Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Map workshop/Archive/Aug 2019

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Needs Correction: Lunar nearside with craters...

In the Mare Tranquillitatis article and many others, an image appears, the "Lunar nearside with major maria and craters labelled", which I believe has the Mare Insularum (Sea of Islands) indicated in the wrong location. There is inconsistency on the web generally regarding this mare. The confusion appears to be because Insularum is adjacent to the conspicuous crater Copernicus, so a number of online illustrations simply draw a circle around Copernicus or, worse, draw a circle around the larger apparent dark area just to the east of Copernicus, going in exactly the wrong direction from the crater. I believe WP elsewhere, in the Mare Insularum article, has the correct description of the mare's location which is shown in this image here, at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mare_Insularum.jpg. That is sourced to http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/science/atlas/mare/minsularum.htm which page seems to be unavailable (even at archive.org) but the USGS lunar map here: https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/moon_nearside.pdf appears to label the Mare Insularum accurately. So, I recommend that Wikipedia's "Lunar nearside" image here and here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_Tranquillitatis#/media/File:Moon_names.svg be corrected to point to the area further to the west, beyond the very bright crater Copernicus. Precisely, the Sea of Islands is the dark area between the bright crater Copernicus and the crater Kepler which is even further to the west. The description on WP's Insularum page says, "The mare is bordered by the craters Copernicus on the East, and Kepler on the west. Oceanus Procellarum joins the mare to the southwest", something impossible with the current image. Bob Enyart, Denver KGOV radio host (talk) 01:07, 11 July 2019 (UTC) and checking back Bob Enyart, Denver KGOV radio host (talk) 14:19, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

Done Nancystodd (talk) 22:18, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Thank you Nancystodd. Bob Enyart, Denver KGOV radio host (talk) 13:05, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

Closed-list electoral system map update

Map

Article(s): Closed list
Request: Ukraine to be greyed out, for Ukrainian Parliament has just passed Ukraine's new Electoral Code that implements open-list parliamentary elections from 2023 and onwards, with this year's election being the last parliamentary election based on old closed-list system: [1][2] -- Fixmaster (talk) 13:40, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
Discussion

@Fixmaster: I noticed that the UK only uses a closed list for MEPs, would you still like it included in the new map? - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 17:16, 3 August 2019 (UTC) @Presidentman:. I don't know, perhaps should be marked somehow, e.g. by asterisk with explanatory text at the bottom, or colored with a different color. No idea, really. Fixmaster (talk) 17:38, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Okay, then. I can figure it out.

Request taken by Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 19:38, 3 August 2019 (UTC).

New version has been uploaded.

Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 18:59, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Article(s): Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Request: Would be great to get a map of incorporated and unincorporated places for Rocky Mount that uses a combination of the following two counties' census tract maps[3][4], similar to File:Wake_County_North_Carolina_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_Raleigh_highlighted.svg. Rocky Mount is significantly bifurcated between two counties and the current map on its page doesn't do it justice. Thanks, — aegreen (talk • email) 22:50, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
Discussion

Done Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 17:00, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

P.S. re-uploaded to conform with WikiProject Maps conventions. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 18:41, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! — aegreen (talk • email) 23:41, 5 August 2019 (UTC)

Map for National Children's Museum page

Description of first image

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Description of second image (if needed)

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

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

Article(s): [[]]
Request: The map location should be 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004. -- Maddypartow (talk) 13:30, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
Discussion

Hi @Maddypartow:, I see that the article in question already has a map in the infobox generated from {{Maplink}}. Is there a specific reason why another map needs to be created. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 19:57, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Update national borders

Map of countries today that were in French Equatorial Africa

Article(s): Battle of Gabon, French Equatorial Africa, History of the Republic of the Congo, List of Governors-General of French Equatorial Africa, Rassemblement Démocratique Africain
Request: Despite depicting a pre-1960 colony, this map is obviously meant to show today's borders, as it includes countries like North Macedonia and Moldova. Could you update it by adding borders between Serbia and Montenegro, and between Sudan and South Sudan? It's also used on dozens of pages on other wikis, but as the borders I'm requesting aren't directly related to Afrique Occidentale Française, there's no reason to worry about those pages. Nyttend (talk) 21:45, 4 August 2019 (UTC)
Discussion

Done However I noticed that Cameroon was also part of French Equatorial Africa according to the article. There is also a footnote that states [map omits Cameroon]. Is there a reason for this? Should Cameroon be included in this map? Auguel (talk) 18:33, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

Balkan map labels

Article(s): 29 pages on 19 wikis
Request: This map intentionally mixes details from c. 1914 and a map showing national boundaries today. Please replace "R. of Macedonia" with "North Macedonia" or "N. Macedonia", since the country recently changed its name. Nyttend backup (talk) 18:36, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
Discussion

