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Blank svg map of districts of Turkey

• IMAGE1.EXT

  File:Turkey districts blank.svg

Article(s): en:Turkey_districts_blank.svg

Request

A blank svg map of Turkey on district level (similar to the [1]). The only district map of Turkey on Wikipedia is this[2], which is a png map.

There is a SVG map of Turkey‘s provinces here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SVG_map_centered_on_Turkey,_showing_her_provinces.svg It needs to be edited, but it’s complete and accurate, as far as I can judge it.

Balkanique (talk) 18:43, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

inset map needs to be replaced by a free map

• PiteTerritory.jpg

  The settlement area of the Pite Saamis, with an inset showing the location within Scandinavia

Article(s): en:Pite Sami, de:Dumpokjauratj (Wohnplatz), ca:Sami de Pite, sv:Pitesamiska, zh:皮特薩米語

Request

The file https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/has a copyrighted inset map. The file should be edited such that the copyrighted part is removed and replaced by a free map of Scandinavia with the relevant region marked.

The file is used on Wikipedia instances in 5 different languages. The "real" map was created by Joshua Wilbur, author of the book which contains the map. Wilbur released it under CC-BY, but he was not aware of the problem with the inset. I can facilitate contact with Wilbur if required. --Jasy jatere (talk) 10:38, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

Jasy jatere Your link above is bad in some way so there is nothing to view. --Goran tek-en (talk) 16:43, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: , the map was deleted and no archive exists (or maybe it does). Perhaps @Jasy jatere: can upload the map to Imgur or Google Drive and share it here. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 23:02, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Afrin offensive (January–March 2018)

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  Turkish military advancement in Afrin

Article(s): هجوم عفرين (يناير–مارس 2018)

Request

Can you please create an Arabic version of this gif file. The translation is as follows:

• Rajo = راجو
• Maabatli = معبطلي‎
• Afrin = عفرين
• Azaz = أعزاز
• Tell Rifat = تل رفعت
• Sawran = صوران‎
• Deir Jamal = دير جمال
• Mare' = مارع‎
• Nubl = نُبُّل
• Jindires = جنديرس‎
• Aleppo = حلب
• Darat Izza = دارة عزَّة
• Jalameh / Celemê‎ = جلمة
• Qah = قاح
• Atmeh = أطمة
• Meidan Ekbis = ميدان أكبس

Thank you--باسم (talk) 20:30, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

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باسم In that GIF there are 61 layers which each one containing those names with a changing background. So first you have to remove all of those names on all layers and restore the background. Then you have to add the translations. This is really really really a lot of work and the quality of image is not very good. So I'm not sure any one think it would be worth it. This is my reflection and I wanted you to know in case no one picks this request. --always ping me--Goran tek-en (talk) 12:48, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: thank you for clarifying this. If nobody was able to translate it then you can archive this request--باسم (talk) 17:24, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

باسم I didn't say that, I only speak for myself. You can leave it open and see if someone picks it. --always ping me--Goran tek-en (talk) 18:18, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

@باسم and Goran tek-en: hi, perhaps Pinging @Nate Hooper, the original uploader, can be of any help? En rouge (talk) 12:55, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm not sure how to do that. I made this by editing each day in ms paint, it was someone else who originally made the map, where each layer, including the "name layer" were separate. Nate Hooper (talk) 01:57, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Eritrea on Grey–green orthographic projections maps

Maps by view
0 1 2File:Europe orthographic Caucasus Urals boundary (with borders).svg has the border, may help 3 4 5 Miscellaneous pngs

Article(s): Various

Request

A number of the Grey–green orthographic projections maps appear to have been generated without Eritrea. I've collected them above, sorted by viewpoint. Presumably the same fix can apply across each viewpoint. It's particularly noticeable for groups 1 and 2, and somewhat for 3 and a couple in the miscellaneous group. For the others the fix is not as important, but included for completeness. I'm hoping that for those familiar with orthographic maps this might be an easy fix, as South Sudan seems to have been possible for many of them. --Chipmunkdavis (talk) 12:27, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

