Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian maps

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The parent of this WikiProject are WikiProject India and WikiProject Maps

Aim – This project aims to draw hi-resolution, vector maps for India-related articles. It also aims to get hi-resolution raster (.png) topography images.

Scope – NPOV maps related to India (post-1947) and historical pre-Independence India (includes the South Asian nations of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan). The secondary goal would be to get NPOV maps for Pakistan, PRC, Afghanistan and Bhutan since they border disputed territories of India.

Contents 1 Types 1.1 Locator 1.2 General maps 1.3 City maps 1.4 Topographical maps 2 Using locator maps 2.1 Usage 2.2 Examples 3 Graphic Conventions 3.1 Colours 3.2 Border styles 4 Words-relate Conventions 4.1 Typeface 4.2 Cartographic conventions 5 Uploading 5.1 Format 5.2 Filenames 5.3 Upload location 5.4 Licencing 5.5 Summary 5.6 Legend 6 Software and tips 7 Map resources 8 Status / See Commons:Category:WikiProject India Maps 8.1 State Locator Maps 8.2 State political Maps 8.3 City Maps 9 Requests

Members

=Nichalp «Talk»= 06:04, 10 June 2006 (UTC) Lost 10:10, 10 June 2006 (UTC) I have no skills at this, only trying to learn Deeptrivia (talk · contribs) 13:10, 10 June 2006 (UTC) PlaneMad|YakYak 13:29, 10 June 2006 (UTC) Dwaipayan (talk) 13:35, ow, 10 June 2006 (UTC) Ganeshk (talk) 15:32, 10 June 2006 (UTC) ImpuMozhi 22:07, 11 June 2006 (UTC). I lack skilled, but I wanna learn. --ᵺe Æffist 18:50, 30 July 2006 (UTC) — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 14:44, 20 October 2006 (UTC) (I can help with most of the things) Rama's Arrow (talk · contribs) Saravask 17:01, 20 March 2007 (UTC) Mlpkr 6:12, 27 May 2007 (UTC) Mkeranat (talk) 08:26, 17 February 2008 (UTC) gppande gppande (talk) 15:23, 20 February 2008 (UTC) I am good at using Inkscape, leave request on my talk page. Amog |Talk 14:05, 24 May 2008 (UTC) Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider Rizvi (talk) 12:15, 9 February 2009 (UTC) Add your name !

[edit] Types

The project is divided into locator maps, general maps and city maps.

[edit] Locator

Locator maps are used to show the location of a city, town, state or particular area within India. It is also used to show the location of a district, division or region in a map of a state.

[edit] General maps

Non-locator maps. Maps of this type incude rivers, ancient kingdoms, crop-related etc.

[edit] City maps

Maps of cities. See the featured image of Manila alongside for reference:

[edit] Topographical maps

These maps depict the topography of a region. See User:Captain Blood/GMT Example for an example.

These maps show demographic information using colors.

Locator maps

City maps

Topographical maps

Thematic maps

for more and updated information about indian census or maps

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[edit] Using locator maps

Locator maps for cities are automatically added when the Infobox Indian Jurisdiction is used and latitude and logitude parameters are provided. If a locator map needs to be added to a section in an article, then use Location map template. Find below some examples.

[edit] Usage

{{Location map|India
 |label=label
 |position=left or right - position of the label relative to the mark, defaults to right
 |background=color - background color for the label, defaults to none 
 |lat=latitude in degrees
 |long=longitude in degrees
 |mark=image file name - a red dot by default
 |caption=caption - caption below the map
 |float=left or right or none
 |width=width of the map
}}

[edit] Examples

{{Location map|India|float=none|label=Mumbai|lat=18.96|long=72.82|position=left}}

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{{Location map|India|float=left|width=100|label=Thiruvananthapuram|lat=8.5|long=76.9|caption=Thiruvananthapuram is the capital city of Kerala}}

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{{Location map|India|float=right|label=Chennai|lat=13.09|long=80.27|background=white}}

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{{location map start|India|float=none|width=270}}
{{location map marker|India|label=[[Mumbai]]|position=right|lat=18.96|long=72.82}}
{{location map marker|India|label=[[Chennai]]|position=right|lat=13.09|long=80.27}}
{{location map marker|India|label=[[Delhi]]|position=left|lat=28.35|long=77.13}}
{{location map marker|India|label=[[Kolkata]]|position=left|lat=22.33|long=88.20}}
{{Location map marker|India|label=[[Bangalore]]|position=left|lat=12.58|long=77.35}}
{{Location map marker|India|label=[[Hyderabad]]|position=bottom|lat=17.20|long=78.80}}
{{location map end|India|caption=Metropolitan cities of India}}

[edit] Graphic Conventions

[edit] Colours

Please use the following colours recommended by WikiProject Maps.

