Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Map workshop/Archive/2016

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Achaemenid empire

Article(s): Achaemenid empire

Request: Please fix spellings of Phoenicia and Samaria… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 08:58, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

I intend to do this tomorrow. Maproom (talk) 20:44, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Done Maproom (talk) 13:55, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

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– Offnfopt^(talk) 02:47, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland uses 'Short scale' for billions, etc, NOT 'Both scales'

World usage of long and short scales

Article(s): Long and short scales

Request: In the above map, the UK (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) is shown in purple (meaning 'Both scales'), whereas it should be red (meaning 'Short scale'), the same color as the neighbouring Republic of Ireland, and as the USA. This was requested last October at Talk:Long and short scales#The map is inconsistent with the article, for the UK, and has since been supported by 3 other editors (including me), giving more detailed justifications. Nobody has disagreed. In case the above gets archived, the same text can be found in the most recent related diff here.-- Tlhslobus (talk) 03:42, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Note: The map also appears to be wrong for Brazil, which is short scale according to the text of the article, but is coloured bluish red (short scale with milliard) instead of red (short scale) despite the text indicating that Brazillions say trilhao where other Portuguese speakers say mil milhões or milhar de milhões. A Brazilian has pointed out this apparent error at Talk:Long_and_short_scales#Map_is_wrong_about_Brazil (relevant diff is here).Tlhslobus (talk) 04:08, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

Done FYI, PNG files such as this can be edited with software such as MS Paint (that's what I used) with the colour dropper and floodfill option. This file should be recreated as an SVG to avoid pixelation and those annoying lines that connect islands up. But that's another task. I'm a little busy myself to do that, but you could keep this topic up and request that too. Jolly O Janner 04:38, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, but seemingly nothing has changed, Jolly Janner. The UK and Brazil are seemingly still the same wrong colours. So the change is seemingly not yet "done". Are you perhaps saying that I should change the colours myself using something like MS Paint? I could perhaps try, but it may not work with my out-of-date operating system, and then I don't know how to safely upload the amended file to Wikipedia, especially as this map seems to be used elsewhere, judging by its seemingly Spanish file name. Tlhslobus (talk) 06:01, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Purge and/or hard refresh web browser (Ctrl + F5). Jolly O Janner 06:16, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Jolly Janner. You've been absolutely wonderful. I'll now create a new request to have it converted to an SVG, per your recommendation. Judging from what you say, this might mean it could then no longer be edited with the likes of MS_Paint, but if so, I'm assuming this is outweighed by the benefits. If on reflection you decide this is incorrect, can you please let me know. Thanks again and regards. Tlhslobus (talk) 08:52, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

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– Offnfopt^(talk) 02:47, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Please recreate 'World usage of long and short scales' as an SVG, per wikigraphist's recommendation

World usage of long and short scales
vector version

Article(s): Long and short scales

Request: Please recreate the above PNG map as an SVG, as recommended by wikigraphist Jolly Janner, who amended it earlier today, but added (see previous section): "This file should be recreated as an SVG to avoid pixelation and those annoying lines that connect islands up. But that's another task. I'm a little busy myself to do that, but you could keep this topic up and request that too." -- Tlhslobus (talk) 09:05, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

Request taken by Mliu92 (talk) 17:00, 23 February 2016 (UTC).

@Tlhslobus: Here is an SVG version. The SVG file can be edited using a text editor to add, subtract, or move countries between the various categories using the two-letter country code, formatted as lowercase with a preceding dot (i.e., Mexico would be ".mx" without the quotation marks) in the CSS sheets at the start of the file. I took the country list directly from the Long and short scales article, so there are a few differences versus the current PNG:

Greenland and Antarctica are not listed in the article, hence I left them grey .
Brazil, Brunei, and Myanmar appear to use a variant of "billion" and not "milliard" so I colored those the lighter red instead of the darker red .

