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This workshop is part of the Graphics Lab, a project aimed to improve the graphical content of the Wikimedia projects. More information about the lab can be found on its main page and requests pages (Illustrations ; Photographs ; Maps ; Video and Sound). To ask questions or make a suggestions, see the talk page of the graphic lab page.

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Map Fonts

Resolvedmaxxl2   - talk 17:40, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Note: This request was moved from the Images to improve or create to the Map workshop. Ivan Akira (talk) 02:08, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

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  List of parishes in Louisiana

Article(s):

Request: -- I made this image using inkscape, but the fonts come out at different sizes when rendered. If you click the svg you can see what it is supposed to look like. How can I fix this? By the way, the font is liberation sans. Which is supported under SVG fonts Michael miceli (talk) 20:11, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:What's the problem? For once I think it's rendered right... But if it wouldn't it would be because the Wikimedia svg renderer, rsvg, has crappy text support. --Beao 16:34, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

I'd just like the font to be better. They aren't the same sizes as each other and some go out of the bounds of the parishes.Michael miceli (talk) 20:08, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

I updated the image and normalized the font sizes. --Brylie Oxley 01:20, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Slavery in the USA

Note: This request was moved from the Images to improve or create to the Map workshop. Ivan Akira (talk) 02:08, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

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  Animated .gif of slavery in the USA

Article(s): en:Slavery in the United States and several similar articles in five other languages

Request: Starting with 1821, some of the northeastern states change from the colour of free states to the colour of other countries; please recolour them so that they appear free. Nyttend (talk) 01:42, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): I've mentioned to the author about using APNG instead of GIF, which would make it easy to avoid the limited color palette. I have to say, though, that while I do notice the change in coloring, it's not enough to make me think they are gray ('other countries') — you might need a new monitor, or a vision test? ¦ Reisio (talk) 21:39, 20 December 2009 (UTC) other: This graphic has been cleaned up. Links to the Photoshop/GIMP original files are temporarily available in the comments at the bottom of User talk:Kenmayer, if anyone wants to use them to create a APNG.--Kenmayer (talk) 18:57, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Maps of regions of Belgium

Note: This request was moved from the Images to improve or create to the Map workshop. Ivan Akira (talk) 02:08, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

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  Map of Brussels

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  Map of Flanders

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  Blank map

Request: There is an error on those maps. It seems that the creator has placed the municipality of Jette in Flanders, while it belongs to Brussels. Thank you for your help. BrightRaven (talk) 10:07, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Comment Seems that the first two have been superseded by: File:Brussels-Capital Region (Belgium) location.svg and File:Flanders (Belgium) location.svg. --ELEKHH^T 23:08, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

SVG fills - surely there's a better way!

Note: This request was moved from the Images to improve or create to the Map workshop. Ivan Akira (talk) 02:08, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

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  New file

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  Original

Request: I duplicated the <use xlink:href="#Fairfield" stroke="none" fill="red"/> line with all county names (e.g. New_Haven) and changed the fill to gold. Is there a better way? Guy0307 (talk) 07:23, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

xlink:href="#Fairfield" creates a clone of the Fairfield object above the original one. Instead of doing this you can simply change the colour of the original object by going to <path id="Fairfield" d="M -6382... and changing it to <path id="Fairfield" fill="red" d="M -6382.... Alternatively if you want to colour all of the counties go to <g stroke="black" fill="none" and change "none" to red. /129.215.149.96 13:33, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Armenian Genocide

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Request: Straighten and fix shading... --Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 06:52, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): Straightening (warping) will always make you lose data, which manifests as blurriness. Best course of action is to scan as straight as possible from the start. If it's not possible in one go, try to take multiple scans so that ultimately every area is as level with the scanbed as possible. You'll possibly lose some data in the masking too, but it's better than to twist the images. If you still wish to simply straighten the image, I can do that, but if you can scan as stated previously, send me the TIFF's and I can puzzle it together. --Chrishelenius (talk) 17:39, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

NCAA D1 Lacrosse map

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  Map of NCAA Division I lacrosse schools

Request: Convert to svg please and make somewhat readable. Also add Mercer University to the map (located in Macon, Georgia). Thanks Yarnalgo (talk) 22:20, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Also, conferences are not up to date. See College lacrosse for current conferences. --Yarnalgo (talk) 19:37, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done: File:Map - College Lacrosse - all men's D-I locations.svg. A lot more schools have added lacrosse than you indicated. =) As an added bonus, the colors match (where appropriate) the colors on the college hockey maps. Powers (talk) 02:14, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Okay, mostly done. I'm still trying to remove a phantom black rectangle (the remnants of Alaska and Hawaii, I believe). I'll have to pick it up later. Powers (talk) 02:20, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Okay, fixed that problem. I'll replace it within the article. Powers (talk) 15:24, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Venues for the 2016 Summer Olympics

Request: Hi. Someone could translate them to Portuguese (I can describe the substitutes Portuguese terms) or remove the text (keeping the pictograms) perhaps using numbers to each venue? Regards Mwaldeck ^msg 14:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Please state what you want changed on which pictures--DieBuche (talk) 14:07, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm talking about File:Rio de Janeiro bid venues for the 2016 Summer Olympics.svg. Regards, Mwaldeck ^msg 06:40, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Map of Newtownabbey Borough Council, NI.

Request: Do something with them... Jas1 (talk) 13:06, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Please state what you want changed on which pictures--DieBuche (talk) 14:07, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Historic district map

Request: Would someone be interested in creating a map for East Washington Historic District, showing the general bounds of the historic district? This district in located in East Washington, Pennsylvania. The coordinates are available at the Wikipedia page. The district is described as being roughly bounded by "North, East, and Wade Aves., Wheeling, Beau, and Chestnut Sts." I am hoping for something that resembles File:Jesus College, Oxford - plan.jpg, which I understand was created at the Wikipedia Map Lab (at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Map workshop/Archive/Jul 2009#Jesus College, Oxford sketch map). Thanks!GrapedApe (talk) 04:54, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Redrawing of Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) system map

Request: Is it possible for you to redraw this map so that it is not a derivative work of this website? (Note that there are some new train lines, so you will have to refer to the website for the latest version of the system.) — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 16:11, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Anybody able to help? — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 12:22, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

The original graphic has been deleted as it is a copyright violation, but if anyone can produce a redrawn map based on the one on the website that is not too similar, that would be great. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 08:33, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Okinawa

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Request: move inset to actual position. Map doesn't really help show where Okinawa is. The prefecture is highlighted on the inset only, and there's nothing to indicate where the inset is located relative to the main map. If you don't already know where Okinawa is, this map isn't really going to help... Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 15:34, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Districts of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Note: This request was moved from the IIllustration workshop to the Map workshop. Ivan Akira (talk) 00:35, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

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  Kyrgyzstan

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  Tajikistan

Request: Please create location maps for each district within provinces (not within country), like this. The district names you can take from en-wiki or from here (for Kyrgyzstan). Anatoliy (talk) 16:15, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Bus lines map

Resolved--maxxl2   - talk 18:02, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

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  Apeldoorn map

Request: Correction of some location names:

• "Rijks-Kantoeren" → "Rijkskantoren"
• "Sprenklaar" → "Sprenkelaar"
• "Rievierenkwartier" → "Rivierenkwartier"
• "Lukas Ziekenhuis" → "Gelre Ziekenhuizen Lukas"
• General: break words with hyphens

Apdency (talk) 18:47, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done this things:

• "Rijks-Kantoeren" → "Rijkskantoren"
• "Sprenklaar" → "Sprenkelaar"
• "Rievierenkwartier" → "Rivierenkwartier"
• "Lukas Ziekenhuis" → "Gelre Ziekenhuizen Lukas"
• Modified size of image
  --Robot8A (talk) 08:11, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

B52 Map

w:File:B52_crash_overview.jpg

Request: It's being claimed as fair use on the English Wikipedia, which I doubt is acceptable under en.WP's fair use policies. Is there anyone someone could turn that into a map using free imagery? File:Fairchild_B-52_crash_overview.png is a diagram based version of the same incident. --Prosfilaes (talk) 05:22, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Map correction and update.

Resolved--maxxl2   - talk 18:10, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Request: Please update and correct the corresponding map in the article [1]. For example in the corresponding map the state of Iran is shown in red while actually it must be in brown and UK should be in red and it is in brown. Thankyou. 116.71.213.157 13:04, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Tibetan Settlements in India location map

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  India location map

Request: Would it be possible to modify such a map to indicate places were the Tibetan diaspora is mostly located. It would be nice to use in the articles on the Tibetan diaspora in 5 languages, (fr/en/nl/es/eo) like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_diaspora, as well as in a number of articles on the Tibetan diaspora. Here is a map with lots of details : http://www.tibetgov.net/set-map.htm There are 2 options : one is to indicate the places, the other one, more simple, is to make a location map called "Tibetan diaspora location map" showing India, Bhutan and Nepal in white.

Rédacteur Tibet (talk) 19:42, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

http://www.tibetgov.net/set-map.htm is not working. Is there any other map to refer? --Jayarathina (talk) 10:10, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

UTA Flight 772 map, request for Arabic + French

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  In French

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  In Arabic

Request: Would it be alright if someone made versions of this map in French and Arabic? WhisperToMe (talk) 01:22, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

 Done French. --Robot8A (talk) 17:50, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

 Done Arabic. If there's a translation mistake, please tell me. --Robot8A (talk) 18:18, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Winkel-Tripel coordinate plots

Unusual request: technology development rather than image development.

