User talk:Kmusser/Archive9

Gila River
Dear Karl, I would like to use your Gila River watershed map as shown at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gilarivermap.png for a public survey on river management for a tributary, the Santa Cruz River. I like the simplicity of this map and that it helps respondents see the Santa Cruz trib in context with the larger watershed along with major Arizona cities. I'm not including source info for the images in the survey itself but would recognize your contribution in publications based on survey results.

Thanks for your consideration,

Matt Weber Mweber02 (talk) 19:56, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Sure, per the Wikipedia license you are welcome to use it for any purpose. Good luck with your survey. Kmusser (talk) 20:00, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Update of Airport Maps
Hi User:Kmusser, Can you update your airport maps of Manila and Cebu? More updated maps may help Wiki viewers update themselves, our nation's top two airports are now expanding its reach. Thanks and God bless. --Roadrunner272008 (talk) 06:31, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Working on it, going to update them to SVG format while I'm at it. Kmusser (talk) 23:56, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Done, the SVG version didn't work out, but the maps are updated. Kmusser (talk) 03:09, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi Kmusser, please update the airport map of San Juan (SJU) if you can. Include only the non-stop destinations (now BA direct one-stop to LGW and Insel one-stop to CUR are gone) because some destinations now marked as direct (like DEN, LAS, MEX, PAP, SEA) are not direct, as they are not same plane service in the flights segments although maintain same flights numbers (totally normal in US airlines and hubs). Only differentiate between "seasonal" and "year-round" destinations. The destinations for the map are: ANU, ATL, AXA, BDL, BOG, BOS, BWI, CCS, CLT, CLE (seasonal), DCA, DFW, DOM, DTW (seasonal), EIS, EWR, FDF, FLL, FRA, IAD, IAH, JAX, JFK, MAZ, MCO, MSP (seasonal), NEV, ORD, PBI, PHL, PTP, PTY, PUJ, SBH, SDQ, STI, STT, STX, SXM, TPA, VIJ, VQS, YYZ. The map date would be July 2013. BOG starts on July 17. Thank you! Miguelpr91 (talk) 16:46, 7 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Please when you can. Miguelpr91 (talk) 13:33, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I'm about to head off on vacation, I'll get to it, I'm just not sure when. Kmusser (talk) 14:40, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Truckee River Map
Dear Karl,

I would like to ask permission to use the Truckee River Map shown at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Truckeerivermap.png. I really like this map above others because it is simple and clear.

It will be for publication in Climatic Change Journal for an article on climate change vulnerability in this basin. I need a higher resolution map (900 dpi) than the one shown on the webpage. The higher resolution is needed for good printing quality. We will credit you for the map.

We will credit you for the map in the manuscript. The manuscript has been accepted for publication and we just need permission for this map.

I look forward to your favorable response.

Thank you! Karletta Chief (98.225.76.78 (talk) 05:27, 6 February 2013 (UTC))
 * Done, responded privately. Kmusser (talk) 10:57, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

B-corp
It looks great! I just double-checked all the states and everything seems to be in order. Thank you so, so much! Buttonwillowite (talk) 21:34, 11 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Kudos for updating the image. However, please review  and other sections of that page that contain the word 'current'.  You shouldn't have overwritten the old file.  --Elvey (talk) 21:37, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

File:Christian Majority Countries.PNG
Dear Sir,

Perhaps you could consider making South Sudan a majority country in the map above and update it on Wikicommons based on this message I posted here from Pew research forum. (there are 2 Pew sources) If they say that South Sudan in 2010 was roughly 60% Christian, almost 33% African tribal religions by population and 6% Muslim, I would tend to think this might make it qualify as a majority Christian country in the map above--given the uncertainties of newer reliable data for this poor state. Pew is a credible and reliable polling organization--they do surveys by actually doing live interviews and even speaking to different members of a household (I learned this from PBS news coverage of their polling during the presidential campaign last year) and I think they got most, if not all of the US states predicted right in the 2012 US presidential election in your country. Unfortunately, South Sudan is so new and poor--they couldn't participate in the London Olympics--that getting official government statistics will be some years off. Its your call in the end if you want to be update the map but pls look at the Pew sources on the message link. Kind Regards from Western Canada, --Leoboudv (talk) 09:13, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Done, that's a more reliable source than we had previously, I'll take it. Kmusser (talk) 14:27, 21 February 2013 (UTC)


