This project is intended to improve Chinese-related maps. We need your help! If you are famiiar with maps, feel free to contribute.

The parent of this WikiProject are WikiProject China and WikiProject Maps

Aim – This project aims to draw hi-resolution, vector maps for China-related articles. It also aims to get hi-resolution raster (.png) topography images.

1. AQu01rius ( talk · contribs)
2. Shenhemu ( talk · contribs)
3. Yug ( talk · contribs)
4. Philg88 ( talk · contribs)

Project notice

Place this WikiProject notice Template:WPCHINA at the top of an image's Talk page. To use it, place {{WPCHINA|class=Image}} at the top of an image's Talk page.

The project is divided into locator maps, general maps and city maps.

If a locator map needs to be added to a section in an article, then use Location map template. Find below some examples.

Usage

{{
Location map|China
 |label=label
 |position=left or right - position of the label relative to the mark, defaults to right
 |background=color - background color for the label, defaults to none
 |lat=latitude in degrees
 |long=longitude in degrees
 |mark=image file name - a red dot by default
 |caption=caption - caption below the map
 |float=left or right or none
 |width=width of the map
}}

Examples

• Currently none...

Colours

Please use the following colours recommended by WikiProject Maps.

Border styles

Typeface

Use only Arial font in the maps.

Cartographic conventions

• Names of coastal cities are written in the sea
• Names of rivers and mountain ranges follow the path of the river/range
• Capital cities are usually marked with a star

Format

All maps should be drawn SVG format. SVG is a vector format that allows upscaling without pixellation. It also allows users to download and modify the map to make derivatives. Please do not use the following raster formats: .png, .gif and .jpg for maps. For topographical maps, use .png.

Filenames

TBD

Upload location

• If the map contains no text, upload it to commons:
• If text is needed to be added to the map, please make two versions: One, a blank map without text, and the other with text. Upload the blank map to commons, and the one with English text here on en wiki.

Licensing

Only images with a licence that allows commercial usage and allows derivatives to be made may be uploaded to Wikipedia. The following licences qualify: (not an exhaustive list)

• PD (Public domain) – user releases all rights to the image
• CC-BY- ( Creative Commons, attribution) – the user must be credited, but derivatives may be released under other licences.
• CC-BY-SA- (Creative Commons, attribution, share-alike) – same as CC-BY- but derivatives may be released only under the CC-BY-SA licence

You may use either one of the above. To allow maximum compatibility across all Wikimedia projects, it is recommended to use {{ CC0}}, {{ Cc-by-4.0}} or {{ Cc-by-sa-4.0}}.

Summary

Please add the following information to summary while uploading.

{{Information
|Description=
|Source=
|Date=
|Author=
|Permission=
|other_versions=
}}

Two popular SVG drawing software available are Inkscape and Adobe Illustrator. Inkscape is free and available for many platforms.

• Draw images in the highest resolution possible.
• For text please use a generic font such as Serif, Sans-serif. Sans is more suited for maps. The Wikimedia renderer rasterises all fonts using Arial, so use Arial regular to maintain appearance of the map.
• In inkscape make sure that you unflow the text
• Ensure that no embedded raster images are present
• Always add metadata. In Inkscape, metadata can be added in the Document Preferences.

• Chinese Political map
• Univ of Texas maps

Current requests can be found at Category:Wikipedia requested maps in China.

All China

• I have added a request to our SVG-talented people to draw a map showing Zheng He routes, or, even better, other diplomatic and military campaigns of the Yongle reign. Am willing to help with the data. Vmenkov ( talk) 03:39, 7 March 2010 (UTC) reply

State

• Currently none...

City

• Currently none...