Request: I'm working on a weather extension using 1200x600 and 800x400 Winkel III projection maps, and need to plot lat/lon coordinates on the images (to display weather icons.) The ultimate goal is to improve upon C/F-style templates which are vulnerable to volunteer participation and require regular bot edits. But at the moment I'm stymied plotting the coordinates. Can the Graphics Lab/Mappers help out with this project? - Amgine (talk) 03:29, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): Is hard-coding a look-up table for {long/lat}<->{x,y} an acceptable solution? Jon C (talk) 06:09, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

English-language map of Holy Roman Empire at 1789

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  English-language map of the Holy Roman Empire, as at 1789

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  German-language original

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  French-language copy

Request: I have added a list of terms for translation on the Talk: page for the English-language image; could someone convert the English-language map to SVG and please apply these translations? OwenBlacker | Discussion 22:11, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): The map cannot be easily vectorized because of its complexity and need for accuracy. If you have access to the original vector file -- or equivalent in other languages -- the translations themselves would be easy. Jon C (talk) 06:00, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

Morocco-Ottoman Empire relations

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  Original map

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  Saadi Morocco borders

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  SVG exemplar

Request: Please somebody fix the Moroccan borders. ... Flad (talk) 13:53, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion: Are you sure that the border of Morocco was that border at that time. The border of the current dinasty has changed a lot throughout its history reaching its peak from 1860-1890 being smaller than its current border before hand and then partitioned by colonial powers. so, what I'm getting at here is: was the border like that at that pericular time or only during that dynasty's peak which in it self could have been any time during its existence. Also, I have to make sure the Ottoman Empire's extent was currect to the time. The English Wiki page that uses it says the 6-17 centuries however the actual file does not specify any perticular period. (sorry for being picky!) Maps & Lucy (talk) 00:00, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Here's a map of the borders in 1600 (Morocco during Saadi dynasty) and 1700 (Morocco during Alaouite and current dynasty), hope it would help :) --Flad (talk) 01:44, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Portugal (orthographic projection)

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  The image to be changed

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  One image of the "whole" country of Portugal

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  The real distance of Azores and Madeira (Azores is on top)

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  Real distance of Madeira

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  An example of what I want

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  Another example ;)

Request: The orthoghaphic projection map of Portugal only shows the continental part of the country. Azores and Madeira (who are also part of the country) are not in the map. Someone could please include the two archipelagos in the same way they did wht the Canary Islands of Spain (with a "zoon" in the islands to really show then) and include in the map? Thanks in advance. Béria Lima ^msg 16:49, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

This image is clearly intended for the infobox in the country's main article. I prefer the Europe map version which is uniform across all EU member states' articles (as well as for non-EU European countries). The globe view is less suited due to the relatively small land area of European countries - Ssolbergj (talk) 21:20, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

the image of the Canary Island have the same "European" background. And i don't Azores or Madeira to be the "star" of the picture, but since they are part of the country (are not colonies, are not independent - they are actually part of Portugal) they need to be in the map, in order to get the right map in the article. Béria Lima ^msg 18:22, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Y Haplogroups distribution in the world

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Request: It's about the Y Haplogroups distribution in the world, can anybody create a map based on the data of this genetic reaserch? --WorldHaplogroupsMaps.pdf (first page) Cheers. --Flad (talk) 14:11, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Coalicion contra Gadafi 2011.svg

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  First original image

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  2nd original image, used for 2nd and 3rd versions of the Spanish translated image.

Request: I've uploaded this translated version after changing text with Inkscape. Then, in 2nd and 3rd versions I've used the second original translatable image and I've "embedded all images", but nothing happens. I've checked with W3C Markup Validation Service, been answered with 45 Errors, 4 warning(s)! :O Can you help me to get it corrected, please? DPC (talk) 10:21, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Today, system banner says: System notice: The thumbnail server is currently undergoing maintenance. Thumbnails may be broken. We will restore full service as soon as possible. Could this be the reason? --DPC (talk) 06:51, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
It wasn't. --DPC (talk) 09:39, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

XYZ Line

Request:

• I would like to convert both images into .svg, although whith a little modifications. In the map Líneas Defensivas de Valencia I would like to change the colour of the red lines (defensives lines), to be more easy differentiate it. Also, I would like to delete the numbers that appears into the lines. To finish, I would want a second version of this map in .svg, but only appearing the XYZ Line. Thanks --Manuchansu (talk) 12:05, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

• Where are the maps? --Robot8A (talk) 09:41, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

Republic of Venice

Request: Is it possible for you to redraw this map of Republic of Venice's Terra Ferma? Is the most complete work i know. Lord Hidelan 08:11, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Soviet Atlas scans need combining

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  Northern half of European USSR map

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  Southern half of European USSR map

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  Merging done.

Request: I'm working on scanning an old Soviet Atlas. Some of the maps are on fold-out pages and are way too big for any scanner I have access to. I've scanned these in pieces, and I think the final answer is for them to be pieced together. A basic example involves the two images above here: a "northern" and a "southern" half. What's the best way to approach "merging" such images back into single maps? Would someone be able to merge them carefully? Should I be scanning them differently? Is an altogether different approach called for? —Firespeaker (talk) 10:16, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

 Request taken by Fred the Oyster  Done

Thanks, looks wonderful! I'd also like the following done:

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  Right part of the World Map

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  Left part of the World Map

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   Done ―― Phoenix7777 (talk)

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  USSR map (NE)

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  USSR map (NW)

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  USSR map (SW)

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  USSR map (SW - alternate scan)

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  USSR map (SW - another alternate scan)

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  USSR map (SE)

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  R.S.F.S.R. map (NW)

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  R.S.F.S.R. map (NE)

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  R.S.F.S.R. map (E)

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  R.S.F.S.R. map (SE)

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  R.S.F.S.R. map (SW)

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  R.S.F.S.R. map (W)

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  R.S.F.S.R. map (WNW)

—Firespeaker (talk) 20:19, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

ammended by Firespeaker (talk) 21:58, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

South Sudan

Request: Literally hundreds of maps relating to the world's newest country, South Sudan. Country maps, maps of neighboring countries, Africa maps, hemisphere maps, Arab league maps, multinational organization maps. The number would I am afraid overwhelm the machinery of this page and some of the issues are still outstanding (status of Abyei Province, membership in Arab League, Commonwealth, UN, etc.) As much as new maps and categories we may need a new tracking/organization procedure. Should I start a subpage for request, organize most used/most needed - or just dump it all here? Rmhermen (talk) 15:43, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

As I mentionned here [2], just for the Arab League (Category:Arab_League) it will be a long job. Let's begin by most used-most needed. Here is what we need in ar wikipedia to be updated.

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  2010-2011-Arab-World-Protests

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Graphist opinion(s): Just wanted to point out that new versions of files should in most cases not be uploaded over the old versions, which may be useful for historical purposes. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 17:45, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Especially not that "Arab Uprisings" map, which is explicitly an historical document. Powers (talk) 20:51, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Requested edit can someone add it here--File:UN Member Countries World.svg? Is there any centralized effort to add South Sudan to maps? Koavf (talk) 21:16, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

There is now a Category:Maps needing South Sudan political boundaries; feel free to tag any maps that need updating or look into it if you'd like to help update maps. If a map shouldn't be overwritten by the new file, just add something like {{warning|Please upload the updated version separately.}} at the top. -MissMJ (talk) 21:32, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Nazi party rally grounds

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  Map of en:Nazi party rally grounds in 1940

Request: Please make a version in the English language; that version will be used on EN WhisperToMe (talk) 07:54, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): It would help a lot if you could provide translations for the text in question. Powers (talk) 18:43, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Unfortunately I do not know German. However I know of several Commons users who do know German and English. Is it alright if I ask one of them to take a look at the file? WhisperToMe (talk) 04:31, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

After providing a translation you should ask User:Lencer who made the origin file to upload the English version. He is still active and definitely won't mind to do this. NNW (talk) 08:52, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Map of Simpang New Town, Singapore

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  Top portion

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  Bottom portion

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  Meged image  Done

Request: Can these two maps be combined to make a single map? — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 11:23, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): The two halves are very imprecisely scanned; fitting them together will require some stretching and squashing I'm afraid. Powers (talk) 23:14, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

No worries, then. I spotted the map and thought it was odd that it was in two halves. I suppose it was too large for the uploader's scanner. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 06:59, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

 Request taken by Fred the Oyster
 Done

Hey, that's great! Thanks. (Is it my imagination that the map looks slightly rotated anticlockwise, maybe about 1 or 2 degrees?) — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 17:27, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Yes it is. Something had to be horizontal so I chose the latitude lines for the job :) --Fred the Oyster (talk) 17:36, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Ah. Maybe some cropping around the edges would eliminate that issue? Just a suggestion. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 17:47, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

I deliberately didn't crop anything simply because it's so unsymmetrical. Instead I chose to fill in the 'missing bits with white, though if you think a crop would improve things I'll certainly have a try. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 19:08, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Well, give it a shot and see how it looks (no need to upload it if it doesn't turn out well). Looking at the image again, I see that it might be difficult to crop it without losing illustrated parts of it. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 19:15, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Clean map of US area codes

I noticed there is not a single map on Commons which shows all the US area codes. Could we create one? To get started, I uploaded File:Area codes & time zones US.jpg. But this isn't sufficient because it has time zone data, because it is littered with in-image verbage, and because it's a jpeg.

It would be best if the image were in SVG format, so that it could be easily changed when a new area code is introduced (as happens fairly frequently). Magog the Ogre (talk) 02:46, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Topographic map of Uruguay

Request: Can somebody make a topographic map of Uruguay, thanks. Kineto (talk) 05:37, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Actually, I'am looking for something like this File:Brazil_topo.jpg, but in png instead of jpg. --Kineto (talk) 21:29, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): Are you looking for something different from File:Uruguay fisico.png ? --ELEKHH^T 08:35, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

File:Romance Languages-World-Map.png

Hello. Please add en:Rwanda and en:Burundi with dark yellow (same shade as Romania or France for example) to this map, as French is official in both Rwanda and Burundi. Thank you.--Danutz (talk) 10:42, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

City Council map

Request: I would like for someone to create a map, using the data at http://www.houstongovnewsroom.org/external/content/document/2155/1084715/1/Revised , to illustrate the boundaries of the Houston City Council.

