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Inner-Asian "civilisations"

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  An image of Iranian Azerbaijan to help you to locate it.

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  An image showing how Xinjiang can be divided based on the Chinese administrative subdivisions (even if based on the real geographic mountains, it can be better).

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  A map helping you to locate the Great Wall going all the way from Shanhai, Hebei to Jiayuguan, Gansu.

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  A map helping you to locate the rivers I’m talking about in Russia.

Article(s): Various and many, mainly related to politics, anthropology, linguistics, archeology, history and political ideologies

Request

The map I need shows 5 territories in different colors. The map should be a flat world map that people can easily modify, like the ones usually found on Wikipedia. Several copies of the map can be exported, one without the borders of the countries of the world, one with the borders of the countries of the world and one in orthographic projection. If you don't have time, the simple one without the borders of the countries of the world will suffice. Attention, one of the territories represented on the map is itself divided by several borders.

1) "Japan" (bc002d color) :

Includes all the current Japan (main islands, islets, Nansei archipelago, etc.), Senkaku, the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin Island and the Kamchatka Peninsula.

2) 2) "Korea" (0055ff) :

Includes both Koreas (everything south of the Tumen River) and Jiandao (Gando).

3) "Turkic-Mongolic-Tungusic" :

You should draw the in this order for not getting in trouble.

3.1) "Western Turkic" (0099dd) :

Include Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Iranian Azerbaijan (West Azerbaijan, East Azerbaijan and Ardabil provinces of Iran), Azerbaijan.

3.2) "Mongolia" (0000ff) :

Includes all of Outer Mongolia and all of Inner Mongolia, including territories that seem to have been cut off from it such as the Josutu League or the Southern Chahar region in northern Hebei. Include everything located between the southern border of Inner Mongolia and the Great Wall of China as well. The part of Russia surrounded by Amur river, Outer Mongolia, Yenisei river-Angara river, Baikal lake, Lena river-Aldan river, Stanovoi range and Okhotsk sea is also included as "Mongolia".

3.3) "Manchuria" (ffcc22) :

Everything surrounded by "Mongolia" you drawn at the west, Amur river flowing to Sakhalin in the North, the sea at the east, Korea at the south and then use the Great Wall as a border with China until it reaches the Mongolian territory you drew that also use the Great Wall as a border with China. In China, it mainly covers the Jilin, Heilongjiang and Liaoning as well as some parts of others provinces like Hebei that are located at the North of the Great Wall.

3.4) "Northern, Southern and Eastern Turkic" (0099dd, same than Western Turkic) :

3.4.1) Territory :

Central Asia including Tajikistan, Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan and in Russia : all of the lands located at the East of Tobol-Irtysh-Ob in Siberia that do not belong to "Mongolia", "Manchuria" or "Japan" until the Bering Strait. In China, include everything located in the North of the Tibetan Plateau and the Great Wall that you didn’t gave to "Mongolia" and "Manchuria", mainly it’s northern Gansu and Xinjiang.

3.4.2) Borders :

As you can see, this territory should be divided in 3 : Eastern, Northern and Southern. The border used between the Eastern "Turkic" part and Northern "Turkic" part is the Yenisei river. The border between the Southern "Turkic" and Northern "Turkic" is composed of : • In Turkmenistan, any natural border between the Caspian sea and the Aral sea. • The Aral sea itself crossed by the border in its middle. • The Syr-Daria river. • Any natural link between Syr-Daria river and the Altishahr-Dzungaria border. • In Xinjiang, the natural border between Dzungaria and Altishahr (Tarim Basin). Everything further, such as the "Turkic" part in Gansu located in the North of the Great Wall and finally reaching "Mongolia", belong to "North Turkic".

4) Other (light grey) :

• Turkmen-Uzbek little regions in the North of Afghanistan, Afghanistan.

• Zanjan province, Iran

• Gagauzia, Moldavia

• Astrakhan Oblast, Russia

• Bashkortostan, Russia

• Chuvashia, Russia

• Crimea, Ukraine/Russia

• Daghestan, Russia

• Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia

• Karachayevo-Cherkessia, Russia

• Tatarstan, Russia

• Regions of Russia located between Kazakhstan and Bashkortostan-Chuvashia-Tatarstan, Russia.

