Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Map workshop/Archive/Nov 2014

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Location of Three Gorges Dam

Resolved

Article(s): Three Gorges Dam

Request:

Hi, the lead map in the Infobox at Three Gorges Dam is presently completely useless for indicating where the dam is located. It shows the boundaries of an internal region of China that will be unrecognisable to 99% of English Wikipedia readers. It contains no indication of scale and no clue of where this region is located relative to the country as a whole. (This problem is widespread within Wikipedia. Almost all these "location within local administrative area" maps are useless as lead images.) Would it be possible for someone to create a map that shows the location within a recognisable context, either of China as a whole, or at least the eastern part showing some coastline and well-known cities? Thanks! 109.147.188.227 (talk) 13:58, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

There is a better (though not ideal) map further down the article. Would it be an improvement to move the better map up into the info box, and get rid of the map that is currently there? Maproom (talk) 14:26, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

I don't know how to do that ... when I change the map file name I get a bunch of errors that I don't understand. However, when I make the map the size that it would be in the Infobox it becomes illegible, so it wouldn't work anyway. 109.147.188.227 (talk) 20:29, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Agreed — You can change the location_* fields under

{{Infobox dam

to

| location_map         = China (equirectangular)
| location_map_size    = 200px
| location_map_caption = Location in China

For a shaded elevation map, use

| location_map         = China
| location_map_size    = 200px
| location_map_caption = Location in China

I would have done it, but thought I should get a second opinion. cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 13:18, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, I changed it. It's much better now. I didn't realise how it worked. 86.160.86.103 (talk) 03:36, 3 November 2014 (UTC)