Recommendations for map colours (see more)

	Colour	Colorimetry ( hex / RGB )		Used for
B	Black	#000000 R:0 V:0 B:0		Label colour
	Brown	#A08070 R:160 V:128 B:112		Major political borders. Country, state, and province borders.
	Light brown	#D0C0A0 R:208 V:192 B:160		Other minor political borders.
	Light yellow	#FFFFD0 R:255 V:255 B:208		Territory of interest (or one of four choices for four-colour maps).
	Orange	#F7D3AA R:247 V:211 B:170		Surrounding territories.
	Medm blue	#9EC7F3 R:158 V:199 B:243		Bodies of water, oceans or lakes.
	Blue	#1821DE R:24 V:33 B:222		Lake or ocean's coasts, rivers, if necessary.
Naming (upload): File:{Subject name in English} locator map (blank).svg (for template map)

Recommendations for map colours (see more)

	Colour	Colorimetry ( hex / RGB )		Used for
L
	Red	#B00000 R:176 V:0 B:0		Point of interest (cities especially).
	Red-orange	#F07568 R:240 V:117 B:104		Area of interest (animal' range, etc).
	Medium red	#E0584E R:224 V:88 B:78		Border colour for areas highlighted in Red-orange
C	Green	#A0F090 R:160 V:240 B:144		Parks or natural preservation areas
	Light blue	#CEFEF2 R:206 V:254 B:242		An alternate color to be used[clarification needed] for four-colour maps.
	Pink	#FFD0D0 R:255 V:208 B:208		Another colour to be used[clarification needed] for four-colour maps.
	Orange	#F8A20C R:248 V:162 B:12		A third colour to be used[clarification needed] for four-colour maps.
	Green	#3CE67B R:60 V:230 B:123		A fourth colour to be used[clarification needed] for four-colour maps.
Naming (upload): File:{Subject name in English} locator map.svg (or png, for locator maps) File:{Subject name in English} map.svg (or png) For animals, use the binominal name. For others, use the English wiki article title. If need, add just after the subject name the section's name, the year, etc. Note: L: Area of interest usage, for Locator maps (en). C: furthermore area colors, allowing complex multi-color, for Areas maps (en).

[edit] Border styles

Style	Used for	Comments
Thick line	Primary borders	Use a thick line for the primary (usually political) borders on a map. If the map primarily depicts a country, use a thick line for the country borders; if a state, the state borders.
Thin line	Secondary borders	Use a thin line (approximately 1/2 the thickness of the primary borders) for secondary boundaries. If a state map shows counties, use a thin line for county borders.
Italic font	Bodies of water	Use an italicized font for labelling bodies of water: oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.
All-caps font	Primary regions	Use a font in all-capital letters for labelling primary regions of interest: country names, state names, etc.
Mixed case font	Secondary regions	Use mixed case (capital followed by lowercase) for regions of secondary interest: provinces in a country map, counties in a state map, etc.

[edit] Words-relate Conventions

[edit] Typeface

Use only Sans serif-type fonts in the maps.

Scheme	Case	Font	Size	Tracking	Opacity	Example
Union territory	Normal	Bold	30/24	0	35
National capital	UPPERCASE	Bold Italic	24	-25	100
Union territory capital	Normal	Italic	24	-25	100
State	UPPERCASE	Bold	40/30	0	35
State capital	Normal	Regular	24	-25	100
Metro cities	UPPERCASE	Regular	24	-25	100

[edit] Cartographic conventions

• Names of coastal cities are written in the sea
• Names of rivers and mountain ranges follow the path of the river/range
• Capital cities are usually marked with a star

[edit] Uploading

[edit] Format

All maps should be drawn SVG format. SVG is a vector format that allows upscaling without pixellation. It also allows users to download and modify the map to make derivatives. Please do not use the following raster formats: .png, .gif and .jpg for maps. For topographical maps, use .png.

[edit] Filenames

TBD

[edit] Upload location

• If the map contains no text, upload it to commons:
• If text is needed to be added to the map, please make two versions: One, a blank map without text, and the other with text. Upload the blank map to commons, and the one with English text here on en wiki.

[edit] Licencing

Only images with a licence that allows commercial usage and allows derivatives to be made may be uploaded to wikipedia. The following licences qualify:

• PD (Public domain) – user releases all rights to the image
• GFDL – derivatives or commercial usage must be released only under the GFDL licence. User must be credited.
• CC-BY- (creative commons, attribution) – similar to GFDL, the user must be credited, but derivatives may be released under other licences.
• CC-BY-SA- (creative commons, attribution, share-alike) – same as CC-BY- but derivatives may be released only under the CC-BY-SA licence

You may use either one of the above. However to allow maximum compatibility across all wikimedia projects, it is suggested that we use either PD, or a dual licence GDFL + CC-BY-SA (v1.0, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0). (dual licence).

[edit] Summary

Please add the following information to summary while uploading.

{{Information
|Description=
|Source=
|Date=
|Author=
|Permission=
|other_versions=
}}

[edit] Legend

Use the following template

Template syntaxe	Produce
{{Legend|#0000FF|Area where live [[Blue wale]].}}	Area where live Blue wale.

[edit] Software and tips

Two popular SVG drawing software available are Inkscape and Adobe Illustrator. Inkscape is free and available for many platforms.

