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The outdated (for now) map of the Montreal subway system
Hello. The last update of the map was in 2013. Since then, Square-Victoria was renamed to Square-Victoria–OACI. It would also be good for the code to be cleaned up. Thanks, ~~
Ebe123~~ → report01:54, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
Each A-League season's pages contain a map with icons showing the geographical locations of the teams in the A-League. I have no issues about aligning these myself, the only problem I'm having is that they appear quite cramped around the Sydney region where there are currently four teams (which could extend to as many as six soon). I think this would look a lot better with an inset on the map magnifying Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra; or even just around Sydney and Canberra, with the inset perhaps placed in the blank top right area of the map above New Zealand.
Perhaps we could even utilise a slightly larger map? I'm pretty flexible. Whatever you guys think would look best. --
J man708 (
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23:36, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
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Goran tek-en: Yeah, each team has a their own colour flag on file along here. Unfortunately, I have no idea what hex codes or anything like that were used in creating it (On checking, they all appear to be 60x60px and all seem to be vertical tricolours). I do know that they've been used for a long time on here, however. I suppose we could make updated versions of the colours and have them better matching the team colours (
Western Sydney Wanderers FC for instance use vertical stripes on their kit. I might bring this up with the Australian soccer taskforce at a later date.
Also worth nothing that this map would probably also be used on the
W-League (Australia) page, I assume, where there are clubs in different locations to the men's comp. Sorry if I'm not helpful! -
J man708 (
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05:10, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
OK so I guess we have to start with to decide what kind of map you want.
I can make an svg version (larger in px if you want) with an inset of your selection of
current map. Then you can use that in the same manner as you already are working.
I can make a svg version (larger in px if you want) with the different teams placed in the map. If so then you will be depending on someone making a new version all the time if you don't work with svg files. Also at this point I'm not sure if wikimedia allows links within a svg file like you are linking the teams right now.
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Goran tek-en: Sorry, been away from Wikipedia quite a lot this week. I think the first one would be better, considering that the teams have changed sometimes season by season, plus that allows for direct links to the individual club articles. A version using more pixels (and indeed larger) would be a good idea, I would say. :) -
J man708 (
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11:45, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
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Goran tek-en: That map is awesome! The only thing I've noticed is the state border between
South Australia and
Victoria (Look around South Eastern Australia) being a solid line, with all the other state borders being shown as dashes. Do you know how this will look when it's a bit smaller? Other than that, it looks awesome! Thanks! :D -
J man708 (
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15:05, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
The map you is using right now is 438px wide. This new svg map is 1499px wide. I have made three png versions in different width
700px,
500px,
250px so yoy can look at them. Get back to me if you wan't anything else changed.
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Goran tek-en: I think the 500 or the 700 are both great sizes for the article. Thanks a bunch for this! Sorry, but what do you mean by the file name, description on commons categories info? -
J man708 (
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14:26, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
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J man708:Commons is the place were all images, sounds, videos and so on are stored. This so all other Wikimedia projects and people outside of this can find and use this free material. To be able to upload it there I need that information. You have to decide for an imagename.svg and check so it doesn't already exist at commons. Then I need a Description of what the image shows/contains so other people can find it. At Commons the content is organized also by using different Categories. It's not always easy to find the right one but
this page helps you with that. This information must come from you because it's your topic, I have no knowledge of it. Also Commons generates a couple of different sizes png that you can use. Get back to me, thanks. --
Goran tek-en (
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14:28, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
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Goran tek-en: Sorry, completely missed the notification on this one! I guess a good name could be something like "Map of Australia and New Zealand with Eastern Inset" or something similar? The name you used before of "Map of Australia and New Zealand with an inset.svg" is also perfect! Is it bad for the file description to copy the name of the file itself? "Map of Australia and New Zealand with Eastern Inset" really does sum it up as well as it can be done, I think! :P The original map is located
here. Unfortunately, I've never dealt with Commons and have no real idea as to what I'm doing, or which categories the specific images would be suited to. I really am less than useless here! Sorry Goran tek-en! -
J man708 (
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16:46, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
The Topkapi palace article has no good overall map. Ideally it would have a SVG map of all the courtyards and with all the details, of which an overview is shown in the beginning of the article and then excerpts whenever the article mentions specific courtyards or buildings. Of course this is a lot of work, but it is worth it! Plus I'd guess it is among the more satisfying work here. I'd really like to do it myself, but see no opening in my calendar for the foreseeable future. :-( Note: I have the greatest respect for the person who did
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab/Map_workshop/Archive/March_2014#Red_Fort ! Wow! If something like this could be achieved, i'd be more than happy. Thank you in advance. --
Lommes (
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22:20, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
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Philg88:Most important, imho, would be an overall map of the whole palace, that is corresponding to the last image of the model. Ideally, but not necessarily, it would be so detailed that one could use parts of this overall map to illustrate the different courtyards and the harem. I think it would be generally useful to color-code the courtyards in pastel colours (see
http://www.istanbulextralarge.com/topkapi-palace.html for a satellite image of where which courtyard is located). I am not sure if I answered your question satisfactorily, if not please specify what I did not answer. Thanks very much in advance.
