Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian Roads/Standards/Map standards

These map standards should be used for creating new maps to be displayed in the article's infobox. There will be some variance between states/territories, based on route marking schemes in use. There is not a set standard for maps used elsewhere in articles (generally for a localised area where features other than roads are shown); however, following a similar colour scheme would allow for consistency between articles.

Note: Sizes in pixels are based on a map width of 700px. Line widths are relative values for GIS/vector data, and can be adjusted as long as the ratios remain the same. 1/10th of the value (eg 0.6 instead of 6) often works well.

Regional, Statewide, and Multi-state maps

 * Can be derived from Geoscience Australia GIS data (2004) [CC-BY-AU]. New roads can be added if a KML file exists, or from OpenStreetMap.org data (best for smaller segments, may be tedious for a long road).


 * Background colours:
 * RGB 245,245,231 = HTML #F5F5E7
 * White = RGB 255,255,255 = HTML #FFFFFF


 * Road colours
 * Non-alphanumeric routes:
 * Alphanumeric routes):
 * Alphanumeric routes):
 * Alphanumeric routes):
 * Alphanumeric routes):


 * Marked by circle with fill colour RGB 255,255,0 = HTML #FFFF00; border colour black = RGB 0,0,0 = HTML #000. Size and border width vary:
 * Capital city: Font size 20px / marker size 15x15 px; border width: 2.00px
 * Large regional city: Font size 17px / marker size 12x12px; border width: 1.40px
 * Others: Font size 14px / marker size 10x10px; border width: 1.28px

Local maps within an urban area

 * Can be made from OpenStreetMap data [CC-BY-SA], (Geoscience Australia data isn't accurate at these scales, except for the ACT). GIS data for limited-size areas can be exported from OSM, but will require some work to separate out different road types.


 * Background colours:
 * RGB 255,255,208 = HTML #FFFFD0
 * RGB 190,232,255 = HTML #BEE8FF
 * Borders: none


 * Roads:
 * Alphanumeric routes: colours as per regional maps, widths per the above, but with C routes as width 2
 * Alphanumeric routes: colours as per regional maps, widths per the above, but with C routes as width 2
 * Alphanumeric routes: colours as per regional maps, widths per the above, but with C routes as width 2
 * Alphanumeric routes: colours as per regional maps, widths per the above, but with C routes as width 2
 * Alphanumeric routes: colours as per regional maps, widths per the above, but with C routes as width 2
 * Alphanumeric routes: colours as per regional maps, widths per the above, but with C routes as width 2
 * Alphanumeric routes: colours as per regional maps, widths per the above, but with C routes as width 2


 * Marked by circle with fill colour RGB 255,255,0 = HTML #FFFF00; border colour black = RGB 0,0,0 = HTML #000. Size and border width vary:
 * Capital city (CBD): Font size 20px / marker size 15x15 px; border width: 2.00px
 * Major suburb: Font size 17px / marker size 12x12px; border width: 1.40px
 * Minor suburb: Font size 14px / marker size 10x10px; border width: 1.28px