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Great job on the maps. They are very accurate and illustrating. Thanks again! Omegastar ( talk) 13:36, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
If you want a translation for one of your maps, in French, German, or Arabic, contact me, I would love to help you! --Escondites talk 12:06, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Could you please do a translation of this map in Arabic? I can translate the names but wouldn't know how to edit it. Thanks a lot. -- Aa2-2004 ( talk) 16:00, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks!! Good work as usual. I was in my sea house in the Christmas days, so sorry for late reply. Well, my grandaunt has an Italian old encyclopedia with a VERY detailed map of Italian states during the Middle Ages (the best one is truly a puzzle with even the minorest seignories, it's stunning - it is about around 13th-14th centuries however). I'll provide you, if you want, as soon as I'll be able to scan it. Bye and thanks again. -- Attilios 11:34, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for the skill and care you are putting into these goodlooking maps. They enrich every article in which they appear. -- Wetman 12:47, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello MapMaster,
On your userpage you stated that you are open to map requests. If it's possible, I'd like to request a map of the Habsburg Monarchy from 1713-1740. There are a few maps around showing Austria-Hungary but none of the monachy before that time. It would greatly enhance an artikel dealing with that subject. I hope you'd like to help me with it.
Regards, nl:Gebruiker:Sir Iain 213.10.202.180 21:56, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Your maps are beutiful, informative, indicate hours of hard work, and show expertise in conveying information visually. I just had to give you this:
The Barnstar of Diligence | ||
For creating beautiful and informative maps with attention to detail, quality, and practical value. Fishal 20:56, 7 September 2007 (UTC) |
Thanks for the tips, I'll fix it in a bit. :)
I've been looking for info to replace raster Map of Ontario with an SVG one. I've found some places with clear data but they're always copyrighted. I thought about tracing the current map, but it isn't detailed enough. Do you have any suggestions on how I can find that info? Vidioman 10:58, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
I don't have GIS software. I was referring to the black white and red locater maps, but if the relief map should be re-done, I'll try it in the future. I'll take a look at those places. As for the Thunder Bay map, I don't think a locater thumb map is necessary. The Thunder Bay article already has a locater (which I want to replace), and the other page it's on is related to the Thunder Bay article. I have another version I am tweaking for the articles about highways in the area, however, and that map would have a thumb map, once I have made it. (for Ontario) Vidioman 14:56, 25 September 2007 (UTC) Ok, I took a look at DCW, and I think the map is 'squished'? (I had this problem with another source I found the other day). The projection it uses isn't appropriate for an Ontario map. Vidioman 14:58, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
It doesn't have outlines of the census divisions, however. Aside from city locaters, I was going to make CD and region locaters (Park locaters, etc.). Where would I get that data? Vidioman 15:08, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
There is no map of CDs older than 50 years, they were redrawn less than a decade ago. But if that's so, then aren't all of the Ontario maps violating a copyright? Vidioman 15:53, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
By CD I mean the districts, regional and single tier municipalities and counties of Ontario. I don't see how StatsCan could hold a copyright on that? [1] Vidioman 17:13, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
Would it be possible to use the written descriptions (these are usually posted on elections Canada websites) which describe, in detail, the path the boundary takes, and then use that? It would be extremely time consuming but possible. You could also ask Earl Andrew where he got the data in the first place. Vidioman 18:07, 25 September 2007 (UTC) Also, census divisions ARE county boundaries. Census division is the blanket term for all districts, counties, regions, single-tiered municipalities, etc., in Canada. The level of division immediately below Provincial and Territorial is a Census Division. Vidioman 18:09, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
Ok.. I created a map on Ontario by modifying Canada geolocalisation, BUT, going through the licensing, I noticed that Canada geolocalisation came from Carte administrative du Canada.svg, which came from Carte administrative du Canada.png, which came from this government website. So, wouldn't that mean that, by default, this is a violation of copyright? this map is from the same source. Vidioman 17:18, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
If you look at both of them superimposed, ( image) not only does it become almost impossible to tell them apart, but you can clearly see that the grey used for international territory is identical. The map of Ontario's divisions ( image) superimposed on it's source (Environment Canada's GeoSearch2006) shows it not only had to be scaled up considerable but is also fairly inaccurate, and looking at their copyright information, ( source) it appears that it would be OK to use it here, so long as the link to StatsCan's website is included with mention that that is the source of the image's data. Vidioman 12:52, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
I created
this. I traced the boundaries from
Image:Ontario subdivisions.PNG but because of the low resolution (of both maps) the borders are really jagged and approximate. I wanted to avoid that, but it would be too hard to do so.
Vidioman 01:49, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
I re-did the map, tracing things and building it like I did the Thunder Bay map, instead of the weird fractured way the original was made. (
new map)
Vidioman 18:13, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Hello there - you don't know me, I think, but I stumbled across your name at a MilHist peer review as a possible good source for maps. I've recently uploaded this map: Image:Gebora_and_1_Badajoz.jpg, but I'm concerned that it's very borderline for copyright purposes. Therefore, if you're still active, aren't too busy, and feel inclined, would it be OK for me to humbly, on bended knee, request an equivalent from your good self? I've tried to use InkScape myself to make maps, but my artistic skills are frankly non-existent! Thanks very much if you can help out... hell, thanks very much even if you can't! Carre 18:10, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
I have considered using standards. I tried the one at en:Wikiproject:Maps, I found it too garish. I tried the fr:Wikipedia colours, and they were a bit too dull for my tastes, though I do prefer them. My main problem with the fr:Wikipedia standard is that when viewed greyscale, the shades for land and water are too similar. Taking into account the colour blind and LCD monitors which tend to have a "washed out" display, and my design is much more appropriate in terms of accessibility.
Additionally, those maps don't account for certain things maps might be used for. There is no option for roads, which some of my maps require. When pointing out different cities and requiring different colours to do so, the "standard" colours were, in my opinion, to garish for the job, and lacked a darker colour for border areas. so I created my own standards for that as well.
The colours I chose came after about a week of browsing maps on both the French and English Wikipedias (I'm a member at both though not very active at the French one) and finding averages, or seeing what other people has used, as well as consulting traditional paper maps to see how various professionals have dealt with the issues of dealing with displaying their information. The colours for borders and territories are based on various maps displayed on en:Wikiproject:Maps and the French standard, as are colours for water bodies, roads, and primary selections. Parks (which I also use as secondary selections as I like that particular shade of green) is based on the old colour for infoboxes of National parks. The yellow and purple are my own choice, I decided on those colours after browsing other maps and seeing which colours were used when displaying many colours and ensuring that they wouldn't be similar in grey scale or close enough to cause confusion. The topographic map scale is from the various topographic maps posted on the French Wikipedia, unaltered though I left the scale with single digit numbers so that I could alter it to suit my own needs. (That is an old version of the map, I don't have a raster of the current one.) The subway map colours were created for a project outside of Wikipedia entirely, I simply needed a more organized way to access the colours. I went through a couple dozen different mass transit maps 'harvesting' colours and trying to find the best ones. Those colours can also be used on future maps, if needed.
