Welcome to my User page! - - -
My goal is to create integrated maps, maps intended to be read alongside the text, highlighting important places mentioned in the article.
In general, integrated maps:
While large comprehensive maps have their own encyclopedic uses, they do not work well as a guide to places and other information in the article -- editor will almost always reduce that map's size to the point where it requires the visitor to click to another screen just to read it.
I am also a fan of Edward Tufte and I think it's important that maps (or any visual informative media) are clean and easily understandable, with little if any window dressing. This does not mean, however, that maps should be drab. Au contraire.
I use Inkscape to create my maps. I believe that SVG is the best format for maps, although the font support here in Wiki-land is poor (see discussion here).
I try to work on the requests at w:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Requested and orphan maps, but you certainly may leave a request on my Talk page.
![]() | This user helped promote Battle of the Gebora to featured article status. |
![]() | This user helped promote Vasa (ship) to featured article status. |
![]() | This user helped promote Cologne War to featured article status. |
![]() | This user helped promote William of Tyre to featured article status. |
![]() | This user helped promote Cleomenean War to featured article status. |
I would be very happy to translate any of my maps into another language.
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![]() Although I like the simplistic beauty of this map, it lacks some pizzazz. |
![]() -- > Deutsch -- > Ελληνικά -- > Polski -- > English (1190) |
![]() -- > Latviešu -- > Lietuvių Commissioned by Renata3 and Xil. |
![]() Commissioned by Ghirlandajo. |
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![]() Qui è una versione di lingua italiana. Voici la version française. |
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![]() Commissioned by Larry Dunn. |
![]() Qui è una versione di lingua italiana. This map was commissioned by Attilios. |
![]() Commissioned by Lupo, who took this map and actually improved it (the nerve)! You can see his improved map here, as well as a very nice second map that he built using the 1st. |
![]() This map was commissioned by Attilios. |
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![]() -- > Italiano |
![]() Vsepovsod je a prevod po Slovensko. |
![]() * Voici la version française. * Hier ist die deutsche Version. |
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The following maps do not contain any labels. Such maps are useful under some circumstances, but the general geographic area must be recognizable to the average reader. The disadvantage, of course, is that these maps are less informative, but such maps can be useful in a multi-language encyclopedia.
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Here are three maps intended to show particular sites.
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![]() Commissioned by Peter Andersen. |
Welcome to my User page! - - -
My goal is to create integrated maps, maps intended to be read alongside the text, highlighting important places mentioned in the article.
In general, integrated maps:
While large comprehensive maps have their own encyclopedic uses, they do not work well as a guide to places and other information in the article -- editor will almost always reduce that map's size to the point where it requires the visitor to click to another screen just to read it.
I am also a fan of Edward Tufte and I think it's important that maps (or any visual informative media) are clean and easily understandable, with little if any window dressing. This does not mean, however, that maps should be drab. Au contraire.
I use Inkscape to create my maps. I believe that SVG is the best format for maps, although the font support here in Wiki-land is poor (see discussion here).
I try to work on the requests at w:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Requested and orphan maps, but you certainly may leave a request on my Talk page.
![]() | This user helped promote Battle of the Gebora to featured article status. |
![]() | This user helped promote Vasa (ship) to featured article status. |
![]() | This user helped promote Cologne War to featured article status. |
![]() | This user helped promote William of Tyre to featured article status. |
![]() | This user helped promote Cleomenean War to featured article status. |
I would be very happy to translate any of my maps into another language.
![]() |
![]() Although I like the simplistic beauty of this map, it lacks some pizzazz. |
![]() -- > Deutsch -- > Ελληνικά -- > Polski -- > English (1190) |
![]() -- > Latviešu -- > Lietuvių Commissioned by Renata3 and Xil. |
![]() Commissioned by Ghirlandajo. |
![]() |
![]() Qui è una versione di lingua italiana. Voici la version française. |
![]() |
![]() Commissioned by Larry Dunn. |
![]() Qui è una versione di lingua italiana. This map was commissioned by Attilios. |
![]() Commissioned by Lupo, who took this map and actually improved it (the nerve)! You can see his improved map here, as well as a very nice second map that he built using the 1st. |
![]() This map was commissioned by Attilios. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() -- > Italiano |
![]() Vsepovsod je a prevod po Slovensko. |
![]() * Voici la version française. * Hier ist die deutsche Version. |
![]() |
The following maps do not contain any labels. Such maps are useful under some circumstances, but the general geographic area must be recognizable to the average reader. The disadvantage, of course, is that these maps are less informative, but such maps can be useful in a multi-language encyclopedia.
![]() |
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![]() |
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Here are three maps intended to show particular sites.
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![]() Commissioned by Peter Andersen. |