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British territorial waters (Exclusive Economic Zone)

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  Current .svg map of the British EEZ

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  Another .svg version

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  Another .png version

Article(s): potentially global usage; could supplant any of the maps above. Especially desirable for pages like British territorial waters and British overseas territories

Request

I'd like to request a more detailed world map of the British territorial waters and the territorial waters of the British overseas territories. The present maps don't have any labels and are quite small. It would be ideal if the territories themselves could be made (more) visible using a higher quality standard map. It would be really nice if there's a map for this purpose that shows the depth of the ocean as a relief map, and which has lines of latitude marked (to give an idea of the climate and environment). The territorial waters can be seen here: marineregions.org. My preference would be for a full-length Mercator projection (minimally cut off at the poles, to show the whole Antarctic territory and also because of the explicitly nautical purpose). Possibly there could be shading on the areas that are "territorial waters" and "contiguous zones", and the labels would be easily international-izable. Some of these are also "Marine Protected Areas" which could be useful information to incorporate, but not at all essential. I think this should probably be a relatively simple task for someone proficient in the usual cartographic software. Let me know if any more information is necessary; I look forward to seeing wikigraphists in action! GPinkerton (talk) 23:34, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

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GPinkerton I can't work with data sets to "automatically" create maps like this, I do it manually so I need sources with maps to work from. Your link British territorial waters is not working as it should. You ask for much information to be put into this requested map so if you want me to help you I will need sources that I can use so they must have a license that allows this and I would be needing your knowledge for this. If this is fine with you and you can provide this just ping me and we can start, thanks. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 20:02, 17 August 2021 (UTC) Goran tek-en I have rectified the link! The marineregions.org has most/all of the information – what more is required? GPinkerton (talk) 22:11, 17 August 2021 (UTC)  Request taken by --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:17, 18 August 2021 (UTC) GPinkerton First we have to decide on which map to work on, later on I will see what more info I need. We have this file:Mercator Projection.svg which now is 1,652 × 1,221 pixels in size. Which size do you want it to be? --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:17, 18 August 2021 (UTC) Goran tek-en That one is not ideal because it cuts off too much of Antarctica and the Antarctic Ocean (and is I think asymmetric for that reason) which would mean that the Antarctic Territory would not be visible. GPinkerton (talk) 13:24, 18 August 2021 (UTC) GPinkerton Then I need you to find a svg map here at commons that fits your needs. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:56, 18 August 2021 (UTC) Goran tek-en I don't think such a map exists, which is why I'm requesting the creation of a new one. GPinkerton (talk) 14:11, 18 August 2021 (UTC) GPinkerton I misunderstood you then because I assumed that the base map we have would work, not that you wanted a new projection made. Is this file:Mercator projection Square.JPG the correct projection for you? Is there a map at this place your-vector-maps.com which would work for you? Just think about the projection not colors or anything like that. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:35, 18 August 2021 (UTC) Goran tek-en That's more what I was thinking of! So long as the equator is in the middle I wouldn't mind losing some of the Artic Ocean and Antarctica, so long as the whole Antarctic coast is visible (to show the Antarctic Territory's coastline, etc). But yes, it appears a suitable svg relief/elevation map of the world's sea bed + terrain is not available on Commons just now (!); creating one might have to be a first step. GPinkerton (talk) 14:43, 18 August 2021 (UTC) I don't see a suitable one there (your-vector-maps.com); I think a new file may need to be created. GPinkerton (talk) 14:47, 18 August 2021 (UTC) GPinkerton What I'm trying to find right now is a correct base map to work on. I have sent a question to the person who runs that web page to see if he could create what you need because I don't have the knowledge or the tools to create one from datas sets. I will be back when I got an answer. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:40, 18 August 2021 (UTC) Although the Mercator has long been associated with everything nautical, IMO it’s a poor choice for a world map (especially one that includes extreme latitudes), or indeed for just about anything but navigation. An equirectangular relief map (same projection as the existing AFAICT) would likely be easier to find, and if it lacks a graticule it would be a doddle to add one. Normally I’d recommend an equal-area projection—but you want straight meridians, which inevitably produces maps with ‘squashed’ higher latitudes.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 20:01, 18 August 2021 (UTC) Odysseus1479 straight meridians are indeed what I desire! The map should show clearly show how straight lines are drawn through the ocean by the various treaties and claims. There may well be alternatives to a cylindrical-type projection but the most important things are the straight meridians (or, as you say, a clear and unfussy graticule) and the sea-floor. Mercator himself objected to his projection being used as a map-on-the-wall, but the subject is strictly nautical, and the stretched area towards the poles has the nice added benefit in this case of paralleling the increasing value of fishing waters the colder the water gets. GPinkerton (talk) 16:30, 21 August 2021 (UTC) GPinkerton I haven't got any answer yet and it might be it's not an active web page any more. So could you consider any format that is available to us as above? If not I will have to withdraw my "take" and you will have to find someone else with the necessary skills and software. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:43, 21 August 2021 (UTC) GPinkerton Is this a correct projection (don't think about the rest) File:CIA_World_Map_Physical_2021.pdf? --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:52, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

