Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Map of the Battle of Tinian

Map of the Battle of Tinian
Voting period ends on 24 Jul 2012 at 15:33:27 (UTC)
 * Reason:Doesn't have the "wow factor" of some of my previous maps, but that's because of the limited size and complexity of Tinian itself. Instead, it presents a clear outline of the way that US forces moved down the island, something largely missing from the original US military map which has been augmented with details from other sources. For once the compilation of sources were almost entirely consistent. SVG map with the usual associated benefits.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Battle of Tinian
 * FP category for this image:Diagrams, drawings, and maps
 * Creator:User:Grandiose from works by the US military and others (see file description)


 * Support as nominator -- Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 15:33, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Comments This is very good, though I have a two comments: 1) the 2nd Marine Division landed on 25 July after making a feint at Tinian Town on the 24th, and didn't land on 24 July as is implied by the current map 2) not all the "landing beaches" were in fact used to land the assault force - this battle is notable for the fact that only the two very small "White" beaches were used to land the large marine force (the other beaches were potentially usable, but were ruled out as they were defended - I think that some of them were later used to land supplies though). This map from the official US Army history of the Marianas campaign may be helpful in addressing these comments. Nick-D (talk) 11:28, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I've made the suggested dating changes, I believe that that the second point is better covered textually rather than in illustration form. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 21:16, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

based on this thing being incredibly difficult and important and there really is quite a lot of thought in the composition of all the different elements. That said, I have some technical comments:
 * Support My comments are now addressed Nick-D (talk) 06:42, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

1. Add a compass arrow.

1.5 Consider rotating 90 degrees (wide aspect displays better on typical monitors).
 * As a comment, that would make the map really confusing. Nick-D (talk) 06:42, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

2. Consider the scale and the usage in article also the text).  This sort of thing would work much better centered and large in article and then support the article discussion of the geography of the attack.

3. My father was in the attack, commanding a small amphib. And also later transhipped the atom bomb.TCO (talk) 00:37, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

--Makeemlighter (talk) 20:31, 24 July 2012 (UTC)