Most of my interests in map making are in small scale urban maps, ( a work in progress) so I have created colours to help me with that, and will expand the colour list in the future.
Simply put: I don't think the colours chosen for the "standard" are good enough, and I have chosen my own colours, but I have also taken the standard into consideration and tried to stay as close to it as possible while also satisfying my own perfectionist desires. To be honest, I find those Ontario maps hideous (That resolution is shit for an SVG map, the shores lines are much too jagged) and should I ever come across free data that I can actually use I will replace all of those maps. The hockey team maps will also be replaced when I find that source, and I am currently working on a cleaner version of the Thunder Bay map, which will be versatile and can be used in multiple articles. I have continuously postponed articles relating to local expressways.
I think I've covered everything? :P vıdıoman ( talk • contribs) 02:39, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
OK, I think this might be fairly tricky, but I'll ask anyways. Can you superimpose a map of the former route of the Senne river on a map of the modern downtown or that of 1887, such that the Central Halls would be visible? Please also include the Brussels Stock Exchange and Greater and Lesser sluice gates, and the Central Halls... if possible, the Brussels Stock Exchange being the most important. I think all the base maps you would need either are already in the article covering of the Senne, or are linked to at the bottom. I don't really mind whether the new things are superimposed on the old, or the old superimposed on the new.
Sorry that request wasn't really that coherent, but I was trying to get out a lot of stuff at once. Let me know what you think or if you need any help at all, and if you'll be able to do it. Thanks! - Oreo Priest 16:15, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
I would be interested in trying to make a map for this article. I am always up for a challenge. Let me do some research this weekend and then get back to you with some ideas.
Thanks for thinking of me, MapMaster ( talk) 03:54, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Please include:
Please remember to use a neutral language in labelling; either English or BOTH French and Dutch, this sort of thing is very sensitive in Belgium. For the French map, if you choose to do one, just French will do. Thanks a bunch, and keep the questions coming! - Oreo Priest 10:54, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Beautiful!! I think it's almost ready. I do, however have a handful of nitpicky changes that should be made:
Sorry for being so picky and thanks a million! I can almost taste it it's so close... In fact, I've already put it in the article. - Oreo Priest 21:34, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
She's a beauty! I think that does it! I'll let you know when I have the French and Dutch translation requests ready, which shouldn't be too long. Well done! - Oreo Priest 18:46, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
To save space, I'm going to write EN:FR:NL for each caption which needs to be changed. What I haven't listed does not need to be changed.
I think that should be enough. Any questions, let me know, and let me know where I can find them when they're done. Thanks! - Oreo Priest 12:46, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
So the article just passed its GA nomination, and your map was a big help. I think I might shoot the moon and try to get the article to FA, but I also might not. Thanks again for the wonderful map! - Oreo Priest 17:50, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi MapMaster,
Just a quick note to let you know the Battle of the Gebora article got to FA with no problems, so if you're into userboxes, I guess you deserve this:
This user helped promote Battle of the Gebora to featured article status. |
The wonderful map you made for the article helped immensely :) Carre ( talk) 14:02, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Why is it claimed that this shield boss is Gallo-Roman and from 400 AD?? This artifact is located at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City, and its I-Net site states that its a Longobardic Shield Boss from the 7th Cen. AD northern italy. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/06/eust/ho_1984.184.1,2.htm Daufer
This seems overdue. - Oreo Priest 11:03, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
MapMaster, thank you very much for taking the time to make a map for Dahlak Archipelago! I found the article after watching a PBS documentary related to it, and was disappointed to find no map - and I'm surprised (and delighted) that my request didn't take long to be fulfilled.
If you don't mind me asking, how did you make the map? (If you explained this before to someone else, feel free to link me to that discussion.)
Again, thanks a lot! -- Iamunknown 06:46, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the map at Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm. That article has needed a legible map for quite some time. I do not wish to appear ungrateful but would you be able to make some minor adjustments? The Black Sea port of Sinop was not yet part of Seljuk territory in 1190; the conquest of Sinop in 1214 followed the acquisition of Antalya on the Mediterranean in 1207. In short, there was no time when the Seljuks possessed a port on the Black Sea without a port on the Mediterranean. Furthermore the eastern extension did not happen until the 1220s and 1230s. The most useful map would represent Seljuk territory at the death of its greatest ruler Kayqubad the Great in 1236. I have found some reasonably accurate maps online: Encyclopaedia Britannica and Eron Coins (click on “Seljuqs of Rum” below the coin). Once again, thank you for making a map for the Seljuks of Rum. I love your work and can recognize it instantly. Regards, Aramgar ( talk) 14:26, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
English: | Polski (Polish): |
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Baltic Tribes | Ludy Bałtyjskie |
c. 1200 N.E. | ok. 1200 n.e. |
Baltic Sea | Morze Bałtyckie |
Gulf of Riga | Zatoka Ryska |
Lake Peipus | Jezioro Pejpus |
Livonians | Liwowie |
Latgalians | Łatgalowie |
selonians | Zelowie |
Semigallians | Zemgalowie |
curonians | Kurowie |
Lithuanians | Litwini |
aukstatians | Auksztoci |
Highland Lithuanians | dont write |
samogitians | Żmudzini |
Lowland Lithuanians | dont write |
Daugava | Dźwina |
berezina | Berezyna |
Neris | Wilia |
nemunas (neman) | Niemen |
Yotvingas | Jaćwingowie |
(sudovians) | (Sudowie) |
narew | Narew |
Bug | Bug |
vistula | Wisła |
poles | Polacy |
Galindians | Galindowie |
skalvians | Skalowowie |
sambians | Sambowie |
nadruvians | Nadrowowie |
Bartians | Bartowie |
Prussians | Prusowie |
Warmians | Warmowie |
Nantongius | Natangowie |
Pogesanians | Pogezanowie |
Pomesanians | Pomezanowie |
kilometres | kilometry |
miles | mile |
English: | Polski (Polish): |
---|---|
Sultanate of Rum | Sułtanat Ikonium |
Principality of Armenian Cilicia | Księstwo Małej Armenii |
County of Edessa | Hrabstwo Edessy |
Principality of Antioch | Księstwo Antiochii |
Byzantine Empire | Cesarstwo Bizantyjskie |
County of Tripoli | Hrabstwo Trypolisu |
Kingdom of Jeruzalem | Królestwo Jerozolimskie |
Ascalon | Askalon |
Acre | Akka |
Emirate of Damascus | Państwa Seldżuków |
Euphrathes | Eufrat |
Mediterrean Sea | Morze Śródziemne |
Assasins | Asasyni |
Near East | Bliski Wschód |
Fatimid Kalifate of Cairo | kalifat Fatymidów |
kilometres | kilometry |
miles | mile |
betwen the firs and second crusade | pomiędzy pierwszą a drugą krucjatą |
Tarsus | Tars |
Sis | sis |
Konya | Konya |
Harran | Harran |
Aleppo | Aleppo |
You're do a great job with this maps.
