User:Seth Ilys/Dot Project



Sometime early in 2004, I made a dot-map (example) showing the location of my hometown: Apex, North Carolina. Then I decided, what the heck, since I've done that and have the graphics program open, why don't I make maps for every town in the county. That afternoon, I did about a third of the state and it didn't make any sense to stop there, so, like Forrest Gump, I just kept on running. Eerily enough, other people started running, too, and before long nearly all of the User:Rambot U.S. census location articles will have maps.

Remaining (unclaimed) states:

 * Indiana

Status:

 * North Carolina: begun 19 March 2004, finished 26 March 2004
 * Alabama: begun 26 March 2004, finished 30 March 2004
 * Oklahoma: begun 5 May 2004, finished 7 May 2004
 * Hawaii: begun 10 May 2004, finished 11 May 2004
 * Iowa: begun 31 March 2004, finished 15 May 2004
 * Alaska: begun 7 May 2004, finished 13 May 2004
 * Maryland: begun 15 May 2004, finished 18 May 2004
 * Utah: begun 19 May 2004, finished 20 May 2004
 * New Mexico: begun 26 May 2004, finished 3 June 2004
 * West Virginia: begun 25 May 2004, finished 4 June 2004
 * Tennessee: begun 8 June 2004, finished 12 June 2004
 * Texas: begun 12 June 2004, finished 27 August 2004
 * North Dakota: begun 19 June 2004, finished 21 June 2004
 * South Dakota: begun 21 June 2004, finished 26 June 2004
 * Kentucky: begun 30 August 2004, finished 8 September 2004
 * Wyoming: begun 8 September 2004, finished 15 September 2004
 * Florida: begun 15 September 2004, finished 22 October 2004
 * Idaho: begun 25 October 2004, finished 27 October 2004
 * South Carolina: begun 30 October 2004, finished 18 December 2004
 * Michigan: begun 1 January 2005, finished 10 February 2005
 * Southern California: begun 10 February 2005.
 * Colorado: begun 26 March 2005, finished 6 April 2005
 * Georgia: begun 8 April 2005, finished 22 April 2005
 * Montana: begun 27 April 2005, finished May 2005
 * Virginia: begun 15 May 2005, finished May 2005
 * Mississippi: begun 15 Feb 2007, finished 14 July 2007
 * Illinois: begun 9 June 2005

And other folks are joining in on the fun, too!


 * Vermont: completed March 2004 by User:Redjar
 * Connecticut: begun May 2004 by User:Plutor
 * Washington: completed May 2004 by User:Bumm13
 * Nevada: completed May 2004 by User:Bumm13
 * Missouri: completed June 2004 by User:Catbar
 * Delaware: completed May 2004 by User:Bumm13
 * Arizona: completed July 2004 by User:Catbar
 * Ohio: completed August 2004 by User:Catbar
 * Louisiana: completed October 2004 by User:Catbar
 * Oregon: completed November 2004 by User:Bumm13
 * Wisconsin: completed January 2005 by User:Bumm13
 * Kansas: completed January 2005 by User:Catbar
 * Arkansas: completed February 2005 by User:Catbar
 * Northern California: completed February 2005 by User:Bumm13
 * Rhode Island: being done by User:SPUI, along with road maps for Rhode Island State Highways - all incorporated cities and towns done, will do more detailed maps of each, including dots for villages, later
 * Nebraska: completed October 2005 by User:Bumm13
 * Minnesota: completed November 2005 by User:Catbar
 * Pennsylvania: started October 2006 by User:Ram-Man: 17 of 64 counties - ~27% completed

Remaining states with space-filling townships:
Because New England municipalities are "space-filling", dot-maps aren't exactly appropriate for these states


 * Pennsylvania
 * I live in Pennsylvania, and townships can for the most part be treated as towns. A dot map would probably be sufficient in most cases.  I personally live in Aston, PA, which is a township, but everyone uses the shortened form of the name.  Even if a township and the town center proper happen to not be the same, it wouldn't be a problem with the scale that the dot maps are using. &mdash; Ram-Man (comment) (talk) 16:30, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm going to be working on doing the townships, CDPs, and boroughs of Pennsylvania. -- RM 17:37, 6 October 2006 (UTC)


 * New York
 * Massachusetts - Image:MA towns.png is a basemap, if anyone wants to go from there
 * New Hampshire
 * Maine

Towns missing articles:
If you come across a town from a state or county I've completed above which needs a map, just list it below, and I'll make it... umm... eventually.

Alabama

 * Danville, Alabama
 * West Mobile, Alabama

Alaska

 * Minto, Alaska
 * Tolsona, Alaska

Arizona

 * Santa Claus, Arizona

California

 * Sea Ranch, California

Florida

 * Edgewater, Broward County, Florida
 * Edgewater, Volusia County, Florida
 * Greenacres, Florida (no dot on map)
 * Silver Lake, Florida

Georgia

 * Eulonia, Georgia
 * Fayetteville, Georgia
 * Roswell, Georgia

Hawaii

 * Punaluu, Hawaii
 * Puuwai, Hawaii

Idaho

 * Atomic City, Idaho

Illinois

 * Carmi, Illinois has no dot. I'm not sure if you'll respond, but it's worth a try. --Starstriker7(Say hior see my works) 23:12, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Iowa