Lommes (
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13:50, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
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Philg88: It is very good, but would it be a problem to make either the 2nd or the 3rd court green? Maybe my monitor is just badly calibrated, but the colors still look very very similar. Besides that, I am perfectly happy with your work and thank you a lot.--
Lommes (
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16:59, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi graphists, I am in need of some good maps for the article on English language. Particulary i need maps showing the major British English dialects (Northern (including Geordie), West Midlands, East Midlands, Anglian, Southern, Westcountry. Something like this
[1]), the major American English dialects (General American, Southern, New England, Middle Atlantic, West, Midwest, Northern Cities. something like this
[2], or this
[3] - for American English the distinctions depend on whether it is based on vocabulary or pronunciation, and there are three sources, Carver, Trudgill and Labov) and the main world English varieties (British, Scots, Irish, American, Australian, NZ, Indian, Carribbean, South African). It is not going to be easy because it requires putting together maps from a lot of different sources and sometimes with many overlapping areas. If someone is willing to help me with this it would be a great addition for wikipedia.
·maunus ·
snunɐɯ·20:18, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
Yeah, I realized that this would require someone with knowledge of the subject, so I made the map myself. I meant to cancel this request but never got to it. Sorry, but you can disregard this request and check it as solved.
·maunus ·
snunɐɯ·19:29, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I hope someone can help. I need a map of London the path taken by the main sewers that were built in 1858-75. The map shown in the gallery is great, as it shows the main streets and the sewers we need to show in heavy black, but it fails one of the bizzare bits of copyright law. While the gallery image my be a bit too complicated in what it shows, these (
[5],
[6],
[7],
[8]) are probably a bit too basic, so some happy medium would be great. Feel free to ping if you need any more info or input from me - I can email you the main files of they are deleted from the servers before anyone gets a chance to look at it. Cheers -
SchroCat (
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08:48, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
One possibility is to use an existing PD map of London from some time in the 1850s -1900 to use as a base, and then lie the path of the sewers over the top, which may be an easier way to produce it. -
SchroCat (
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08:56, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
Many thanks
Philg88; I think we're almost perfect on the first attempt! The only tiny tweak I can ask for is for the main outfall sewer to extend a tiny shade so it touches the Thames. Can you also add "BECKTON" at the point it does too?
Can I ask for one alternative, one of which may or may not work? Is it possible to put an outline of the city on there, to show the extent of the system within metropolis? (You can see on
this that there is a thin dotted line around the edge (labelled "London", just by Hampstead); it's partly because people are always surprised how small the city was until relatively recently.
The second point may or may not work, but I think it may be worth a try. If it doesn't work, this one is excellent. Many, many thanks! -
SchroCat (
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09:49, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
Excellent. There have been some negative comments about the addition of the extra colour but nothing that I can see that has a basis in guidelines. Another editor had noted that a colour difference between Golan, East Jerusalem and the West Bank would be called for.
GregKaye16:26, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
Please switch the colors of the Erie and Scranton dioceses (northwestern and northeastern corners, respectively); with my colorblindness, it's nearly impossible for me to distinguish Erie from Pittsburgh and Scranton from Allentown. I downloaded the SVG and tried to edit the colors in Notepad, but it was too complex for me to handle confidently.
Nyttend (
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05:45, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
I'll do this in the next few hours, unless someone else gets here first.
I see that the colours have been deliberately arranged so that similar colours are adjacent. This seems to me perverse – I plan to change it.
Maproom (
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06:37, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
Requesting maps of Oneida and Erie Counties, NY, USA
Request taken by
Buffaboy (
talk) 06:00, 29 March 2015 (UTC). Ive decided to try this myself, and it will be a big learning experience for me. I'll have the finished product back here at some point.
Buffaboy (
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06:00, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Done I want to thank
User:Rcsprinter for about the 3rd time for creating a how to video on county vector graphics and coaching me through Inkscape. This took an entire weekend and eight hours to learn and create, but I couldn't be more happy with the success I've had from having never heard of Inkscape the week prior to creating full blown maps.
Hi, I am wanting to create a location map of clubs at the
2014–15 Northern Counties East Football League#Locations - when you click the link you can see the locations are too bunched up - I need the map cutting down to create a new one. Ideally it would consist of Yorkshire & the Humber and the East Midlands. Haven't got a clue how to make one!
Hi - thanks for the map - it covers the area needed perfectly. Is there any chance you could add the coordinate to it as I am unsure how to do it! Thanks
Kivo (
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11:29, 28 June 2015 (UTC)