User talk:MapMaster/Archive03

this map
Can I ask you help for a map full of mistakes? The map is here. Mistakes are: Bye and thanks and advance. --Attilios 12:03, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Trajetto --> Traetto
 * no "Garigliano" city exists, I think you can remove it abruptly without problem
 * Garigliana --> Garigliano
 * Castleforte --> Castelforte
 * de Corba --> de Cordoba

Atlanten
Haben Sie diese Historischer Atlanten aus Lettland (Verlag Jana seta) und Estland (Verlag Avita) ? - Urmas 10:42, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Courland
Hello, as I guess you have seen, I added Lithuanian translation to the Baltic tribes map. I also added the Lithuanian version to related articles on LT wiki. So I think it's done. Yoohoo! :) Now I have to write good articles for all those tribes... ;)


 * It was a very interesting job, and I really enjoyed it -- and it turned out to be one of my best maps. It also turned out to be my most useful map in English Wikipedia.  It is now used in 17 (!!) separate English articles, with several editors finding uses I had not considered.  So, thanks for bringing this to my attention, Renata!  MapMaster 04:50, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I have noticed one mistake in the Courland map. Where it says "Kingdom of Poland" should be "Grand Duchy of Lithuania" (Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania were parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). Thanks again! Renata 04:11, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey MapMaster I too wanted to point this inaccuracy in particular map, but Renta is faster as I see. Nevertheless very nice maps, could you say with which program you making them? Cheers, M.K. 20:58, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, folks, for the "catch" on my map of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. The error stems from Shepherd's original map, which shows what Wikipedia calls the "Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth" as the "Kingdom of Poland".  This is, as you may realize, pretty much the (layman's) default position here in the States (e.g. "Partitions of Poland" and not "Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth").


 * In any case, I have an idea on how to differentiate these various areas (e.g. Polish Livonia, etc) while still showing that they all were a part of the Commonwealth. I should get the change(s) up within the next day or so.  It would be faster, but my day job keeps interfering (drat!!).  Thanks again, MapMaster 04:50, 23 January 2007 (UTC)


 * As of "Kingdom of Poland" referring to the whole Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth I think you're not right - if you'd read recent publications on the subject, you might find out that both subjects of the federation [e.g. PC and GDL] did have quite separate armies, treasury and law, and you won't find any contemporary map that would state that, the joined state was collectively called "Kingdom of Poland" - "Polish Crown" was one of two subjects of the federation. Yes for some time it was thought, that after joining PLC Grand duchy of Lithuania ceased to exist, although modern historians, including renowned Polish historian of law Juliusz Bardach agree, that it was other way.--Lokyz 09:04, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I have updated the map, which not only shows the Duchy of Courland & Semigallia, but the local extent of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Let me know if you see any other errors.  MapMaster 02:02, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks cool! Thank you. Renata 13:48, 24 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Hello again! I was concentrating on this map and I thinking that to place name "Poles" on the light yellow color, could imply that poles lived in whole area, which is marked as light yellow (even near Gulf of Riga!), and this is not good. What do you think? M.K. 11:05, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Since there is a similarly formatted "Livonians" at the top of the map, and since the words "Poles" and "Livonians" are in a different color and spaced differently from the Baltic tribal names, I would not think that a reader would assume that the pale yellow area belonged to either group.  MapMaster 05:11, 1 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Probably you right on this issue. Take care, M.K. 15:37, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Huge task
Ciao! How are you? I'd have a huge task (VERY huge) for you, if you've time. I've just scanned this map from my historical Atlas. It's about Germany in 1648. Do you think you'd able to wikify it in your usual enjoyable format? Is it too much complicate or bad visible. Let me know and good work. --Attilios 18:17, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Map request...
Hi, I see that you can make great maps, so I want to ask you if you can make a better version of this map? It would be usefull to some articles here at Wikipedia --escon dites  19:29, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Could you possibly make a map of the cities around Mediterranean Sea in 100 a.d. by Thursday? How long does it take you to make a map? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.36.124.81 (talk) 05:35, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Map questions
Hello there - and thanks for your excellent maps. I made some maps myself (this and this being the most representative to the series) and thought of converting them to svg format. However, I have very little experience with Inkscape and have no idea how to do it other than by brutal border detection (which is not what the svg was designed for I guess). Would you have any suggestions how to do that? The maps are in a multi-layered format, so it should be easier, but I'm not sure where to start.