Killroyus|
Talk 11:33, 16 February 2008 (UTC) and 12:00, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Image-Panstwakrzyz.png (my unperfect translate) will be deleted. —Preceding Killroyus| Talk 15:48, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
I come to notice and thank you, the article Battle of the Gebora is the today feature article of the english wikipedia, your Gebora's battle maps is really great in this article and have probably help the article to be nominated. 210.203.61.15 ( talk) 14:08, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I just wanted to let you know that apparently there was a mistake in Image:Baltic Tribes c 1200.svg (Curonians should have been colored in green). So I fixed it, and while at it I tweaked some other colors. I also updated Lithuanian and Latvian versions of the map. Hope you are ok with that. Renata ( talk) 16:59, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the beautiful maps!
I would like to make a suggestion - a number of the cities that have "Babylon in the time of Hammurabi" maps were actually players in the previous millenium, i.e. the time of Sumer and Akkad. Could you make a map for this time period?
Is there any way to use a terrain background for the maps?
Sumerophile ( talk) 18:58, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
I finished a crude map on the initial troop movement and battles here. Wandalstouring ( talk) 10:17, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey here- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Baltic_Tribes_c_1200PL..svg you've a translated by me into polish, your map-Balts. I know u had a very much work, so i read wikibooks about Inkscape and do it self. Thanks. Ps. this is my first time with Inkscape so please, look for technical mistakes. Killroyus| Zagadaj 14:05, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Mapmaster. I've seen your excellent work at Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm, among other places, and was hoping you might be able to help us at Mongol raids into Palestine. The concerns editors have with the current maps can be found on the talk page. Would you be willing to apply your expertise to the problem? Thanks, Kafka Liz ( talk) 10:00, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
I intent to make a series (preferably 3) of maps for the Second Punic War. The request is here. Greetings Wandalstouring ( talk) 08:00, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Could you please use a map that goes as far east as Pergamon so with one basic map I can show all troop movements of the war. Thanks Wandalstouring ( talk) 04:52, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
First, thanks a lot for preparing the map.
I'm curious about this map. It shows various tribal languages covering many parts of Bangladesh. However, about 95-99% of Bangladeshis speak Bangla, so the map needs to represent the linguistic demographics proportionately. For example, what percentage of the people of Cox's Bazar (lower right corner of map) speak Arakanese such that the region is marked under the Arakanese color? Same goes for the Northwestern part of the country. Also, what percentage of the population of the inhabitants of centre-north are Garo language speakers? A very large portion of the area is marked under Garo language ... but is the percentage of Garo language speakers so high there? If the intention is to show the existence of Garo language speakers in the area, perhaps a proportionate blend would have worked better. I'm not an expert on map making, but as a casual reader, the map confuses me to think that all inhabitants of a particular region speak that language when the region is marked in solid colors (as in the region for Garo language). -- Ragib ( talk) 20:10, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your clarification. Actually, inside Bangladesh, as well as many other sources, Sylheti and Chittagonian are just considered dialects of Bengali [4]. That's why the figure is 98% (also see Languages_of_Bangladesh).
Also, to answer your other question, Bengali is the mother tongue of 98% of the population, per Britannica [5]. Now, that brings the question why Ethnologue gives a different figure ... apparently, Ethnologue calls Chittagonian and Sylheti dialects as different languages (while surprisingly considering all other dialects as Bengali).
Anyway, I understand the logic behind the map, just that it is somewhat confusing to a casual reader, and may be unexpected given that the 98% of the population has Bengali as their mother tongue. Thanks for taking the time to create the map. -- Ragib ( talk) 05:13, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Your maps are excellent. When the dust settles (i.e. it's figured out whether the article will be split/moved) for Chronology of the ancient Near East I want to look into starting to add maps for the various dynasties.
The problem is, these maps add up to a lot of bytes. I had occasion the other day to use wikipedia on a dial-up line the other day and some articles were basically unusable because of all the image content that has been added. Sure, many people have high speed lines now, but there are still a LOT of people in the world on slow links and that will be true for some time to come. Big maps chew up a lot of frame real estate too.
So, I think we have to pay more attention to Real Article Size. The article size reported should be text + image size, for one. What does this all have to do with you? Well, I think we need to do map thumbnails that expand to full size if you click on them. For example, in Eshnunna.
Anyway, I didn't intend to rag on the Map guy to blame him for all the bandwidth hogging. All I said applied to pix too. :-) -- Ploversegg ( talk) 23:50, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
You really have a talent for making these maps! Thank you for your work. :)
If I could ask for a few tweaks:
If you're tired of messing with it though, just let me know and maybe I'll try to adjust it based on your work! Thanks again, El on ka 05:16, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi Mapmaster. Thank you for your great contributions. I fail to see however how your map replacement in Siege of Ruad is an improvement to the article [6]. Your map actually is not related to the siege, whereas the previous one was (with illustration of the movements of the Templars and those of the Mongols, here illustrated). If anything, the Siege of Ruad was a Knight Templars event, so a map only showing Mongol movements does not seem to be quite adequate. Keep up the good work. Cheers PHG ( talk) 05:40, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Hey Map? How are you? Are you still interested in Italian maps? For the moment, of course if you've time and steam, I wanted just to ask you if you can add English captions to THIS MAP. The English (improved) caption should be:
Ciao and thanks! -- Attilios ( talk) 14:36, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
First off, thanks for your kind and encouraging words :). I have fixed most issues & errors I could find on the map (as it stands now, I would not hesitate in nominating it for featured), but for some reason, although it appears fine in full view, it does not display correctly as a thumbnail. I am really getting tired of all this, plus the file is getting larger and larger with so much text converted to paths. Perhaps it would be best to follow the suggestion made of uploading it as a png and keeping the svg for editing? Or did I make some mistake in the svg that has caused this? Best regards, Constantine ✍ 19:20, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
Wow-- some AMAZING maps to your credit.
I was wondering if you could take a look at Image:Broad overview of geography relevant to paul of tarsus.svg. Tried creating with Inkscape on a Windows system, but had limited success. Ulimately I broke down and rasterized it: Image:Broad overview of geography relevant to paul of tarsus.png worked out.
If you find yourself with the time, any help you could offer in getting the svg to display, telling me what I am doing wrong that is preventing it from displaying, or generally "sprucing" up the map would be much appreciated. -- Alecmconroy ( talk) 06:35, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi MapMaster, Nice map you had made, Image:Confederation of Livonia 1260.svg the only thing, the Livonian Confederation was only established in the 15th century. Please see talk:Terra_Mariana#Rename. So I hope you don't mind, I had to rename the map and the tags on it. The newone is over here Image:Medieval Livonia 1260.svg. I'm replacing it elsewhere , thought you wanted to know , since the old one is going to be listed for deletion pr bad name. Just in case you'd like to link the new one to your pages. thanks!-- Termer ( talk) 04:12, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi master, I'm an italian user working on it.wiki. I really appreciated your map of Italy in 1000 ad. I ask you if you please can make a sub-map set on the Principato di Salerno. You could cut the map including only the southern part of Italy (writing "Principato di Salerno intorno al Mille" in the white box) or you could leave it as it is and just change the white box in "Il Principato di Salerno nell'Italia dell'anno Mille", maybe doing something to put the principality in evidence on the others. Thank you and sorry for my bad english! Please answer me on my discussion page. Fabio De Vivo 10:23, 14 November 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.60.58.142 ( talk)
Hello MapMaster~
If you are still active, I request your involvement on this subpage : Historical Maps. Please, share there in this toolbox your set of icons and tools !