• The area between the Ural Mountains (historical border between Europe and Asia) and the Tobol-Irtysh-Ob, Russia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EpicDiscoMarmot (talk • contribs) 21:49, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

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Who made this request?
It's extensive and would need you being involved in the work all the way. So please sign this and ping me and I can help you, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:22, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

• @Goran tek-en: , it was made by user "EpicDiscoMarmot" back on 21:49, 20 March 2022. This is their only edit so it is entirely possible that they have abandoned their account or forgot their password. Anyhow, hopefully they'll see this ping and (finally) respond. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 19:12, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Korean Islands Problems

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  Korean War Map

Article(s): :en:Korean War

Request

Issue A: Baengnyeongdo is under South Korean administration.
Issue B: Ulleungdo, larger than Baengnyeongdo, is omitted from the map. See page for details.
--Geographyinitiative (talk) 17:46, 9 July 2022 (UTC)

@Geographyinitiative I could help you with this but I will need your help along the way as the description page describes more and other specific issues depending on which image (time/frame) in the GIF animation we are talking about.

So please get back to me if you will be here to help me with your knowledge, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:08, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

@Geographyinitiative Do need your assistance, just ping me and add needed info, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:57, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: I am not a Korea expert. However, (A) the 07.1953 image shows Ongjin County, Incheon (including Baengnyeongdo) in pink, whereas the armistice says that those islands are under ROK administration (as they are at til now). Further (B) Ulleungdo is not shown on the map at all, despite being larger than Baengnyeongdo and being within the lat/long scope of the map. That's truly all I know. I would suggest that Issue (B) is easier to resolve since I don't know that the ROK ever lost that island in the war (but again, I don't know- they might have lost it and regained it, idk). Issue (A) is hard to resolve because they were presumably lost and then regained at some point, but I don't know that history. I would suggest that Issue (B) could be solved quickly and easily as a separate upload, and then Issue (A) could be looked at later. However, Issue (A) is more serious than Issue (B) because it shows present-day ROK controlled areas as part of the DPRK in 07.1953. The wording of the 1953 Armistice implies that Baengnyeongdo is ("shall remain") under ROK administration. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 16:08, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

@Geographyinitiative I have zero knowledge, it's always up to the requester to provide the info/knowledge needed, we as graphic workers do just that, graphic work.

• I can add that island
  • which color should it be
  • should it be in all frames

--please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:32, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: The final image is definitely wrong. I don't know the history well enough to work on the wartime maps. If you want my final word: Change Baengnyeongdo to green in the final image and in that same final image add Ulleungdo, also colored green. Technically it will introduce a "discontinuity" between the maps to add one map that has Ulleungdo while the others don't, but the added value of not ignoring Korean territory is strong and I hope this would get people interested at some point. Also, we don't know exactly when Baengnyeongdo became green, but the mistake of having territories that were S. Korean at the end of the war colored pink in the final map is disastrous. This is a stop-gap measure. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 12:23, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

This book says the UN forces had complete maritime dominance, and explicitly mentions control in July 1951. I'd suggest that the islands simply stay green from at least the current turning green in 11.1950 until the end. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 13:54, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

@Geographyinitiative Chipmunkdavis I'm sorry but I will not proceed with any changes to this gif image when there is not someone who with certainty can tell me what to change, how and when. Please discuss this somewhere else and when there is an agreement on what to change and how, you can ping me and I will do it. As for now it's all to confusing for me, hope for your understanding, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:54, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

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File:US and Russian bases and facilities.jpg

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  File:US and Russian bases and facilities.jpg

Article(s): Numerous articles across Wikipedia.

Request

In File:US and Russian bases and facilities.jpg:

• Azerbaijan needs to be colored in white, because Azerbaijan never hosted a US military base, nor does it host a Russian base.

• Georgia needs to be colored in blue (like Belarus, Moldova and Armenia), because Georgia never hosted a US military base. It only has Russian military bases in breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

• The border of South Sudan, which became independent in 2011, needs to be added. Both South Sudan and Sudan do not host any US or Russian military bases, so their color stays unchanged. --Maphobbyist (talk) 18:40, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Request taken by --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 20:02, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

 Done @Maphobbyist: You have to check this and if fine mark it resolved, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 20:19, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: --Maphobbyist (talk) 20:59, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

@Maphobbyist Why did you ping me without any message for those two requests?