Besides, a couple of questions: what is the font you use for your placenames? Also, if Shift+Ctrl+C is the only method to convert the maps, then what is the way to make Inkscape combine all the newly-created nodes into one contour so that I could fill it with background colour? Thanks in advance.  // Halibutt 05:17, 24 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for a quick reply - and for your kind words. In fact above I described all of my how tos and how do Is, but failed to mention the what for. Basically, I know that conversion is not an easy task and without some sort of an artificial mind there is no chance for a "fire and forget" procedure. However, none of my map series is so far complete and I planned to add a number of other maps based on the ones I already have (for instance a map showing both the pre-war and post-war borders of Poland, a map showing the evolution of Poland's borders throughout the ages - all in one, and so on). I noticed that with svg such a task is much, much easier, as it takes only a click or two to change the shape of a border. In GIMP I have to constantly switch between numerous layers, as otherwise any mistake would be quite a problem to correct. It takes ages and I thought that perhaps conversion to svg would fix that problem. I thought that there might be an easier way, but since there seems to be none - I'll think I'll try to re-create the map using one I already have as a back-up layer.
 * Speaking of which, it seems to me that the Inkshape's layer management is somehow flawed. The tiny field on the bottom of the screen is supposed to show the current layer, but it seems that my objects and paths do constantly change the layer they're in regardless of what I do. Do you know of any way to make the menu do what it should - preferably in the GIMP-stylish way? Also, if Inkscape is not the way, perhaps you know some program that does the task in a more user-friendly way? Regards,  // Halibutt 16:54, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

30 Years and Italian maps
Ciao! Thanks for the reply. Let me know if you'll really begin the big work. As for the map at Duchy of Amalfi, it's good as usual. I seem only that "hungary" is written without capital. I've also other Italian maps which shows in VERY detail ALL Italian states around 1000 and 1400, I mean ALL (even territories of single independent communes). I think, in your format, the sole solution could be to split it in various sub-maps, maybe one for each entiry (ie. "Territory of Malaspina" around 1400, "Duchy of Mirandola" in 1100 etc.). Let me know if you're interested. The 1648 is from Atlante Storico De Agostini, 1999. Bye and thanks as usual. --Attilios 14:04, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * OK. then, if you want, I cand send you a detailed map of Italian around 1300. It IS detailed. Similar to 1648 German one, but with ALL minor states visualized. Bye. --Attilios 19:16, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