Goran tek-en I think it will be easier for someone with map software skills to build a new map using the data than for you to do this by hand, yes. That way a basic world map could be made on which to base maps on many countries' maritime claims, protected areas, etc. Thanks for volunteering! GPinkerton (talk) 16:30, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

Need a correction on a map

Article(s): File:HotspotHighway.jpg

Request

Raratonga should be Rarotonga and Rurutu should be Arago.

Per en:Arago hotspot that is nowadays the more common term, it seems. The Raratonga thing is just a plain typo fix. --Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 08:52, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

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Pinging @Scooteristi:

- Jo-Jo Eumerus, perhaps the initial uploader can be of any help. Moreover, Scooteristi can upload an .svg version of the file? En rouge (talk) 13:03, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

IKEA Map request

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  Map of current and future IKEA loctions

• IMAGE2.EXT

  Description of second image (if needed)

• IMAGE3.EXT

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

Article(s): List of countries with IKEA stores

Request

Update the map

File:Map of IKEA stores.svg

Please update the map to include Ukraine, Mexico, and Slovenia in blue as they have opened IKEA stores as well as as add the Philippines, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Vietnam and Pakistan in yellow for future markets.- --Thenabster126 (talk) 01:05, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

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 Done - Nancystodd (talk) 00:57, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

Former administrative units of Pakistan

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  the whole map

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  suggested style

Article(s): en:Former administrative units of Pakistan

Request

Please vectorize the whole map of Pakistan and to select on her one by one administrative unit (red or dark green).

units are:

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  w:East Bengal and w:East Pakistan

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  w:West Punjab

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  Sind

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  w:North-West Frontier Province

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  w:Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)

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  w:Federal Capital Territory (Pakistan)

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  w:Bahawalpur (princely state)

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  w:Khairpur (princely state)

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  w:Khanate of Kalat

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  w:Las Bela (princely state)

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  w:Kharan (princely state)

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  w:Makran (princely state)

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  w:Phulra very small

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  w:Amb (princely state) very small

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  w:Swat (princely state)

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  w:Dir (princely state)

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  w:Chitral (princely state)

• No map, farthest north

  w:Hunza (princely state)

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  w:Nagar (princely state)

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  w:Federally Administered Tribal Areas

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  w:Gilgit Agency

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  w:Azad Jammu and Kashmir

• No map, west of the amb and east of swat

  w:Hazara Tribal Agency

• No map, northwest of Hazara

  w:Kohistan Tribal Area

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  w:Baltistan district farthest east

• No map, south of Nagar

  w:Gilgit

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  w:Islamabad Capital Territory

