. Cheer. Yug (talk) 10:10, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi Yug, so happy to hear from you! :)

• Generally, yes, we will use it on outreach.wikimedia.org, but more specifically at outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Programs
• How soon can you do it? ;) The sooner the better would be great. But we realize that we are not the only customer at the market. :) Our map scope is:
• the whole World.
• Countries being:

Algeria Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belgium Bolivia Brazil Cameroon Canada Catalonia (Amical) Chile Colombia Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador Egypt Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Honduras Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Macedonia Mexico Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands Norway Panama Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Tunisia Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Venezuela Yemen

• World interactive map for each country.
• Ideally, all countries could be clickable. If there is an education program in that country, though, it would be one color, a bright bold color, and clicking it would lead to it's program description page. If there is not an education program in that country yet, it would be another color, a lighter color, like gray or white, and clicking it would lead to a page that says something like: "There's no Wikipedia Education Program yet in this country. But you can help us start one! Here's how..." Does that make sense? :)

The Wikiatlas project isawesome! Maybe we can be one of your test projects! :)

Understood. I'm also reaching out to other cartographers, too.

I hope this is enough information to get started. Let me know if you need more information. Looking forward to working together again! Thanks so much, Yug! :) Anna Koval (WMF) (talk) 19:22, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Ok,to translate this into graphist terms, I think we will have to work with File:BlankMap-World6.svg. I have a feeling of deja vue relate to this world map and interactive features, but I have no clue where I saw that. We could first provide you a static maps with these active countries colored which take a dozen of minutes to do, then look for an interactive solution. As usual, we graphists will try around, but that's really depending on the size of the task and our free time. Yug (talk) 21:06, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

I haven't experience with it, but imagemap may be the tool we need. Yug (talk) 21:39, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

Does someone knows python ? A guy made a python script to quickly convert svg into imagemaps: Creating an image map from SVG. He got this result from a previous wikipedia world map, which is quite impressive. Yug (talk) 21:53, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

Seems there is no countries-of-the-world imagemap in Category:Wikipedia_geographic_image_maps. There are few links on the subject of imagemaps. It seems there is a distinction between HTML-format image maps to wiki image maps. Yug (talk) 22:36, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

I think that one should consider this;

• Do we want an image map that can stand alone?

oder

• Do we want an image map that is depending on code on the html page itself?
  

As this image map (to me anyway) should be uploaded to commons and work on any page from where it can be used anywhere (even outside wikimedia) this is a very important point, a stand alone version; free knowledge och free media.
If it's decided it should work anywhere then you can't use code on the html page, everything has to be within the svg file itself.
You can look at this link for a test.
This test file is not based on a wikimedia server or run thru it's program so that has to be check also, but this is how it works on a normal website: the stand alone version, all within the svg file. --Goran tek-en (talk) 06:44, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

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 Request taken by NNW.: working immediately !

 Erledigt: Result is there !

Thank you Thanks so much, NNW and Yug. I'm so grateful for your help and so happy about the results. :) Anna Koval (WMF) (talk) 20:28, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

2014 EP constituency maps fix

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  EP constituencies (already fixed)
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  Austria (needs fixing)
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  Belgium - German-speaking (needs fixing)
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  Belgium - French-speaking (needs fixing)
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  Belgium - Dutch-speaking (needs fixing)
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  Bulgaria (needs fixing)
  ...and so on

Article(s): Multiple

Request: I created about 67 maps of each European Parliament constituency (see Category:European_Parliament_constituencies), but after uploading them I realized there are 2 mistakes: Liechtenstein was mistakenly added, and French Southern/Antarctic Territory is not part of the electoral process. Both areas should be grey (Like the good example above). I already corrected all of them once when I changed the Irish constituencies, and I don't have the time to do all of 'em again. Thanks - ArnoldPlaton (talk) 21:09, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Philippine EEZ update

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  Philippine EEZ

Article(s): Exclusive economic zone

Request:

Please update the map according to the new maritime delineation treaty between Indonesia and the Philippines. Created another file if necessary. -- 203.215.121.178 (talk) 05:10, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Chorley political boundaries.

I downloaded a map and re-hashed it and then re-uploaded it but apparently, this is not a free licence. I was redirected here. Can anyone help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Darrenjolley (talk • contribs) 11:26, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Where did you download it from? What map was it? Maproom (talk) 07:49, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

I downloaded it from this site.

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(I have shrunk the image here to a more modest size.)

This image was uploaded to Wikimedia commons by 'CMLW22', who claimed it as "own work" and released it with a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. Why do you think think it is not a free licence? Anyway, the Commons Help Desk might be a better place to ask. Maproom (talk) 21:48, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Update Wikipedia Zero Map

This map does not show all the countries where partnerships currently are! here is the reference on the bottom

Vgrigas (talk) 16:12, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Location Map for Kolkata

Article: Multiple (to be used on articles related to Kolkata Please create a location map for Kolkata like File:Location_map_India_New_Delhi.png. You can use this File:Kolkata_Street_Map1.svg and Google map snapshot as a reference point, which is a bit outdated and does not incorporate areas like New Town, Kolkata and Belgharia Expressway. Amartyabag ^TALK2ME 07:09, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

 Request taken.  Philg88 ^♦talk 13:03, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Visited countries

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Article(s): Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Request:

Could someone please use the blank map above to create a map highlighting in blue all the countries visited in the TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. The countries you'd need to highlight are: The USA, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Cuba, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Belarus, Malta, Russia, Georgia, China and Australia.

Graphist opinion(s):

LTE (telecommunication)

Resolved

 - Küñall (talk) 05:11, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

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  World Map of country activity

Article(s): LTE (telecommunication)

Request:

Please change the colour of Colombia to red as it now offers commercial LTE in most of its departments.[11][12][13] or just update the whole map to match the following [14] -- pipeafcr (talk) 22:31, 15 April 2014 (EST)

•  Erledigt I have also changed Chile and Ecuador to red, since both countries now offer commercial services. Küñall (talk) 05:11, 1 June 2014 (UTC)