Afterwhat, I noticed that you are in wikislow, or maybe leaving wiki. I have to state that you, like me and other previously active users, made a long and hard work there, which was far more than the average citizen duty :] So if you are leaving, lets go, enjoy your new out-wiki life.
Regards, -- Yug (talk) 13:42, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
I'm in desperate need of a map of the electorate of cologne, a princely territory of the Holy Roman Empire that was dissolved in 1803. I need to make some maps for the Cologne War (1583-1588) and the map I have found that shows the territory is soooooo complicated and hard to read, it is virtually useless. Someone on the map project indicated an interest but appears to have disappeared into the woodwork. Can you help me? Auntieruth55 ( talk) 18:28, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
this might also be useful. Auntieruth55 ( talk) 15:44, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
Questions on the map: We're at FAreview, and the reviewers have raised questions. You were going to make a political map showing the electorate's relationship with Julich, Cleves, Gelderland, and a few other places. did you do that? Second, although you used the modern map for the rivers, did you use the modern map for the borders of the Electorate, or other geo-political borders? Auntieruth55 ( talk) 18:52, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
Map-1579 Union of Utrecht.png
Cologne War just passed FA. !!! Yowsa! thanks for your efforts on the map! Auntieruth55 ( talk) 19:18, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi MapMaster, I'm trying to get William of Tyre up to a Featured Article, and I've used your map of the crusader states as an illustration. Personally I think it's a great map (aside perhaps from Jerusalem being closer to its 1160s shape), but the FA people had some issues with the fonts. Their comments are here if you'd like to take a look. I don't know if anything could be done about that. Adam Bishop ( talk)
Hi MapMaster,
Your Huns empire map looks very neat. However, the northern reaches of the "empire" on your map are grossly incorrect. Specifically: there is not a single historical reference or archeological artifact in the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania that can even remotely be associated with the Huns. Where on earth did you get your data from?? The same is true of Byelorussia and most of the forested region of Russia extending west of the Baltic Sates and Byelorussia. The Huns were a nomadic people and the aforementioned areas were covered with impenetrable forest and bogs back then. I have never heard of the Huns in northern Poland and Germany either. Would you please bring your map in line with the historical data? As it stands now it should be deleted from Wikipedia for unfounded and unverifiable claims. Thanks! -- Vihelik ( talk) 22:38, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi MapMaster, I've nominated the article, Cleomenean War for FAC and one of the issue that has come up are the maps. I was wondering if you had some time, if you would be able to edit this map to make some clearer as well as remove some cities from the map and add some cities as well as make the writing bigger. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Kyriakos ( talk) 02:52, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
I did find " Greece under Theban Headship", which is dated from 367 BC. And I've finished the second map. I think I'll work to replace the 3rd map, and then perhaps I'm done? MapMaster ( talk) 17:27, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello MapMaster, Long time no see~
I'm now in vacation thanks to the Chinese new years, for 10 days. After a week long camping/travel in the east side of Taiwan, I now plan to stay in front of my computer for 6 days at least. Accordingly, I consider to involve myself again in the map convention. After the 1st round : collect conventions ; I pland to lead/make the 2nd round : increase harmonization between conventions. Not sure (I also have other projects).
I contact you because I need your involvement on the subpage Historical Maps conventions (draft). Please, collect all useful icons you used, and share them in this SVG toolbox of the page.
Thanks a lot Yug (talk) 09:38, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
It may be great also if you provide similar advices for "technical maps" convention, such the one you create for central park. Yug (talk) 06:17, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
I want to include your excellent map about Bangladeshi languages in Punjabi Wikipedia and in Punjabi language. Can it be translated into arabic script? -- Khalid Mahmood ( talk) 10:39, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Please help me make a nicer looking version of this map which would have improved fonts (it might be a good idea to keep the color of titles within the Lower Galilee region in black and keep the rest of the titles in a less noticeable color) and which would have nicer colors in general (I would appreciate it if you would be able to still use standard topographical colors so that the other users would be able to understand where the mountainous regions are and where the valleys are). thanks in advance! TheCuriousGnome ( talk) 19:28, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
Could I possibly interest you in another map project? I am working on the Battle of Grunwald article, which is going to celebrate its 600th anniversary this July 15. It would be awesome if you could do battle plans. The current plans not only look ugly and childish, but also are very inaccurate, missing some key developments. There is another plan File:Grunwald (begining) Lithuanian.svg, but it shows only the very beginning & end and is way too complicated (even I have trouble reading it). I have the plans that you could use on my computer. They are not complicated and should not take that long. I would need to email them to you as they are copyrighted. So what do you think? Renata ( talk) 13:52, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
I hope you don't mind, I've taken your map of Babylonia and modified it to show the same region in c.1790BC, for a proposed un-stubbing of the Rim-Sin page. It's my first time using Inkscape and I obviously need some work (the font handling on my additions look terrible for reasons which elude me) but hopefully this early draft gives you an idea of what I'm trying to do. If you have no objections and if I sort out the font issues (and maybe get better at drawing freehand shapes) I'll probably try to make a similar edit on a map for the Samsu-iluna page I'm also working on.
Zoweee ( talk) 07:13, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
I am a contributor to Wikipedia, but have no experience editing maps and am looking for some help that I hope you or someone you know could provide.