• No map, south of Markan

  Gwadar Enclave (purchased from Sultanate of Oman in 1958)

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Hanoi location map.svg

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  Location map of Hanoi, Vietnam

Article(s): vi:Bản mẫu:Vị trí các di tích quốc gia đặc biệt tại Việt Nam

Request

Svg map editors needed

Hi all! This svg map coordinates seemed to be incorrect. Can anyone please fix it? Thanks a lot! Hari caaru (talk) 00:54, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

A bit difficult with only boundaries and no rivers but I would take

N: 21.427139

W: 105.154942

S: 20.523778

E: 106.132608

Regards, NNW 16:40, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Covid-19 Vaccination Map of UK.png

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  Existing map by home nation only, showing April's data

Article(s): w:COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom & its equivalents

Request

New map of COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom

Make a new map of covid-19 vaccinations in the UK by local authority area, rather than by home nation only, and with updated data (https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/vaccinations here). The current map is now months old and doesn't show more than four data points. The new map ought to look something like the ones on the British Government websites: here, but with the metric of cumulative "People who have received 2nd dose vaccinations" from the government website rather than "percentage of adults vaccinated" used on the government's website interactive map. The data can be downloaded here. (The new map should use either the "Upper Tier Local Authority Data" (minimum detail) or the "Lower Tier Local Authority Data"; the "Middle layer Super Output Areas" (!) are probably unnecessarily small and the "regions" are unwieldy and have no administrative functions.) I assume an SVG file would be best for the purpose. GPinkerton (talk) 22:45, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

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Population density maps of USA and of Europe using the same legend

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  Population density map of USA (precision=county)

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  Population density map of EU (precision=state/province/department at least, the more detailed the better)

• IMAGE3.EXT

  Population density map of EU and other European countries, the more countries included the better, the more detailed the better...

Article(s): w:Americas

Request

I just came across this hypothesis, that the population density of the New World, after centuries of exponential growth, is still far lower than that of the Old World, especially Europe. It would be nice to have maps that use the same colour legend, so that they can be compared directly.

The maps linked are just examples, not necessary to follow.

It would be really cool to have a series of these maps of other countries as well, like India, China, Japan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Southeast Asia... all these highly populated areas.

I tried to look for existing files but I cant find much.--RZuo (talk) 10:38, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

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Highlight East timor

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  Indonesia in 1993 with east timor

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  Reference 2

Article(s): New Order

Request

Please Highlight East Timor like New Zealand territories in the second image. Also change the color please.

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SVG blank maps of the world centered in Asia

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  Robinson projection centered in 162E

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  Winkel-Tripel projection centered in 150E

Article(s): Various locator maps

Request

Hello, I have seen that we do not have any SVG maps centered on Asia in the Robinson and Winkel-Tripel projections, and I consider them necessary (preferably centered on the 90E meridian) to change the view for the locator maps for countries in the Far East, that look very strange such as this example here. The idea is to have them with the colors shown above (gray for Robinson and yellow-blue for Winkel) and preferably centered on the 90E meridian. Thank you. --Milenioscuro (talk) 18:21, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

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1984 Summer Olympics medal map.png

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  World map from 1985

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  Participating nations during the 1984 Summer Olympics

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  2012 Summer Olympics medal map

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  New map

Article(s): en:1984 Summer Olympics medal table

Request

I would like a colored map to be created showing medal results for each nation during the 1984 Summer Olympic using the blank map from 1985 as seen in the first image. The second image is a reference guide to the nations that did participates in the 1984 Summer Olympics. I also posted an example from the 2012 Summer Olympics showing medals results with countries in gold (for nations that won at least one gold medal), silver (nations that won at least one silver medal, but no gold medals), bronze (nations that ONLY won at least one bronze medal), blue (nations that won zero medals), and red (nations that did not participate in that year's Olympics). --Birdienest81 (talk) 11:16, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

