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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. mastan

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.

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[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: rama nathapuram [1]

[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

[2]

[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}}

Mumbai is located in India
{{{alt}}}
Mumbai
Mumbai (India)

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

Thiruvananthapuram is located in India
{{{alt}}}
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram is the capital city of Kerala

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

Chennai is located in India
{{{alt}}}
Chennai
Chennai (India)

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

[edit] Graphic Conventions

[edit] Colours

Please use the following colours recommended by WikiProject Maps.

Convention for locator maps (see more).
Subject Colorimetry (RGB/hex)
Toponymes (names)
#000000
R:0 V:0 B:0
Major political borders. Country, state, and province borders.
#A08070
R:160 V:128 B:112
Other minor political borders.
#D0C0A0
R:208 V:192 B:160
Territory of interest.
#FFFFD0
R:255 V:255 B:208
Surrounding territories.
#F7D3AA
R:247 V:211 B:170
Bodies of water, oceans or lakes.
#9EC7F3
R:158 V:199 B:243
Lake or ocean's coasts, rivers, if necessary.
#1821DE
R:24 V:33 B:222

Naming (upload):

  • File:{Subject name in English} locator map (blank).svg (for template map)
Convention for Area maps (see more).
Subject Colorimetry (RGB/hex)
Point of interest (cities especially).
#B00000
R:176 V:0 B:0
Area of interest (animal' range, etc).
#F07568
R:240 V:117 B:104
Border colour for areas of interest.
#E0584E
R:224 V:88 B:78
Parks or natural preservation areas.
#A0F090
R:160 V:240 B:144
Colour 1 for four-colour maps (see note below).
#CEFEF2
R:206 V:254 B:242
Additional colour 2 for four-colour maps.
#FFD0D0
R:255 V:208 B:208
Additional colour 3 for four-colour maps.
#F8A20C
R:248 V:162 B:12
Additional colour 4 for four-colour maps.
#3CE67B
R:60 V:230 B:123

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:

Colours: A maximum of four colours is required for complex multi-color area maps (see Four color theorem).

[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

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

All India Maps

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

[edit] State Locator Maps

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

[edit] State political Maps

  1. Andhra Pradesh
  2. Arunachal Pradesh
  3. Assam
  4. Bihar
  5. Chhattisgarh
  6. Goa YesY 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 YesY Image:Nagalandmap.png
  20. Orissa
  21. Punjab YesY Image:Punjab district map.png
  22. Rajasthan
  23. Sikkim YesY Image:Sikkimdistricts.png
  24. Tamil Nadu
  25. Tripura YesY Image:Tripura map.png
  26. Uttar Pradesh
  27. Uttarakhand YesY Image:UttarakhandDistricts.png
  28. West Bengal

[edit] City Maps

  1. Map of New Delhi YesY Image:New Delhi map.svg
  2. Base map of Delhi with city limits and water bodies YesY Image:Delhi area locator map.svg
  3. Base map of Mumbai with city limits and water bodies YesY 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 YesY 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
  9. Base map of Kochi with city limits and water bodies YesY File:Kochi India area locator map.svg
  10. Base map of Hyderabad (India) with city limits and water bodies

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