Mande Heartland (Medieval Mali)

Article(s): Pre-imperial Mali (and related articles)
Request: A map of the Medieval Mande Heartland was published in Sunjata: A New Prose Version by David Conrad. This map however is probably copyrighted, so I was hoping someone with proper skills would be willing to do a new version for commons.--Plank (talk) 02:37, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
Discussion

Change color scheme of 2015_World_Urbanization_Map.png

World urbanization map

Article(s): Urbanization

Request

Change color scheme of 2015 world urbanization map. Basically, just reverse the colors:

what's currently darkgreen should be red, and what's currently red should be darkgreen
what's currently lightgreen should be orange, and what's currently orange should be lightgreen
the yellow parts are kept as is

The reason to do this is simple: the color scheme currently suggests as if urbanization is a bad thing, but really (if done right), it's a very good thing for both the environment and the economy (read article)

Genetics4good (talk) 11:10, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Discussion

Hi @Genetics4good:, is there a consensus among the article's editors to change the map? I'm willing to edit the map, but only if there is a consensus to change it based on a point of view, given Wikipedia's NPOV policy. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 22:43, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

I'm not sure whether there is an NPOV issue here at all. I currently see it as such because I associate green with "good" and red with "bad", but I'm not sure whether others associate those colors with good or bad or not. I also haven't read anywhere at wikipedia that those colors should be associated that way, and that there are any rules regarding the color scheme at all.

If you feel strongly about this, then an alternative is to just use different colors (neutral ones, for instance use purple instead of (what needs to be) red, pink for what needs to be orange, cyan for darkgreen, and lightblue for lightgreen. This way, the image would be made entirely "neutral" (assuming that you feel there are any NPOV issues here). This is something that can only be done if there is no consensus for option 1: the swapping of the regular colors (red, orange, yellow, lightgreen, darkgreen) mentioned above.

Genetics4good (talk) 11:20, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Hmm...okay. I'm still inclined to wait for a broader consensus before I'll take the request. I don't see any issues with the color scheme as-is, and this request seems to be based on your individual POV. If other editors of the article agree it needs to be changed, I am more than willing to. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 17:07, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Done Did it myself as I had a bit of free time now. Genetics4good (talk) 11:26, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Water stress map

Blankmap-world v6 for coloring

Article(s): Water resources#global; Water scarcity
Request: Make a new map called Water_stress_2019_WRI. Use blankmap_world-v6 for coloring up. Add a legend titled "Ratio of widthdrawals to supply", and with the same coloring as on this WRI page. Don't look at the maps at that page, rather skip to the table "National Water Stress Rankings" (these are 2019 aquaduct 3.0 data). This table is colored and shows what color to give each country, and what colors to use for the legend too. For the legend, show the colors and the texts:

Low (<10%)
Low to medium (10-20%)
Medium to high (20-40%)
High (40-80%)
Extremely high (>80%)

I found a similar legend (older dataset, 2014) at [5] so I know those colors match that text in the legend.

For the description of this (wikimedia) map, you can mention https://www.wri.org/applications/aqueduct/country-rankings/ https://www.wri.org/blog/2019/08/17-countries-home-one-quarter-world-population-face-extremely-high-water-stress Also mention there that it's 2019 data (aqueduct 3.0). Genetics4good (talk) 09:51, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Discussion

Done Did this myself too. Genetics4good (talk) 13:50, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Request location map United Kingdom South

Re. location map United Kingdom South: Could someone please check the location map File:United Kingdom South relief location map.jpg? When using it as i.e. at 7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East#Structure the locations on the right are too far up. Could it be that the projection numbers are incorrect?

Article(s)
Request: Thank you -- noclador (talk) 10:30, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
Discussion

Preseli

Article(s): Preseli Hills
Request: For the article Preseli Hills, a map of the location of the hills within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park (illustrated top) is needed. A simple line of text on the northeast green area, close to the bottom edge of that area, at a 30-degree slant from northwest to southeast should do it, and it should read "Preseli Mountains" (as this is the name on OS maps and the National Park's website). Relief map (bottom) shows where the mountains are. I hope I have explained this adequately. Many thanks. Tony Holkham (Talk) 15:08, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
Discussion

Done --RaviC (talk) 23:24, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

RaviC - thanks very much for doing that. T. Tony Holkham (Talk) 23:33, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Request

Description of first image

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

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

Article(s): Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty
Request: The article attends to AONBs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland but the map only shows those in the first two - it ought to show all three. thanks Geopersona (talk) 13:02, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/topics/land-and-landscapes/areas-outstanding-natural-beauty

https://www.opendatani.gov.uk/dataset/areas-of-outstanding-natural-beauty/resource/00347e51-c3ca-46c0-a638-0b15b085060a

Discussion

It is not at all clear to the newcomer how this request page should be completed (and that is a wider issue in need of a solution) but hopefully there is enough to go on from me here!