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@Birdienest81: that blank map is configured for hand-coding with a text editor, and by the time I’d finished experimenting with it I had your map half done. But I have a couple of quibbles about the 2012 example. One is that colouring non-participants in red seems to draw more attention to them than to the medal achievements, counter to the ostensible purpose; I would like to colour them dark grey. Another is that IMO the circle-markers for small islands and other countries or quasi-colonies just create visual clutter unless they were participants. Who would have guessed the Vatican didn’t send a team? So my preference would be to show the dots for the BVI and Singapore, for example, but not those for the Channel Islands or Brunei. (Rather than basing participation on the 1984 example above I would go by the list at en:1984 Summer Olympics#Participating National Olympic Committees.) What are your thoughts?—Odysseus1479 (talk) 03:05, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

@Odysseus1479: I think coloring the non-participating nations with dark grey is perfectly fine. Your suggestion on basing the participation of each nation by the aforementioned list you've mentioned works for me. You're free to make the map as how you see fit.

--Birdienest81 (talk) 08:07, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

 Done. @Birdienest81: please check it over and let me know if there are any problems. I grouped non-participant colonies &c. with their parent countries, so for example Greenland is silver and St-Pierre-et-Miquelon is gold.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 08:36, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

@Odysseus1479: Looks good. I wonder though if you could crop out the Antarctica continent and/or the outer board representing the shape of the globe so that it does look like the 2012 map. Otherwise, I placed the map onto the 1984 Summer Olympics medal table. Great work.

--Birdienest81 (talk) 10:26, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

@Birdienest81: I had the same idea earlier, and tried to crop it by hacking the code but got, shall we say, unexpected results. (Making the ocean & Antarctica disappear is easy; it’s getting rid of the extra space that I’m finding hard.) I might be able to figure out the coördinates with some more experimenting, though. It would be simple to crop in a graphic editor, but I’d rather leave that as a last resort because it will lose the CSS-editability. (Then again, the original would still be available from the file history.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 03:24, 3 November 2021 (UTC) P.S. Never mind, figured it out,  Done.—05:06, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Locator map of Kurdistan

Article: e.g. Kurds, Kurdistan

Request

Adapt Map 0.2 from The Cambridge History of the Kurds

Make a standard grey-green location map for the same area as is marked on Map 0.2 on page xxviii of The Cambridge History of the Kurds (Bozarslan, Gunes, & Yadirgi, 2021). The "Map of Kurdish inhabited areas" should be laid over the typical grey-green orthographic projection centred on, say, Jazirat ibn ʿUmar (Turkish: Cizre). Versions with and without international borders would both be useful. GPinkerton (talk) 20:54, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