I would like to change two existing maps of Lebanon so that they fit better with an article I am writing. On the map to the right showing Lebanese rivers it would be great if all rivers could be shown in the same colour and the background color would fit so that rivers can be easily recognized. Ideally the names of the major rivers would also be added, which I can provide. On the map of governorates of Lebanon to the right I would like the boundaries of Beirut and the boundaries between the two governorates in the South to be removed so that the boundaries of the four Regional Water Establishments in Lebanon (South, Bekaa, Beirut-Mount Lebanon and North) will be shown instead of the boundaries of the six governorates. Since you seem to be quite familiar with maps on Wikipedia and have apparently helped many other users, could you help with these requests or tell me who else could help?-- Mschiffler ( talk) 23:43, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I can see that you're particularly adept at mapmaking, so I thought you might be interested in this challenge. Best, -- Alexandru Demian ( talk) 10:45, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
Hey Mapmaster, people keep reverting the Image of the Levant to an arbitrary picture that includes parts of Iraq and Saudi Arabia, which are clearly not parts of the Levant, do you know how we can get page protection on the Levant article? Thanks. Lazyfoxx ( talk) 00:21, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
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Great job on the maps. They are very accurate and illustrating. Thanks again! Omegastar ( talk) 13:36, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
If you want a translation for one of your maps, in French, German, or Arabic, contact me, I would love to help you! --Escondites talk 12:06, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Could you please do a translation of this map in Arabic? I can translate the names but wouldn't know how to edit it. Thanks a lot. -- Aa2-2004 ( talk) 16:00, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
Thanks!! Good work as usual. I was in my sea house in the Christmas days, so sorry for late reply. Well, my grandaunt has an Italian old encyclopedia with a VERY detailed map of Italian states during the Middle Ages (the best one is truly a puzzle with even the minorest seignories, it's stunning - it is about around 13th-14th centuries however). I'll provide you, if you want, as soon as I'll be able to scan it. Bye and thanks again. -- Attilios 11:34, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for the skill and care you are putting into these goodlooking maps. They enrich every article in which they appear. -- Wetman 12:47, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello MapMaster,
On your userpage you stated that you are open to map requests. If it's possible, I'd like to request a map of the Habsburg Monarchy from 1713-1740. There are a few maps around showing Austria-Hungary but none of the monachy before that time. It would greatly enhance an artikel dealing with that subject. I hope you'd like to help me with it.
Regards, nl:Gebruiker:Sir Iain 213.10.202.180 21:56, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Your maps are beutiful, informative, indicate hours of hard work, and show expertise in conveying information visually. I just had to give you this:
The Barnstar of Diligence | ||
For creating beautiful and informative maps with attention to detail, quality, and practical value. Fishal 20:56, 7 September 2007 (UTC) |
Thanks for the tips, I'll fix it in a bit. :)
I've been looking for info to replace raster Map of Ontario with an SVG one. I've found some places with clear data but they're always copyrighted. I thought about tracing the current map, but it isn't detailed enough. Do you have any suggestions on how I can find that info? Vidioman 10:58, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
I don't have GIS software. I was referring to the black white and red locater maps, but if the relief map should be re-done, I'll try it in the future. I'll take a look at those places. As for the Thunder Bay map, I don't think a locater thumb map is necessary. The Thunder Bay article already has a locater (which I want to replace), and the other page it's on is related to the Thunder Bay article. I have another version I am tweaking for the articles about highways in the area, however, and that map would have a thumb map, once I have made it. (for Ontario) Vidioman 14:56, 25 September 2007 (UTC) Ok, I took a look at DCW, and I think the map is 'squished'? (I had this problem with another source I found the other day). The projection it uses isn't appropriate for an Ontario map. Vidioman 14:58, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
It doesn't have outlines of the census divisions, however. Aside from city locaters, I was going to make CD and region locaters (Park locaters, etc.). Where would I get that data? Vidioman 15:08, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
There is no map of CDs older than 50 years, they were redrawn less than a decade ago. But if that's so, then aren't all of the Ontario maps violating a copyright? Vidioman 15:53, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
By CD I mean the districts, regional and single tier municipalities and counties of Ontario. I don't see how StatsCan could hold a copyright on that? [1] Vidioman 17:13, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
Would it be possible to use the written descriptions (these are usually posted on elections Canada websites) which describe, in detail, the path the boundary takes, and then use that? It would be extremely time consuming but possible. You could also ask Earl Andrew where he got the data in the first place. Vidioman 18:07, 25 September 2007 (UTC) Also, census divisions ARE county boundaries. Census division is the blanket term for all districts, counties, regions, single-tiered municipalities, etc., in Canada. The level of division immediately below Provincial and Territorial is a Census Division. Vidioman 18:09, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
Ok.. I created a map on Ontario by modifying Canada geolocalisation, BUT, going through the licensing, I noticed that Canada geolocalisation came from Carte administrative du Canada.svg, which came from Carte administrative du Canada.png, which came from this government website. So, wouldn't that mean that, by default, this is a violation of copyright? this map is from the same source. Vidioman 17:18, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
If you look at both of them superimposed, ( image) not only does it become almost impossible to tell them apart, but you can clearly see that the grey used for international territory is identical. The map of Ontario's divisions ( image) superimposed on it's source (Environment Canada's GeoSearch2006) shows it not only had to be scaled up considerable but is also fairly inaccurate, and looking at their copyright information, ( source) it appears that it would be OK to use it here, so long as the link to StatsCan's website is included with mention that that is the source of the image's data. Vidioman 12:52, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
I created
this. I traced the boundaries from
Image:Ontario subdivisions.PNG but because of the low resolution (of both maps) the borders are really jagged and approximate. I wanted to avoid that, but it would be too hard to do so.
Vidioman 01:49, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
I re-did the map, tracing things and building it like I did the Thunder Bay map, instead of the weird fractured way the original was made. (
new map)
Vidioman 18:13, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Hello there - you don't know me, I think, but I stumbled across your name at a MilHist peer review as a possible good source for maps. I've recently uploaded this map: Image:Gebora_and_1_Badajoz.jpg, but I'm concerned that it's very borderline for copyright purposes. Therefore, if you're still active, aren't too busy, and feel inclined, would it be OK for me to humbly, on bended knee, request an equivalent from your good self? I've tried to use InkScape myself to make maps, but my artistic skills are frankly non-existent! Thanks very much if you can help out... hell, thanks very much even if you can't! Carre 18:10, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
I have considered using standards. I tried the one at en:Wikiproject:Maps, I found it too garish. I tried the fr:Wikipedia colours, and they were a bit too dull for my tastes, though I do prefer them. My main problem with the fr:Wikipedia standard is that when viewed greyscale, the shades for land and water are too similar. Taking into account the colour blind and LCD monitors which tend to have a "washed out" display, and my design is much more appropriate in terms of accessibility.
Additionally, those maps don't account for certain things maps might be used for. There is no option for roads, which some of my maps require. When pointing out different cities and requiring different colours to do so, the "standard" colours were, in my opinion, to garish for the job, and lacked a darker colour for border areas. so I created my own standards for that as well.
The colours I chose came after about a week of browsing maps on both the French and English Wikipedias (I'm a member at both though not very active at the French one) and finding averages, or seeing what other people has used, as well as consulting traditional paper maps to see how various professionals have dealt with the issues of dealing with displaying their information. The colours for borders and territories are based on various maps displayed on en:Wikiproject:Maps and the French standard, as are colours for water bodies, roads, and primary selections. Parks (which I also use as secondary selections as I like that particular shade of green) is based on the old colour for infoboxes of National parks. The yellow and purple are my own choice, I decided on those colours after browsing other maps and seeing which colours were used when displaying many colours and ensuring that they wouldn't be similar in grey scale or close enough to cause confusion. The topographic map scale is from the various topographic maps posted on the French Wikipedia, unaltered though I left the scale with single digit numbers so that I could alter it to suit my own needs. (That is an old version of the map, I don't have a raster of the current one.) The subway map colours were created for a project outside of Wikipedia entirely, I simply needed a more organized way to access the colours. I went through a couple dozen different mass transit maps 'harvesting' colours and trying to find the best ones. Those colours can also be used on future maps, if needed.