 * It was a suggestion. Thanks for following up on it. Best Regards from Metro Vancouver, Canada, --Leoboudv (talk) 20:48, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

DC happy hour on Thursday, February 28!
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Invitation to a discussion: Wikipedia and legislative data
Hi Kmusser, since you are interested in meetups in DC, I'd like to invite you to attend the Cato Institute's "Wikipedia and Legislative Data" events on March 14. (There's also an all day workshop on March 15; let me know if you are interested, we may be able to add more people.)

There will be an introduction to Wikipedia and open edit-a-thon in the afternoon, and a Sunshine Week Reception in the evening. I hope you can make it!


 * Please sign up here
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Hope to see you there! -Pete (talk) 19:16, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, March 9!
Please join Wikimedia DC for a social meetup and dinner at Guapo's at Tenleytown-AU on Saturday, March 9 at 5 PM All Wikipedia/Wikimedia and free knowledge/culture enthusiasts, regardless of editing experience, are welcome to attend! All ages welcome!

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rivers of iran
hello kmusser, how are you? hope fine. i saw you basin map of the sefidrud river in iran. i wanted to ask you, if you can draw some maps for the following rivers in iran: i wish you a nice day.--KureCewlik81 (talk) 14:31, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Karaj River, de:Karadsch (Fluss)
 * Zayanderud, de:Zayandeh Rud
 * Yes, I'll be happy to. I've been busy so it might take some time, but will add them to my list. Kmusser (talk) 14:46, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
 * great! i thank you very much and i am looking forward for your maps:)--KureCewlik81 (talk) 21:03, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
 * hello, the map looks fine, but maybe you can add the Amir Kabir Dam. i used this article for the german version of the karaj river: http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/karaj-river . perhaps you can find there more information. why is one part of the river dotted? want you to show that the river don't always have enough water over the year? perhaps you can also show the city of Chalus, Iran at the caspian shore. have a nice day.--KureCewlik81 (talk) 15:43, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, will do. The dotted portion is the part that's normally dry - some maps had the river disappear entirely south of Karaj and than reappear near its mouth at Namak. Some maps have the Karaj and Jajrud joining and some don't, but it looks like they do at least some of the time.  Kmusser (talk) 16:01, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * the new version looks great, but can't you draw the drainage basin? --KureCewlik81 (talk) 17:33, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. For the basin, I don't have basin boundaries going that small - if you can find a source for its drainage boundary I'll be happy to add it, but I didn't have any luck finding one. Kmusser (talk) 17:56, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * hello, you did a great job with those maps. i will contact you when i need more maps. ty--KureCewlik81 (talk) 23:02, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

You are invited to a Women in the Arts Meetup & Edit-a-thon on Friday, March 29
In honor of Women's History Month, the Smithsonian and the National Museum of Women in the Arts are teaming up to organize a Women in the Arts Meetup & Edit-a-thon on Friday, March 29, 2013 from 10:00am - 5:00pm. The event is focused on encouraging women editors while improving Wikipedia entries about women artists and art world figures. This event is free of charge, but participation is limited to 20 volunteers, so RSVP today! Sarasays (talk) 23:10, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

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DC meetups on April 19 and 20
Wikimedia DC invites you to join us for two exciting events this weekend:

On the evening of Friday, April 19, we're hosting our first-ever WikiSalon at our K Street office. The WikiSalon will be a twice-monthly informal meetup and collaborative editing event to help build the community of Wikimedia enthusiasts here in DC; please join us for its inaugural session. Light refreshments will be provided.

