Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Map workshop/Archive/Feb 2025

Request for a distribution map for Samsum ant

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  The map should not be of the whole world, just Africa and the Middle East (see link below for reference). I cannot find a map for the two regions so maybe cropping this one would work.
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  Example of what the map should look like. Shading specific regions is not required, the entire country should work.
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  Whole range according to en.wiki guidelines

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Samsum ant

Request

I need a map for this species of ant. They are distributed in Africa and the Middle East. This map is a reference to the population distribution of this species. Simply shading the countries in any colour (preferably red) should work. The link above notes distribution based on time period found; I am unsure if there is a consensus on how recent the distribution has to be, however I personally would consider only using the countries with red dots/squares (recent records). The page of the samsum ant also lists countries where large populations of the ant have been found, cited with sources, so those sources can be used as well. I tried and failed to create a map, so would really appreciate help here. Thanks! -- jolielover♥talk 18:35, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

Discussion

I have upload a map for the whole range, according to Wikipedia guidelines; however you can suggest changes, you are welcome.--Carnby (talk) 18:04, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Thank you so much!! :) jolielover♥talk 02:29, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

State atheism

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  Map including East Germany and South Yemen

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State atheism

Request

This is a version of human-editable map of State atheism using present-day borders. I've added East Germany and South Yemen using BlankMap-World 1985. Nevertheless, there are small problems in rendering these two additional countries (e.g. position, scale, and South Yemen white border). Could you help me fix them? -- Carnby (talk) 08:45, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

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Request: Silk Route Map

Description of the image

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  Extent of Silk Route/Silk Road. Red is land route and the blue is the sea/water route.

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61 pages use this file

Request

Please reduce the thickness of the lines (red and blue). Looks very much amateur. This image is in use in 61 articles. JamesMdp (talk) 13:11, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Discussion

@JamesMdp Is there a reason this file could not be replaced with the many better ones we have on Wikimedia Commons, such as File:Silk Road in the I century AD - en.svg. Is there something specific about this media that others lack? – Isochrone (talk) 16:03, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

The file is supposed to be a "simple" view of the silk road and spice routes (without too many marked locations and rivers, etc. - to give the reader a "level 1" understanding of the subject). The image is fine for the basic reader. But it looks very much amateur. Please reduce the thickness of the lines (red and blue) and keep all labels in same font size. Thanks! JamesMdp (talk) 04:19, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

Request: Map of the Hittites based on a reliable source

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  An example image

Article(s)

Hittites, Turkey, etc

Request

This journal article (accessible through the Wikipedia Library) has a map of the Hittites ("Fig. 1. Map of the Hittite domain, with the Taurus marked"). The same map is also available in Researchgate [1]. The journal article has a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. Can someone adjust the above map based on the source or create a new image? Bogazicili (talk) 16:33, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

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Inca Empire's territorial extension under Pachacuti

Description of the image

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  John Howland Rowe's map of Inca Expansion (Note: "Tupac Inca (1463–1471)" describes territories conquered by Tupac under Pachacuti's reign, while "Tupac Inca (1471–91)" took place under Tupac's reign, after Pachacuti's)
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  Map of Inca provinces, which corresponded roughly to pre-Inca chiefdoms (Note:the former Chimu empire, shown in yellow, was separated in many parts by the Incas).
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  Aymara kingdoms
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  Similar map to the one requested, but based on different source (Rowe)

Article(s)

Pachacuti, Inca Empire, History of the Incas

Request

Would it be possible to create a map of Inca territory at the end of Pachacuti's reign based on Martti Pärssinen's map of Inca expansion, which was reused by other researchers?

While the traditional map is that of John Howland Rowe (made in 1945), Pärssinen's analysis is more recent (1992), and was reused by Terence N. D'Altroy in "The Incas" (Wiley-Blackwell), a work of reference, and by Carmen Bernand. In addition, Pärssinen's map corresponds better to the order of expansion of the Inca Empire told by María Rostworowski in her biography of Pachacuti (1953, Pachacútec Inca Yupanqui), the main reference for Pachacuti's reign. Rostworowski did not add a map to her work, sadly. The difference between Pärssinen and Rowe is mainly that with Pärssinen, emperor Pachacuti conquered beyond the Río Desaguadero up to lake Poopó (while Rowe makes the desguadero the Inca border under Pachacuti), a detail where Rostworowski agrees with Pärssinen in her biography of Pachacuti (in that she wrote that Pachacuti conquered those regions). This difference is not the same as two simple colonial chroniclers disagreeing on a matter, since it is a debate between modern academics. Pärssinen's interpretation deserves, in my opinion, it's representation on Wikipedia, to inform readers on other opinions than John Rowe's, especially since Rostworowski's biography of Pachacuti is the most important work on his reign. My request is to create a map of the empire at the end of Pachacuti's reign, without the expansion under other emperors shown (they are shown in the original map linked below). Maybe, if it is not too much, it would be possible to add some important ethnic groups outside of the Inca empire. The original map to base this map on is available here: It is page 139, and the territory necessary for the map I am requesting here is described in the legend under "The conquest of Pachacuti, together with Capac Yupanqui, Topa Inca, Amaro Topa, etc.". Thank you for reading. -- 80.187.71.65 (talk) 12:27, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Apparently my proposition is not very popular, I fear I might have done something wrong in formatting, the first image says "Wp:NFCC", could anyone help? Regards. 2A01:599:A0C:A709:FC88:EB46:2B7D:C833 (talk) 19:36, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

I probably made some error in formatting, considering the lack of responses… 80.187.71.187 (talk) 00:40, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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