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==Types== |
==Types== |
Revision as of 18:50, 30 July 2006
- The parent of this WikiProject is 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.
Members
- =Nichalp «Talk»= 06:04, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
- Lost 10:10, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
- Deeptrivia (talk · contribs) 13:10, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
- PlaneMad|YakYak 13:29, 10 June 2006 (UTC) (inactive till July 6)
- 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)
Types
The project is divided into locator maps, general maps and city maps.
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.
General maps
Non-locator maps. Maps of this type incude rivers, climate, demographics, ancient kingdoms, crop-related etc. Colours TBD.
City maps
Maps of cities. See the featured image of Manila alongside for reference:
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Ph_map_manila_large.png/100px-Ph_map_manila_large.png)
Topographical maps
These maps depict the topography of a region. See User:Captain Blood/GMT Example for an example.
Conventions
Colours
Please use the following colours recommended by WikiProject Maps.
Colour | Hex | RGB | Sample | Used for |
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Black | #000000 | 0, 0, 0 | Primary label colour | |
Brown | #A08070 | 160, 128, 112 | Political borders. Country, state, and province borders should be brown. | |
Light brown | #D0C0A0 | 208, 192, 160 | Secondary political borders. | |
Light yellow | #FFFFD0 | 255, 255, 208 | Primary territory of interest, or one of four choices for four-colour maps. | |
Pink | #FFD0D0 | 255, 208, 208 | Another colour to be used for four-colour maps. | |
Orange | #F8A20C | 248, 162, 12 | A third colour to be used for four-colour maps. | |
Green | #3CE67B | 60, 230, 123 | A fourth colour to be used for four-colour maps. | |
Light blue | #CEFEF2 | 206, 254, 242 | An alternate color to be used for four-colour maps. | |
Orange | #F7D3AA | 247, 211, 170 | Alternative colour for the above Tan (surrounding territories). | |
Medium blue | #9EC7F3 | 158, 199, 243 | Bodies of water. Oceans or lakes. | |
Blue | #1821DE | 24, 33, 222 | Water borders, if necessary. For lake or ocean borders that need a colour contrasting with surrounding land, or for rivers. | |
Red | #B00000 | 176, 0, 0 | Points of interest. Cities, especially. | |
Red-orange | #F07568 | 240, 117, 104 | Alternative colour for the above Red (points of interest). | |
Medium red | #E0584E | 224, 88, 78 | Border colour for areas highlighted in Red-orange | |
Green | #A0F090 | 160, 240, 144 | Parks or natural preservation areas |
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. |
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
Uploading
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.
Filenames
TBD
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.
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 releaesd 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 GDFL & CC-BY-SA (v1.0, 2.0, 2.5) (dual licence).
Summary
Please add the following information to summary while uploading.
{{Information |Description= |Source= |Date= |Author= |Permission= |other_versions= }}
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.
- 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.