Most of my interests in map making are in small scale urban maps, ( a work in progress) so I have created colours to help me with that, and will expand the colour list in the future.
Simply put: I don't think the colours chosen for the "standard" are good enough, and I have chosen my own colours, but I have also taken the standard into consideration and tried to stay as close to it as possible while also satisfying my own perfectionist desires. To be honest, I find those Ontario maps hideous (That resolution is shit for an SVG map, the shores lines are much too jagged) and should I ever come across free data that I can actually use I will replace all of those maps. The hockey team maps will also be replaced when I find that source, and I am currently working on a cleaner version of the Thunder Bay map, which will be versatile and can be used in multiple articles. I have continuously postponed articles relating to local expressways.
I think I've covered everything? :P vıdıoman ( talk • contribs) 02:39, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
OK, I think this might be fairly tricky, but I'll ask anyways. Can you superimpose a map of the former route of the Senne river on a map of the modern downtown or that of 1887, such that the Central Halls would be visible? Please also include the Brussels Stock Exchange and Greater and Lesser sluice gates, and the Central Halls... if possible, the Brussels Stock Exchange being the most important. I think all the base maps you would need either are already in the article covering of the Senne, or are linked to at the bottom. I don't really mind whether the new things are superimposed on the old, or the old superimposed on the new.
Sorry that request wasn't really that coherent, but I was trying to get out a lot of stuff at once. Let me know what you think or if you need any help at all, and if you'll be able to do it. Thanks! - Oreo Priest 16:15, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
I would be interested in trying to make a map for this article. I am always up for a challenge. Let me do some research this weekend and then get back to you with some ideas.
Thanks for thinking of me, MapMaster ( talk) 03:54, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Please include:
Please remember to use a neutral language in labelling; either English or BOTH French and Dutch, this sort of thing is very sensitive in Belgium. For the French map, if you choose to do one, just French will do. Thanks a bunch, and keep the questions coming! - Oreo Priest 10:54, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Beautiful!! I think it's almost ready. I do, however have a handful of nitpicky changes that should be made:
Sorry for being so picky and thanks a million! I can almost taste it it's so close... In fact, I've already put it in the article. - Oreo Priest 21:34, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
She's a beauty! I think that does it! I'll let you know when I have the French and Dutch translation requests ready, which shouldn't be too long. Well done! - Oreo Priest 18:46, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
To save space, I'm going to write EN:FR:NL for each caption which needs to be changed. What I haven't listed does not need to be changed.
I think that should be enough. Any questions, let me know, and let me know where I can find them when they're done. Thanks! - Oreo Priest 12:46, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
So the article just passed its GA nomination, and your map was a big help. I think I might shoot the moon and try to get the article to FA, but I also might not. Thanks again for the wonderful map! - Oreo Priest 17:50, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi MapMaster,
Just a quick note to let you know the Battle of the Gebora article got to FA with no problems, so if you're into userboxes, I guess you deserve this:
This user helped promote Battle of the Gebora to featured article status. |
The wonderful map you made for the article helped immensely :) Carre ( talk) 14:02, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Why is it claimed that this shield boss is Gallo-Roman and from 400 AD?? This artifact is located at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City, and its I-Net site states that its a Longobardic Shield Boss from the 7th Cen. AD northern italy. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/06/eust/ho_1984.184.1,2.htm Daufer
This seems overdue. - Oreo Priest 11:03, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
MapMaster, thank you very much for taking the time to make a map for Dahlak Archipelago! I found the article after watching a PBS documentary related to it, and was disappointed to find no map - and I'm surprised (and delighted) that my request didn't take long to be fulfilled.
If you don't mind me asking, how did you make the map? (If you explained this before to someone else, feel free to link me to that discussion.)
Again, thanks a lot! -- Iamunknown 06:46, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the map at Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm. That article has needed a legible map for quite some time. I do not wish to appear ungrateful but would you be able to make some minor adjustments? The Black Sea port of Sinop was not yet part of Seljuk territory in 1190; the conquest of Sinop in 1214 followed the acquisition of Antalya on the Mediterranean in 1207. In short, there was no time when the Seljuks possessed a port on the Black Sea without a port on the Mediterranean. Furthermore the eastern extension did not happen until the 1220s and 1230s. The most useful map would represent Seljuk territory at the death of its greatest ruler Kayqubad the Great in 1236. I have found some reasonably accurate maps online: Encyclopaedia Britannica and Eron Coins (click on “Seljuqs of Rum” below the coin). Once again, thank you for making a map for the Seljuks of Rum. I love your work and can recognize it instantly. Regards, Aramgar ( talk) 14:26, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
English: | Polski (Polish): |
---|---|
Baltic Tribes | Ludy Bałtyjskie |
c. 1200 N.E. | ok. 1200 n.e. |
Baltic Sea | Morze Bałtyckie |
Gulf of Riga | Zatoka Ryska |
Lake Peipus | Jezioro Pejpus |
Livonians | Liwowie |
Latgalians | Łatgalowie |
selonians | Zelowie |
Semigallians | Zemgalowie |
curonians | Kurowie |
Lithuanians | Litwini |
aukstatians | Auksztoci |
Highland Lithuanians | dont write |
samogitians | Żmudzini |
Lowland Lithuanians | dont write |
Daugava | Dźwina |
berezina | Berezyna |
Neris | Wilia |
nemunas (neman) | Niemen |
Yotvingas | Jaćwingowie |
(sudovians) | (Sudowie) |
narew | Narew |
Bug | Bug |
vistula | Wisła |
poles | Polacy |
Galindians | Galindowie |
skalvians | Skalowowie |
sambians | Sambowie |
nadruvians | Nadrowowie |
Bartians | Bartowie |
Prussians | Prusowie |
Warmians | Warmowie |
Nantongius | Natangowie |
Pogesanians | Pogezanowie |
Pomesanians | Pomezanowie |
kilometres | kilometry |
miles | mile |
English: | Polski (Polish): |
---|---|
Sultanate of Rum | Sułtanat Ikonium |
Principality of Armenian Cilicia | Księstwo Małej Armenii |
County of Edessa | Hrabstwo Edessy |
Principality of Antioch | Księstwo Antiochii |
Byzantine Empire | Cesarstwo Bizantyjskie |
County of Tripoli | Hrabstwo Trypolisu |
Kingdom of Jeruzalem | Królestwo Jerozolimskie |
Ascalon | Askalon |
Acre | Akka |
Emirate of Damascus | Państwa Seldżuków |
Euphrathes | Eufrat |
Mediterrean Sea | Morze Śródziemne |
Assasins | Asasyni |
Near East | Bliski Wschód |
Fatimid Kalifate of Cairo | kalifat Fatymidów |
kilometres | kilometry |
miles | mile |
betwen the firs and second crusade | pomiędzy pierwszą a drugą krucjatą |
Tarsus | Tars |
Sis | sis |
Konya | Konya |
Harran | Harran |
Aleppo | Aleppo |
You're do a great job with this maps.
