User talk:Wvikal

Hi,

First of all, welcome to Wikipedia!

Yes, you can use the map as long as you follow the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You can read the official GFDL here. In short, though, you must also release it using the same license (GFDL), provide the GFDL text together with the image (or give a link to the full text of the GFDL), and acknowledge the original author by providing a link to the image on Wikipedia.

As for the map, I basically found a public domain map of Asia (this one), coloured the regions using Photoshop, and cropped the area that I needed.

-- ran (talk) 17:33, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi,

At this point in time I don't really plan to give out my name or address on Wikipedia. I hope you would understand.

If it helps you, here are the sources that I used to create the map:


 * The original background map, of course
 * Ministry of Civil Affairs, 中华人民共和国行政区划简册 (Administrative Divisions of the People's Republic of China), China Maps Publishing House, Beijing, 2005. (ISBN750313794) [For the yellow and orange sections)
 * The disputed Sino-Indian border in the east and the west
 * Historic Tibet as claimed by the Government of Tibet in Exile.

-- ran (talk) 04:21, 4 April 2006 (UTC)