Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Maps/Archive 2013

A bad pushpin at Parque San Martín, Buenos Aires Province
I just ran across the article for Parque San Martín, Buenos Aires Province. It has a pushpin way off the map in the text. I'm hoping someone familiar with maps can fix it. Thanks, SchreiberBike (talk) 21:45, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I've begun to wonder if there is a generic issue with pushpin maps, perhaps some tweak to a template somewhere? EdwardLane (talk) 13:30, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Anybody? Thanks, SchreiberBike (talk) 05:21, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I think the location map was changed with [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Location_map_Argentina_Buenos_Aires&diff=prev&oldid=487566624 this edit] on 15 April 2012 to cover only Buenos Aires city, instead of Greater Buenos Aires; the above article relates to a different city in the province. Using the Argentina Greater Buenos Aires map seems to work. — Richardguk (talk) 06:14, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you Richardguk. SchreiberBike (talk) 19:34, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

File:Swiss cantons brown flags.png
File:Swiss cantons brown flags.png has been nominated for speedy deletion -- 70.24.248.246 (talk) 08:28, 30 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Really? Strebe (talk) 07:32, 31 December 2012 (UTC)


 * It was added yesterday and removed yesterday  but was there when I posted this notice. -- 70.24.248.246 (talk) 21:55, 31 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I see. It got fixed pretty much immediately and has not been deleted. Strebe (talk) 00:10, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Colour-blind users
I see that there's a section with suggestions for colours, nice. Do the suggestions comply with the need for accessibility by readers affected by color blindness? Should there be more suggestions on this topic? How many maps of ours are as hard to read as the one pictured? --Nemo 18:53, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * We recently discovered the work of Professor and cartographic expert Cynthia Brewer, who suggested some colorblind friendly color ramp, available on the web (search : "ColorBrewer 2.0"). I integrated one of the ramp to the Gradient maps guideline for sequential/positive values. Pick up a ramp for diverving/relative (+/-) values is need. More generally, push are welcome, it's simply up to us. Yug (talk)  19:41, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: What slow me down in this side is the conflict of interests of the 2 goups : most users looking for elegant maps, and colorblind users looking for technically accessible maps. Thanks to Brewer, we indeed have technically valid color ramp proposals for colorblinds, but the colors are somewhat unconventional, and so, risk to be very simply rejected.
 * Also, I think we will have to keep a ramp for common users and a ramp for colorblind users, and a nametag for accessible maps, ex: File:Italy (1236)-en.svg and File:Italy (1236)-en-access.svg (or File:Italy (1236)-en+.svg) Yug  (talk)  20:43, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you, that's a useful guideline! I didn't find it at first, maybe it should be linked more? (Admittedly I didn't check very carefully.) I saw that website and I agree that it's very useful, I also found some other tools. What share of our needs are covered by telling illustrators to use gradient maps and how many illustrations can't be helped by this suggestion, in your opinion?
 * This is a titanic task and it needs some organising: ideally, we'd have a set of realistic simple guidelines covering most of the cases for our illustrations, a tool to automatically or semi-automatically tag illustrations as in need of a fix (to be run on tens or hundreds of thousands of illustrations we have) and then some effort to address the backlog, with tools that we'll identify by having estimated the problem. --Nemo 20:24, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the link! These guildelines/best practices pages are to spread mainly by drawing maps according to them and sharing the wiki page. The task is titanic, yes. Yug (talk)  20:49, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * About the conflict of interest, it's important to point out that maps and charts which are clearer for colour-blind users are also clearer for the other users. I don't have any visual impairment but many maps and charts relying on colours are often really hard to read for me too.
 * Do you experience reverts or other obstacles by other users while working on this? Is some policy or guideline needed to avoid it? --Nemo 17:03, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok : I have to push in this direction. Yug (talk)  21:29, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I plan to select further color schemes from Cynthia Brewer (2005) / ColorBrewer.org 2.0, and include them into our gradient map guideline. Note: It seems that I wrote in that page a hand of not-English-grammar-valid sentences. In these cases, please at {clarify} at the end of the sentence, so I will dig into my mind for the sentence original meaning and a better wording. Yug  (talk)  11:35, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Better map needed
This map (File:Subdivisions of Pakistan Map.JPG) could do with being replaced with a better version. Cheers. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 00:48, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
 * A better one already exists and is being used in Pakistan. Kmusser (talk) 02:16, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Blank map
An article relating to this project Blank map, has been nominated for deletion see Articles for deletion/Blank map. Regards &#9733;&#9734; DUCK IS PEANUTBUTTER &#9734;&#9733; 07:34, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