The file should have text descriptions in English and Spanish; English to serve the worldwide userbase and the majority English speaking residents of Houston, and Spanish to serve the Hispanic immigrant minority in Houston and international visitors and businesspeople (and other interested persons) from Spanish speaking countries. The Spanish file description should say "Mapa de los distritos del Concejo de la Ciudad de Houston" since "concenjo" is the translation used in the city's Spanish webpage: http://www.houstontx.gov/espanol/gobierno/concejo.html

Thank you, WhisperToMe (talk) 21:47, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Map of the Père Lachaise

category:Cemetery Père-Lachaise is rich and rather well organized. However a clear map could help to understand things better. We have an OpenstreetMap at File:Père Lachaise Cemetery map.svg but it would help to have the division number that can be found for instance here (those on green background). I hope someone can do it :).--Zolo (talk) 08:14, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Second world war Asia animation

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  like this

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  this may help

Request: Please create an animated gif map for Asia and the Pacific, which there does not seem to be... Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:32, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): Go on, I'll bite. What is the animation supposed to be doing on the new one? --Fred the Oyster (talk)

SVG corrections

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Request: Please correct mistakes. On the first image: draw two districts and correct one word, on the second: remove municiplaity borders and correct three words (see tags on the images). Anatoliy (talk) 00:56, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

 Done: By user:Texnik and user:DenysZ.--Anatoliy (talk) 15:29, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Mistakes on the maps

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Request: Please correct mistakes in words on maps. See tags on the images. Anatoliy (talk) 01:08, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done by user:Texnik and user:DenysZ

Maps of Agra

• Map of Agra, India.jpg

  Map of Agra, India

• Map of Agra Fort.jpg

  Map of Agra Fort

Request: Not a request, but a suggestion: maps of Agra could be made from these. Yann (talk) 17:19, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Paris income map

This request was transferred from the illustration workshop.--Gauravjuvekar (talk) 16:35, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

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Please translate the image from French to English.

To do this, do the following:

• 1er, 2er, 3er etc. should become 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. up until 20th
• "Revenu salarial annuel median (en euros)" -> "Median annual salary revenue (in euros)"
• "21 000", "18 000" etc. should become "21,000", "18,000" etc.

If you want I can contact the original author and ask for the original files

Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 01:02, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

If the original (presumably vector) source file can be obtained, that would be a big help. Powers (talk) 20:47, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Okay. I posted on the uploader's talk page WhisperToMe (talk) 18:18, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Map with many inaccuracies for legality of Salvia divinorum by jurisdiction

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  Legal status of Salvia Divinorum by jurisdiction

Request: This map is very incorrect, and desprately needs to be recolored so that the map remains true to the real legal status of the substance. Specifically:

The following states are marked as areas where the substance is banned, however, they are not; they have only introduced legislation and they have not been approved yet. I request that a new color be added to the map to represent jurisdictions where legislation is pending and the outcome is not yet known:

• New York
• New Jersey
• Indiana
• South Carolina
• Texas
• Massachusetts
• Pennsylvania
• Utah
• Alaska
• Maryland (Note that Maryland is not colored as a banned jurisdiction like the previous ones)

Additionally, the following areas either are colored wrong, or are not colored at all, when they should be marked as areas where it is banned:

• Alabama
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Illinois
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Oklahoma
• South Dakota
• Tennessee

I used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_Salvia_divinorum for reference. Please note that I may have missed a few places, so please double check. The only places that seem to have problems are individual states in the US.

Thank you! --FarnhamJ (talk) 01:42, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Need help with a pixelated map

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  A map of Gran Sabana National Park, showing also the location in Venezuela.

Request: Please help me smooth out this image. The topper part of the diagram is strongly pixelated. Maybe it could be vectorized with lines or improved in some way. The lines of the states in Venezuela don't necessarily need to be present. Image doesn't have to be perfect. But I need to minimize the difference between the top map and the lower map, cos' right now it looks really mediocre! If you open the file you'll see what I'm talking about. The file is important for the article http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Gran_Sabana_Map.jpg which is pretty complete so far. The lower diagram can be modified too if desired, with less details as well, or can be left the same. Any help would be strongly appreciated, thanks for your time. Regards, Paolo Costa (talk) 02:24, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Persian map

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  Path of Iran Air 655 and approximate location of downing

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  Path of Iran Air 655 and approximate location of downing

Request: Could you please create the Persian versions of the above map?
From top to bottom: Bandar-e Abbas -> بندرعباس / IRAN -> ایران / Jazireh-ye Qeshm -> جزیرهٔ قشم / Bandar-e Lengeh -> بندر لنگه / Strait of Hormoz -> تنگهٔ هرمز / Jazireh-ye Tonb-e Kochek (Lesser Tunb) -> جزیرهٔ تنب کوچک / Jazireh-ye Tonb-e Bozorg (Greater Tunb) -> جزیرهٔ تنب بزرگ / Sea line -> خط دریایی / Oman -> عمان / Abu Musa -> ابوموسی / Ra's al Khaymah -> رأس‌الخیمه / admin. line -> (I didn't understand what "admin. line" means, so let's ignore it.) / Umm al Qaywain -> ام‌القوین / Ajman -> عجمان / Dubayy -> دبی / Ash Shariqah (Sharjah) -> شارجه
Small map on the lower-right corner (from top to bottom): Afghanistan -> افغانستان / Iraq -> عراق / Iran -> ایران / Pakistan -> پاکستان / Persian Gulf -> خلیج فارس / Kuwait -> کویت / Area of Map -> محل نقشه / U.A.E -> امارات / Oman -> عمان / Gulf of Oman -> دریای عمان / Saudi Arabia -> عربستان سعودی / Arabian Sea -> دریای عرب / Yemen -> یمن AMERICOPHILE 07:17, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

• Comment: I think the red word is "Area of Map" WhisperToMe (talk) 04:32, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

I created a new file from existing maps, though SVG format. Please take a look. if it is ok, I will add the texture too.--Pouyana (talk) 11:38, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

It's far too big due to the paths of the original map outside the viewbox still being there. If you can imagine a little window showing the area you're concerned with, but everything outside the window is still there. I did a version in Illustrator (but without the correct Persian text) that came in at 9kb, at 50kb your version needs some work. Also when one zooms in, the paths representing the coastlines is very angular which gives it a raster type appearence. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 12:32, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

thanks for the Infos, I will also work on the points you mentioned as well.--Pouyana (talk) 16:31, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

World same-sex adoption and gender-identity expression laws need .svg versions

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  Countries that permit adoption by same-sex couples (.png, outdated)

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  Countries that recognize gender identity changes (.png, missing some information)

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  Up-to-date information on U.S. same-sex adoption laws. Also shows the preferred color scheme.

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  Don't forget to add French Guiana, whose step-parent adoption law isn't on the above world map.

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  Andorra (between Spain and France) and Jersey (the UK island northwest of France) have joint adoption, though they're hard to see. The status of Slovenia's step-parent adoption law is currently uncertain, so don't add it despite it being on the above world map.

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  Basically, this map says that every U.S. state recognizes gender-identity changes except for Idaho, Ohio, and Tennessee, so reflect that on the world map.

These two maps that show world laws about same-sex adoption and gender-identity changes are out-of-date, not in SVG format, and their color schemes may need to be changed to better reflect other, more up-to-date maps.

Request: Please re-make the top two maps in SVG form. In the new adoption map, make sure that the color scheme is updated to reflect the other adoption maps in the second row (just use gray for any countries where gay adoption is illegal, where homosexuality is illegal, or the situation is unclear). In the new gender-identity change map, make sure that every subdivision of the U.S. except Ohio, Tennessee, and Idaho are added, and that Iran is added (see this). Xnux (talk) 17:00, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Physical maps of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat

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Request: Create physical maps of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. Sources: [3], [4]. Yann (talk) 14:25, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Could someone please help? This request is one year old. Yann (talk) 08:33, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

State of Sequoyah map

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Request: A new clearer map needs to be created to allow for greater user readability, as it stands right now it hard to read the county names that are shown in the image. Also if it could be in SVG format. Dcheagle 21:55, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Is anyone going to work on this.--Dcheagle 02:49, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

I take it no one is Available to handle this request.--Dcheagle 07:22, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

It is a very difficult task without high-quality source data. Powers (talk) 01:23, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

What would be needed--Dcheagle 02:41, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Either a scan of a higher-quality map (this one is difficult to read in some spots, and the thickness of the lines causes ambiguity in some places), or a textual description of the boundaries of every county on the map. Or detailed coordinate data. As is, someone could trace the map you provided, but the result would risk being inaccurate, even if the text was more readable. Powers (talk) 02:34, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

I may be able to find a higher quality map it may take me a few days to locate it though--Dcheagle 18:38, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

I have found a Higher quality map--Dcheagle 02:18, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

That's about as high quality a scan as possible for that particular map. My point, though, was that a) it will take a long time to trace it and b) even so there will be some errors inherent in the tracing, simply because it is coming from a tracing and not from actual geophysical data. Powers (talk) 02:17, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

It may be useful to simply take the Oklahoma county map and highlight all the counties that are depicted in that historical map. Dominic (talk) 06:10, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

That Could work the only problem that I would see with doing that is that the upper counties dont quite match up with there counter parts on the Sequoyah map. Comes close though which would be fine with me, at this point I'm looking for any thing that would work.--Dcheagle 01:12, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Adding new districts in Madhya Pradesh

ResolvedYann (talk) 06:34, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

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  Blank location map of Madhya Pradesh

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  Smaller version of the other

Request: Correct the map according to [5]. Yann (talk) 05:57, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Could someone please help? This request is one year old. Yann (talk) 08:33, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

I wonder if this map is appropiate, to.