If you want to close/archive them you have to put out the code I described for you. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:17, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Map of volcanoes in Guatemala

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  Map of the volcanoes in Guatemala

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  Map of Guatemala in Inari Sámi

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  combined

Article(s): Listo Guatemala tullâvaarijn

Request

I would like only the Guatemalan volcano symbols and labels in the first image to be added to the Inari Sámi map of Guatemala in the second image and saved as a new file so we can use it in an article on the Inari Sámi wikipedia. The volcano labels are missing the diacritics in the gif and the following labels would need to be fixed: Santa María, Atitlán, and Tolimán. I would also appreciate if the symbol and label colors could match the SVG image color scheme better than the bright red of the GIF. Takkâ! :) --Yupik (talk) 09:04, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Done, though the inclusion of town names alongside volcanos entailed a degree of awkwardness SmallJarsWithGreenLabels (talk) 00:50, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

Change map from jpg to svg to later improve the result

My following request was earlier today posted at the Commons:Help desk but I was informed I better make the request here.

I would like to use this 1968 map in Commons and create a new map in SVG format with different background colors of the historical districts of Suriname. A little bit like this map, so maintaining the city/village names, mayor roads, lakes, rivers etc. But then in SVG format of the situation in 1968. I guess I should start with a jpg to svg conversion tool to easily import the lines for the borders, rivers, roads, etc. in a vector/line format and then use a tool like Inkscape to process it in the way I want. Unfortunately the district borders are not shown as a solid line but a repetition of a small line, a dot, another small line and another dot and so on. Can somebody here give me some advice how to start this. Is using a free svg conversion tool a good first step and if so, which one would you use to overcome the problem with the district border lines? Or would you start by importing the jpg file into some free PC software program like Inkscape and let that program do the conversion of the pixels of say a river into lines that can be scaled? Any advice would be appreciated. - Robotje (talk) 17:06, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

@Robotje Using any (I believe so) conversion/tracking tool will give you a bad result. To me the solution is to import the jpg to e.g. Inkscape but also import high quality screenshots from OpenStreetMaps and other sources with rivers etc. Then you will have to manually draw what ever need in your map and please use file:Maps template-en.svg so that you try to keep the conventions we have. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:22, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Meitei language geographical distribution map

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  Manipur state

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  Assam state

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  Tripura state

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  Northeast India

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  Sylhet division (not Sylhet district)

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  Sagaing region

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  Mandalay region

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  Yangon region

• File:And a few more maps whose links I added in my request statement

Request

Hello! May I request you to make a map in which (1) "Manipur" is in the darkest colour, (2) Assam and Tripura states in a lighter colour, (3) remaining "Northeast Indian states" in the little lighter colour, (4) Bangladesh's Sylhet division (not to be confused with Sylhet district) and the Sagaing region of Myanmar in a lighter colour, (5) the Mandalay region and the Yangon region, File:Ayeyarwady Region in Myanmar.svg, File:Bago Region in Myanmar.svg, File:Shan State in Myanmar.svg & File:Kachin State in Myanmar.svg in a little lighter colour, which is for the regions where Meitei language is spoken with respect to concentration of population? Fortunately, the said portions of areas in the 3 neighboring countries are demarcated properly in various svg maps available in the Commons. --Haoreima (talk) 16:09, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

• @Haoreima: I have created an SVG map as per your request (Meitei language distribution.svg). However, the subnational boundaries are fairly inaccurate due to the inherent inaccuracy in the base map (Blank Map World Secondary Political Divisions.svg). You may consider using Meitei language distribution.png, which is much better. --Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 15:47, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

SVG map I've created

PNG map I've found in English Wikipedia

Sbb1413 Sorry for late reply! Thank you so much for creating the map I requested. I believe it will be very helpful in the future. --Haoreima (talk) 05:54, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Simple map(s) of Finnish Defence Forces Areas of Responsibility from early 1950s

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  A potential base map

Article(s): en:User:Ljleppan/Polttoainehankinta

Request

(Moved from Commons:File requests)

I'm not certain what the best source map would be, but I'd appreciate a Commons-compatible version of the map of Figure 6 (page 37) of this PDF (also accessible via this link) for the draft currently at en:User:Ljleppan/Polttoainehankinta. In addition to the Areas of Responsibility, it would be good to show the locations of en:Helsinki, en:Porkkala and a few of the larger cities (Perhaps en:Turku, en:Vaasa, en:Oulu, en:Rovaniemi and en:Ivalo if possible without sacrificing legibility?).