A bad pushpin in North Kanpur
I just ran across the article for North Kanpur. It has a pushpin way off the map in the text. The error appears to have been introduced when the article was created. If someone can direct me to the appropriate instructions, I can have a go at fixing it, or if someone familiar with maps can fix it that would be great, or if I should be posting this request elsewhere please let me know. Thanks, SchreiberBike (talk) 06:30, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
 * The coordinates in the article are just flat out wrong, nothing wrong with the map, it's showing the coordinates that are given, find the correct coordinates and it should be fixed. Kmusser (talk) 11:07, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
 * As a temporary fixed I just copied the coordinates from Kanpur, should at least be the right ball park. Kmusser (talk) 11:13, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the fix Kmusser. Maps are out of my area of expertise. I've gone to the article and moved the coordinates to the center of the area described in the article, so it should be just right now. Thanks again, SchreiberBike (talk) 18:55, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Intertidal zones
We have a well-established colour scheme for relief maps covering land and sea (including depressions). However, it entirely misses out the intertidal zone, which can be relevant to certain large scale maps for specific articles. Getting these fitted into the global convention would be helpful. For instance, an articles about beaches and estuaries would benefit from showing the intertidal zone on accompanying maps (could see the beach and the mudflats respectively).

Depicting the intertidal zone as sea (not land) is generally ok on small-scale mapping, but if the intertidal zone is important to the subject being discussed this is inadequate. On other maps - how the intertidal zone it is shown depends on the nature of the terrain. For instance in the UK, OS uses sandy colours for sand, and muddy colours for mudflats.

A similar convention here would be good IMO. Getting a good colour for beaches is an obvious starting point. Any thoughts?-Nilfanion (talk) 12:14, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Something quite wrong with master blank map
I'm trying to edit File:BlankMap-World-Microstates.svg. However, for some reason, the information for most of the circles, representing small countries, usually islands, don't seem to have their information. I have no idea how this has happened. I noticed the problem because I started trying to edit the dot representing Saba (the smaller one at the bottom ofthe cluster of Caribbean circles east of Cuba). However, when I ungrouped it, it just disappears, taking along with it the dot representing Bonaire (the smaller of the three dots just above Venezuela). However, the very small objects representing the actual islands remained, and remained grouped to the now invisible circles. If I clicked one of these objects, ungrouped, unclicked the island object while keeping the circle selected, and looked at the circles object properties, its opaqueness was dropped to 0. I then tried just moving the group, and both circles disappeared again, and couldn't be clicked on afterwards. The European Netherlands, which they are both grouped with, does not disappear, similar to the small islands, so apparently it's just a problem with circles. I found the dots representing Guadeloupe and Martinique (the smaller circles on the eastern side of the north-south line of islands in the Caribbean) did exactly the same thing. Clicking around on the larger dots in the Caribbean, which aren't grouped to others, all show in as having their fill undefined, rather than grey (they don't disappear when moved though, unlike the grouped circles). The exception is the dot representing Puerto Rico (the left-most dot in the bunch east of Cuba), which has a defined fill and stroke. This dot is acting in the way they all are supposed to, grouped to the actual island object below, and changing fill with it. As can be seen in the edit history, I added this in the latest edit, having taken the entire object, island and circle, from a previous version. In addition, looking at the png preview at File:BlankMap-World-Microstates.svg, I can see the islands, however if I click the image to open, the four grouped islands, the two Dutch and two French ones, can't be seen. They are however visible in inkscape when I download and open the file.

