Article(s): Okinawa Prefecture
Request: this help desk post points out an issue someone here may be able to fix.
The inset of the map has a colored section, presumably the entire Okinawa Prefecture, but the main portion of the map isn't a larger version of the colored section, it is the main part of Japan. This doesn't match what I would assume to be standard convention for insets and color-coding. Could someone take a look at this and improve the presentation? Wouldn't you normally do this the other way around? Have an inset of all of Japan, with the Okinawa Prefecture highlighted, then the main part of the map showing a larger version of the Prefecture? SPhilbrick T 12:30, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Article(s):
Tiber oilfield
Request: I'm writing an article on the new Tiber oilfield in the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf has a wide range of oilfields and reservoirs, and I'd like to have a map showing the Gulf and surrounding land areas, and the locations of the major fields and features. Maybe I'll do an article oilfields of the Gulf of Mexico some time, if it doesn't exist.
Problem is there isn't a good base map to work from. The graphic needs to be ~ 1000 wide or so, to accommodate the annotations that might exist. It needs to show state and national boundaries, the 5 - 10 most major US cities, and ideally very basic landscape type, and cover the entire Gulf and Florida, and also a considerable part of the continental land and Atlantic area on all 4 sides. Any coloring needs to be light greyscale or pastel, suitable for symbols and text to be written over it.
At a pinch, I can annotate it myself (crudely). Any chance of help? I'm not sure what information to provide. Thanks! FT2 ( Talk | email) 22:29, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): File:Gulf_Coast_Platforms.jpg may be useful, though I realise it is too localised and bright for this purpose. Certes ( talk) 22:45, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
How about
? If you want lighter colouring, that can be done; I also did not include national borders yet, assuming the audience to be a bit familiar with the area. (As a cartographer, it annoys me a bit that I can't include a scale bar - if anyone has recommendations for this issue, I'd be most happy!)
Classical geographer (
talk)
21:29, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Article(s): Homeschooling
Request: The map should be updated based on the information in the article (which I believe is more correct). In particular, the article states that homeschooling is legal in Norway and Finland. 212.251.240.102 ( talk) 22:21, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): If you're an expert on the issue, User:212.251.240.102, could you provide a list of changes that have to be made to the map? The actual changes are easy to make, it's finding out what is to be done that takes a lot of time & energy, which I personally rather put into mapmaking than into factfinding... Classical geographer ( talk) 13:02, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
Article(s): Administrative divisions of China
Request: Convert to the map projection used by the blank map in the image shown which is an editable blank world political map. I just need the outlines of the provinces so that it fill fit and conform to the editable blank world map that Wikipedia has.
Graphist opinion(s): I don't understand this. Why does the map need to conform to the world map? Do you want the provinces drawn on a world map? Classical geographer ( talk) 08:32, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Article(s): Free City of Danzig
Request: Hi, requesting several changes. Currently, Germany is shown in a rather confusing way, with the main part of Germany labelled "German" and the East Prussia exclave labelled "Empire". Would it be possible to colour this map (and possibly put it into the SVG format) and either clearly label the German territory to show it's all part of one state, or scrap the labelling entirely and add a colour code. The region labelled "Memel T." in the top right of the map is the Klaipėda Region, and should be shown by that name. Thanks, 84.92.117.93 ( talk) 22:40, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): A rough coloured version (but not SVG yet) is below. ( User:Classical geographer)
Article(s): Marco Polo
Request: The current travel map of Marco Polo we have now, I think can be better. I would like for this map to be in an SVG format, translated into English, and colored. Thanks in advance. Here are some other maps, that you can base off: 1, 2, 3. Thanks! Connormah ( talk) 22:48, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
I found
this map very useful too, though it differs from the maps you suggested as to the cities Polo actually visited. I've made the following map, with as a background
(of which the yellow background might be expanded to all visible land). Although the map does not show Venice, it does show both Accra and Constantinople.