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Request to use your Map in a Book
Dear Mr. Musser,

We are a small non-profit publisher that would like to include one of your maps in an upcoming book to be published. The title of the book is Native Americans. Do you have a credit line you would like us to include, as we would credit you as the source. We would be happy to send you a copy of the book once it is published. We would need a high resolution file, is there an email with which we can contact you for the file directly?

Thank you for your help, Publisher108.176.49.146 (talk) 17:05, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Anglican communion
Dear Mr. Musser,

Thank you for your correction for the Church of the Brethren map. As you might know, I have also been trying to have my concerns with the Anglican Communion map addressed. Actually, I would like to edit the map myself but am unsure how. I have been able to make the changes I feel are warranted by clicking on the image of the map and using inspect element, but when I click save on there my changes are not saved. I tried to save it to my computer, but am only able to save as document.

Could you please direct me to a resource where I could learn how to edit these maps myself, particularly, how to change the colors of countries and states, so I can stop bothering others with my requests and make the changes I feel are necessary by myself?

Sincerely, --Bellerophon5685 (talk) 16:16, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * You need to download the image to your computer and then use graphics software to edit it and then upload the new version. For SVG format images I recommend using Inkscape, it's a free download.  Most of the maps are designed so that once in Inkscape you can select a country and then pick a color and it will just fill in - if having trouble selecting a country they might be all grouped together, look for the ungroup option.  Sorry I didn't have time to do that one, the Brethren map was a quick fix, but the Anglican map edits looked quite a bit more complicated. Kmusser (talk) 19:53, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AnglicanCommunionNEW.svg.png


 * This is my first attempt at changing the map to meet my concerns. It is the first of these maps that I have made, so please be patient WP:NEWBIE. I removed the Porvoo and Utrecht communions so I could add the the Diocese of Gibraltar European areas. We should proably create a Europe specific map for those (as they are only present on one Continent, and that map could be used for other purposes without including the worldwide AC). This map could also be tweaked in a few areas I couldn't color in very well, such as the countries represented by small dots. The color scheme might be made more appropriate. I hope have contributed everything correcty with the right license etc.--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 15:59, 19 April 2013 (UTC)


 * I just created this map for the European churches of the Union of Utrecht and Porvoo Communion. It has some problems too,. particularly with Denmark, which I realize now has become a full member of the PC despite what the previous map said, and the license which I think I may have done wrong. If I have please enlighten me.--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 16:30, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PorvooUtrechtMap.png


 * Very promising, I think splitting to two separate maps is a good move. Some tips to get them to look a little better.  For the world map I'd try it again using File:BlankMap-World6.svg as the base instead of the existing Anglican map, that will get the South Sudan border fixed and you won't have any left over errors from the old map.  Are you using Inkscape?  If so you can get it to color without leaving outlines around the countries, avoid the paint bucket tool, instead select the country (using the arrow tool) and then click on a color (colors located in a bar near the bottom of the screen), or you can double click where it says fill near the bottom to have even more color choices.  For the Europe map the map you used as a base is in some weird map projection, try using File:Blank_map_of_Europe_cropped.svg as a base instead.  For the world map, did you mean to save it in a PNG format?  PNG works fine on Wikipedia, but if you leave it as SVG it will make future editing easier.  Kmusser (talk) 01:32, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
 * OK, I split the Porvoo Communion and Utrecht Union maps because the PC already has a perfectly good one and there is alot of over lapping.