 * Berwick, Iowa
 * Garden City, Iowa
 * Hamlin, Iowa
 * Ira, Iowa

Maryland

 * Bloomington, Maryland
 * Chance, Maryland
 * Dames Quarter, Maryland
 * Deal Island, Maryland
 * Discovery-Spring Garden, Maryland
 * Eden, Maryland
 * Fairmount, Maryland
 * Frenchtown-Rumbly, Maryland
 * Gorman, Maryland
 * Goodwill, Maryland
 * Klej Grange, Maryland
 * Mount Vernon, Maryland
 * Leonardtown, Maryland
 * Sinepuxent, Maryland
 * Smith Island, Maryland
 * West Pocomoke, Maryland

Michigan

 * Bessemer Township, Michigan
 * Bergland Township, Michigan
 * Bohemia Township, Michigan
 * Bois Blanc Township, Michigan
 * Brevort Township, Michigan
 * Carp Lake Township, Emmet County, Michigan
 * Carp Lake Township, Ontonagon County, Michigan
 * Clark Township, Michigan
 * Erwin Township, Michigan
 * Garfield Township, Mackinac County, Michigan
 * Greenland Township, Michigan
 * Haight Township, Michigan
 * Hendricks Township, Michigan
 * Hudson Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan
 * Hudson Township, Lenawee County, Michigan
 * Hudson Township, Mackinac County, Michigan
 * Interior Township, Michigan
 * Ironwood Township, Michigan
 * Marenisco Township, Michigan
 * Marquette Township, Mackinac County, Michigan
 * Matchwood Township, Michigan
 * McMillan Township, Ontonagon County, Michigan
 * Moran Township, Michigan
 * Newton Township, Mackinac County, Michigan
 * Ontonagon Township, Michigan
 * Please see Image talk:MIMap-doton-Oscoda.PNG
 * Portage Township, Mackinac County, Michigan
 * Rockland Township, Michigan
 * St. Ignace Township, Michigan
 * Stannard Township, Michigan
 * Wakefield Township, Michigan
 * Watersmeet Township, Michigan

Minnesota
Instructions: I have started the map here but I can't get my program to show the layers when it outputs. Good luck thank you! .:davumaya:. 14:57, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I need a really good one of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area.
 * Center a zoom that fully includes the 7 core counties (Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington)
 * Highlight those counties with a darker shade.
 * Highlight Minneapolis and Saint Paul individually with a darker-er shade.
 * No labels are needed
 * Add political lines for MCDs in the 7-counties.
 * Ensure county outlines are thick enough to distinguish them from the cities and townships.
 * Add major interstate highways running through the entire map.
 * Add water bodies and rivers.
 * Shade leftover parts of Wisconsin a neutral (like grey). Would be helpful to have Wisconsin county lines in but not necessary.
 * Size it adequately no need to be big, its for Infobox purposes.


 * I am seeing the map above in my web browser. What browser are you using which will not "show" the map in the infobox?  Or is the problem that various borders and highways are not visible?  -- SEWilco (talk) 15:19, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Never mind Wilco, Elkman's doing it see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Minnesota My SVG output is not including lines, just the fill color. .:davumaya:. 15:43, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

North Dakota

 * Elliott, North Dakota
 * Fort Ransom, North Dakota
 * Lisbon, North Dakota
 * Sheldon, North Dakota

South Dakota

 * Deadwood, South Dakota
 * Ipswich, South Dakota
 * Mission, South Dakota
 * New Witten, South Dakota
 * Pierre, South Dakota
 * Whitehorse, South Dakota
 * White Horse, South Dakota
 * Booge, South Dakota

Texas

 * Cameron Park, Texas
 * Chula Vista-Orason, Texas
 * Clint, Texas
 * Del Mar Heights, Texas
 * El Camino Angosto, Texas
 * Encantada-Ranchito El Calaboz, Texas
 * Fred, Texas
 * Grand Acres, Texas
 * Green Valley Farms, Texas
 * High Island, Texas
 * Homer, Texas
 * Homestead Meadows North, Texas
 * Homestead Meadows South, Texas
 * Ivanhoe, Texas
 * Kent, Texas
 * La Feria North, Texas
 * Lago, Texas
 * Lasana, Texas
 * Las Palmas-Juarez, Texas
 * Little Cypress, Texas
 * Morning Glory, Texas
 * Newman, Texas
 * Orangefield, Texas
 * Paint Creek, Texas
 * Paris, Texas
 * Pecan Plantation, Texas
 * Pinehurst, Orange County, Texas
 * Pinewood Estates, Texas
 * Pollok, Texas
 * Port Bolivar, Texas
 * Port O'Connor, Texas
 * Prado Verde, Texas
 * Rancho Viejo, Texas
 * Ratamosa, Texas
 * Reid Hope King, Texas
 * Richards, Texas
 * Saratoga, Texas
 * Sierra Blanca, Texas
 * Solis, Texas
 * South Point, Texas
 * South Toledo Bend, Texas
 * Sparks, Texas
 * Study Butte-Terlingua, Texas
 * Thicket, Texas
 * Tierra Bonita, Texas
 * Votaw, Texas
 * Villa del Sol, Texas
 * Villa Pancho, Texas
 * Village Mills, Texas
 * Wildwood, Texas
 * Yznaga, Texas

West Virginia

 * Pea Ridge, West Virginia