Classical geographer (
talk)
22:51, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Article(s): France
Request: Hi, I was looking at this map and I was wondering if anything could be done about how French Polynesia was represented? Currently, its shown as a large blue block on the left, which makes it look a bit like a very large island. Could a more subtle way of showing these small islands be used, such as circling them? Thanks, 84.92.117.93 ( talk) 15:46, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Article(s): MARC Train
Request: I think it would benefit the article to have a map like this one here or maps like you see for other regional rail providers like the Long Island Rail Road which could be either a fairly geographically accurate map or a schematic (although a schematic makes less sense in this case since it is a far less complex system then the LIRR). gren グレン 05:46, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): See also File:BaltimoreLightRail.svg shown above. Would something in a similar style be acceptable? Certes ( talk) 16:15, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
A schematic map could also be made via templates as on Virginia Railway Express. I think the article could benefit from having both a schematic showing the stations and a geographical map to show the extent of the lines, I note that Long Island Rail Road does both. Kmusser ( talk) 19:14, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
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We seem to have two parts to this request.
Click [show] to expand {{ MARC Line map}}. Comments are welcome, especially on where to add bridges etc. →
(outdent)Supplemental request. I've actually removed the diagram, as MARC Train, I believe, is the wrong place for it. Unlike VRE, each MARC line ( Brunswick, Camden and Penn) has its own, separate article. Also, unlike VRE, the only shared station on the lines is Washington Union Station. As such, I request that the single diagram be split into three, and each individual diagram be placed at the appropriate article, as is also done for the various lines of New Jersey Transit Rail Operations or Metro-North. I'd try it myself, buy every time I start editing a route diagram, I screw it up. By some miracle, I sometimes fix 'em, but not having the usual editing softwareakes it a tedious process. oknazevad ( talk) 22:05, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
So what shall we do with {{ MARC Line map}} as shown above right? It is currently unused. I think it is worth one line in the MARC Train infobox in a collapsed state (simply saying MARC Train Service [show]), but I'll nominate it for deletion if that's the consensus. Certes ( talk) 12:34, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
Article(s): Tramway de Bordeaux
Request: If you notice the Green line C box is shifted a little left of the other two boxes. Could you make sure all boxes align and are equidistant from each other? gren グレン 06:27, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done An easy one.
Kmusser (
talk)
16:47, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
Note: This request was moved from the Illustration workshop to the Map workshop. Ivan Akira ( talk) 06:52, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Article(s): Warring States period
Request: definitely remove watermarking and border, maybe pngify or svgify if you have time, thank you... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) ( talk) 11:48, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
Graphist opinion: Done
Article(s): Okinawa Prefecture
Request: this help desk post points out an issue someone here may be able to fix.
The inset of the map has a colored section, presumably the entire Okinawa Prefecture, but the main portion of the map isn't a larger version of the colored section, it is the main part of Japan. This doesn't match what I would assume to be standard convention for insets and color-coding. Could someone take a look at this and improve the presentation? Wouldn't you normally do this the other way around? Have an inset of all of Japan, with the Okinawa Prefecture highlighted, then the main part of the map showing a larger version of the Prefecture? SPhilbrick T 12:30, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Article(s):
Tiber oilfield
Request: I'm writing an article on the new Tiber oilfield in the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf has a wide range of oilfields and reservoirs, and I'd like to have a map showing the Gulf and surrounding land areas, and the locations of the major fields and features. Maybe I'll do an article oilfields of the Gulf of Mexico some time, if it doesn't exist.
Problem is there isn't a good base map to work from. The graphic needs to be ~ 1000 wide or so, to accommodate the annotations that might exist. It needs to show state and national boundaries, the 5 - 10 most major US cities, and ideally very basic landscape type, and cover the entire Gulf and Florida, and also a considerable part of the continental land and Atlantic area on all 4 sides. Any coloring needs to be light greyscale or pastel, suitable for symbols and text to be written over it.
At a pinch, I can annotate it myself (crudely). Any chance of help? I'm not sure what information to provide. Thanks! FT2 ( Talk | email) 22:29, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): File:Gulf_Coast_Platforms.jpg may be useful, though I realise it is too localised and bright for this purpose. Certes ( talk) 22:45, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
How about
? If you want lighter colouring, that can be done; I also did not include national borders yet, assuming the audience to be a bit familiar with the area. (As a cartographer, it annoys me a bit that I can't include a scale bar - if anyone has recommendations for this issue, I'd be most happy!)