I wonder if this map is appropiate, to. Please name the new districts. --maxxl2   - talk 12:31, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

The names of the new districts are available on the link above. Or do you mean something else? Yann (talk) 15:54, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

There is a new border between Guna and Ashoknagar, Sagar and Narsimhapur, Jhabua and Alirajpur, Khandwa and Burhanpur, Shahdol and Anuppur, Sindhi and Singrauli, Mandla extendsion to the east. In total there are 8 changes. Is that correct? --maxxl2   - talk 11:09, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

List of districts of Madhya Pradesh says that there are 50 districts in M.P. However this map only shows 46 of them. The new districts are: Alirajpur District (split off Jhabua District), Singrauli District (split off Sidhi District), Burhanpur District (split off East Nimar), Ashoknagar (split off Guna). Thanks, Yann (talk) 19:07, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

I hope its properly corrected now. --maxxl2   - talk 21:03, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Yann (talk) 06:43, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Make "English" version of this map

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'Request: Please make a second version of this map, where the decimal point commas (",") are replaced with periods/full stops (".") - The Spanish language uses commas as its decimal points, but the English language uses periods/full stops as its decimal points

Thank you WhisperToMe (talk) 05:06, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

 Done I made the raster image to a svg file for future maintenance. Phoenix7777 (talk) 13:17, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much :) WhisperToMe (talk) 01:39, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Habsburg

ResolvedKintetsubuffalo (talk) 11:06, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

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Request: English version please... Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 11:54, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Numidia-moved from illustration lab

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Request: English version please... Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 05:12, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Have you tried SVGtranslate? -- πϵρήλιο ℗ 13:56, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Not a tech guy, so I wouldn't dare.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 12:00, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Doesn't look like it requires much in the way of technical knowledge. Just provide the appropriate translations for each text tag -- which is something you'll probably need to do anyway to get this request done, as otherwise you'll have to wait for someone proficient in Spanish willing to take the time to research proper translations. Powers (talk) 18:13, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Wilhelminapier update

ResolvedVera (talk) 12:22, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

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  Map needs updating

Request: Hi, at about the place you see the orange stripe on the south bank there is an additional building, the New Orleans. On Open Street Maps it's the block that has the Lantaren/Venster theater in it. Thank you Vera (talk) 21:10, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done per [6] Phoenix7777 (talk) 08:39, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

The SVG seems to be a bit wobly :S --Vera (talk) 16:32, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Yes, strangely 120px and 200px didn't change, while 500px, 1000px, and 2000px changed correctly. I am not sure the cause of the problem. SVG Check shows fine. --　Phoenix7777 (talk) 22:20, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Those seem to be the old picture, if I download smaller versions through the top menu they just as wobly. --Vera (talk) 00:22, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

I re-uploaded the file (plain SVG version). However the result is the same. I checked the http last-modified time of the png files.

• My upload time: 07:27 GMT, 20 March
• 120px: 10:30:12 GMT, 07 March
• 200px: 21:05:56 GMT, 15 March
• 500px: 07:33:40 GMT, 20 March
• 1000px: 07:39:53 GMT, 20 March
• 2000px: 07:40:51 GMT, 20 March

Clearly 120px and 200px are not updated to the new file. This seems to be some Squid cache management problem. ―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 07:57, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Now two pngs are updated in MetaWiki server.

• 120px: 00:43:12 24 GMT, March
• 200px: 04:07:11 GMT, 25 March

―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 10:30, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

I cropped the file --Vera (talk) 12:22, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Bosnie et Sandjak 1904.svg

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Request: There is a problem with the legend – strange black boxes. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 18:29, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Inkscape users, see here: Help:SVG#Fonts -- πϵρήλιο ℗ 21:48, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done --Fulvio314 (talk) 20:43, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Rework a location map

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  Location map of Yasuni National Park in Ecuador cleaned.

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  Location map of Yasuni National Park and Huaorani region in Ecuador.

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  Location map of Yasuni National Park in Ecuador.

Request: There is no explanation of the significance of the two shaded areas in the first map which appears to be a copy of the second map shown. The Huaorani territory section could be removed so that is a map solely of the National Park and a separate map could be made to incorporated that area. Also, the inset showing the Galapagos Islands is not needed in this context. Country names should also be used on the map. Alan Liefting (talk) 21:20, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done -- Fulvio ³¹⁴ 18:51, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Korridor train

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  Example of image to create

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  My trial

Request: I'm asking if somebody can create a new image, representing the rail way path from Innsbruck to Lienz, passing through Italy. I don't know how to do it, but the example image may help a volounteer... Thanks in advance. Llorenzi (talk) 17:36, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Today I try to it by using for the background Google Maps-For-Free. What do you think about it? --Llorenzi (talk) 15:24, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Blank map of Europe cropped.svg with small circles

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  Blank map of Europe

Request: Can you put on this map the circles for small countries in this way, each with its ISO-3116-1-ALPHA2 code in lower case for easy coloring?--Carnby (talk) 11:07, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done --Fulvio314 (talk) 21:09, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Software suggestions

Not really a request. Could someone make a list of software useful to create/edit maps(SVG preferred). This section is not well documented in the main GL page. A short description of each software with pros and cons would be appreciated.--Gauravjuvekar (talk) 10:34, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

I am not sure if your request is specific to Maps, but in the mean time, this might be of help en:Comparison of vector graphics editors --Jayarathina (talk) 11:04, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Archdioceses of Church of England (map)TRANSFERRED from Illustration workshop

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  Map showing the two dioceses of the Church of England

Request: Also, a slightly different file exists on the English Wikipedia. Please can you convert this to an .svg file, making the background transparent, and upload it to Commons (the slightly different png file has been flagged for transfer on en). --000peter (talk) 13:43, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): You may get a better response if you place this request in the Map Workshop, rather than here. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 15:56, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

I created this map [7] (created with a ShareMap - take a look and opinions. --Jkan997 (talk) 22:39, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

You need to double check your spellings. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 08:45, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

 Done I checked spellings, map was created with ShareMap

--Jkan997 (talk) 23:35, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Leicester, Worcester and Gloucester are all spelt wrong, the outline of the UK is somewhat, errr, inexact and some of the labels need wrapping. I suggest that ShareMap may not be the best way of going about this. Perhaps you would end up with a better result by using one of the UK locator SVG maps here at Commons, eg Category:SVG locator maps of ceremonial counties in England (dark sea location map scheme), then labelling and shading that. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 18:20, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

--Thanks for comments - I fixed mispellings. The Britain map I used was Natural Earth 1:50M. In the free time I will replace it with Natural Earth 1:10M. --Jkan997 (talk) 19:59, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

--UK coastline was replaced to more precise (from NE 1:50M to NE 1:10M ) - thanks Fred the Oyster for mentioning this problem.

--Jkan997 (talk) 11:49, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Color correction

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  Map of Asia Minor in 63 BCE

Request: The image has an unpleasant yellow shade, would it be possible to remove it? It was done in a similar image, this. --TcfkaPanairjdde (talk) 11:48, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): I fixed the white balance. However, the discoloration on the image is not completely uniform so now the top right is a bit blue-ish, while the bottom left is still yellowy Richardprins (talk) 21:40, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Let me thank you nonetheless. Bye.

ResolvedTcfkaPanairjdde (talk) 22:00, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Asia Minor 188 BCE

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  Map of Asia Minor in 188 BCE

Request: The image is rather dark, is it possible do do something? --TcfkaPanairjdde (talk) 17:05, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): Like this? Yann (talk) 17:31, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Better, thanks. However it is a little too much yellow, is it possible to "move" towards white? Thanks. --TcfkaPanairjdde (talk) 16:43, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Well, user appears to be gone, but colours have been adjusted to less yellow. I hope it's satisfactory. Nelg (talk) 01:17, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

w:Greater Sacramento Area

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  California economic regions map

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  Blank map of Nevada

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  A guide?

Request: I'm trying to make an image for w:Sacramento metropolitan area. The area in yellow on the California map has nearly every county but there's one in Nevada as well; w:Douglas County, Nevada. In the cluster of smaller counties on the middle left of Nevada, it is the bottom left one (hopefully that makes sense) and it should be labeled "Douglas" in the same font that's used on the California map. I think leaving the Sacramento Area yellow/golden would be fine, but if we could make the rest of the counties' labels go away and then cut out anything above Butte, below San Joaquin, and anything to the right (east) of a couple counties from Douglas that would be amazing (to limit scope to this area but give a small amount of context). If you have a better idea to try to do this that would look better, I'm open to suggestions. I tried doing this on Inkscape today but was very unsuccessful. :( --Killiondude (talk) 01:25, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

How about the above PNG as a guide? I'd do it myself but I don't have any spare time at the minute. --Fred the Oyster (talk) 11:09, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

As a guide for where Douglas County is, that's a good idea! Thanks for at least reading my request. :) Hopefully someone with enough time and graphic talent can piece this together. :) Killiondude (talk) 03:15, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Poland 1939-1941

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Request: English version, please... --Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 18:45, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): If you can provide translations, I can make an english version Richardprins (talk) 17:07, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Gothic map

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  Description of image

Request: Put it with the Gothic names, as mentioned at http://got.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Europe.PNG (and perhaps color it). --User:Zscout370 ^{(Return fire)} 19:02, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): If you have a text editor (I recommend w:Notepad++, using the "XML" language option), you should be able to do this easily yourself - just fill in text by the abbreviations near the top of the file. I'd do it myself, but I can't seem to get any of the fonts for Gothic to install properly on my computer, so I can't even see the proper names, let alone reproduce them. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 07:35, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

File:Blank Map of France, with Communes bw.svg

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  Blank Map of France, with Communes bw

Request: There are ugly lines on the map (PNG versions), although you won't see them if you open the file directly (SVG version). How can I delete those lines? --Monsieurbecker (talk) 19:20, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

File:Rio Pact members.png

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  Rio Pact locator map

Request: The locator map for the Rio Pact needs to be updated now that Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela announced their departure from the treaty last week. Thanks! Dominic (talk) 06:18, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Already done: by User:Merchancano. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 07:32, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

India with cross.svg

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  Distorted Corrected

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  Sample

Request: The map of India in the image File:India with cross.svg is distorted and needs correction. Map in File:India roadway map.svg may be used as sample. §§AnimeshKulkarni (talk) 12:08, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