 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uniot_of_Utrecht.svg.png


 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porvoo-t.svg


 * I created the new Utrecht on using the blank map of Europe you gave me and normal windows Paint, which turns out well for this smaller regional map, but not much for the larger world map. I cannot get the hang of Inkster. What exactly do you mean by the "arrow tool" I can't seem to find anything that matches your description, and believe me I tried.--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 03:25, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
 * The Utrecht map looks good to go, nice job. The arrow tool it the top one on the left toolbar, labeled "select and transform objects".  In the SVG format files you can use it to select a country, if you convert to PNG format though you lose that ability.  Kmusser (talk) 18:57, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
 * You wouldn't happen to have a world map with the English-Scots and English-Welsh border do you? Those are each two distinct churches within the Anglican Communion that the new map would need to show (and its not just an academic point, as there is a long and interesting history of the inter-relationships of those churches.) Also I need a map that that has the dots for smaller jurisdictions like Gibralter, Falklands, Bermuda, Guam etc. Do you know of a blank map like this that I could use as a base?--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 00:46, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll try and look this weekend, I think those do already exist - many sports league maps have the same issue with Wales and Scotland having separate teams from England. Kmusser (talk) 13:53, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok, I didn't find a blank one, but you could potentially use File:World Map FIFA.svg as a base. Both that and File:BlankMap-World6.svg do have circles for the small countries, but they are hidden by default.  Check out the documentation for using that file which I should have sent you before, it has how to turn on the circles and also how to edit it using a text editor which might be easier for you if you're having trouble with Inkscape. The same instructions should work for the FIFA map.  Kmusser (talk) 13:59, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Heres the finished product. What do you think?

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AnglicanCommunionProvinces.png

Is the shade of magenta used for the Province of West Africa and the Province of South East Asia distinct enough? Also, is there any was to represent that Portugal and Spain are covered by both the Diocese of Gibraltar and the local Church?--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 18:17, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Excellent! I think the colors are fine. Regarding Portugal and Spain - not conveniently, ideally they could be striped with both colors, but Inkscape can't do that and doing it by hand is difficult to get it to look good.  I'd leave it as is and just put a note in the description to that effect.  Also, for the description, if you know or can look up the HTML or hex codes to the colors you used it's possible to include them in the description is well (check out the description of that FIFA map as an example), not a must have, but is nice.  I can probably add that for you when I get some free time, but it's good to use as is. Kmusser (talk) 18:32, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/Manhattan in 1873
Hi there! You commented on this; I just wanted to let you know I found a new version at the Library of Congress, and have uploaded it as an Alt. Cheers. Adam Cuerden (talk) 14:11, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

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Webinar / edit-a-thon at the National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Join us at the NLM next week, either in person or online, to learn about NLM resources, hear some great speakers, and do some editing!

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Hydronymy
Hallo, I am interested in hydronymy as it looks the language of prehistoric Europe is reflected therein. I left a message on the wikiproject rivers talkpage, just looking for editors with similar interests to exchange information. I have discovered the so called old european hydronymy is not limited to Europe but has many correspondences in Iran, India and furhter away so I think this disproves the current scholarly etymological interpretations. Presently I am trying to research Bengal and Burma. Thanks for reading.Aldrasto11 (talk) 11:20, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

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Have time on Saturday?
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Robidišče
FYI, I've tagged the article as disputed, because the infobox shows the settlement like it would be in Italy. --Eleassar my talk 20:25, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

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File:Carolinacolony.png
Kmusser; I greatly enjoy your work, and especially like using your file. That being said, I was hoping you could discuss with me your sources for the contention that Carolina was divided into North and South provinces in 1729, versus what is usually cited in reliable sources as being a deal that was worked out in 1710 and finalized in 1712 by the proprietors. The 1729 date is the date at which point North Carolina became a Royal colony, but South Carolina was a Royal colony starting in 1720. Any clarification or, if needed, changes you could make for accuracy would help.  Cdtew  (talk) 13:22, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * My source was the Province of Carolina Wikipedia page at the time I made the map. Is it currently correct?  I will adjust the map accordingly. Kmusser (talk) 13:49, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Currently, the article states that 1712 was the split date, which is supported by reliable sources:
 * Excerpt from the North Carolina Manual, 2007-2008 edition
 * Milton Ready's Tar Heel State, p. 43
 * Encyclopedia Britannica (11th Ed), p. 776 - states that NC was separated in government from SC in 1712, but the boundary wasn't formally divided until 1729. That may be a source of some confusion, but the boundary (in my mind) was merely an act confirming the earlier separation; your map itself notes that the boundary was unclear until 1771; perhaps another note stating "Boundary divided in 1729" would be most accurate?
 * I can provide others if needed when I'm not at work.  Cdtew  (talk) 15:08, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Done, I went with what seemed to be the most straightforward fix and just replaced 1729 with 1712. Kmusser (talk) 17:24, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

