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Ocean currents, 1943

Original - A 1943 United States military map of world ocean currents and ice packs, as they were known at the time.

Reason

Wikipedia doesn't have a featured picture yet of world ocean currents. This hand drawn United States military image from 1943 certainly has historical value, and is by far the most detailed image of its type on either Wikipedia or Commons. Was already used in three articles when I found it. Restored version of Image:Ocean currents 1943 (borderless).png.

Articles this image appears in

History of navigation, Gulf Stream, Ocean current, North Atlantic Current.

Creator

US Army

• Conominate and support --Durova^Charge! 16:56, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
• Conominate and support Though I must say, Durova did more of the work than me - I just helped fix some of the lines. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 21:46, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
• Comment I have added a caption from History of navigation, which better demonstrates its EV. (There was no previous caption but for the default template). Fletcher (talk) 02:05, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Thank you. :) Durova^Charge! 02:09, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
• Support. Very interesting, good enc value. Would be even more if we could show how our knowledge has improved since then. Clegs (talk) 20:43, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
• Weak Support. It's a great picture, but my only concern is that the color and size of the map markings make it quite difficult to read as a thumbnail, even a very large one. Obviously, however, it can be easily viewed at full resolution, so this isn't a big deal. NauticaShades 21:29, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
• Comment, my worry is about a 1943 map being the centerpiece of this... shouldn't we have a non-scanned newer map? I don't know if either our mapping of currents is better or if they have changed but it seems odd that a 1943 map is the centerpiece for these articles. gren グレン 23:53, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Good point; I shared the concern. Multipart response. First, it's definitely very valuable as a historic map (World War II, major Naval power). It's also far more detailed than the newer maps we have. I've contacted two specialists in the field to determine whether it's sufficiently accurate for current articles. If they reply in the negative I will take it down from the current articles; it'll still be highly encyclopedic at history of navigation. Durova^Charge! 00:16, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
• Support assuming still accurate by modern standards. Would still support though if it were clear by article placement that it was historic only and not to be relied upon as the most up to date. Wouldn't want Wikipedia to be blamed for someone being lost at sea! ;-) Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 09:40, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
• Weak Support Good encyclopedic value but very little WOW factor, not really an interesting image to look at.--Mifter (talk) 18:09, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Ocean currents 1943 (borderless)3.png MER-C 05:19, 6 July 2008 (UTC)