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Extended content

@GPinkerton: I can help you but you will have to be more specific how I can view that map. Would this map be protected by copyright, if so which type? This is important as it gives me information on how I/we can use it. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:21, 21 October 2021 (UTC) @Goran tek-en: the map is quite basic – just an outline fundamentally. I don't know much about copyright but I don't see how a simple real-world map can really be copyrighted/have its copyright infringed by being copied onto a new projection. One can read the book here (certainly a copyright infringement!) or here (requires subscription/access of some kind). Thanks. GPinkerton (talk) 20:33, 21 October 2021 (UTC)  Request taken by --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 12:03, 22 October 2021 (UTC) @GPinkerton: It wouldn't be the world map but the specific areas drawn on it that can be copyrighted, to my understanding. As we don't know I can only use it as information and can't copy it. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 12:03, 22 October 2021 (UTC) @GPinkerton: Which one of those two (will crop) do you want as the base map. Outline Topographic --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:18, 22 October 2021 (UTC) @Goran tek-en: neither; as I said before, it should be the "typical grey-green orthographic projection" (the one that shows a view of a round Earth) regularly used for locator maps (as in Category:SVG locator maps (grey globe scheme)). The idea is to show global context. GPinkerton (talk) 18:48, 22 October 2021 (UTC) @GPinkerton: Sorry didn't pay attention enough on what you wrote, but you also wrote "location", but now you write "locator" map, it's different. Anyway I can't create a new specific map but can any of those two go for you; file:Iraq (orthographic projection).svg, file:Iran (orthographic projection).svg. The areas of Kurdistan will be very small on a map like that. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:22, 23 October 2021 (UTC) @GPinkerton: Maybe this can work for you, to make the areas more visible. This is based on that you can use any of those two file:Iraq (orthographic projection).svg, file:Iran (orthographic projection).svg. 1 Something similar to this 2 If we use this map for the areas and then in the legend we add the globe, something like this. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:14, 24 October 2021 (UTC) @Goran tek-en: I was hoping for a new map along the lines of File:Europe-UK (orthographic projection).svg. Ideally I need someone who knows who to covert the book's map into a data set which can then be mapped onto maps of any projection. I know how to do the latter, but not the former. GPinkerton (talk) 18:21, 28 October 2021 (UTC) @GPinkerton: I understand, I have started to look into how to create a map like that (like to learn how), centered on a specific point but I don't know when I will get there. I don't really think you can convert that map to a data set exactly. To my understanding you then would have to know exactly which type of map that is (if it's not a random map) and then that information would have to be transformed to the format for the world map, and we also have the copyright issue. So if the Iraq (closest to your point) map doesn't work for you I don't think I can help you right now. I still think you would need some kind of inset map to get something visible. Sorry to have troubled you. In this case I will withdraw my take and someone else might be able to help you, just tell me how you want it. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 19:08, 28 October 2021 (UTC) @GPinkerton: I really would need to know if you want me to withdraw my take so someone else can work on this, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 19:08, 1 November 2021 (UTC) @Goran tek-en: I think that's probably best; thanks very much for volunteering. GPinkerton (talk) 20:35, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi @GPinkerton: , what you are requesting is really complex. Orthographic maps are generated using existing shapefiles (the format to encode geographical locations).

Converting an image into a shapefile is quite complex. You could do it using QGIS, but it's not a simple task. to be honest I haven't seen other historical maps represented with orthogonal projection. Sette-quattro (talk) 12:40, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Request of SVG location map of South Vietnam (1955-1975)

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  SVG location map of Vietnam

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  Source map

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  map approximation

Article(s): en:South Vietnam, vi:Việt Nam Cộng hoà, vi:Tỉnh (Việt Nam Cộng hoà),...

Request

Why don’t you vectorize a SVG location map of South Vietnam (1955-1975) --Baokhang48812002 (talk) 01:44, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

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United Nations regional groups

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  Map of countries by UN regional group

Article(s): en:United Nations Regional Groups

Request

The United States is not formally a member of the Western Europe and Others Group (WEOG). Rather, they are an observer and are counted alongside WEOG solely for electoral purposes. (This is a unique case; no other UN member state holds observer status in a regional group.) Given that this map is used on the English and French Wikipedias (and I presume elsewhere) to display group membership, not merely who is counted how for electoral purposes, could the United States be given a lighter shade of that gold-ish colour to reflect that they are an observer? Thanks, 207.161.86.162 03:11, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

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Location Maps of Mid-Atlantic and Northeast United States

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  Existing map of the northeast United States

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  Existing map of the Mid-Atlantic United States

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  Cropped version of first map

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  Cropped (to Midatlantic states) version of the first map

Article(s): Various

Request

The existing location maps of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast United States cover an area much more broad than what is usually considered part of both of those two areas. (see [3] and [4] for reference) This means that it is more likely that location maps that have multiple marks will be difficult to read due to overlap. (Yes, I know that a magnified version wouldn't solve all of the problems in this example, but it would still be useful more broadly.) Therefore, a version of the Northeast map above showing only roughly the area from central Ohio east and northern Virginia north and a version of the Mid-Atlantic map above showing only the area from eastern Massachusetts west, northern North Carolina north, and the Canadian border south would be helpful. –Noha307 (talk) 01:16, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