One more little thingie
Hello, I feel like I am bugging you too many times, but the Balts map has one mistake: it's not Dnieper, but Berezina River. Same spelling in Lithuanian. At the same time, could you move Aukstaitians label a bit to the west. Now it's way too far to the east. Thanks! Renata 13:13, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, I think it's good. I am actually reading the Gimbutas book and other I got from Amazon, so when I am finished I might bug you further :) But what I ment is that Aukstaitians should be closer to the shores of Baltic Sea (or Samogitians). Thanks again! Renata 03:08, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Italy circa 1000 map
Odd as it sounds, there is only one map that had never appeared on my browser and that is the c.1000 map. All the others appear. Do you have any idea why this could be? Srnec 04:36, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Algeria map
Hi! So, for the locator maps, I created them so I could put them in an infobox I made for articles about Algerian cities, but it (the template) doesn't really work, so I'm playing around with it for a while... And for the map request, it is a map of départements of French Algeria at that time (1958), there where 15, now (1983) they're 48... and I would love to only have the map boundaries, I know the text is a bit bad on the image, thanks! --escon dites  06:12, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Help in edit war
Can I ask your help in the poll to dirime this edit war at Castelseprio (see talk:Castelseprio)? I've stumbled in somebody with awful style layout, nad probably one of those guys getting stuck like children in their version of any article. Bye and good work. --Attilios 09:31, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Bohemund --> Bohemond
Please note that this is the English language-Wikipedia, and as such we utilize the English spelling in article titles. Bohemond is the French and Italian spelling for Bohemund. Please keep in line with the guidelines of Wikipedia.— Ryūlóng ( 竜 龍 ) 01:53, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Ciao! I verified on my Britannica, it seems that it is spelled Bohemond... so, if that is the most authoritative English encyclopedia, you're right. Bye and good work. --Attilios 21:44, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Image:Kurzemes un Zemgales Hercogiste 1740.svg
Nemuna river is Nemuna not Nemūna in Latvian, everything else seems more or less correct -- Xil/talk 19:04, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Apparently 'Nemūna" is a very rare spelling variation - when I asked about that another user moved the page Xil/talk 21:21, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Hello, MapMaster! I have just dicovered this wonderful map of yours! Thank you very much for it! I just wanted to let you know that the map contains a word which has not been translated into Latvian - Inflanty (the Latvian word for it is "Inflantija").
 * As both of my parents are historians (and I have studied History myself too), I wanted to say that I would be very interested in having this map also fully in Latvian (that is, also with city names in Latvian). My mother could be then using it for presentations at school! ;) I would very much appreciate, if you would find time for making an alternative version fully in Latvian! Besides, I have quite a lot of historical books with maps at home (mostly about the Baltic sea region), so if you are interested in creating something new, just let me know here: ! Thanks a lot in advance and greetings from Latvia!--Zummis (talk) 14:41, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
 * So the proper Latvian names would be: Memel – Klaipēda; Libau – Liepāja; Mitau – Jelgava; Goldingen – Kuldīga; Pilten – Piltene; Windau – Ventspils; Riga – Rīga; Jakobstadt – Jēkabpils; Dünaburg – Daugavpils; Inflanty - Inflantija and you would have to erase "(Düna)". I very much appreciate your work! Keep it up! :) --Zummis (talk) 12:39, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot for the map!!! Everything seems to be ok (only the Nemuna river once again has the "ū" sign where it shouldn't be). In this thread Xil told you about this already (pls see above). ;) --Zummis (talk) 23:47, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Crusader states map
Thanks! The maps look good, much better than the old maps we were using before. There is always a problem with representing all the crusader states at the greatest extents all at once...the Kingdom of Jerusalem, for example, is depicted with its borders c. 1160, which is long after the collapse of Edessa. But that's a minor point, I suppose. Adam Bishop 22:56, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * If you think that the K of Jerusalem borders (as of 1135) are the misplaced, let me know where and I can change them. I based the borders on the two maps here, c. 1140 and here, c. 1100 with cross-referencng to Historical Atlas of the World, SBN: 389-00253-4.  Of course, I had to make some decisions when these 3 maps showed different borders, and perhaps I made the wrong decisions, or perhaps these maps were wrong.  In any case, I am open to suggestions.  Thanks again, MapMaster 23:06, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Want to add an additional thanks for the Crusades map - it was on my maybe "to do" list, but was going to suggest it as a subject that would benefit from your treatment. Kmusser 18:17, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, ol' buddy. I do like detailed maps of little-known areas.  MapMaster 18:40, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