Done I've uploaded a separate file for NI here. In the future it should be possible to convert the GeoJSON to allow one file for Eng, Wales and NI but the converters I have tried are producing poor results. --RaviC (talk) 23:17, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Kashmir maps

Political map of India
Map of Kashmir
Example Map
Second Update

Article(s): Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh
Request: With recent changes going on in the political landscape of Kashmir, separate maps for the newly proposed union territories are needed per this discussion. A separate map for Ladakh (21-22) on the attached political map of India, and another map for the new Jammu and Kashmir (1-20), with color scheme and borders for both maps as in Example Map (the rest of the states appear to be a darker shade in Example Map). There also needs to be a border between Ladakh and the new Jammu and Kashmir in both maps. A response at the earliest would be appreciated. Thanks a bunch! DeluxeVegan (talk) 16:04, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

If it is of any help, one of the requested maps, the map for the new Jammu and Kashmir, can use Second Update as a reference. DeluxeVegan (talk) 19:25, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Discussion

Done --RaviC (talk) 21:26, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! DeluxeVegan (talk) 21:28, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Request for updated map of Indian Reservations in the United States

This is an older map - needs new data
Map of Indian Reservations in the United States - svg or png

Article(s): Indian reservation, Native Americans in the United States, List of Indian reservations in the United States, etc.
Request: Need to update File:Bia-map-indian-reservations-usa.png. It was uploaded in 2006, and one user claims the map is dated 1996 (although I haven't found a reference for that.) This map of reservations in the continental US only lists 304 reservations. The FAQ page at the BIA (see "What is a federal Indian reservation?") mentions 326 reservations (and only one of these is in Alaska, so 325 in the continental US). A detailed 2016 map from the BIA is here. GIS data is here.; More maps of individual reservations or reservations and tribes within a state may be needed as well, but this is a good place to start.

This request comes from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America.

Tea and crumpets (talk) 17:15, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Discussion

The PDF map you've linked is actually in the public domain as it was produced by the US Federal Government. I've uploaded it to Commons here. --RaviC (talk) 15:36, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

RaviC, good point. Thanks for doing that. That map is quite large, though. I was wondering if it would be possible to create a smaller map, perhaps with less detail, that just shows the reservations and is easy to download. Tea and crumpets (talk) 00:17, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

I've tried to export the GIS data from the link you've provided, but I'm receiving KML and KMZ files that are unreadable in any other application. The only alternative is if someone has ArcGIS installed, they would be able to convert and export the data to a GeoJSON file, SVG or another format from within the application itself. --RaviC (talk) 13:19, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

RaviC, this looks like another format. Will this help?

@Tea and crumpets: that format should work.

Request taken by Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 23:51, 12 August 2019 (UTC).

Done Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 15:43, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Eleanor cross

Article(s): Eleanor cross

Request: This article includes a map (Data:Eleanor cross.map), which used to show a section of England running from Lincoln in the north to London in the south, with the locations of the 12 Eleanor crosses marked. I have no idea what has happened, but in the past few weeks the map as displayed in the article has shifted northwards, so that it is now centred on Lincoln, and only shows the northernmost 5 of the crosses in the bottom half. Can somebody please look at it and fix the problem? Thanks. GrindtXX (talk) 21:22, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
Discussion: @GrindtXX: Done. I think it might look better zoomed out to level 7 though. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 11:04, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Map of multiple cities in Mexico

Article(s): Disappearance of Federico Tobares
Request: Hello. An article is undergoing a GA review and the reviewer suggested I include a detailed map with some cities in Mexico, for those unfamiliar with the region. They suggested one that included the cities where the incidents in the article occurred. The cities are Puerto Vallarta (3:00 a.m. on 5 June), Guadalajara (12:32 p.m. on 5 June) and La Piedad (19 June). Something similar to this map right here. Puerto Vallarta was where the individual in the article picked up a vehicle, Guadalajara was where he was last seen, and La Piedad was where the vehicle was later found (the person is now disappeared). They suggested that the text is switchable" in case one writes an article in Spanish and wants to use the image. MX (✉ • ✎) 18:40, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
Discussion

Request for map/coordinates of El Salt

First pass

Article(s): El Salt
Request: Y'all, I can do with some help from an expert. I'm trying to locate this place, but Google Maps offers nothing more than a now-closed restaurant in Alcoy. There is a 3-D picture in this article, and a description in this one. I really need at least coordinates, and a little map (based on whatever is on offer...) would be fantastic. It's a place of archaeological importance, cause it's got Neanderthal teeth and, you know, the oldest poop--which would make for a great DYK hook, of course. Added to my cartographic difficulties is the fact that I know more about writing about bacon than about archaeology, and I would love it if someone could lend me a hand... Thank you all in advance, Drmies (talk) 17:25, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