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 Done Both. I didn't use the second, because it's a PNG, but the first was useable for both. MjolnirPants (talk) 15:25, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

MPants at work, The map for Mid-Atlantic States has clipped Long Island from NYS. I recommend extending the right boundary to include that. Also, it would be helpful to get the extent in lat/long for each so they be can used in a {{Location}} template. Thanks for taking on Noha307 's request. - DutchTreat (talk) 10:30, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

I've added back in Long Island. As for the geo coordinates, those are not embedded in the files, and not formally defined as far as I'm aware. I just looked at it in Google Earth and the mid-Atlantic region is roughly bound at [46.567394,-82.145506],[35.161925,-71.515667]. You can get the coordinates for the first map the same way (the current coordinates of the cursor are shown at the bottom right of the Google Earth viewport pane). MjolnirPants (talk) 13:40, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

MPants at work Yes, thanks for doing this. I appreciate it.

DutchTreat I considered doing the work myself, but not knowing how to add the location map functionality was one of the things that stopped me. (Another is my limited skill with vector editing programs.) After a bit of looking around, I came across an explanation of the process, so I'll try to take a whack at it when I get a chance. I might be able to add the {{Location}} template you mentioned at the same time, but I'm not sure how this would work with an image depicting an area more broad than just a single point as the template does not appear to be designed for that capability. –Noha307 (talk) 06:00, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Noha307 No worries. I will help you turn these into locator maps. Due to my schedule, I'll need a few days to complete. - DutchTreat (talk) 10:29, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

DutchTreat Thanks! I appreciate the help! I didn't want to leave all the work up to you, so I tried creating modules and documentation pages for the maps (1, 2) based off of the example the image file was based on and I think I got most of it correct. However, what I'm stuck on is that I don't know how to obtain the exact coordinates for the edges of the maps. I was able to get the sample pushpins in the documentation close based on guess and check by slightly adjusting them and then using the page preview, but I'm sure it's slightly off. The USA Northeast map also uses some sort of calculation I am not familiar with to correct for the distortion of the map projection. –Noha307 (talk) 22:09, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Noha307 Good start! I agree the issue is with the projection needs to correct for a different Coordinate Reference System (CRS). Let me have a look to see if I can fix it. - DutchTreat (talk) 12:55, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

Ireland Border Maps

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  Image of the Map of Ireland

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  Political Map of Ireland (Please convert to SVG)

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  New SVG blank map with flags

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  Additional pre-Brexit companion map

Article(s): Various

Request

There’s no issue with the maps itself hence why it’s here but I just wondered if it was possible to add a flag of the UK in the Northern Ireland section and a Irish flag along with a EU flag for Southern Ireland in both of these maps to show that the Republic is a EU member given that the Irish Border is also now a EU frontier as well as the UK-border as currently this map only shows a border with nothing to indicate the current geo-political structure of the UK Irish border after Brexit. Also can the Political map be converted to SVG. Then these maps could be then used in other articles. (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 13:46, 28 October 2021 (UTC))

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MOTORAL1987 I have made one SVG using an existing SVG map and added flags. It doesn't have labels, but they could be added if necessary, though I think the flags make it obvious enough. GPinkerton (talk) 17:04, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

GPinkerton Thank you and sorry I haven’t replied until now this is a really good start and I do like it I think however labels should be added thou and also please can a flag of the Irish Republic also be added into the SVG and just maybe the flags should be made just slightly smaller otherwise it’s looking perfect. (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 12:22, 31 October 2021 (UTC))

MOTORAL1987 I put the European flag only because I thought that was more relevant and because I didn't read the initial request properly (!) What labels are needed: country names (which? how many?, how abbreviated?), capital cities? Irish Sea? Great Britain? So far I left the labels out because that way it's universal and international; are they strictly necessary? GPinkerton (talk) 13:59, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Also, how should the two flags be arranged? Side by side, or one atop the other, or maybe with the Irish flag in the middle of the country and the European one closer the border? GPinkerton (talk) 14:05, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