• Draw images in the highest resolution possible.
• For text please use a generic font such as Serif, Sans-serif. Sans is more suited for maps. The wikimedia renderer rasterises all fonts using Arial, so use Arial regular to maintain appearance of the map.
• In inkscape make sure that you unflow the text
• Ensure that no embedded raster images are present
• Always add metadata. In Inkscape, metadata can be added in the Document Preferences.

[edit] Map resources

• India Political map
• Survey of India maps
• 2001 Census state maps with districts
• Demis map server for physical maps
• India portal
• TN Maps online

[edit] Status / See Commons:Category:WikiProject India Maps

All India Maps

1. Base map of India with district boundaries, rivers and lakes Y Image:India map blank.svg / Image:India map en.svg
2. Locator maps for all States Y Image:India RegionName locator map.svg
3. locator maps for all regions Y Image:India StateName locator map.svg
4. Disputed areas map Y Image:India disputed areas map.svg
5. Physical map Y Image:India physical map.svg
6. Roadway map Y Image:India roadway map.svg
7. Railway map (schematic) Y Image:India railway schematic map.svg
8. Precipitation map Y Image:India annual rainfall map.svg
9. Earthquake zone map Y Image:India earthquake zone map.svg
10. Wind zone map Y Image:India wind zone map.svg
11. Flood zone map Y Image:India flood zone map.svg
12. Population density map Y Image:India population density map.svg
13. Literacy rate map Y Image:India literacy rate map.svg
14. Sex ratio map Y Image:India sex ratio map.svg
15. Rivers and lakes map Y Image:India rivers and lakes map.svg
16. Decadal population growth map Y Image:India decadal growth rate map en.svg
17. Climatic zone map Y Image:India climatic zone map en.svg
18. Average annual temperature map Y Image:India average annual temperature map en.svg
19. Climatic disaster risk map Y Image:India climatic disaster risk map en.svg
20. Southwest summer monsoon onset map Y Image:India southwest summer monsoon onset map en.svg
21. Air connectivity map

[edit] State Locator Maps

1. Andhra Pradesh Y Image:Andhra Pradesh locator map.svg
2. Arunachal Pradesh Y Image:Arunachal Pradesh locator map.svg
3. Assam Y Image:Assam locator map.svg
4. Bihar Y Image:Bihar locator map.svg
5. Chhattisgarh Y Image:Chhattisgarh locator map.svg
6. Goa Y Image:Goa locator map.svg
7. Gujarat Y Image:Gujarat locator map.svg
8. Haryana Y Image:Haryana locator map.svg
9. Himachal Pradesh Y Image:Himachal Pradesh locator map.svg
10. Jammu and Kashmir Y Image:Jammu and Kashmir locator map.svg
11. Jharkhand Y Image:Jharkhand locator map.svg
12. Karnataka Y Image:Karnataka locator map.svg
13. Kerala Y Image:Kerala locator map.svg
14. Madhya Pradesh
15. Maharashtra Y Image:Maharashtra locator map.svg
16. Manipur Y Image:Manipur locator map.svg
17. Meghalaya Y Image:Meghalaya locator map.svg
18. Mizoram
19. Nagaland Y Image:Nagaland locator map.svg
20. Orissa Y Image:Orissa locator map.svg
21. Punjab Y Image:Punjab locator map.svg
22. Rajasthan Y Image:Rajasthan locator map.svg
23. Sikkim Y Image:Sikkim locator map.svg
24. Tamil Nadu Y Image:Tamil Nadu locator map.svg
25. Tripura
26. Uttar Pradesh
27. Uttarakhand Y Image:Uttarakhand locator map.svg
28. West Bengal Y Image:West Bengal locator map.svg

[edit] State political Maps

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Assam
4. Bihar
5. Chhattisgarh
6. Goa Y Image:Goamap.png
7. Gujarat
8. Haryana
9. Himachal Pradesh
10. Jammu and Kashmir
11. Jharkhand
12. Karnataka
13. Kerala
14. Madhya Pradesh
15. Maharashtra
16. Manipur
17. Meghalaya
18. Mizoram
19. Nagaland Y Image:Nagalandmap.png
20. Orissa
21. Punjab Y Image:Punjab district map.png
22. Rajasthan
23. Sikkim Y Image:Sikkimdistricts.png
24. Tamil Nadu
25. Tripura Y Image:Tripura map.png
26. Uttar Pradesh
    • Y Image:Uttar Pradesh Districts Detail.svg
    • Y Image:Uttar Pradesh administrative divisions.svg
27. Uttarakhand Y Image:UttarakhandDistricts.png
28. West Bengal

[edit] City Maps

1. Map of New Delhi Y Image:New Delhi map.svg
2. Base map of Delhi with city limits and water bodies Y Image:Delhi area locator map.svg
3. Base map of Mumbai with city limits and water bodies Y Image:Mumbai area locator map.svg
4. Base map of Kolkata with city limits and water bodies
5. Base map of Chennai with city limits and water bodies Y Image:Chennai area locator map.svg
6. Base map of Bangalore with city limits and water bodies
7. Base map of Pune with city limits and water bodies
8. Base map of Ahmedabad with city limits and water bodies

[edit] Requests

• Category:Wikipedia requested maps in India
• Request a map at User talk:Planemad, please provide a link to a source map.