Killroyus|
Talk 11:33, 16 February 2008 (UTC) and 12:00, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Image-Panstwakrzyz.png (my unperfect translate) will be deleted. —Preceding Killroyus| Talk 15:48, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
I come to notice and thank you, the article Battle of the Gebora is the today feature article of the english wikipedia, your Gebora's battle maps is really great in this article and have probably help the article to be nominated. 210.203.61.15 ( talk) 14:08, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I just wanted to let you know that apparently there was a mistake in Image:Baltic Tribes c 1200.svg (Curonians should have been colored in green). So I fixed it, and while at it I tweaked some other colors. I also updated Lithuanian and Latvian versions of the map. Hope you are ok with that. Renata ( talk) 16:59, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the beautiful maps!
I would like to make a suggestion - a number of the cities that have "Babylon in the time of Hammurabi" maps were actually players in the previous millenium, i.e. the time of Sumer and Akkad. Could you make a map for this time period?
Is there any way to use a terrain background for the maps?
Sumerophile ( talk) 18:58, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
I finished a crude map on the initial troop movement and battles here. Wandalstouring ( talk) 10:17, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey here- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Baltic_Tribes_c_1200PL..svg you've a translated by me into polish, your map-Balts. I know u had a very much work, so i read wikibooks about Inkscape and do it self. Thanks. Ps. this is my first time with Inkscape so please, look for technical mistakes. Killroyus| Zagadaj 14:05, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Mapmaster. I've seen your excellent work at Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm, among other places, and was hoping you might be able to help us at Mongol raids into Palestine. The concerns editors have with the current maps can be found on the talk page. Would you be willing to apply your expertise to the problem? Thanks, Kafka Liz ( talk) 10:00, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
I intent to make a series (preferably 3) of maps for the Second Punic War. The request is here. Greetings Wandalstouring ( talk) 08:00, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Could you please use a map that goes as far east as Pergamon so with one basic map I can show all troop movements of the war. Thanks Wandalstouring ( talk) 04:52, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
First, thanks a lot for preparing the map.
I'm curious about this map. It shows various tribal languages covering many parts of Bangladesh. However, about 95-99% of Bangladeshis speak Bangla, so the map needs to represent the linguistic demographics proportionately. For example, what percentage of the people of Cox's Bazar (lower right corner of map) speak Arakanese such that the region is marked under the Arakanese color? Same goes for the Northwestern part of the country. Also, what percentage of the population of the inhabitants of centre-north are Garo language speakers? A very large portion of the area is marked under Garo language ... but is the percentage of Garo language speakers so high there? If the intention is to show the existence of Garo language speakers in the area, perhaps a proportionate blend would have worked better. I'm not an expert on map making, but as a casual reader, the map confuses me to think that all inhabitants of a particular region speak that language when the region is marked in solid colors (as in the region for Garo language). -- Ragib ( talk) 20:10, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your clarification. Actually, inside Bangladesh, as well as many other sources, Sylheti and Chittagonian are just considered dialects of Bengali [4]. That's why the figure is 98% (also see Languages_of_Bangladesh).
Also, to answer your other question, Bengali is the mother tongue of 98% of the population, per Britannica [5]. Now, that brings the question why Ethnologue gives a different figure ... apparently, Ethnologue calls Chittagonian and Sylheti dialects as different languages (while surprisingly considering all other dialects as Bengali).
Anyway, I understand the logic behind the map, just that it is somewhat confusing to a casual reader, and may be unexpected given that the 98% of the population has Bengali as their mother tongue. Thanks for taking the time to create the map. -- Ragib ( talk) 05:13, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Your maps are excellent. When the dust settles (i.e. it's figured out whether the article will be split/moved) for Chronology of the ancient Near East I want to look into starting to add maps for the various dynasties.
The problem is, these maps add up to a lot of bytes. I had occasion the other day to use wikipedia on a dial-up line the other day and some articles were basically unusable because of all the image content that has been added. Sure, many people have high speed lines now, but there are still a LOT of people in the world on slow links and that will be true for some time to come. Big maps chew up a lot of frame real estate too.
So, I think we have to pay more attention to Real Article Size. The article size reported should be text + image size, for one. What does this all have to do with you? Well, I think we need to do map thumbnails that expand to full size if you click on them. For example, in Eshnunna.
Anyway, I didn't intend to rag on the Map guy to blame him for all the bandwidth hogging. All I said applied to pix too. :-) -- Ploversegg ( talk) 23:50, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
You really have a talent for making these maps! Thank you for your work. :)
If I could ask for a few tweaks:
If you're tired of messing with it though, just let me know and maybe I'll try to adjust it based on your work! Thanks again, El on ka 05:16, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi Mapmaster. Thank you for your great contributions. I fail to see however how your map replacement in Siege of Ruad is an improvement to the article [6]. Your map actually is not related to the siege, whereas the previous one was (with illustration of the movements of the Templars and those of the Mongols, here illustrated). If anything, the Siege of Ruad was a Knight Templars event, so a map only showing Mongol movements does not seem to be quite adequate. Keep up the good work. Cheers PHG ( talk) 05:40, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Hey Map? How are you? Are you still interested in Italian maps? For the moment, of course if you've time and steam, I wanted just to ask you if you can add English captions to THIS MAP. The English (improved) caption should be:
Ciao and thanks! -- Attilios ( talk) 14:36, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
First off, thanks for your kind and encouraging words :). I have fixed most issues & errors I could find on the map (as it stands now, I would not hesitate in nominating it for featured), but for some reason, although it appears fine in full view, it does not display correctly as a thumbnail. I am really getting tired of all this, plus the file is getting larger and larger with so much text converted to paths. Perhaps it would be best to follow the suggestion made of uploading it as a png and keeping the svg for editing? Or did I make some mistake in the svg that has caused this? Best regards, Constantine ✍ 19:20, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
Wow-- some AMAZING maps to your credit.
I was wondering if you could take a look at Image:Broad overview of geography relevant to paul of tarsus.svg. Tried creating with Inkscape on a Windows system, but had limited success. Ulimately I broke down and rasterized it: Image:Broad overview of geography relevant to paul of tarsus.png worked out.
If you find yourself with the time, any help you could offer in getting the svg to display, telling me what I am doing wrong that is preventing it from displaying, or generally "sprucing" up the map would be much appreciated. -- Alecmconroy ( talk) 06:35, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi MapMaster, Nice map you had made, Image:Confederation of Livonia 1260.svg the only thing, the Livonian Confederation was only established in the 15th century. Please see talk:Terra_Mariana#Rename. So I hope you don't mind, I had to rename the map and the tags on it. The newone is over here Image:Medieval Livonia 1260.svg. I'm replacing it elsewhere , thought you wanted to know , since the old one is going to be listed for deletion pr bad name. Just in case you'd like to link the new one to your pages. thanks!-- Termer ( talk) 04:12, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Hi master, I'm an italian user working on it.wiki. I really appreciated your map of Italy in 1000 ad. I ask you if you please can make a sub-map set on the Principato di Salerno. You could cut the map including only the southern part of Italy (writing "Principato di Salerno intorno al Mille" in the white box) or you could leave it as it is and just change the white box in "Il Principato di Salerno nell'Italia dell'anno Mille", maybe doing something to put the principality in evidence on the others. Thank you and sorry for my bad english! Please answer me on my discussion page. Fabio De Vivo 10:23, 14 November 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.60.58.142 ( talk)
Hello MapMaster~
If you are still active, I request your involvement on this subpage : Historical Maps. Please, share there in this toolbox your set of icons and tools !