I have no idea what's happened. I suspect it's something I've done, as I've been editing it to this point, but I have no idea what it was that I did. I've looked at it on both a mac (snow leopard) and a windows (7), and the problems are present on both. If it's something I've done today, it should probably be reverted, I don't want to touch it myself for now for fear of something else happening. If anyone knows what happened, then I'd really like to know. Hope this can be sorted out, apologies if it's my fault (which it probably is). Help? CMD (talk) 23:30, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Comparing all the files, it appears that for most dots, the undefined fill and stroke has been there for awhile, and I can shift the grouped dots around in the second to last version (the first one I uploaded on 6 Feb 2013). Could copying Puerto Rico's dot cause others to somehow disappear? I copied it from L.tak's 19 June 2012 version. In that version, Puerto Rico's dot has undefined fill and stroke information, and the grouped circles had been deleted. So somehow, taking Puerto Rico over defined its colours, but at the same time corrupted circles that aren't present in the file I copied it from? CMD (talk) 23:42, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Individual Engagement Grant Notification
Hello! I have posted a draft of an Individual Engagement Grant titled GIS and Cartography in Wikimedia. The grant calls for increased contributions of map content to Wikimedia projects through outreach to GIS and cartography communities that are currently not exposed to the idea and practice of contributing content to Wikimedia. This will be led by Darin Jensen, the Department Cartographer and a Continuing Lecturer in UC Berkeley’s geography department and Evelyn Hammid (myself), a UC Berkeley geography student and Wikipedia editor. We will recruit GIS and cartography courses in colleges, universities and possibly high schools into the US Education Program and assist these classes in contributing their projects to Wikimedia. We will also conduct outreach to GIS and cartography communities outside of schools to encourage freely licensed map contributions. If you are interested in this project or have any questions or concerns, please take a look at the draft and comment on the discussion page. Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you. EHammid ( talk ) 04:49, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

MfD and Portolan charts
Portolanero dropped me a line asking me to look into why his articles were being nominated for deletion. Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/User:Portolanero/subpages

It turns out to be 15 subpages that are looking like they may well get deleted, quite a few of them are map related. Several look like they could perhaps be merged/moved into the main space of the encyclopedia, or at least have chunks harvested to add to existing articles. I'm not too familiar with the whole AfD procedures, but if you wanted to look through the subpages and harvest anything useful now is probably a good time. EdwardLane (talk) 11:05, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * MfD, AfD's are for articles. These pages are original research (this isn't disputed) and some of the sources clearly fail WP:RS. User:Portolanero/The Maps of King Arthur is obviously just fringe. He's been using his userpages as a webhost - see WP:FAKEARTICLE - and was refusing to allow noindex tags added (which block them from showing up in Google). Edward, I hope you don't mind me changing the section heading. Anyone copying directly from them to an article needs to attribute this somehow, either in an edit summary or the article's talk page, but please folks, don't just copy and paste without reading the sources as the editor clearly has his own perceptions of the past which may have filtered his understanding of the sources - that can happen to us all. Dougweller (talk) 12:06, 19 February 2013 (UTC)


 * The whole debate came up after I asked Dougweller here why the book by Kare Prytz (Westward before Columbus, Oslo 1991) was not a reliable source. I got no reply. I personally confirmed Prytz claim there and recently found the two others mentioned in older scholarly books too. I suspect Dougweller only read the WP entry on Kare Prytz where his novels are mentioned. This book was no novel but had referenced and verifiable sources I used. I would like to know on what his "no RS" accusation is based.