Let me know what you think. Cheers, Mliu92 (talk) 17:00, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Mliu92, great work. But one minor problem and one query. All your changes seem fine except Antarctica, which the continents section of the article describes as using both scales, so it was correctly shown in purple, so could you please restore that. (I had a go at restoring it myself, but my antiquated computer seemingly insists on converting svg to png when downloading). Once you have restored it I'll use your map in the article, and I'll also describe your remaining changes in Talk just in case anyone wants to undo some of them and can find reliable sources (or perhaps other similar good reasons) to justify doing so. I'm not sure whether I should also copy to Talk your advice on how to change the map (I fear, perhaps unnecessarily, that making such changes too easy might facilitate vandals or POV warriors) - any thoughts on that?. Tlhslobus (talk) 08:48, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

I notice that all the Arabic countries are described as short scale but using 'milyar' for billion (10^9), and should thus probably be darker red instead of lighter red as currently shown. So if you would like to make that change please do, tho if it's too much hassle please leave it, and I can then think about whether I want to bother submitting another request. Tlhslobus (talk) 10:20, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

@Tlhslobus: I've updated the file with the purple color for Antarctica. This was pretty simple to fix. When the browser was downloading the file as a PNG, were you saving the rendered version? The SVG can be downloaded by going to the file at Commons and then clicking on the "Original File" link.

Regarding your concern for potential vandalism, I admit I hadn't thought of that possibility. Editing the SVG would require some basic working knowledge of XML, although I tried to lay it out as simply as possible. When you open the SVG you will find these lines towards the top of the file (according to my text editor, they start at line # 145):

 /*
  * Coloring long-scale countries (Escala larga)
  */
.ar, .bo, .cl, .co, .cr, .cu, .do, .ec, .sv, .gq, .gt, .hn, .mx, .ni, .pa, .py, .pe, .es, .uy, .ve,      .bj, .bf, .cf, .cd, .cg, .fr, .pf, .tf, .ga, .gp, .gn, .ht, .ci, .ml, .mc, .nc, .ne, .bl, .sn, .tg, .wf,      .ao, .cv, .tl, .gw, .mo, .mz, .pt, .st,      .aw, .cw, .nl, .sx, .sr,      .ad, .at, .be, .ba, .bg, .hr, .cz, .dk, .fo, .fi, .de, .hu, .is, .ir, .it, .li, .lu, .mk, .mg, .me, .no, .pl, .sm, .rs, .sk, .si, .se, .ch
{
	opacity:	1;
	fill:	#0000FF;
}

 /*
  * Coloring short-scale countries (Escala corta)
  */
.as, .ai, .ag, .au, .bs, .bb, .bz, .bm, .bw, .cm, .ky, .ck, .dm, .er, .et, .fk, .fj, .gm, .gh, .gi, .gd, .gu, .gg, .gy, .hk, .ie, .im, .jm, .je, .ke, .ki, .ls, .lr, .mw, .my, .mt, .mh, .fm, .ms, .nr, .nz, .ng, .nu, .nf, .mp, .pw, .pg, .ph, .pn, .rw, .sh, .kn, .lc, .vc, .ws, .sl, .sg, .sb, .gs, .ss, .sz, .tz, .tk, .to, .tt, .tc, .tv, .ug, .gb, .us, .vg, .vi, .zm, .zw,      .br, .bn, .mm
{
	opacity:	1;
	fill:	#FF0000;
}

 /*
  * Coloring short-scale + milliard countries (Escala corta con millardo)
  */
.dz, .bh, .td, .km, .dj, .eg, .er, .iq, .jo, .kw, .lb, .ly, .mr, .ma, .om, .ps, .qa, .sa, .so, .sd, .sy, .tn, .ae, .eh, .ye,      .af, .al, .am, .az, .by, .cy, .ee, .ge, .id, .il, .kz, .kg, .lv, .lt, .md, .ro, .ru, .tj, .tr, .tm, .ua, .uz
{
	opacity:	1;
	fill:	#DC143C;
}

 /*
  * Coloring both-scales countries (Amblas escalas)
  */
.ca, .mu, .sc, .vu, .na, .za, .pr,      .aq
{
	opacity:	1;
	fill:	#9400D3;
}

 /*
  * Coloring other-scale countries (Otro sistema)
  */
.bd, .in, .np, .pk, .bt, .kh, .cn, .tw, .gr, .jp, .kp, .kr, .la, .mv, .lk, .mn, .th, .vn
{
	opacity:	1;
	fill:	#FFD700;
}

You would move the country code from one category to another in order to change the color. It is not difficult but it is also not obvious and I would postulate that fixing vandalism would be fairly simple (you can always revert changes to earlier versions of graphics).