Classical geographer (
talk)
21:29, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Article(s): Homeschooling
Request: The map should be updated based on the information in the article (which I believe is more correct). In particular, the article states that homeschooling is legal in Norway and Finland. 212.251.240.102 ( talk) 22:21, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): If you're an expert on the issue, User:212.251.240.102, could you provide a list of changes that have to be made to the map? The actual changes are easy to make, it's finding out what is to be done that takes a lot of time & energy, which I personally rather put into mapmaking than into factfinding... Classical geographer ( talk) 13:02, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
Article(s): Administrative divisions of China
Request: Convert to the map projection used by the blank map in the image shown which is an editable blank world political map. I just need the outlines of the provinces so that it fill fit and conform to the editable blank world map that Wikipedia has.
Graphist opinion(s): I don't understand this. Why does the map need to conform to the world map? Do you want the provinces drawn on a world map? Classical geographer ( talk) 08:32, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Article(s): Free City of Danzig
Request: Hi, requesting several changes. Currently, Germany is shown in a rather confusing way, with the main part of Germany labelled "German" and the East Prussia exclave labelled "Empire". Would it be possible to colour this map (and possibly put it into the SVG format) and either clearly label the German territory to show it's all part of one state, or scrap the labelling entirely and add a colour code. The region labelled "Memel T." in the top right of the map is the Klaipėda Region, and should be shown by that name. Thanks, 84.92.117.93 ( talk) 22:40, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): A rough coloured version (but not SVG yet) is below. ( User:Classical geographer)
Article(s): Marco Polo
Request: The current travel map of Marco Polo we have now, I think can be better. I would like for this map to be in an SVG format, translated into English, and colored. Thanks in advance. Here are some other maps, that you can base off: 1, 2, 3. Thanks! Connormah ( talk) 22:48, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
I found
this map very useful too, though it differs from the maps you suggested as to the cities Polo actually visited. I've made the following map, with as a background
(of which the yellow background might be expanded to all visible land). Although the map does not show Venice, it does show both Accra and Constantinople.
Classical geographer (
talk)
22:51, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Article(s): France
Request: Hi, I was looking at this map and I was wondering if anything could be done about how French Polynesia was represented? Currently, its shown as a large blue block on the left, which makes it look a bit like a very large island. Could a more subtle way of showing these small islands be used, such as circling them? Thanks, 84.92.117.93 ( talk) 15:46, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s):
Article(s): MARC Train
Request: I think it would benefit the article to have a map like this one here or maps like you see for other regional rail providers like the Long Island Rail Road which could be either a fairly geographically accurate map or a schematic (although a schematic makes less sense in this case since it is a far less complex system then the LIRR). gren グレン 05:46, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): See also File:BaltimoreLightRail.svg shown above. Would something in a similar style be acceptable? Certes ( talk) 16:15, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
A schematic map could also be made via templates as on Virginia Railway Express. I think the article could benefit from having both a schematic showing the stations and a geographical map to show the extent of the lines, I note that Long Island Rail Road does both. Kmusser ( talk) 19:14, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
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We seem to have two parts to this request.
Click [show] to expand {{ MARC Line map}}. Comments are welcome, especially on where to add bridges etc. →
(outdent)Supplemental request. I've actually removed the diagram, as MARC Train, I believe, is the wrong place for it. Unlike VRE, each MARC line ( Brunswick, Camden and Penn) has its own, separate article. Also, unlike VRE, the only shared station on the lines is Washington Union Station. As such, I request that the single diagram be split into three, and each individual diagram be placed at the appropriate article, as is also done for the various lines of New Jersey Transit Rail Operations or Metro-North. I'd try it myself, buy every time I start editing a route diagram, I screw it up. By some miracle, I sometimes fix 'em, but not having the usual editing softwareakes it a tedious process. oknazevad ( talk) 22:05, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
So what shall we do with {{ MARC Line map}} as shown above right? It is currently unused. I think it is worth one line in the MARC Train infobox in a collapsed state (simply saying MARC Train Service [show]), but I'll nominate it for deletion if that's the consensus. Certes ( talk) 12:34, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
Article(s): Tramway de Bordeaux
Request: If you notice the Green line C box is shifted a little left of the other two boxes. Could you make sure all boxes align and are equidistant from each other? gren グレン 06:27, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Done An easy one.
Kmusser (
talk)
16:47, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
Note: This request was moved from the Illustration workshop to the Map workshop. Ivan Akira ( talk) 06:52, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Article(s): Warring States period
Request: definitely remove watermarking and border, maybe pngify or svgify if you have time, thank you... Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) ( talk) 11:48, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
Graphist opinion: Done