I'd also greatly appreciate Commons-version of the map(s) in Figure 5 (page 31) of the same PDF, but that's less of a priority.

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Creating Maps of Talukas(sub-district) of Gujarat

Request

I have a request for making maps of Talukas(sub-districts) of Gujarat districts.Can you make some maps of Talukas of districts of Gujarat, India.

Here are the talukas list - Talukas of Gujarat: link

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  Similar to this(Ahmedabad district talukas map)

Checkout Some available maps:

• [File:Gujarat Talukas Map 2011.svg] but it's old version. "In 2013 some new District has been created".
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• [2]
• [3]
• [4]
• [5]
• [6]

DSP2092 (talk) 06:21, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I found this source, seems updated to 2018, but the administrative division is different than the one in your images (see here a quick export). Is it correct? In case i can generate the map. The best solution would be to find geographical shapefiles from official indian sources Sette-quattro (talk) 07:32, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Yes it's a Gujarat Sub-districts (talukas) map.If there's a full map of Gujarat.It's not a complete map. DSP2092 (talk) 17:06, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Yes there is the whole country, my question is if the division of sub-distritcs is correct. Do you need one map of all the sub-dostricts of Gujarat, or multiple maps (e.g. one per district)? Sette-quattro (talk) 20:31, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

One whole map gujarat with sub districts(talukas) and also individual map of every district of Gujarat with sub districts.🙏 DSP2092 (talk) 13:16, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Request taken by Sette-quattro (talk) 16:12, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

@Sette-quattro, I have found some maps - link but it needs some editing like above map. DSP2092 (talk) 16:36, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

File:Taiwan relief location map.jpg

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  File:Taiwan relief location map.jpg

Article(s): en:Liang Island en:Dongyin, Lienchiang, all Taiwan articles

Request

Straightforward fix of map

In 2019, I literally used Microsoft Paint to put a temporary fix on the map of Taiwan. The dotted line around the Matsu Islands did not extend around en:Dongyin, Lienchiang. The map urgently needs to be changed to (1) add some extra space above Dongyin and (2) put the dotted line in that extra space. Here's a great example of what should be done: [7] (map of Taiwan on lower right). This is not a minor issue or something that can wait four years- it is a travesty of the highest order, and frankly, it's dangerous. It may be arduous to make the change- and the map as is "kinda works"-, but ultimately it undercuts the credibility and reliability of Wikipedia to have something f'ed up this badly. It's like if Ukraine's Snake Island was right on the edge of the map and it wasn't clear if it was part of Ukraine or not. This is not a minor issue, this is big. A mountain imagined as a mole hill is a mountain. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 19:26, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

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13 Colonies map into US English

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  Map of the Thirteen Colonies what appears to be German

Article(s): en:Thirteen Colonies, en:United States, en:European colonization of the Americas, en:British colonization of the Americas, en:United Colonies,

Request

Could someone make a version of this map in US English?

The idea is to have a good map in English of the Thirteen Colonies as they existed in 1775 before the US Declaration of Independence: a map that is not anachronistic—that is, a map that doesn't show boundaries of US states that did not exist at the time. إيان (talk) 23:30, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Labels that need to be translated:

Sankt-Lorenz-Strom --> St. Lawrence River

Oberer See --> Superior

(zu Mass) --> (Mass)

Atlantik --> Atlantic

إيان (talk) 16:51, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

•  Half done – I have translated most German elements into English, except Sankt-Lorenz-Strom, which I have not translated yet for some reasons. Here is the English-version map: Thirteencolonies politics cropped-en.jpg. --Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 17:42, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

File:Bohaiseamap2.png

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  File:Bohaiseamap2.png

Article(s): w:Bohai Sea, w:Yellow Sea

Request

I suggest using the more normative 'Pyongyang' and 'Yellow River' or at least adding these forms in parentheses. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 11:03, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

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Chronological map of NATO membership

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Article(s): en:Enlargement of NATO

Request

This animated GIF of the chronology of NATO membership looks awful. I've again had to update it manually today, and really with it could be recreated either as a higher resolution GIF with smoother animation, or perhaps an animated SVG that might be both cleaner and easier to update. The only small trick is the borders in Europe should match the year each member joined. Thanks! -- Patrick, _oѺ^∞ 18:23, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

As far as I know, Mediawiki can't render animated SVGs. SmallJarsWithGreenLabels (talk) 00:01, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

