Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Map workshop/Archive/Oct 2015
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Update needed for File:Israel Railways map English-Hebrew.svg
Resolved-
current map of Israel Railways by Dream out loud -
New map by Sameboat
- Article(s)
- Israel Railways
- Request
- Please extend the south end of the red line (all the way on the left) to the Be'er Sheva stations - see http://www.rail.co.il/HE/Tickets/Map/Pages/map.aspx (the map itself is also in English). עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 08:00, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
- Graphist opinion(s)
- I thought this ought to be easy, but it isn't. I found the section of code that contains the string "Be'er Sheva", and tried modifying it to move the station name; this had no effect. Then I tried deleting it; this also had no effect. The station names as seen are created by something other than the code containing the station names. How, and why, people create SVG files like this is beyond me. Maproom (talk) 21:33, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
- The problem is that all texts in this SVG file are converted to path (which we strongly oppose), the original English texts are otherwise hidden with "display:none". Frankly I would rather make this from scratch because the file contains several redundancies which prevents other editors to revise. But the original author "Dream out loud" is still active, so it would be nicer to contact him. The system itself is very straightforward and I can redraw the whole thing in compact SVG format very fast. -- Sameboat - 同舟 (talk · contri.) 11:41, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
- Most maps I've dealt with have the text converted into paths because the fonts don't render correctly on the site, and can often be moved out of place and cause overlapping and other issues. There's no reason to remake the file from scratch, all that needs to be done is to have the red line extended with the text boxes moved. I'll try to get around to updating it this week. –Dream out loud (talk) 14:42, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
- This help page section has advice on avoiding the problem with fonts not rendering correctly. Maproom (talk) 14:55, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
- Actually I'm already working on one with searchable Hebrew text. I do that because I understand you are not fully aware of the capability of SVG font handling on Wikimedia. -- Sameboat - 同舟 (talk · contri.) 15:33, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
Done. -- Sameboat - 同舟 (talk · contri.) 17:51, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