• It looks okay to me; it's probably just a different map projection. Powers (talk) 20:49, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
  • Really? Check this sample. §§AnimeshKulkarni (talk) 16:02, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done It is distorted because it was created from a Pseudocylindrical projection map (File:Location India.svg). ―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 04:17, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Oh i see! Thanks! §§AnimeshKulkarni (talk) 16:24, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Need a map version with English language labels

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  Map of world showing areas of groundwater contaminated with arsenic

Request: Produce another image that has English rather than German labels for the countries. Alan Liefting (talk) 21:42, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

 Done File:Arsenic contamination areas.jpg --Jayarathina (talk) 10:45, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Add numbers to blank maps

ResolvedPhilosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 06:39, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

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  State House. District #s at https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/DistrictMaps/2003/House/house-color.jpg

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  State Senate. District #s at https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/DistrictMaps/2003/Senate/senate-color.jpg

Request: Would someone please add the district numbers to these blank maps? Thanks. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 07:19, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

I suppose I should have noted that the districts are already sorted by district number order, they just need the numbers added to them. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 23:25, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): Never mind, I've figured it out. --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 06:39, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Regionale Naturparks in Frankreich

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  Die Karte der Regionalen Naturparks

Request: Die Karte der Regionalen Naturparks File:Parcs naturels français.svg ist nicht mehr aktuell. Zwischenzeitlich sind 2 neue Parks dazugekommen (PN des Ardennes und PN des Préalpes d'Azur). Bitte um Aktualisierung! --Skipper69 (talk) 12:02, 30 July 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done Bourrichon (talk) 15:36, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

File:Europe polar stereographic Caucasus Urals boundary.svg

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Request: Please add the borders of Morocco and Kosovo. --Liam987 ^(talk) 17:57, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Chinese national highway map

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  Map of Chinese highways

Request: Remove the Chinese Wikipedia logo which is watermarked all over the map. --King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 17:00, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done: ―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 11:46, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

Map of Rio de Janeiro's east side

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  Map of Rio de Janeiro's east side (SVG)

Request: This map was extracted from OpenStreetMap and it seems to have some flaws, maybe non-valid code. It turned out to be very difficult to edit. I cannot see objects outside the page borders (on Inkscape) and is very hard to change the highways color, for example. Could someone take a look at it? Best regards; Felipe Menegaz 01:50, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

No sub after PNG rendering

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  Monoglyceride chemical structure

Request: Can somebody take a look there? The original SVG is ok but the PNG rendering doesn't seem to understand the <sub>s. --Gikü (talk) 15:31, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Manage to work it out by byself. --Gikü (talk) 11:50, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Updating a map

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It seems like the English map is more up to date than the Spanish one. Please update the Spanish map to match the US map.

Also, please make the following changes on the Spanish map:

• Minneapolis -> Mineápolis
• St. Louis -> San Luis
• Los Angeles -> Los Ángeles

Thank you WhisperToMe (talk) 17:46, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

blank map, or Arabic

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  Eastern Hemisphere in 565 AD

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  Operation Desert storm

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  ParisPeace-Venizelos-Map

Request: Can you please provide an Arabic version of these files, if not then a blank version and i'll add the Arabic text, thank you--باسم (talk) 15:56, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Portuguese translation request for East Timor images

Hi! There are two East Timor-related images in English:

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  Portuguese of second file

Here is a guide for what needs to be changed to make them into Portuguese:

Atauru (Wetar)->Ataúro (Wetar)

Northern Tetun -> Tétum do norte

Southern Tetun -> Tétum do sul

Other names of the languages ​​do not change

Austronesian Languages->Idiomas austronesianos

No datas available->Não há datas disponíveis

Languages of East Timor->Línguas do Timor-Leste

Papuan Languages->Línguas de Papua-Nova Guiné

Minority Language->língua minoritária

Dialects->Dialetos

National language->Idioma nacional

Cities->Cidades

I thank User:Érico Júnior Wouters for the translations.

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 01:38, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

One of the German editors uploaded the Portuguese of File #2 (but it still needs a Portuguese description). File #1 has not yet been translated. WhisperToMe (talk) 22:57, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

bad quality map

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Request: Please have a look at this one. It has really low quality and is in use. Feel free to either reupload or create a new file. --McZusatz (talk) 20:11, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

• Without some source of map data, I'm not sure how much can be done to improve the quality. Powers (talk) 03:03, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

McZusatz, do you feel the map relates in some way to File:Kingdom of Albania.png or File:Kingdom of Albania in 1368 AD.png ? Is there a visual description anywhere on the internet that I can use, or another way to work it out, from a previous territory from which it inherited its borders ? Penyulap ☏ 22:47, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

White Area Erase on a Transparent Background-PNG File

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  The logo I've created for my Self graphic making project about Turkey.

Request: But accidently, I did a mistake and saved the .png file without realizing it. You see a white area above Turkey map if you largen the picture. This is a .png file and I wish that white area to be erased while transparent background stays. I've tried to erase it with Inkscape and GIMP but the transparent background had gone. So can you erase that white area while you don't harm the transparent background, and it is a little urgent.

(talk) 20:15, 13 October, 2012 (UTC)

• This is not a map. You may be looking for Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop. Powers (talk) 14:10, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

• • Oh, my bad, I am taking this section directly to the Illustration page. Thanks.
    
    (talk) 15:01, 15 October, 2012 (UTC)

Spanish language map

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  With Spanish legend

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  With no legend

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  English version as requested

Request: Please make an English version. The legends should say "Majority use of the term Castellano" and "Majority use of the term Español" --WhisperToMe (talk) 11:55, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 08:50, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

• Thank you :) WhisperToMe (talk) 18:36, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

French language maps

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  Micronesia map

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  Migrations of Austronesians

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  Migrations of Austronesians #2

Request: Please make English versions of these maps. Here is a key of what to use:

• Micronésie -> Micronesia
• Melanésie -> Melanesia
• Hawaï -> Hawaii
• Île de Pâques) -> Easter Island
• Îles de la société -> Society Islands
• Fidji -> Fiji
• Nouvelle-Zélande -> New Zealand
• États-Unis et Canada -> United States and Canada
• Taïwan -> Taiwan
• Indonésie -> Indonesia
• Moyen-Orient -> Middle East

Also for map #1 please change incorrect spellings to correct ones:

• Micronesie -> Micronésie
• Melanesie -> Melanésie
• Ile de Paque -> Île de Pâques
• Iles de la société -> Îles de la société

Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 05:04, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Numbered Map of Pskov Oblast.svg

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  Numbered Map of Pskov Oblast

Request: Do something with them...I just created this svg file as a derivative, but somehow the right side moved down by several pixels (above, there is a free space, and below, it is outside the frame). I have absolutely no idea what went wrong. If this is easy to correct, I'd appreciate it very much. If it takes more than five minutes, do not bother. Thanks in advance. --Ymblanter (talk) 14:55, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

 Done You just moved all elements a bit. Please name the author of the original file. This is part of the license. NNW (talk) 15:42, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Great, thanks. Will add the original author now.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:11, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

Image:新莽时期疆域图（繁）.png

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  Map of Xin Dynasty (original description: 中文: 新莽时期疆域图)

Request: Translate Chinese labels into English. If possible, please upload as SVG. The creator User:玖巧仔 does not exist anymore, but the image is used at zh:User_talk:Jason22, he might be able to help. --Chrishelenius (talk) 16:32, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

do you know where there is a map out on the web that shows the information you'd like ? probably best to answer on my talkpage in case i don't check here. Penyulap ☏ 21:30, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Map of Countries that do not recognize Christmas as Public Holiday

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Request: In response to an edit request at en.wp., I wonder if this map could be updated to remove the brown shading from Nepal, where Christmas is now apparently a public holiday. Thanks. Rivertorch (talk) 05:44, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done ―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 09:03, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Persian version of University of Texas ethnographic map of Iran

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  English map

Request: Please make a person version of the English map above. Here are some terms to use:

Persian equivalents

English	Persian
Yerevan	ایروان
Armenia	ارمنستان
Baku	باکو
0	۰
100	۱۰۰
200	۲۰۰
Kilometers	کیلومتر
Miles	مایل
Boundary representation is not necessarily authoritative	مرزهای نمایش‌داده‌شده لزوماً معتبر نیستند
Uzbekistan	ازبکستان
Turkmenistan	ترکمنستان
Turkey	ترکیه
Caspian Sea	دریای خزر
Ashgabat	عشق‌آباد
Orumiyeh	ارومیه
Tabriz	تبریز
Ardabil	اردبیل
Azerbaujan-e Gharbi	آذربایجان غربی
Azerbayjan-e Sharqi	آذربایجان شرقی
Rasht	رشت
Gilan	گیلان
Sari	ساری
Mazandaran	مازندران
Gorgan	گرگان
Golestan	گلستان
Mashhad	مشهد
Kordestan	کردستان
Sanandaj	سنندج
Zanjan	زنجان
Qazvin	قزوین
Tehran	تهران
Semnan	سمنان
Kermanshah	کرمانشاه
Hamadan	همدان
Markazi	مرکزی
Arak	اراک
Qom	قم
Semnan	سمنان
Khorasan	خراسان
Ilam	ایلام
Lorestan	لرستان
Khorramabad	خرم‌آباد
Esfahan	اصفهان
Chahar Mahall va Bakhtiari	چهارمحال و بختیاری
Shahr-e Kord	شهرکرد
Yazd	یزد
Khuzestan	خوزستان
Ahvaz	اهواز
Khorramshahr	خرمشهر
Abadan	آبادان
Yasuj	یاسوج
Kohgiluyeh va Buyer Ahmad	کهگیلویه و بویراحمد
Shiraz	شیراز
Fars	فارس
Kerman	کرمان
Zahedan	زاهدان
Sistan va Baluchestan	سیستان و بلوچستان
Afghanistan	افغانستان
Pakistan	پاکستان
Bushehr	بوشهر
Hormozgan	هرکمزگان
Bandar 'Abbas	بندر عباس
Baghdad	بغداد
Iraq	عراق
Kuwait	کویت
Saudi Arabia	عربستان سعودی
Persian Gulf	خلیج فارس
Strait of Hormuz	تنگهٔ هرمز
Gulf of Oman	دریای عمان
Arabian Sea	دریای عرب
Doha	دوحه
Qatar	قطر
Abu Dhabi	ابوظبی
United Arab Emirates	امارات متحدهٔ عربی
Oman	عمان
Muscat	مسقط
Shia	شیعه
Sunni	سنی
Persian	فارس
Azeri	آذری
Kurd	کرد
Arab	عرب
Lur	لر
Baloch	بلوچ
Qashqai	قشقایی
Turkmen	ترکمن
Gilaki	گیلکی
Mazandarani	مازندرانی
Talysh	تالش
Other	غیره
Sparsely populated	کم‌جمعیت
Province boundary	مرز استان