I have the coordinates now, but a map which had the site, the associated rivers, maybe some shading for relief/height, ah that would be great. Drmies (talk) 15:18, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

Drmies, How much detail are you looking for in the map? I looked around and couldn't really find much information on the site itself, other than the archeological information without any coordinates. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 14:08, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Hi AntiCompositeNumber, a colleague found the coordinates. I'm sorry, I know you all are used to being given something out of which to produce a map; I wish I had that. What I'd like to see is a map that features the location, the river (Riu barxell o Riquer), and the center of Alcoy, and maybe indicates altitude. But I am having such a hard time even figuring out what these features are looking at Google Maps, that I'm wondering if maybe I'd be happy with one of those maps in the infobox where you could click to get three different scales.

Perhaps a more useful map could be made for Abrigo de la Quebrada. I don't have coordinates, but there is a map, in this article. Plus, the site has interesting geographic features which could be represented--see the mention of rivers and "three different biotopes in "Location and description". What would also be cool is a version of fig. 1 in that same article--is that easy to do? I might get to writing up the other sites in that area, and we make the thing clickable...We have at least two articles now that we could stick that map in.

Listen, I understand perfectly if you just don't have enough to go on here; the last time I asked for a map here I had all kinds of other material that helped the map maker. I appreciate whatever you can do. Drmies (talk) 18:00, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Drmies: What do you think of File:El Salt topo map.svg? It's only draft quality right and I have some cleaning up to do, but I wanted to get your thoughts on general style and the information on the map. I'll probably zoom in a little bit more but I'm a bit limited by the resolution of the height data. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 00:52, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

AntiCompositeNumber, wow, that's really something. You GIS people are amazing. I wish there was a way to combine that and image 2c in this article, but that's a Borges story waiting to happen. Yes, I think that's great, and thank you. Something like that for Abrigo de la Quebrada would look awesome too, and I also wrote up Cova Foradà. So if we got an "overview" map, there would be at least three things to put in... Thanks again. I'm jealous of your skill. Drmies (talk) 01:08, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

Drmies, I think I'm at the point with File:El Salt topo map.svg where more improvement requires exponentially more time. I'll take a look at the other ones when I get a chance. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 00:29, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

AntiCompositeNumber, thank you so much. I'm sticking it in the article right now. Drmies (talk) 00:33, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Malaria range 2050

Blank map for coloring

Article(s): Malaria#Climate_change

Request

Make a new image called "Malaria_geographic_range_2050_Hadley_CM2_high_scenario.png" Simply take over the colors from this paper Genetics4good (talk) 11:18, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Discussion

Corrupt SVG

Map of Spanish-speaking countries

Article(s): Lots of pages on twenty wikis

Request: There's something wrong with this SVG: at normal resolution it looks fine, but at 2000px (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Hispanophone_global_world_map_language_2.svg/2000px-Hispanophone_global_world_map_language_2.svg.png), the ocean turns black. Any idea what's wrong and how to fix it? Nyttend backup (talk) 15:02, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
Discussion

It doesn't appear the issue is with pixel size but rather with the wikipedia svg renderer which converts svg to png. The issue is still present even at 50px. I don't personally know what the issue is, but people here Wikipedia:SVG help might be able to help. Auguel (talk) 18:34, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

I looked at this file and this is not an issue with the SVG. The background for the image is transparent in the SVG file. This is an issue with how the browser handles css styling on a page by default. To see how the browser influences what is displayed, try opening the same link you used for the 2000px png image in different browsers and see what happens. For example, when I tested on IE and Edge the entire background was white, but the same link showed a gray background in FireFox and a black background in Chrome. The difference is caused by the fact that the browser by default is adding a background color to the entire page and, since the image's background is transparent, the page background shows through. One solution would be to add a background with color to the SVG image, but, while it fixes the png views of the image in the affected browsers, the background of the image would no longer be transparent. Depending on how the image is going to be used, this may be a problem affecting its use. I would suggest that the image is left the way it is since it works as intended, unless the image would be more useful by adding a background to it. Nancystodd (talk) 16:17, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Addition of Daito Islands

Article(s): Module:Location map/data/Japan Okinawa Prefecture
Request: Thank you for your work but I regret that the Daito Islands are out of the map. Include them in, please. -- LT sfm (talk) 09:57, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
Discussion

Summer and Winter Olympics

Summer Olympics
Winter Olympics

Article(s)

Request: Can you make the black dots in the correct position -- SpinnerLaserz (talk) 21:17, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
Discussion