That's fine, a high resolution GIF would also be a significant improvement. Or an OGG video even. The one we have is just garbage! Patrick, _oѺ^∞ 14:39, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

I think it's important for it to be easy to edit, so an OGG doesn't sound good. Personally I couldn't care less about the resolution, but what I really dislike about this gif is that the year label is all the way across from Europe, so it's impossible to keep track of without frantically looking back and forth between them. SmallJarsWithGreenLabels (talk) 11:34, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi there, just reiterating that a superior GIF file would also be a welcome option, particularly as news is breaking that Sweden's accession may be in the near future, which will necessitate another edit to the lousy old GIF. If I had the ability to create this, I might start with File:EC-EU-enlargement animation.gif, which shows what this could be like. Perhaps the U.S. and Canada could be an insert? There's also been the request to include frames showing when Trieste joined Italy in 1953, Saarsland rejoined West Germany in 1957, and Malta became independent in 1964 if possible. Thank you to anyone who can help! -- Patrick Neil, _oѺ^∞/Talk 15:57, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Creating Maps of Gujarat Legislative assembly constituencies

For List of Legislative Assembly Constituencies: en:Demographics of districts of Gujarat#Demographics

Article(s): en:List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly (for creating Legislative Assembly Constituencies)

Request

Making individual Gujarat Legislative Assembly Constituencies Maps from Gujarat Legislative Constituency Map

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  Gujarat Legislative Assembly Map

Example Maps of different Indian state for making Gujarat maps:

1. en:List of constituencies of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly#Current list of constituencies(making individual Legislative constituencies link this)

--DSP2092 (talk) 03:10, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Map of Bruttium

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  Map of Bruttium

Article(s): el:Βρεττία, es:Brucio, de:Bruttium and all other articles on the same subjects in other languages

Request

Please remake the file of map of Bruttium to svg format, so that it is easy to translate. I am interested in the Greek translation, but I will give both the Latin and Greek names used in the map

I suspect you will know better than me whether it is worth copying this map or better to copy a map of the Italian peninsula already in svg. The names of the cities from top to bottom, from left to right as shown below. First in Latin, then in Greek. Please make a map in Greek and one map in Latin. For the translation in Latin I am using the detailed map of Shepherd File:Shepherd-c-030-031.jpg.

Roma / Ρώμη

Lucania / Λευκανία

Laus / Λᾶος

Sybaris / Σύβαρις

Thurii / Θούριοι

Bruttium / Βρεττία

Tempsa / Τεμέση

Crotona / Κρότων

Terina / Τερίνα

Scylletium / Σκυλλήτιον

Medma / Μέδμα

Caulonia / Καυλωνία

Locri / Λοκροί (the full name is Epizephyrii Locri / Επιζεφύριοι Λοκροί, if you can fit it, please do)

Rhegium / Ρήγιον

Let me know if I can help. --FocalPoint (talk) 19:52, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

Opportunity to share some advice

If you have some experience with identifying some of the best maps, then please consider looking at voy:en:Wikivoyage:Travellers' pub#Having a hall of fame for static maps and seeing whether you have any advice that would be worth sharing. I know that there's a big difference between Commons' purpose and a travel guide, but most of the maps they're talking about will be hosted here, and perhaps some of you would be interested in what they're doing. Thanks, WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:38, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Historic Lincolnshire

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  Please can Lincolnshire be divided up into its three historic parts similar to how Yorkshire is shown in this image.

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  Please can two new images be created out of this image, one with Lincolnshire in its three parts but with no single red area highlighted and a second map (closer up) be created with the three areas numbered 1, 2 and 3

Article(s): Various

Request

I have a request for image one to be modified so that historic Lincolnshire is in its three parts as it’s not currently shown on the map in a way that is similar to how Yorkshire is currently shown and also a request for a two new SVG images of just historic Lincolnshire in its three parts with no highlighted areas and for one which is closer up with its three parts numbered so it’s three requests in total. MOTORAL1987 (talk) 08:58, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

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Blank map of Kampala

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  Current map of Kampala (OSM screenshot) on Commons

Article(s): en:Battle of Kampala (& other linguistic versions, especially fr:Bataille de Kampala

Request

Hi! I'd love to have a legible SVG map of Kampala with its main hills/districts and roads. My immediate use is to make a map of the en:Battle of Kampala (I'll try to do it on my own, but have never done this before, so maybe I'll call for help again for that specific overlay) but the map will be useful for anything related to the city. --Exilexi (talk) 09:29, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Reference material: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-the-hills-of-Kampala-Mengo-including-the-boundaries-of-the-Kibuga-and-colonial_fig2_321723920 has the main hills of the city.