113th United States Congress Senators.svg
I noticed you were the last one to do File:113th United States Congress Senators.svg, so I figured I'd mention this: On the map, there's some trapezoidal purple artifact in the Gulf of Mexico, possibly related to Louisiana or Florida. It seems to have been there since the original 2012 upload, but since you just edited it, maybe you can fix it since you already have the work file. --Closeapple (talk) 23:34, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
 * That last edit was an attempt to fix those and it failed, they aren't in the SVG code, I have no idea what's causing them to appear. Kmusser (talk) 23:59, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, July 13!
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African Union
Hi Kmusser. I noticed you uploaded a new African Union map depicting the now suspended Egypt. However, the main image didn't appear to change. I've tried to fix it twice, to no avail. Can you take another look at it, please?-- Forward  Unto   Dawn  10:09, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
 * It's updated, you just need to clear your cache. Kmusser (talk) 11:15, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, I tried that and it didn't make a difference. However, when I used a different computer the correct image was displayed. Sorry to bother you.-- Forward  Unto   Dawn  10:52, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Use of Gambia Map for Cambridge University Press textbook
Hello Karl,

I am a co-author of an upcoming textbook through Cambridge University Press, entitled "Coastal Wetlands of the World" and in our African chapter, we would like to use your map on the Gambia river-- http://www.rivergambiaexpedition.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/route-map-river-gambia.png. If there are other versions of maps along the Gambia, that would be great to have as well. We will need high-resolution (300 dpi) images, and this book will be printed in both text and electronic format. Proper citations and acknowledgements will be given with the figure.

I appreciate your cooperation and hope to here from you soon.

JFGJfrailgauthier (talk) 12:55, 8 July 2013 (UTC)
 * You are welcome to the map per Wikipedia's license, list myself as the author and Wikipedia as the publisher, the original of that map is at File:Gambiarivermap.png. I think I uploaded that at the highest resolution I have, but I'll check - also you are welcome to the Photoshop file it was exported from, if interested e-mail me (E-mail this user link at the top left of this page). Kmusser (talk) 14:17, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Monocacy River watershed
Great graphic (Monocacy River watershed, see that talkpage ,duplicate message) but it is missing Glade creek ... this creek runs to the west of Israel creek. The creek runs up thru Walkersville, MD. and ends just two miles short of Woodsboro, MD. I propose modifying the graphic to add that ... See this link for a discussion of Glade creek as part OF the upper Monocacy river watershed... also would like to identify Tuscarora Creek (Monocacy River) ... Thanks again for all your work... Risk Engineer (talk) 15:29, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Glade creek is a much smaller creek than the other ones I have labeled, if I added every stream that size the map would become unreadable. I don't think there's anything special about Glade Creek that warrants highlighting it more than the other small streams in the watershed. The map isn't meant to be comprehensive, but to illustrate the Monocacy River article. If Glade Creek gets an article maybe I'll make it it's own map. Kmusser (talk) 14:58, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Kansas River
Dear Karl, I would like to use your Kansas River watershed map shown at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kansasrivermap.png on an educational project for Friends of the Kaw, Inc. Friends of the Kaw is a grassroots environmental nonprofit that works to protect and preserve the Kansas River for all generations (www.kansasriver.org). We need your map to use on a sign we are putting up near one of our boat ramps. The sign is part of an educational rain garden that talks about practices to reduce stormwater runoff. We need the original file, so that it is high enough quality to use in our graphic design. Your help would be of great service to our community, and would save us a great deal of time and effort on this project. Thanks for your assistance.

-Mike Rawitch — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjrawitch (talk • contribs) 15:47, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

DC meetup & dinner on Saturday, August 24!
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Are you free on Wednesday? Join us at the Wikimedia DC WikiSalon!
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Trails map - Toro Negro State Forest
Hello Kmusser:

You might remember me from the Maps of the 31 barrios of Ponce that you created some 3 years ago and then I filled in individualally in red color (for example Vayas). I have another request below.