I think the Irish and EU flags should be side by side in the centre of the map with the flags made slightly smaller so they are not overpowering to the map, oh don’t forget the labels I think Should be simply Northern Ireland with the UK in brackets under the UK flag and the Republic of Ireland with the EU in brackets in the southern section under the flags. Belfast and Dublin should also be in there with small labels and also the Irish Sea. Hope that makes sense. (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 14:17, 31 October 2021 (UTC))

@MOTORAL1987: I have added labels and the Irish flag to the same file, although to tell the truth, I think the utility of the map is somewhat reduced thereby: the addition of labels makes the flags redundant, and the addition of flags makes the labels unnecessary, while the addition of either leads to the diminution of both (and hence to reduced readability overall). GPinkerton (talk) 15:52, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Can the flag sizes be slightly reduced slightly at all otherwise I think it’s generally perfect although I do think a thinker Irish border would also be welcome. Thanks so much (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 17:49, 31 October 2021 (UTC))

@MOTORAL1987: I have reduced the flag sizes, though I have to say I think it's less attractive this way as the stripes and the stars are quite indistinct without putting the map in full screen. GPinkerton (talk) 18:38, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

I also made a matching map that shows the pre-Brexit situation. GPinkerton (talk) 18:52, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

@GPinkerton: Cheers I do think that works better thou, don’t worry I think it’s fine the last thing I think that just needs altering is underneath the Republic of Ireland can the text change from “(European Union) to (EU member state)” and could a third map be created which is the same as the other two but without any references to the EU please otherwise that is it. Thanks so much for doing that (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 19:44, 31 October 2021 (UTC))

Mapa de la Ilha de Santo Aleixo

Holá, amigo. ¿Qué tal?

Soy edictor de Wikipédia y necesito de tu ayuda: ¿Podés actualizar los nombres del mapa de la Ilha de Santo Aleixo? (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ilha_do_Aleixo.png)

Actualmente, el mapa no presenta los nombres de las dos playas: Praia dos Pernambucanos (Este) y Praia da Holanda (Sur), más allá de Enseada Espanha e França (Abajo de la playa ubicada en el Sur).

¡Muchas gracias, amigo!

¡Saludos!

Supermapp (talk) 19:52, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

List of metro systems

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Article(s): en:List of metro systems

Request

Please put Serbia under yellow as the Belgrade Metro started construction… --2603:8081:1604:88DE:742F:4DEE:6D7E:9969 05:47, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Done – New image version uploaded. Rcsprinter123 (talk) 21:23, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Barbados and the Commonwealth

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  Location of Barbados

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  Commonwealth realms, republics and other monarchies

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  Commonwealth republics

Article(s): Any articles these maps already feature on.

Request

Could someone please alter both of the above maps of the Commonwealth so that Barbados (which ceased to be a Commonwealth realm on 30 November 2021) is marked as a Commonwealth republic on both. Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 18:08, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

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Map of IKEA stores

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  Description of first image

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  Description of second image (if needed)

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

Article(s): en:List of countries with IKEA stores

Request

Please add Puerto Rico in blue as IKEA is there and add Peru and Oman in yellow as they plan on opening IKEA stores.--2603:8081:1604:88DE:F402:4466:D101:EA4D 07:06, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

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1356 Poitiers campaign

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  Routes of the French and Anglo-Gascon armies through south-west France in 1356

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  Manoeuvres leading to the Battle of Poitiers

Article(s): en:Black Prince's chevauchée of 1356

Request

Two maps showing the movements of the French and Anglo-Gascon armies through south-west France in 1356 prior to the en:Battle of Poitiers. I will need to email through copies of the maps from my hard copy sources to whoever generously takes this on.

Details

The first map will be similar to File:Map of route of Black Prince chevauchée of 1355.svg or File:Map of the route of Edward III's chevauchée of 1346.svg. The second map will be simpler. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:19, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

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