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Puerto Rico

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  Description of first image

Article(s): Hawaiʻi on Wiktionary; A lot

Request

I suggest adding Puerto Rico to the United States, unless it's not part of the United States.

Puerto Rico is part of the United States. People wonder why many Americans don't know it- well there's your answer. Just because "(US50)" appears in the title doesn't change how this image is actually used- see Hawaiʻi on Wiktionary. The caption there reads: "Hawaii in respect to the rest of the United States". You're giving people a stupid map that would need to be presented in a qualified way, and then that map is being used to imply that this is a map of the whole USA. You now get to choose whether WMF will continue to deceptively imply that Puerto Rico is somehow not part of the United States. Don't bring your decolonization ideological stuff at me when Russia still has Siberia and China has Tibet. As if! Yes Puerto Rico has got a special status. But they voted to become a state a few years ago (it wasn't accepted by the US Congress yet, this is just a fact that tends to discredit any "decolonization" ideological silliness). So Yes, it's the USA. Get off your high horse and show the people the full United States. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 22:26, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

• There are locator maps of Puerto Rico within the United States, similar to the above locator map of Hawaii. Take a look at the following maps:

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  Puerto Rico in United States (zoom + special marker) (US49)

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  Puerto Rico in United States (zoom + special marker) (US49+1)

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  Puerto Rico in United States (zoom) (US49)

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  Puerto Rico in United States (zoom) (US49+1)

• Also, you should not blame WMF for ignoring Puerto Rico as part of the US. It is generally not shown along with the 50 states and the federal district as US overseas territories are excluded from most maps. There's no "decolonization" ideology whatsoever on this matter, just a matter of convention. --Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 16:52, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

@Geographyinitiative: Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 15:51, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Pardon me, my comment above is a little bit intense! All I mean is that I feel that 1) if Puerto Rico appears on a map, 2) and the map does not show Puerto Rico as part of the USA, 3) then there should be a good reason, or a specific purpose for that map, rather than as a general map "of the USA". Hence I renew my request for the update to that map showing Hawai'i without showing Puerto Rico as part of the USA. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 16:16, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Venezuela president recognition map

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  "Map showing the recognition of Juan Guaidó as acting president of Venezuela:"

Article(s): en:Responses to the Venezuelan presidential crisis

Request

Hi! Users that are familiar with the topic know that the presidential crisis in Venezuela has been ongoing for four years, and it hasn't been until recently that it seemingly has come to an end. Naturally, this map: File:Venezuela president recognition map.svg has changed drastically since its beginning in 2019. To reflect these changes over the time, I've thought that an animated file, such as a gif, would be ideal. Are there contributors that could help with this? Many thanks in advance! --NoonIcarus (talk) 22:47, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

I forgot to ask: if possible, an important aspect to include would naturally be the date where the current frame stands. Thanks again! --NoonIcarus (talk) 10:20, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

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Copied from Video and Sound Workshop by 多多123 20:24, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

@NoonIcarus: I think it's a good idea, although looking at the changes, the only large changes I can notice are all the south america countries turn blue but thats about it. Almost all others stay the same throughout the entire thing.

Japanese Empire 1939

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  Japanese Empire, 1939

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Article(s): Manchukuo, etc.

Request

(1) Saipan should appear these four maps in the same way it appears on File:Mengjiang map 1939.svg. (This is because Saipan was part of the Japanese Empire in 1939 and not part of the USA yet.) (2) Vladivostok is misspelled as 'Vladivostak'; this should be corrected. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 00:16, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

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Note fixed spelling. Other issue still needs addressing. SmallJarsWithGreenLabels (talk) 23:23, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

 Done SmallJarsWithGreenLabels (talk) 23:50, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

Milan highways

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  A50

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  A51

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  A58

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  A52

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  Milan highways

Request

Please update A50, A51 and A58 files by completing the A52 path as in maps representing A52 and all Milan highways. Thank you. --InfattiVedeteCheViDice (talk) 14:08, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

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Treaty of Accession 1972 European Communities map

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  Treaty of Accession 1972 European Communities map

Article(s): [[]]