La Serenissima nel 1050-1100
Hey, MapMaster! I came here because I noticed your very useful. I am currently writing a heavy duty article on Domenico Selvo, Doge of Venice from 1071-1084. I was wondering if you could help me figure out exactly what major changes happened between 1000 AD and 1084 AD (the year I'm looking to set the map in) with regards to the Venetian Republic and the surrounding states. I've been looking around for some information on relevant maps, but it's hard to find, exactly. Whenever you get a chance, please write me back on my talk page. Thanks a million!! Edit: Just to help you out, I found this map here that you might find helpful if you don't already know about it. Thanks again! JHMM13 (T | C)  01:37, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks a million for writing me back so quickly, MapMaster!! I think for the article I'm just going to use one of your maps of the period and describe in detail what happened (Durazzo was lost to the Italo-Normans, for instance). Thanks again, and be sure to check out the article in a few week's time! :-D JHMM13 (T | C) [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px| ]] [[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|25px|  ]] 19:43, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * You are far too kind :-D. I was interested in a map similar to the one you made for Italy 1000 CE but at around 1085 after Robert Guiscard rose to prominence as the Duke of Apulia. One of the crucial points of my article will be that the reason Domenico Selvo was overthrown is because of the loss of the Greeks to Guiscard at Durazzo in 1081, but because of the massive loss of the Venetian naval fleet to Guiscard and the Normans in 1084 in defense of Corfu. I don't think there were any major losses to Venetian territory, but the expansion of the Normans in Apulia is important to the overall theme of my article. Thanks a lot, JHMM13 (T | C) [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px| ]] [[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|25px|  ]] 21:36, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey, MapMaster! I was wondering if you needed some help with the political conditions of Italy in 1071-1084. Please let me know if I can help you in any way! You are beyond amazing for helping me out with this.  JHMM13  [[Image:Lion of Venice.jpg|26px| ]] 08:37, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you a million times!! The map looks magnificent! I know it seems like I've neglected the article, but I've hit a rather rough patch with Italian and Monetary Theory exams coming up. I'll probably be back on it Wednesday afternoon!!  JHMM13  05:23, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

An appropriate username...
I don't think there's much I can say about your work that hasn't already been said (try Ctrl+F 'amazing', just for fun ;). So, I'm helping out a WikiProject for historical maps and thought we could use some advice from an expert cartographer, though we don't have much for you to comment on, at the moment. I suppose it's just a small group of folks who want to develop more animated maps for Wikipedia, though with a programmable generator based on an openly editable database of events. We're firmly in the development phase, I think pre-alpha might be an accurate label. To be honest, I foresee using map collections such as yours to build such a database with an image deconstructor I'm currently coding as a backend to an animated image constructor. Anyways, keep us on your watch list maybe, or just inject some ideas you think would be beneficial, and I'd like to thank you for all the beautiful work you've already done. Xaxafrad 05:56, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: Battle of Garigliano 1503 2.PNG
Thanks for your help. I think it will be enough to refine my rough translation attempts. Just a few sentences:

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 * 1. "Alviano and Córdoba: Night march; river crossing and surprise attack at sunrise on day 28." (right upper corner tag)
 * 2. "Day 29: Spanish troops find out French camp empty. Pursuit begins."
 * 3. "Day 29: Andrade and Mendoza cross the river and form the left wing attack."
 * 4. "Alviano envelopes? French troops by the north."