If you need more Persian (of the surrounding countries?) Please let me know and I will add more or ask a Persian speaker for the Persian

--WhisperToMe (talk) 16:10, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Greater Goa

Hi, I intend to create an article on the concept of a Greater Goa. I would greatly appreciate it if someone would take the trouble to create the following maps for me:

• A similar map highlighting the territory of Greater Goa, that includes mainland Goa, as well as the following areas: the Maharashtrian district of Sindhudurg; and the talukas of Karwar, Joida, and Haliyal in the Karnatakan district of Uttara Kannada. Goa must be highlighted in cream, Sindhudurg in red, and the Karnatakan talukas in orange.
• A closeup of the map showing all the districts as well as the major towns, similar to this one. Again, Goa must be highlighted in cream, Sindhudurg in red, and the Karnatakan talukas in orange.

Thanks. Joyson Prabhu ^{Holla at me!} 20:24, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Creation of File:Tibet Mongolia Locator.svg

Resolvednew image is in the French article. Further improvements will be discussed between myself and the requester. Penyulap ☏ 19:39, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

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Request: Could any one create File:Tibet Mongolia Locator.svg as File:India Mongolia Locator.svg? Tibet isn't marked on the world map but can be found here : File:Tibet 1940.png. (I am creating fr:Relations entre le Tibet et la Mongolie).--Rédacteur Tibet (talk) 19:43, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:

Like this ? Penyulap ☏ 21:29, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

older borders per talkpage request. Penyulap ☏ 16:53, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Discrimination against atheists

ResolvedNew image is in the article. Penyulap ☏ 07:05, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Request: Can someone make a new version of this map that will have highlighted Arkansas, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas as US states in which atheists have reduced rights under law-- Bojan  Talk  09:16, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

• What exactly are the reduced rights, if I may ask? Powers (talk) 16:45, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

According to w:Discrimination against atheists their state constitutions prohibit atheists from holding office, atheists don't actually have reduced rights though as they've been overturned by the Supreme Court (explicitly for Maryland, implied for the others). Kmusser (talk) 04:09, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm aware of that, but I thought Bojan might have something else in mind, something that actually materially affected atheists' rights in those states. If not, then I would recommend this request be rejected as contrary to our educational mission. Powers (talk) 20:30, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Like this ? I know little about the states of the USA, so you'll have to check it. Without text it can be added onto other language wiki's I can't recall offhand how you do little text dots of different colours for a written legend, but the help desk can tell you pretty fast. I can add text to a duplicate image though. Penyulap ☏ 21:06, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Map inaccuracies

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  Distribution map of Podiceps auritus (French text)

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  Distribution map of Podiceps auritus (English text)

Request: to correct inaccuracies in map (needs someone with svg editing ability):

• Does not breed in Ireland: please change Ireland from yellow to white
• Does not breed in NW Washington and SW British Columbia: please extend white up western coastal N America to Queen Charlotte Islands
• Does not winter in inland northern Italy and Switzerland: please remove orange blob there
• Does winter on British coasts: please add orange line round British coast
• Does winter on northern Adriatic Sea coasts: please add orange line to coast from Po Valley (NE Italy) to entire Croatian coast

• (Optional) Traditional formatting of maps puts the legend with breeding at top, wintering below: invert text and colour blobs on Legend

Thanks! - MPF (talk) 11:34, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Moved from Commons:Graphic_Lab/Photography_workshop#Map_inaccuracies ([8])--Hic et nunc (talk) 02:10, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

 Done--maxxl2   - talk 17:11, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Vectorize map

From w:es:Wikiproyecto:Ilustración/Taller gráfico/Peticiones#Vectorizar MormonWarMap1.jpg Please, if possible, vectorize the map and split it into layers, the text in one layer and the image in another layer. Regards!!! Ezarateesteban 13:26, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Text Erasing Without Damaging The Transparent Background

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  derived from File:Clickable_Regions_of_Ghana.svg

Request: I want the "Greater Accra" part and the line that shows the name to be deleted without harming the transparent background. And this is a little urgent, please. --Berkaysnklf (talk) 14:43, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

• What is the source of this image? It says "own work" but you must have gotten the borders from somewhere. Powers (talk) 17:33, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
  • I directly uploaded it, I will want image to be deleted after it is corrected and upload the one showing the election results, with the source. But here. --Berkaysnklf (talk) 16:37, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
    • Hmm, have you read our licensing policy? The file File:Clickable_Regions_of_Ghana.svg is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license, which means that any works based on it (like your blank map) have to be licensed the same way, and the original author has to be credited. You claim "own work", instead of crediting User:Thfc, which makes it a copyright violation. I suggest updating the image description page, lest it be deleted. Furthermore, the original file is an SVG, a vector image format. Is there a reason your map is a PNG? It would be much easier to just modify the SVG, and it will produce better results. Powers (talk) 21:36, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
      • I've gone ahead and created a blank SVG map based on the file you mentioned. If you need a PNG for some reason, you can generate one using the links underneath the image on the image description page. Powers (talk) 21:45, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
        • I know the policies, I thought it will take about an hour so I uploaded it and wrote "Going to be improved." in description. But it took 2 days. Now I will choose the .PNG one and change its description by giving the needed attributions and will upload it same way after I finish the election map. Thanks a lot ! --Berkaysnklf (talk) 16:11, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Jerusalem 1581

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  map of Jerusalem in 1581

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Request:Is it possible to create a blank version of this map?--باسم (talk) 18:29, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Like this ? Penyulap ☏ 21:14, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes! Thank you very mutch--باسم (talk) 23:44, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome. Penyulap ☏ 20:32, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Map of Countries that do not recognize Christmas as Public Holiday

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Can the state of Laos (the inland country between Thailand and Vietnam) please be shaded brown since it does NOT recognise Christmas as a holiday? It is shaded grey in the map here which is wrong.

• Secondly, can Togo in Central Africa be shaded grey because it does have Christmas as a public holiday There are 2 independent web sources here. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 05:13, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 00:31, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

•  Comment: Thank you for your help Phoenix777.

• I have one final request. Can this map be slightly updated with the political boundaries of a new country? It is missing the new nation of South Sudan which was created in 2011 from Sudan in North Africa. The colour remains the same--grey as this list indicates as black South Sudan celebrates Christmas as a holiday--as does Arab North Sudan. If you can, that would be great. If not, then thank you for all your help. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 01:15, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

 Done―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 03:37, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

• Thank you very much and please have a Happy New Year Phoenix7777. Best Wishes from Vancouver, Canada, --Leoboudv (talk) 03:51, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Tasmanian town locator PortArthur.png

ResolvedNew image is in the article. Penyulap ☏ 19:44, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

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  Tasmanian town locator PortArthur

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  New image

 Done Request: An editor requested a new map here. I happen to agree with this editor. I too found it difficult to separate land from sea which is not helped by the blue that surrounds Hobart. Perhaps the image could be converted to SVG at the same time? --Senra (talk) 13:21, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

I suggest the water be blue and the land be green. A different shade of green can be used to show Hobart, and different shades of green and blue can be used in the inset, if necessary, to distinguish it from the rest of the map. 68.79.93.151 20:07, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Agreed. Erm. Make it so! He he --Senra (talk) 21:08, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Great job. Thank you --Senra (talk) 12:27, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

How about this ? any good ? you wouldn't want a space station floating over the top of it by any chance would you ? God I'm bored. Penyulap ☏ 20:31, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, and you're welcome. Penyulap ☏ 19:45, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Jerusalem 1581

Resolvedas above Penyulap ☏ 20:32, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

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  map of Jerusalem in 1581

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Request:Is it possible to create a blank version of this map?--باسم (talk) 18:29, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): Like this ? Penyulap ☏ 21:13, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

New country of South Sudan NOT shown in map below

Resolvednew image created serves the purpose and an opportunity for another artist to make a svg still exists. Penyulap ☏

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  Political map of Africa

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Request: Can this other political map of Africa--which is also heavily used on wikipedia--be updated with the borders of the new 2011 country of South Sudan? Right now it shows both Arab North Sudan and African South Sudan--which is not correct for 2012/2013. Perhaps South Sudan could be coloured white--or blue--if you wish to show that its a new state since July 2011. South Sudan is a member of the UN but this map shows a united North and South Sudan and is wrong today. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 05:52, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): Like this ? it's not svg, and it's rather raw. I don't consider learning svg to be a high priority, last thing I learn was 3D rendered animation, next thing is some programming languages. Someone else can vectorise this map, but I hope that the new map helps in the meantime. Penyulap ☏ 12:43, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

•  Comment: Yes. The new map is fine. Thank You very much for your help Penyulap. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 19:31, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

SVG map needing 3 insets

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  SVG blank election map in need of 3 insets.

Request: Can you please add 3 insets for the map? One for the very crowded Polk County area in the center of the map, one for the two somewhat-crowded Linn/Johnson county areas in the center-right of the map, and one for Scott county area on the far right of the map? I'm trying to number these legislative districts (see this reference), but these 3 areas are just too crowded to number meaningfully.