 * Further, by WP policy "Most community policies... will apply to your user space, just as elsewhere. (Purely content policies such as original research, neutral point of view etc., generally do not, unless the material is moved into mainspace.)" the mentioned "original research" should be no problem. My pages have only about 20% "OR" in total. All other is well referenced and verifiable. -- Portolanero (talk) 17:30, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * The problem isn't the content of the pages, it's that you're using Wikipedia as a personal webhost. Kmusser (talk) 18:24, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually there is also a content problem as well which I should clarify for others, although that's not the reason these pages are being deleted. Protolanero doesn't understand our WP:NOR policy. You can use reliable sources and yet your edits can be original research, see WP:SYNTHESIS. As for Prytz, I've known about his ideas concerning Vikings as far as Georgia for a very long time, but I'm not going to discuss that here as it's inappropriate - but I will suggest that Portolanero read WP:RS and note that Protolanero has never edited a Wikipedia article although he/she started editing in May 2010. I doubt that he has any idea of the difference between Wikipedia and any other site where he can create pages. Dougweller (talk) 08:50, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

BlankMap-NewZealand.png
file:BlankMap-NewZealand.png has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 05:42, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Region (VA, WV, KY) specific maps available?
Hi! I'm working on a multiple coordinate map (User:CaroleHenson/sandbox) that includes locations in VA, WV and KY. Currently I'm using the USA 2 location map template, but it would be incredible if I could zone in a bit more on the specific region.

Is it possible to use a region specific map? How would I do that?

Thanks very much!-- CaroleHenson  ( talk ) 18:37, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Maps of Korea
The two Koreas officially denies each other and they claim to be the sole legitimate government of Korea. According to the Constitution of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) regulates its territory is the Korean peninsula + the adjacent islands. (I don't know about North Korea's territorial claiming in legal basis.) Anyway, the maps in the infobox in South Korea and North Korea does not reflect this situation.

On the other hand, the maps of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Cyprus describe both the legal and practical area. I think the maps of two Koreas' should be redrawn like this. Can somebody do that? --Virtpedia (talk) 18:15, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
 * A major difference in the situations, however, is that Taiwan and Northern Cyprus are partially recognized countries which are not members of the UN. Recognition of South Korea and North Korea is virtually universal, and both are members of the UN. --Golbez (talk) 21:06, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I know that, but I think the maps which describes the territorial claimants is needed regardless of the UN membership to demonstrate the exact information. It is more useful to make readers easier to understand the exact political situation of those countries.
 * Additionally, I think the current custom which describes the territory in country-related articles violates the NPOV policy. According to WP:YESPOV, "Wikipedia aims to describe disputes, but not engage in them." However, the current maps engage in them. For example, the map, which demonstrates the territorial extent of the Republic of Korea is the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and the neighboring islands, supports the opinion of countries which recognizes both two Koreas as individual states and deny the ROK's claimants. I think it DOES ENGAGE in the dispute. I believe that at least a map which describe the two possible territorial extents (Korean peninsula+neighboring islands and southern part of Korean peninsula+neighboring islands) is ideal and does match the principle of NPOV. --Virtpedia (talk) 07:53, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
 * This discussion should be taking place on the South Korea and North Korea article talk pages. If editors there concur the maps could be made. Kmusser (talk) 13:34, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Wikidata geographic information
Many proposals are made over at Wikidata on how to store geographic information. Some of you maybe have time to comment on some of the proposals at: http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Property_proposal/Place. --Tobias1984 (talk) 21:20, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Generic Lua map template
I've been fooling around with an "all-purpose map template" that clips out a piece of an existing set of world maps. For example, the map at right is the output from

I still have some errors in calibration, and more bugs to fix (just noticed one now...) but I thought it might be time to give you a heads-up to get some input, for example whether there's a better set of maps than the ones I'm using there. When I tried to calibrate Key West it was fairly far off (see Module talk:MapClip). fixed!

I realize in any case this module can't be a truly general replacement for all maps because it requires much more downloading time than smaller purpose-built maps (even though the map is clipped the browser has to download it). Wnt (talk) 03:43, 15 April 2013 (UTC)


 * In general excerpting from a larger map makes a poor local map because the projection won’t be any good for the local map. Strebe (talk) 04:50, 15 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Oh, I should have mentioned that an equirectangular map is required. I think this image is an example.  The manner of labelling shown here requires something with north-south and east-west meridians, at least.  (I think you could get away with a Mercator, but the module isn't presently written to work with a varying scale) Wnt (talk) 05:08, 15 April 2013 (UTC)


