Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Maps
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The parent of this WikiProject is the Geography WikiProject. WikiProject Maps also is a management type WikiProject for pictorial representations displayed within Wikipedia. The following illustrates the position of WikiProject Maps within the Wikipedia WikiProject lineage:
Lineage of WikiProject Maps
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WikiProjects that have made use of geographical maps include:
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Conventions for visa policy maps
[edit]Hello, WP:MAPS. I am currently working on the visa policy of Nauru, and I was wondering if there was any conventions on the colors would be? It seems like the other visa policy articles have a lot of different colors, and I just wanted to be correct. Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael Jester (talk • contribs) 21 August 2014 (UTC)
Shetland islands
[edit]just dropping a quick note here as I was asked to look at this Talk:Shetland#Need_better_map_image - looks like it ought to get a combination of File:Wfm_shetland_map.png and File:Shetland_UK_location_map.svg — Preceding unsigned comment added by EdwardLane (talk • contribs) 1 November 2014 (UTC)
Please assess
[edit]Please assess Fictitious entry. Thanks! 11:32, 3 October 2018 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asianflavoure (talk • contribs) 4 October 2018 (UTC)
Registration is open for WCNA 2022 and Mapping USA
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WikiConference North America 2022 will be virtual, November 11-13. We will hold it jointly with OpenStreetMap US's Mapping USA. Our theme this year is open knowledge allies.
Registration is now open here! Please register by the 10th so that we can set everyone up online on our platform. Like last year, we are planning on using Hopin. Our schedule is will be finalized and available in the next few days. We have an exciting line-up of sessions related to Wikimedia, OpenStreetMap, and the intersection of the two. Stay tuned! Local meet-ups will occur in Indianapolis and New York City - if you are available and interested in attending either of these, you can find more details here. If you want to connect with other participants or have questions, please join our Telegram channel here. |
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Help with finding an old map
[edit]There's currently a request at resource exchange for help in finding an old map:
Looking for the earliest known map of Adal region mentioned in this source p.126 [1] "A Venetian map published in 1555, four years before the stone wall was built around Harar shows Adal confined to the Hararghe plateau." For Adal (historical region)
Can anyone here advise on any resources that should be consulted in locating this? Thanks, Rollinginhisgrave (talk | edits) 02:59, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
Discussion about WikiProject banner templates
[edit]For WikiProjects that participate in rating articles, the banners for talk pages usually say something like:
- "This article has been rated as Low-importance on the importance scale."
There is a proposal to change the default wording on the banners to say "priority" instead of "importance". This could affect the template for your group. Please join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Council#Proposal to update wording on WikiProject banners. Stefen 𝕋ower Huddle • Handiwerk 19:45, 6 December 2025 (UTC) (on behalf of the WikiProject Council)
Generating cleaner OSM infobox maps
[edit]I made a script for automatically generating better location maps to replace OpenStreetMap screenshots: github.com/jkunimune/auto-location-map. You pass the name of an existing location map as an argument, and it automatically makes a vector map with the same bounds but less clutter and better contrast.
My goal is to use it to replace as many OSM screenshots as I can, but before I upload dozens of images I wanted to get feedback here and see if anyone has concerns about large-scale map replacement like this or feedback about the color scheme. Some examples for US cities are shown below. Pinging User:Jacobolus, User:OceanLoop, and User:Dissident93 since they've been in discussions about this recently.
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Justin Kunimune (talk) 20:09, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
- Okay, I've gone through and replaced about 30 OSM screenshots with this style of map, and I think I'll leave it at that for now. If anyone else encounters a map they want to replace, or wants to create a new location map, feel free to use my script; I've tried to make it easy to use. Justin Kunimune (talk) 18:20, 27 December 2025 (UTC)
MTM, UTM and similar articles
[edit]Hello project members!
I've significantly expanded (diff [2]) what was a stub at Modified transverse Mercator, and important alternative to UTM coordinates used in Canada. Both articles are listed as High-importance to this project. I welcome any feedback here or on the talk page there.
In the process, I found myself writing stuff which really has applicability to both MTM and UTM, and touches on projected coordinate systems and datums more generally. So in particular I welcome feedback, or even better assistance, on how to structure what is in what article more effectively. Martinp (talk) 21:27, 13 December 2025 (UTC)
Interrupted roads?
[edit]I've been going through articles related to roads in The Bronx that had missing or broken mapframes and fixing them, which often means building the road relation in OSM. I'm not sure how to deal with discontinuous roads. For example, on White Plains Road, just north of Pelham Parkway, White Plains Road crosses Boston Road at a shallow angle and they run together for about 500 feet (150 m). As far as I can tell, the part where they run together is called Boston Road, leaving White Plains Road in two discontiguous pieces. A similar thing happens near the southern terminus where White Plains Road crosses Soundview Avenue. What's the best way to handle this? I've been just leaving the gaps in the relation, but maybe it makes sense to just fill these in?
A more interesting situation happens in Mount Vernon, where the two pieces of White Plains Road have a gap of about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) on a modern map, but according to the (unsourced) description in the existing wikipedia article, used to connect. Does it make sense to fill in that entire gap and annotate it as the historical route? RoySmith (talk) 19:56, 4 January 2026 (UTC)
- Interesting question. I would say just leave the gap since that seems the most technically correct. But either way is probably fine, and I'd be curious if others feel differently. Justin Kunimune (talk) 16:33, 5 January 2026 (UTC)