Also note the Arabic-speaking countries (Algeria = .dz; Bahrain = .bh; etc.) are already listed as "short scale + milliard" countries (the darker red, which is hex color #DC143C ). I'm happy to iterate versions here if more changes are needed.

Cheers, Mliu92 (talk) 15:49, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, Mliu92, I think everything is fine now. In any case I think I can now make any additional changes myself (or at least if any are needed I intend to try to do them myself first). I'll also link to the diff of this conversation on the article's Talk page, mentioning that it says what changes were made and how to change the file (but adding that it took me quite some time to find instructions on how to upload the amended version, which should reduce any vandalism risk). Sorry for not noticing that you had already updated the Arab countries (presumably because you forgot to list them among the changes you made). Anyway thanks again for everything. Tlhslobus (talk) 19:21, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

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– Offnfopt^(talk) 02:46, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Commonwealth Games Map - Durban 2022

Article(s): Commonwealth Games

Request: Durban, South Africa, is scheduled to host the 2022 edition of the Commonwealth Games, so could someone please mark the city with a black dot accompanied by the year 2022 on the above-left map, in accordance with the other past and future host cities. The location of the city is provided on the above-right map for anyone who wishes to try it.

User: Snow Lion Fenian

Graphist opinion(s)

Done. Maproom (talk) 15:18, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Resolved

– Offnfopt^(talk) 02:45, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Group of SVG maps with simple error

Article(s): Each is used in the linked article

Request: Elk Township is accidentally left transparent in all maps of this collection, except of course for its own. Could you make it white like all the other townships? I tried to do it by editing the SVG in Notepad, merely copy/pasting the hexadecimal color from another township, but I made a mistake and don't know what I did wrongly. Nyttend (talk) 14:56, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

Done. Rather oddly, I noticed the author had kept non-visible layers in the file which contained raster maps. I have absolutely no idea why these were there, but noticed that after removing them the file size went down to 79KB (a 98% reduction!). I've uploaded it over File:Vinton County Ohio incorporated and unincorporated areas.svg as an example. I'm not sure whether to go ahead and do it to all of them. It may be worth asking the original author what they are doing in the file. Jolly O Janner 08:40, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! I had previously asked the uploader, who responded Elk Township doesn't have a colour (it is transparent) because when I was drawing the map I seem to have failed to turn it white. It doesn't matter enough to have to change the whole lot, though. Since I found the situation confusing, I disagreed with "doesn't matter enough", obviously. Final request, Jolly Janner: would you mind editing File:Vinton County Ohio incorporated and unincorporated areas Elk Township highlighted.svg to get rid of the raster layer there? I didn't request it earlier because I thought it was merely a mistake with the coloring; if you could reduce its file size significantly, that would be helpful. Nyttend (talk) 14:47, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Done Jolly O Janner 22:45, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Resolved

– Offnfopt^(talk) 02:45, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Commonwealth Republics Map - Tanzania

Article(s): Republics in the Commonwealth of Nations

Request: Now that I have edited the article to include Tanzania on the list of Commonwealth republics, could someone please shade it red on the map with the others.

Graphist opinion(s)

Snow Lion Fenian (talk · contribs)

Done. Jolly O Janner 04:18, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Resolved

– Offnfopt^(talk) 02:44, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Commons counties maps have odd county borders

I forked c:File:Democratic Party presidential primaries results by county, 2016.svg and c:File:Republican Party presidential primaries results by county, 2016.svg from c:File:USA Counties.svg. However, it looks like that map's borders are mixed into all sorts of objects, which is making editing the files very difficult. Try to open either in Inkscape and you will see how difficult it is to select a county.