Apart from that, I'm looking for a political map of the Eastern Mediterranean (from Crete to Palestine) in circa 1450, just before the Fall of Constantinople. I know this one, but after cropping the area at issue the resolution is too low. Do you know if there is a political map of that zone nearly 1450? Thanks. Regards, --Zaqarbal 13:50, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much again. Regarding the Eastern Mediterranean map, it's about Bernat I de Vilamarí, a Catalan–Aragonese pirate and privateer who established an operative base in Kastelorizo for four years (1450-1454). I would like to show his raids on the coasts of Anatolia, Palestine, Siria and the Nile Delta. I just wanted to draw arrows in a base map, preferentially a political map, to show who were his "victims". But I think I'm able to draw some boundaries (mainly Karaman) in a blank map. Anyway, if you think that an Eastern Mediterranean political map (circa 1450 AD) can be useful for more articles, and if it's easy for you to make it, go ahead with it. Thanks for all your work at Commons. --Zaqarbal 23:39, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Domenico Selvo peer review
Hey, MapMaster. I'm just letting you know that I've finished this article that you helped me with and I've submitted it for peer review here. If you have any extra time and are interested in helping out, I would very much appreciate any input you have to improve this article that, though I would like to call it mine ;-), is ultimately Wikipedia's to improve beyond what I have done. To help guide the peer reviewers, I've posted a list of concerns I have with the article at this point. Helping on any one of these or suggesting anything on top of that would be a great help! Thanks a lot,  JHMM13  07:37, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Agugliastra
From all the sources I have been able to investigate thus far, there are only those five giudicati known, though there were surely more at one point. By the twelfth century, there were only four. Agugliastra was swallowed up by Cagliari. There are two assumptions, both original research, which I think can be made: Agugliastra approximated the modern province of Ogliastra more or less and it was approximately the region (third) of Cagliari which went to Gallura in 1258. I don't think that that's enough for a map, especially considering it's original research, but if I find out more, I'd be happy to tell you; and if this prompts your own research into it, great. Thanks for the offer. Srnec 03:54, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Eastern Mediterranean 1450
Very good work. Me gusta mucho el mapa. Choose the colors you prefer accordind to the Commons "standard". I think someone else could use the map as a base in various topics (e.g. Ottoman wars in Near East, the final years of the conquest of the Byzantine Empire, commercial routes in the area, expeditions of the Knights of Rhodes, etc.). Muchas gracias por todo. Saludos. --Zaqarbal 22:46, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It's perfect. Thank you. Now I'm able to draw some arrows myself. If someday I get more information about Vilamarí, maybe I try to draw more specific routes, places, dates, etc. If I need help I will ask you :). I can also make an "overwritten" Spanish version map, but if you keep a base map, I can give you the Spanish names to write them. For example: Ottoman Empire --> Imperio Otomano, Knights of St. John --> Caballeros de San Juan, etc. As you want. Regards, --Zaqarbal 07:31, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * O.K. Here you are:
 * Eastern Mediterranean 1450 AD --> Mediterráneo Oriental 1450 d.C.
 * Ottoman Empire --> Imperio Otomano
 * Black Sea --> Mar Negro
 * Karamanid Emirate --> Emirato de Karaman
 * Small States --> Pequeños estados
 * Mediterranean Sea --> Mar Mediterráneo
 * Egyptian Mamluk Sultanate --> Sultanato Mameluco de Egipto
 * Venetian Territories --> Territorios venecianos
 * Genoese Territories --> Territorios genoveses
 * Duchy of Naxos --> Ducado de Naxos
 * Knights of St. John --> Caballeros de San Juan
 * Byzantine Empire --> Imperio Bizantino
 * --Zaqarbal 06:54, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Battle of Seminara, Part II
Hi MapMaster, are you up for another map for the Battle of Seminara? You created the operational map, but I'd like to put a tactical map in as well. This would represent the units engaged as rectangles, with some arrows to show how they maneuvered in the battle. Interested? If so I would provide you with a handmade sketch of a possible restoration -- how could I get that to you? Larry Dunn 21:59, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Certainly! I'd move to, Larry.  I would suggest that you scan the map (is that possible?) and then either email it to me or load it up to Commons.  MapMaster 22:51, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Image:Ancient_Greek_Colonies_of_N_Black_Sea.png
I finally got around to fixing the SVG file, and I've got a working version (I think). It might not be exactly the way you originally had it, and I had to get rid of the locater in the lower-left corner (which if kept would be unscalable anyway), but it's better than an unscalable PNG file. Here it is: --CommKing 22:24, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Inaccuracies in the map of Livonian Confederation
Hello! There are some inaccuracies in this map. The point labelled as Ascheraden is actually Turaida (Treiden). Ascheraden (Aizkraukle) is located 56°39′20″N, 25°15′80″E, i.e. 15 km west of Kukenhusen (Koknese). Could you please fix it? Quercus schnobur 14:05, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I think I fixed it... :) Renata 16:25, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing it, Renata. It was entirely my error. Nice to know there's support out there when I'm away. MapMaster 00:42, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem (I just hope I did it the right way - I am just so totally new to all this svg thing...), and nice to see you back :) I hope you enjoyed your vacations :) Renata 02:53, 14 August 2007 (UTC)