Could you make a Trails Map for THIS article? The forest has 10 official trails, plus 1 additional one that is not included in their maps (Ref: Toro_Negro_State_Forest). Their trail map is at THIS place. However, it is a map that has some trails partially blocked with pictures of landmarks. In addition it is not a shaded relieve map (like this one is) which would be useful since the area is highly mountainous. Furthermore the rivers and creek are poorly labeled. And finally, it is humongous and doesn't print on 1 single sheet or paper nor does it display in one single screenfull.

A good soul posted a trail map of the forest (See it HERE) but it too has its limitations. For example it's black and white, it seems to be more of a draft than a finished map, and it is not oriented towards the North, which -- I have noticed -- is somewhat of a default in cartography. This second map appears to have been drawn by a Toro Negro Forest Officer or employee himself: on the lower right side, though cut off, it seems to have the signature of the government official who authorized its publishing (or possibly who created it). It is quite confusing because of its orientation: It has a West-East orientation, not the conventional South-North one.

THIS tours company, called Puerto Rico daily Trips, realized all of these shortcomings ("Don’t believe all the trails on the map that they hand out at the DRNA office!" - read about it HERE) and created their own map (see it HERE, halfway down their page and just below the heading "Waterfalls".) Their map is a nice improvement over the government maps, but it too has some serious shortcomings: (1) it's copyrighted, so we can't use it in WP, (2) has no shaded relieve, (3) the trail labels do not follow the contour of the trails, and (4) it has a mislabeled road (Route 546, should read 564).

Is what I am asking possible?

Thanks, Mercy11 (talk) 18:33, 27 August 2013 (UTC)


 * I don't think you can get the elevation background that you want - the layer you see commonly used isn't detailed enough for that small of an area. You can get a better map though, I think the approach I'd take would be to start with the official map, crop it down to just the center portion and incorporate some of the improvements of the tour company map, like deleting out the closed trails and the pictures. Using the official map as a base could still run afoul of copyright though (U.S. Federal Government stuff is public domain, but that doesn't extend to state/commonwealth governments). What's up with trail 5 though? It's completely different on all three maps. Anyway, I've been too busy to do much map making lately, but I'll take a shot at it if I get some free time. Kmusser (talk) 20:04, 27 August 2013 (UTC)


 * I am glad to hear what I am asking is possible from the technical point of view - I was afraid I might need to present you with datasets and what have you! As for Trail #5, I would go with the PR Daily Trips route for that trail. Somehow I trust it more. In addition it shows the water filtration plant, increasing my trust level on that map. IAE, the non-color map "Ranger's Office" doesn't show Trail #5 entirely - seems to be cut off. As such, it seems possible that Trail #5 may have followed the same route in that Ranger's map as it does in the PR Daily Tours map. Also, I don't know if it matters, but I have access to trails.com where USGS topo maps of the area are available. Perhaps that would help you for the elevation background I was hoping for - the trails are not marked in those USGS maps but the elevations are. Regards,  Mercy11 (talk) 22:24, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

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Wikmaps grant request : we need your support
Hello Kmusser,

Long time not seen, I'have been away as well this past year, but I push once more for better maps on Wikipedia: I just publicly announced a grant request on the Map Workshop talkpage. Please take a look, and support us on meta ! Cheer ! Yug (talk)  12:25, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Columbia River Basin map
Hi Karl-I'd like to use your Columbia Drainage basin as a basemap for an ArcGIS project I am working on. Where might I find the original GIS file?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Columbiarivermap.png

-Kathryn — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.178.149.112 (talk) 00:09, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * See my data sources page, U.S. data all comes from the National Atlas, Canadian data I used the now outdated DCW, I recommend using Natural Earth instead, and then the SRTM for the elevation. The labeling and coloration I did in Photoshop rather than ArcGIS. Kmusser (talk) 02:21, 11 November 2013 (UTC)