The appropriate details are already in the map - they just need to be copied and blown up. Unfortunately, at their current size, they are only visible when you zoom in, which doesn't work so well for use in Wikipedia articles. --– Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 16:31, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

In light of the above section, I suppose I should point out that I need the result to retain the .svg formatting, both for accuracy and because I often edit the file via a text editor in addition to Inkscape. – Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 16:34, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Egypt's governorates

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  The updated map (in pink)

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  The out-of-date map (yes it's pretty but old) - an additional map exists for each governorate to highlight it.

Request: The borders of Egypt's governorates are in quite urgent need of updating. They were significantly modified in the 2000s, but the up-to-date maps are available only in Arabic and in a non-SVG format. It would be greatly appreciated if you could update the SVG which are in current use on most versions of Wikipedia. The new maps were drawn by our colleague user:Faris knight, and he has government sources for the maps he drew (and plenty of other well-sourced historical maps of Egypt; he is an avid geographer).

I apologise for not being able to do this myself yet. Thank you kindly. --عبد المؤمن (talk) 18:58, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

• As requested, here are some official sources. You will not find the old map on any official (or non-official Arabic) website. 1 2 - I am grateful for your response to this request since it is quite important.--عبد المؤمن (talk) 00:24, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): I would like to have a source apart from a Wikipedia map, then I will update the Egypt map. Is there a link to a government source? NNW (talk) 11:35, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Translating an SVG map or Corel Draw map

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  Map of Petrograd during the October Revolution

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Request: I would like to make a translation of the above map but I found out the text in the map does not seem to be real text (i.e. editable) but merely another curve. I contacted the author and he/she kindly supplied the original Corel Draw map but I could not find a Linux program to try and edit the text there either. I would be grateful if someone could let me know if there is a way to extract the text in the map (either from the SVG or from the Corel Draw version) as real text (ready to copy and paste) so that I can try and translate it. Thank you very much in advance.--Rowanwindwhistler (talk) 19:19, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

If text is once transformed into a path it is impossible to revert this action. That means it is impossible to copy/paste the lettering as wanted. maxxl2   - talk 09:58, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

A pity, that will complicate things a lot. Thanks for confirming anyway.--Rowanwindwhistler (talk) 14:44, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Here, I made a blank map, just overlay the text same as they use in the other maps, like locator maps and so on. Probably the help desk can tell you about text overlay. That will make it easy for editors to translate it by cutting and pasting into their preferred languages. The last few blank maps I have made are being used this way, so look at my recent uploads and then follow links through to the articles to view the code other people are using. Penyulap ☏ 15:40, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Unfortunately my main concern was not getting a blank map (there was one already here though it is not exactly the same) but getting the text so I could copy and paste it into some automatic translator (I do not speak or read Russian) as a first step towards making a Spanish version of the map (the translations tend to be rather bad but they always speed up the process). Thanks for the map anyhow, I will use it as a base for my version though the problem of getting the text recognized as text still remains for me...--Rowanwindwhistler (talk) 15:57, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure you know what I mean, I'll explain more on your talkpage... Penyulap ☏ 12:26, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Federal states, including South Sudan

Resolvedmaxxl2   - talk 22:54, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

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  A map displaying today's Unitary states and federations.

Request: Please add the South Sudan border and keep as green (see the basic image which includes the border: File:BlankMap-World6.svg . --Hazhk (talk) 00:21, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done--maxxl2   - talk 22:54, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Islamic Conquests

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  Original map of the first 3 Islamic Caliphate conquests.

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  Abbasid Caliphate at its most extant

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  Suljuk Sultanate

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  Ottoman empire at its greatest extant

Request: Can you please add to the 1st map the Islands of the 2nd (Sicily and Sardinia) as well as Anatolia from the 3nd, and finally the Balkans and Crete and the other parts of eastern europe from the 4th, with color variation just like in the orginal map (maybe black for the Abbasids and red for the ottomans). Please Note: the areas to be added from the 2nd and 3rd maps should be in the same color since they both occurred during the Abbasid era and done by the name of the Abbasid caliph--باسم (talk) 21:34, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

رسم تخطيطي الفتوحات الإسلامية

I'd like information not historical but rather graphical. If you can describe the parts and colours, I've made a sketch with extra parts and colours to assist. Penyulap ☏ 04:54, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Sure:

• Dark Red = Arabia, Prophet Muhammad Conquests.
• Light Red = Egypt and Libya and the Levant and Iraq and Iran and eastern Anatolia and beyond, Rashidun Conquests.
• Orange = Al-Maghrib, and Iberia, and Central Asia, Ummayid Conquests.
• Green = Western Anatolia, Mediterranean Islands , Abbasid Conquests (Note that North West Anatolia here in pink - byzantine lands, and the empire of trebizon should be black, since they are considered historically as ottoman conquests.
• Black: Eastern Europe (Just like the map you added, no other additions) = Ottoman conquests.

Hope this sums everything up--باسم (talk) 22:11, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

like this ? Penyulap ☏ 01:13, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

The parts in Circles should be black, the rest of Anatolia green. look here--باسم (talk) 21:19, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

How about now ? Penyulap ☏ 23:51, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes, this is it :) Thanks!--باسم (talk) 16:16, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

Paraguay visa upon arrival

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Request: Paraguay now asks for visa upon arrival, no longer asks for visas prior to arrival to us citizens --Ottojad (talk) 02:06, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): Like this ? remember to hold down the shift key and click refresh. Penyulap ☏ 10:01, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Map in page 100

Request: can you please create a map like this one in page 100?--باسم (talk) 23:10, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Christian Majority Countries

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  Christian Majority Countries

Request: Hello ! Madagascar must be in red (75% are Christian). However, the Netherlands are no longer in red (see en:Religion in the Netherlands). Thank you. --Mightymights (talk) 14:55, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): I did not find sources about 75% of Madagascar, can you provide some? -- Fulvio ³¹⁴ 18:35, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Help for the colorblind

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  Map of countries by their en:Democracy Index rating

Request: This map's use of green and red makes it completely inaccessible for red-green colorblind types like me. Please switch it to some other color scale, and please remember that things like pink/grey and blue/purple have red-green problems too. Perhaps a monochrome scale, darkest to lightest? --Nyttend (talk) 01:05, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Updates and corrections for the map File:Islam by country.svg and its alternative map File:Islam by country 01.svg

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  Islam by country.svg

• Islam by country 01.svg

  Islam by country 01.svg

Request: Updates and corrections for the map File:Islam by country.svg and its alternative map File:Islam by country 01.svg (which does not show Kosovo) are urgently needed. The percentages of the local Muslim populations for Serbia, Azerbaijan and Sudan need to be corrected/updated. East Timor (which is still shown as part of Indonesia), needs to be shown separately.

• Serbia: Muslim 3.2% (because Kosovo is excluded in the survey, and already shown separately in the map) CIA World Factbook - Serbia Use the lightest green (Sunni) color bar range indicating the percentages between 0% and 5% (almost all Muslims in Serbia are Sunni).

• Azerbaijan: Muslim 93.4% (however the percentage of Shiites and Sunnites are not indicated CIA World Factbook - Azerbaijan For the percentage of the Muslim denominations: Shiite 85% and Sunni 15% Administrative Department of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan - Presidential Library – Religion Use the second darkest red mixed (Shiite+Sunni) color bar range indicating the percentages of Shiites and Sunnites.

• Sudan: Muslim 97.2% (excluding South Sudan, which is already shown separately in the map) Use the darkest green (Sunni) color bar range indicating the percentages between 95% and100% (almost all Muslims in Sudan are Sunni).

• East Timor: Muslim 1% East Timor Use the lightest green (Sunni) color bar range indicating the percentages between 0% and 5% (almost all Muslims in East Timor are Sunni).

--Maphobbyist (talk) 18:26, 8 March 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Eastern Hemisphere and the Greco-Persian Wars

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  Eastern Hemisphere in 565 AD

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  Greek world during the Greco-Persian Wars (ca. 500–479 BC)

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Request: Can you please make a blank version of the 1st map, i'll translate it later. As for the 2nd can you provide an Arabic version of it? Here is a guide for the 2nd [9]. Thank you --باسم (talk) 17:15, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Like this for the first one ? That was complex (or maybe I was doing too much at the same time).

For corrections, because there are artefacts from the text, and lots of them contrary to the first glance, just upload a version of the blank map with brushmarks in the places that need re-doing and I'll redo. Just any old marks will do. Penyulap ☏ 21:09, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

The second one needs someone into svg. Is it just a matter of pasting the text from one image into the other ? Penyulap ☏ 04:52, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, most of it, the problem is that paint layers used to cover the non-editable text don't blend with the background. I'll upload the image so u'll see--باسم (talk) 14:08, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Eriophorum angustifolium distribution map

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  This image can be used as a base...

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  ...And/or this one.

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  This would be an example of the desired outcome.

Request: Can somebody create a map of the distribution of Eriophorum angustifolium using this map as a guide? File:Utricularia distribution.svg is a great example of how this simple enough map could (or should) look. 2.27.184.4 15:39, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Annexations of Riverside, California

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  Riverside City Limit map, which shows upcoming annexations.

Request: This map (used here is not currently any more as you can see if you compare it with this. For example, part 107 in the map is already annexed to Riverside. I hope somebody can update it! Thanks! --Tgo9176 (talk) 11:21, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Montana Indian Reservations

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  Montana Indian Reservations

Request: This has a misspelling on the map. "Rocky's Boys" should be "Rocky Boys". I tried to fix it but my software doesn't like SVG files.PumpkinSky talk 19:11, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

 Done. 28bytes (talk) 19:28, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Updating municipality map of the Netherlands.