Request

I was wondering if the map should be modified slightly to show that the treaty now currently no longer applies to the United Kingdom following Brexit. I was thinking that the best way to show this as unlike Norway which did not ratify following its referendum result and is shown in full red but because the UK did ratify I reckon the UK should be kept yellow but have red stripes though it so it’s still shows that the country did ratify but later withdrew and now the treaty no longer applies to the UK and should be noted that even if the UK ever rejoined the EU this treaty will never apply again as a new treaty of Accession would be needed with the UK. (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 12:37, 11 June 2023 (UTC))

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• I think I can add the stripes based on India (claimed and disputed hatched).svg. Let me see if I can add them. --Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 15:58, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
  •  Done – however, instead of using diagonal stripes like India (claimed and disputed hatched).svg, I have used vertical stripes because I'm unable to use diagonal stripes. --Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 16:23, 15 June 2023 (UTC) Edit: I have also marked Greenland for the same reason, except that it is a Danish overseas territory and not a separate state. --Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 16:27, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

Update outdated map file

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  Outdated map file

Article(s):

Request

Hi! This map file needs to be updated to reflect the system today. Thank you! --OrdinaryScarlett (talk) 18:18, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

Courtesy link to the silver line, what is missing. SmallJarsWithGreenLabels (talk) 03:06, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

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PNG to SVG

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  Sool Sanaag Cayn

• 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): de:Las Anod

Request

Could someone make a new file incorporating the current PNG into an SVG file? Thanks --Billboardbillal (talk) 23:50, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

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Indiana Jones locations map - minor modification

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Article(s): Any article this already appears on.

Request

Could someone please change Taiwan back to grey, as it was on the original two versions of this map. Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 12:15, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

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Maps of the Provinces of Indonesia

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  Developmental zones of Indonesia

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  TimezonesID

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  Geographical units of Indonesia

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  Indonesia provinces outline map

Article(s): en:Time in Indonesia and en:Regions of Indonesia

Request

Can someone here who is skilled in map editing add Southwest Papua province to the above maps. For information, currently Indonesia has 38 provinces, with the youngest province, namely Southwest Papua, which was just legalized at the end of 2022. --Ibrahim Muizzuddin (talk) 08:32, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

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 Half done: added to File:Indonesia provinces outline map.svg. I might try to do the others later. SmallJarsWithGreenLabels (talk) 17:26, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

 Done SmallJarsWithGreenLabels (talk) 11:03, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks a lot @SmallJarsWithGreenLabels -Ibrahim Muizzuddin (talk) 08:36, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

Councils of governments in North Carolina

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  Example of map style

Article(s): Councils of governments in North Carolina

Request

Could someone make two separate maps like the one above? They are just simple county outlines overlaid on a North Carolina county map. The counties in both maps include:

Pee Dee Council of Governments - Anson, Montgomery, Moore, and Richmond counties

Eastern Carolina Council of Governments - Onslow, Duplin, Wayne, Greene, Lenoir, Jones, Craven, Carteret, and Pamlico counties

Thank you for your time and have a great day! -- DiscoA340 (talk) 19:08, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

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Puerto Rico

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  File Requested

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  Example

Article(s): es:Puerto Rico

Request

Hi, the current image of Puerto Rico makes it look quite large, almost the size of Greenland. Could a similar arrangement be made to the second example image? --Hispano76 (talk) 18:35, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

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North Carolina/South Carolina statistical areas maps

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  North Carolina MSA map

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  South Carolina MSA map

Article(s): North Carolina statistical areas, South Carolina statistical areas

Request

Per this source (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf), the 2023 OMB report has realigned and renamed multiple different statistical areas, could someone update the two maps above to show the changes? The specific changes needed are:

NC Map:

* "Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC MSA" should be removed from left chart, Brunswick County, North Carolina should be shaded the same cyan-like color as the Wilmington, NC MSA.

* "New Bern, NC MSA" should become "New Bern, NC μSA".

SC Map:

* "Greenville-Anderson, SC MSA" should become "Greenville, SC MSA".

* "Hilton Head Island-Bluffton, SC MSA" should become "Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC MSA" with the capital "I" between the "H" and "l" in "Hilton" (a typo) be made lowercase.

* "Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC MSA" on left chart should become "Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC MSA" (if the cut-off part of the word could be fixed as well, that would be great).

Thank you for your time and help; have a great day! -- DiscoA340 (talk) 03:25, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

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