Afterwhat, I noticed that you are in wikislow, or maybe leaving wiki. I have to state that you, like me and other previously active users, made a long and hard work there, which was far more than the average citizen duty :] So if you are leaving, lets go, enjoy your new out-wiki life.
Regards, -- Yug (talk) 13:42, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
I'm in desperate need of a map of the electorate of cologne, a princely territory of the Holy Roman Empire that was dissolved in 1803. I need to make some maps for the Cologne War (1583-1588) and the map I have found that shows the territory is soooooo complicated and hard to read, it is virtually useless. Someone on the map project indicated an interest but appears to have disappeared into the woodwork. Can you help me? Auntieruth55 ( talk) 18:28, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
this might also be useful. Auntieruth55 ( talk) 15:44, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
Questions on the map: We're at FAreview, and the reviewers have raised questions. You were going to make a political map showing the electorate's relationship with Julich, Cleves, Gelderland, and a few other places. did you do that? Second, although you used the modern map for the rivers, did you use the modern map for the borders of the Electorate, or other geo-political borders? Auntieruth55 ( talk) 18:52, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
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Cologne War just passed FA. !!! Yowsa! thanks for your efforts on the map! Auntieruth55 ( talk) 19:18, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi MapMaster, I'm trying to get William of Tyre up to a Featured Article, and I've used your map of the crusader states as an illustration. Personally I think it's a great map (aside perhaps from Jerusalem being closer to its 1160s shape), but the FA people had some issues with the fonts. Their comments are here if you'd like to take a look. I don't know if anything could be done about that. Adam Bishop ( talk)
Hi MapMaster,
Your Huns empire map looks very neat. However, the northern reaches of the "empire" on your map are grossly incorrect. Specifically: there is not a single historical reference or archeological artifact in the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania that can even remotely be associated with the Huns. Where on earth did you get your data from?? The same is true of Byelorussia and most of the forested region of Russia extending west of the Baltic Sates and Byelorussia. The Huns were a nomadic people and the aforementioned areas were covered with impenetrable forest and bogs back then. I have never heard of the Huns in northern Poland and Germany either. Would you please bring your map in line with the historical data? As it stands now it should be deleted from Wikipedia for unfounded and unverifiable claims. Thanks! -- Vihelik ( talk) 22:38, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
Hi MapMaster, I've nominated the article, Cleomenean War for FAC and one of the issue that has come up are the maps. I was wondering if you had some time, if you would be able to edit this map to make some clearer as well as remove some cities from the map and add some cities as well as make the writing bigger. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Kyriakos ( talk) 02:52, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
I did find " Greece under Theban Headship", which is dated from 367 BC. And I've finished the second map. I think I'll work to replace the 3rd map, and then perhaps I'm done? MapMaster ( talk) 17:27, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello MapMaster, Long time no see~
I'm now in vacation thanks to the Chinese new years, for 10 days. After a week long camping/travel in the east side of Taiwan, I now plan to stay in front of my computer for 6 days at least. Accordingly, I consider to involve myself again in the map convention. After the 1st round : collect conventions ; I pland to lead/make the 2nd round : increase harmonization between conventions. Not sure (I also have other projects).
I contact you because I need your involvement on the subpage Historical Maps conventions (draft). Please, collect all useful icons you used, and share them in this SVG toolbox of the page.
Thanks a lot Yug (talk) 09:38, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
It may be great also if you provide similar advices for "technical maps" convention, such the one you create for central park. Yug (talk) 06:17, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
I want to include your excellent map about Bangladeshi languages in Punjabi Wikipedia and in Punjabi language. Can it be translated into arabic script? -- Khalid Mahmood ( talk) 10:39, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Please help me make a nicer looking version of this map which would have improved fonts (it might be a good idea to keep the color of titles within the Lower Galilee region in black and keep the rest of the titles in a less noticeable color) and which would have nicer colors in general (I would appreciate it if you would be able to still use standard topographical colors so that the other users would be able to understand where the mountainous regions are and where the valleys are). thanks in advance! TheCuriousGnome ( talk) 19:28, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
Could I possibly interest you in another map project? I am working on the Battle of Grunwald article, which is going to celebrate its 600th anniversary this July 15. It would be awesome if you could do battle plans. The current plans not only look ugly and childish, but also are very inaccurate, missing some key developments. There is another plan File:Grunwald (begining) Lithuanian.svg, but it shows only the very beginning & end and is way too complicated (even I have trouble reading it). I have the plans that you could use on my computer. They are not complicated and should not take that long. I would need to email them to you as they are copyrighted. So what do you think? Renata ( talk) 13:52, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
I hope you don't mind, I've taken your map of Babylonia and modified it to show the same region in c.1790BC, for a proposed un-stubbing of the Rim-Sin page. It's my first time using Inkscape and I obviously need some work (the font handling on my additions look terrible for reasons which elude me) but hopefully this early draft gives you an idea of what I'm trying to do. If you have no objections and if I sort out the font issues (and maybe get better at drawing freehand shapes) I'll probably try to make a similar edit on a map for the Samsu-iluna page I'm also working on.
Zoweee ( talk) 07:13, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
I am a contributor to Wikipedia, but have no experience editing maps and am looking for some help that I hope you or someone you know could provide.
I would like to change two existing maps of Lebanon so that they fit better with an article I am writing. On the map to the right showing Lebanese rivers it would be great if all rivers could be shown in the same colour and the background color would fit so that rivers can be easily recognized. Ideally the names of the major rivers would also be added, which I can provide. On the map of governorates of Lebanon to the right I would like the boundaries of Beirut and the boundaries between the two governorates in the South to be removed so that the boundaries of the four Regional Water Establishments in Lebanon (South, Bekaa, Beirut-Mount Lebanon and North) will be shown instead of the boundaries of the six governorates. Since you seem to be quite familiar with maps on Wikipedia and have apparently helped many other users, could you help with these requests or tell me who else could help?-- Mschiffler ( talk) 23:43, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I can see that you're particularly adept at mapmaking, so I thought you might be interested in this challenge. Best, -- Alexandru Demian ( talk) 10:45, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
Hey Mapmaster, people keep reverting the Image of the Levant to an arbitrary picture that includes parts of Iraq and Saudi Arabia, which are clearly not parts of the Levant, do you know how we can get page protection on the Levant article? Thanks. Lazyfoxx ( talk) 00:21, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
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