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  2009 SVG of gemeenten in the Netherlands

Request: I've been trying to update this map. I have found this GML file that has the gemeentegrenzen (published under CC-zero) that has the boundries as of 2012. Can anybody convert this into a SVG file where the id's have the kad:Code included? thanks. --Vera (talk) 13:57, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

TV introduction world map

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  Map

Request: This map is based on en:Timeline of the introduction of television in countries, but numerous mistakes are in it. Please update the map according to de:Liste der Länder nach Jahr der Einführung des Fernsehens, data for some more countries can be found at de:Benutzer:Antemister/Fernsehen, use black for countries with no TV and grey for countries without data. Use 1935 and 1938 for Germany and Russia. Is it possible to show the divided states of Yemen (exact borders of North and South) as well as Vietnam?--Antemister (talk) 09:40, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

 Request taken by Dewclouds (talk)

Czechoslovakia's year of introduction is listed as 1954, while the Czech Republic's and Slovakia's are both listed as 1970. Which date should I use for the two countries? Dewclouds (talk) 02:11, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Forgot that: Use 1954, as TV was introduced in the CSSR at that time. The year 1970 refers to regional TV station in the two republics.Can you use a color sheme that avoids the red-green-problem?--Antemister (talk) 08:34, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

 Done - All right, I've uploaded a new version. (Please ignore the one before the latest version... not only was that not colour-blind safe, but you couldn't tell a lot without looking at the legend.) This one, being a dark-to-light gradient, should be fine. Please tell me if you see any errors. Dewclouds (talk) 06:18, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Well, for me, the preliminary one was better. The differences between the colors of the current one are to low, it is hard to disambiguate between the 1980s' blue and no data's grey, and the post-2000 states do have the same color like water. Is it possible to add the divided states of yemen and vietnam, and to remove the czecho-slovak border?--Antemister (talk) 21:56, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

I've uploaded a new version. This palette, while still a light-to-dark gradient, now uses colours with higher saturation; which should make the grey-related problems better. Also, I've merged the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and split Yemen and Vietnam. Dewclouds (talk) 07:31, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

OK, much better now! Some more, rather minor mistakes:

• Did not check every countzry, but I believe you mixed up the colors for the 1990s und 2000s.
• Using that color sheme, it is inappropriate to use black as the "no TV" color. My advise referred to original red-green one.
• A really minor issue (because I did extensive research on that topic earlier). The map shows the Saudi-Yemeni border fixed by the 2000 border treaty. The (unrecognized) pre-2000 border was slightly different - see the two maps I linked above.

--Antemister (talk) 21:53, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

You don't need to check every country because the colours are handled by the style sheet, which makes it easy to update the colours. Thanks for pointing that out; I don't know how I missed it. Before I upload a new version, though, which colour should I use for countries with no TV? Dewclouds (talk) 23:03, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

The "no TV" color? Hard to say (I'am not a map designer). I thought of Beige or Ecru... Isn't there a standard color sheme for such purposes?--Antemister (talk) 21:51, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

New version, how's that? Dewclouds (talk) 22:41, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Disputed areas in flag-maps

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  Flag-map of the People's Republic of China.svg

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  like this?

Request: This image was extracted from File:2008 Xingjiang attack.svg per description, but about disputed areas it doesn't reflect any border in reality, and randomly drawn lines are used as border line in disputed areas, instead of claims from either side. Some decision should be made... whether we want to include disputed areas or not in similar maps. Liangent (talk) 11:56, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): Everyone has their own idea about where borders should be, I think I should have a kingdom and confine all the nasty people to the Arctic circle, but for some reason all my serfs are pretending not to recognise me as their Ruler, what can you do.. Back on Earth it's about the same around the world, so just pick a map you like somewhere on the Internet that has the borders you'd like us to draw, point to it, and we'll use it as the source for a new map. Or ask for several for the different factions, governments, rebels, hairdressers and regimes involved. We can make all of them for you.

Commons tries not to choose which country is correct, we just make maps for everyone. What would you like made 1st ? Penyulap ☏ 12:16, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

I don't really care which source is used, but its current status is not citing any source (some source is provided, but the map is not mapped according it). Liangent (talk) 12:23, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

well, I can see what you mean, it looks like the svg was edited in a simplified manner. I don't do svg, if PNG or JPG is ok for you I can do it immediately. As for 'disputed areas in or out' that is up to the requester, that's you :) so if you want one or both for an article somewhere, just ask. Which way they belong is up to the editors of the article on whatever project it is. Penyulap ☏ 13:03, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Like this? Penyulap ☏ 13:33, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Bitmap in File:Volcanic_eruption_map.svg not showing

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  Description of image

Request: I'm unsure where to post this so please move it to the appropriate place if needed.

Since the 4th version of this file, the embedded background bitmap has stopped showing in PNG rendered by Mediawiki. I can't see where it has gone wrong from the diffs, especially since it still shows when rendered directly by my browser (Firefox 20). Can someone please help? Thanks! --cmglee (talk) 18:56, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Mapping error in svg file

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  Map of Puffinus griseus distribution

Request:

Please remove yellow dots in Caribbean area, the species does not nest there. Thanks! - MPF (talk) 14:59, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

 Done - Dewclouds (talk) 23:08, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Bad day

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  Canoe boo-boo

I made this image to highlight this park. The circle doesn't show well in the infobox at w:Syringa Provincial Park though. I spelt the park wrong in the file name. Should I just do a darker circle or is it easy to make a map that shows the borders? Here are some links that show the location better.--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:52, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

• Park website
• .pdf map
• Google BC parks

Please remove text from map

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Article(s): [[]]

Request:

A blank version of this map is requested, so that other languages can be added to it. Penyulap ☏ 16:27, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Every user with basic SVG skills is able to edit a local version like the 8 other versions which are already available. The Arabic version can be prepared with a common text editor. I would have offered my help but unfortunately I'm not capable to type Arabic letters. --maxxl2 - talk 16:51, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

I couldn't translate this map without ruining it, i can provide the Arabic text but i need a blank version. Thanks--باسم (talk) 20:46, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

 Done-- Fulvio ³¹⁴ 06:45, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Location maps Philippines

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Request:

Can derivative maps be made of these two, showing more of the east and west to create an image with an aspect ration of 1:1? Thanks. -- P199 (talk) 16:42, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

The relief map can't be expanded without access to the underlying relief data. Have you considered asking the author, User:Carport? Powers (talk) 14:23, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

• No reply from the original author. Maybe the plain map can be done for now? --P199 (talk) 15:01, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

What about these maps?

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Hellerick (talk) 16:37, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

• Looks good. Thanks! --P199 (talk) 13:02, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Upgrade 3 Maps: Remove Southern Sudan

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  Silliwet block black map of the Arab World Including Southern Sudan

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  Arab World Including Southern Sudan

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  new image

Request:

These Maps still include southern Sudan as part of the Arab World although its been independent for almost 2 years now. Can you please crop it out of these maps. Thank you-- باسم (talk) 11:12, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

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  there is a map here from another request which may be of use as a guide

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  another image which might be helpful as a guide

Penyulap ☏ 18:51, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

here is one map, is it ok ? Penyulap ☏ 08:21, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Yeah these boarders need to be cut off--باسم (talk) 06:28, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

LGBT rights in the world

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  Current map

Article(s): Major map. Widely used in various Wikipedia projects, including Wikipedia's in pretty much every language.

Request:

0) Also made this request at English Wiki [10]

1) Make the map more in line with a reliable source: [11]

2) Add '"Propaganda law” restricting freedom of expression and association' (i.e., colour Russia)

3) Keep legal column colours as they are.

4) Change illeagal column colors: remove colour green (colour blind people confuse this colour [12]); merge "Up to life in prison" and "Heavy penalty"; and come up with a new colour scheme. The suggested scheme for illegal column:

Laws restricting freedom of expression and association    Imprisonment without precise indication of the length / unclear / other    Imprisonment up to 14 years    Imprisonment from 14 years to a life-long sentence    Up to death (ring = local judges)

Cavann (talk) 00:23, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

What is wrong?

I have just created and uploaded to commons the map below, and I can see two black rectangles over the map; once we see the full size map those rectangles disapear... Also, even in full size map some fonts are not as in original map I have created: DejaVu Sans Condensed and DejaVu Serif Condensed, that —once the map has been uploaded—, appear changed in other different font...

So, I have uploaded a map whose preview appears with two black rectangles over it; and whose fonts are not the same as those of my original map.

Any solution? Thank you

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Susana Freixeiro

I don't know why it happens (well, it seems mediawiki can't deal with some fonts), but I know how to deal with it. You should duplicate every text-containing layer (make their "export copies"), hide the original layers, and then convert "object to path" for each of these layers. Since no visible layer contains any text anymore, this bug won't show up. Here is a corrected version of the file. Hellerick (talk) 18:03, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Now it's ok. There were empy texts on the map: to find empty ‘Flowed text’ objects: 1) Edit - Deselect. 2) activate the text tool. 3) use TAB to cycle through all text objects in the drawing and watch the status line for the message “Type or edit flowed text (0 characters); Enter to start new paragraph”. 4) use DEL or Backspace to delete the selected empty ‘Flowed Text’ object. 5) continue with until the first text object is selected again. -- Yiyi (talk) 15:41, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

The fonts still look ugly. Compare yours with mine Hellerick (talk) 03:43, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

mmm no, I see my work exactly like your. But look at this link my work: [13]: it looks good... -- Yiyi (talk) 13:51, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

West and East Malaysia

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  West Malaysia
  (Peninsular Malaysia)

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  East Malaysia
  (Malaysian Borneo)

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  Map of Malaysia. Base map that could be used in making two separate maps

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  Kalimantan, Indonesia

Article(s): For Peninsular Malaysia, East Malaysia and other Malaysia-related articles that needs a map

Request:

Since Malaysia is separated in two by the vast South China Sea, I'll make a request to have two separate maps to be created: for West (1st image) and East (2nd image). Currently there is a combined map of Malaysia (3rd image), I myself can separate it (but not deleting the original) however I'm not that much confident to do so since it needs geographical limits to have it done. Example is the 4th image which had been made (above Kalimantan is Brunei and Malaysian Borneo). Thanks! -- Adkranz (talk) 01:51, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Here:

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Hellerick (talk) 09:40, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Good job! But one more thing Hellerick, the filenames were interchanged (East became West and vice-versa, see example above for reference). That's all and the rest is great :) Adkranz (talk) 23:03, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Oops, my bad. Fixed. Hellerick (talk) 08:28, 4 June 2013 (UTC)