I tried the ungroup function in Inkscape but no matter what I've tried, it's causing more problems.

Can someone fix the maps or redraw them from a good source? Magog the Ogre (t • c) 23:42, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

Done. I revamped the maps, so the counties should be much easier to edit.—SPESH531 Other 06:12, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

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– Offnfopt^(talk) 02:44, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Local Government Borders of Ireland

Article(s): City status in Ireland, plus any other article this map is already used on.

Request: Due to the Local Government Reform Act 2014, North and South Tipperary County Councils have been merged into a single Council for County Tipperary, plus Waterford City Council and Waterford County Council have been merged into a unified Waterford City and County Council, and same with the Limerick City and County Councils, now one as well. So could someone please remove the border within Tipperary, as well as the borders of both Waterford and Limerick Cities to reflect that. User:Snow Lion Fenian

Graphist opinion(s)

Done Houdinipeter (talk) 15:32, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

Resolved

– Offnfopt^(talk) 02:43, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Commonwealth Games Map - Azawad/Mali Border

Article(s): Commonwealth Games

Request: Given that Azawad no longer exists, even as an unrecognised state, could someone please remove the border between its former territory and the rest of Mali. User:Snow Lion Fenian

Graphist opinion(s)

Done. Maproom (talk) 22:09, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Resolved

– Offnfopt^(talk) 02:43, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Updates needed for map of Cannabis/Marijuana in the United States

Map of cannabis legality by US state/territory

Article(s): Legality of cannabis by U.S. jurisdiction

Request: This map needs several states changed in color to reflect legal changes since the map was last updated, and I'm also including a request to tweak the light blue (?) used to indicate Decriminalization, since as a color-impaired person I have trouble distinguishing it from neighboring shades, so maybe it can be adjusted slightly for wider readability. I have opened up a discussion at WikiProject Cannabis noting needed changes and asking if anyone else sees anything to be corrected: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Cannabis#Cannabis_map_in_great_need_of_updating

Thanks! Goonsquad LCpl Mulvaney (talk) 20:41, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

Done Houdinipeter (talk) 15:40, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

Resolved

– Offnfopt^(talk) 02:41, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Irish Ulster Counties Maps - Local Borders

Article(s)

Any article these maps are already featured on.

Request

Ok, similar to some of my above requests, could someone please remove the border within County Tipperary, and also the former borders of Waterford City Council, in order to reflect the changes of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, on all three of the above maps. User:Snow Lion Fenian

Graphist opinion(s)

I could do it, but only by converting these large unwieldy SVG images into bitmaps, which many would consider a Bad Thing. Maproom (talk) 22:04, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

I'll try to do it. Houdinipeter (talk) 03:07, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Done Houdinipeter (talk) 03:54, 6 May 2016 (UTC)

Resolved

– Offnfopt^(talk) 02:42, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Light Rail System Map of Valley Metro Rail

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– Ikonact (talk) 22:00, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Article(s): List of Valley Metro Rail stations, Valley Metro Rail & Valley Metro
Request: If possible, it would be great if a graphist would be able to create a light rail system map similar to File:Trax_and_FrontRunner_c._2013.png for the Valley Metro Rail system. Sources for this map would be here, here and here. Similar to the example image I provided, the Valley Metro Rail map would show the one light rail line (use a gold/yellow color similar to what Valley Metro does), white circles for stations, include the name of each station and bold the station name for the stations that have bus transit centers. The map would also include a legend, north arrow, etc. I don't mind what format the image is in, whatever works best. Please let me know if this would be possible, as I would appreciate it greatly! Let me know if you have any questions. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 20:37, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s)

Hello @Gonzo fan2007:, there is already a map that corresponds to your request. Please check and let me know. --Ikonact (talk) 20:22, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Well, the existing map looks outdated. There are some new stations to be added. I have created a new one. Please check it and let me know. --Ikonact (talk) 21:46, 22 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks @Ikonact!. It is definitely a good start! If you don't mind, I have some suggested changes, most of which are based on a new source that I think looks really good. See slide 5 in this presentation. I think making it more of a schematic map would be best:

Slightly elongate the map so that it is wider (similar to the new source)
Remove the downtown couplet and make into a single line (similar to the new source).
Change the station names to their shorthand that is used in the new source.
Make sure all of the station names are at 45 degree angles with the light rail line.
Remove the Gilbert Road Extension stations and the 50th St/Washington station for now (we can add them when they open in a few years).
Make the line a little thicker, and add a black border on the gold light rail line (similar to the new source).
Add a north arrow.

I think that is all I have. I really appreciate the help! Let me know if you have any questions. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 18:04, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

@Gonzo fan2007:Recommendations implemented, please check and let me know. --Ikonact (talk) 20:49, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you @Ikonact! It looks amazing! I have already added it to one of the articles. I really appreciate your quick work! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 21:10, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

@Gonzo fan2007: My pleasure. I will consider the work

Done and close the request. Thanks--Ikonact (talk) 22:00, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Qld

Resolved

– Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:42, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Article(s): Qld
Request: please remove promotional text and compass rose (basically Wikify)… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 04:41, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s)

Done because you asked, and it was easy. But it's not a good map – most of the county names are barely legible. Maproom (talk) 21:25, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! If at some time you want to attempt a better replacement, that would be great! THANK YOU!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:42, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Savannah River

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– Offnfopt^(talk) 21:44, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

In the WP article Savannah River, the primary map of the Savannah River Watershed is beyond minimalist. It should at least include two city labels, Augusta and Savannah, which are both discussed repeatedly in the article. Also, two state labels (Georgia and South Carolina) wouldn't hurt. I'm having trouble locating the map and editing this myself. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Mason.Jones (talk) 19:42, 30 January 2016 (UTC)

@Mason.Jones:I put what I believe to be the image you want fixed. Did I get the right one? (FYI, all I needed to do was click on the image in the article; I did disable the Media Viewer.) ??? ????? Od Mishehu 05:53, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Yes, that's the one. Thanks! Mason.Jones (talk) 16:39, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Europe and World blank maps

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– Offnfopt^(talk) 21:47, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

World map
Europe map

Article(s): [[]]

Request: Can you need pixely, .png image for both World and Europe? dimensions must stay the same -- 46.130.159.30 (talk) 19:57, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

You can download pixel versions of this file below the map on its Commons' description site. You don't need to manually create those. --TUBS (talk) 07:37, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

2004 US presidential election

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– Offnfopt^(talk) 21:50, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

SVG map of US counties during the 2012 presidential election
JPG map of US counties during the 2004 presidential election

Article(s): JPG is currently used at ru:????????????? ?????? ? ??? (2004) and uk:????????????? ?????? ? ??? 2004
Request: Could you make an SVG version of the JPG and upload it as File:2004 Presidential Election by County.svg? I'm imagining that you could just take the 2012 map and adjust the colors of some counties to reflect the 2004 data. Nyttend (talk) 00:28, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
Graphist opinion(s): Request taken by William S. Saturn (talk) 21:09, 12 June 2016 (UTC).

Done. @Nyttend: I used the .jpg map as the key for filling in the counties. However, there is a discrepancy between it and the Election Atlas, particularly in Iowa. I'll look into this matter further in the coming days.--William S. Saturn (talk) 05:31, 13 June 2016 (UTC)

The map now corresponds correctly to the results on the Election Atlas.--William S. Saturn (talk) 21:58, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Britiish Empire Map - French Islands

Resolved

– Offnfopt^(talk) 21:52, 2 July 2016 (UTC)

Article(s): Second Boer War
Request: If you look closely at this map of the British Empire in 1898, you'll notice some islands shaded blue, in the sea surrounding Madagascar, islands that I believe were under French control at the time. Could someone please change them to grey, as this is only a map for British territories. User:Snow Lion Fenian
Graphist opinion(s)

Done Maproom (talk) 23:12, 23 June 2016 (UTC)