 * an excerpt from a larger map is almost certainly better than no map, so it sounds like a good idea in general. EdwardLane (talk) 10:00, 15 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Update: I just found a batch of 30 degree DEMIS maps which I've made into a new default for the template - these are 1800x1800, a bit smaller while giving much better maximum resolution, but still pretty slow. (There are actually a few 10 degree squares that are 600x600 on Commons, but they only cover the Mediterranean area). Wnt (talk) 12:41, 15 April 2013 (UTC)


 * I've added a "beta test" of this to Summerland Key as an example usage. Wnt (talk) 23:46, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I think this is really neat, potentially very useful for points outside the bounds of a more local location template. I'd recommend trying something other than red for the gridlines though, as it is they become the focus of the map, when the focus should really be the point location.  Maybe a light gray? Kmusser (talk) 13:27, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * OK - I just changed "red" to "grey" in the #invoke above - no rewriting needed. :) Wnt (talk) 15:34, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Very nice. Kmusser (talk) 13:08, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Impressive project ! Yug (talk)  16:42, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

US community maps update proposal
I proposed to update Shereth's 2007 maps such as this one (current style) using the 2000 census data by a proposal (new project) using the 2010 census data, which could be a significant and necessary update, especially in rural areas. Please voice your opinions there. &mdash; TORTOISE WRATH  01:21, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Request for comment
Your attention is called to this section, Use Mapping L.A. as reliable source?, which could use your expert input. GeorgeLouis (talk) 16:03, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
 * See also Mapping L.A., to which article it would be nice if new editors could contribute. GeorgeLouis (talk) 09:08, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Deletion requests (June)

 * image:1704 - Paths taken by Simon Susarte .jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 05:42, 5 June 2013 (UTC)


 * File:Dug pond.gif has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 04:57, 12 June 2013 (UTC)


 * File:Geographical distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in the Old and New world.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 05:26, 14 June 2013 (UTC)


 * image:BlankMap-World4.svg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 04:44, 16 June 2013 (UTC)


 * image:The King's Highway 11 Ontario (East).png has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 03:03, 20 June 2013 (UTC)


 * -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 00:33, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
 * -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 00:33, 28 June 2013 (UTC)


 * file:Swamap.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 03:48, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

inverted Hobo–Dyer projection?
The Wizard of New Zealand issued a map of the world using an inverted Hobo–Dyer projection (the point being that New Zealand ends up where one naively expects western europe to be). I would like to add an inverted Hobo–Dyer projection map in the Section Wizard_of_Christchurch. Ideally would have both a whole-world image (a la File:Hobo–Dyer projection SW.jpg, except inverted) and a locational map (a la the Christchurch infobox, except inverted). If the locational map infrastructure used in infoboxes can be inverted on-the-fly, I have some other places where that could be used too. Stuartyeates (talk) 03:32, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

image:The King's Highway 11 Ontario (East).png undeletion?
Now that we can point to the planiglobe EULA to indicate it is free enough for Wikipedia, can we get this undeleted with that EULA link? -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 04:13, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Maybe, talk to the admin that deleted it, though I think not being used in any articles is also a valid reason for deletion. Kmusser (talk) 15:14, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

Deletion requests (July)

 * image:The King's Highway 11 Ontario (West).png has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 08:56, 1 July 2013 (UTC)


 * image:Dyke Marsh.map.gif has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 02:12, 5 July 2013 (UTC)


 * -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 01:35, 10 July 2013 (UTC)


 * -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 04:32, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Paddy Island 1868.jpg
the copyright status of image:Paddy Island 1868.jpg is under discussion, see the linked NFCR discussion on the file page. -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 05:09, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

New Sassanid Empire Map!
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Sassanid_Persian_Empire_ca._620_A.D.png

What do you all think? Based on all of the arguments ppl had on the talk page of the article, I would say that this is the most accurate map yet. I am going to make a map of the Byzantine Empire real soon and I would like advice on what it should look like, but for now, I want to know everyone's thoughts on this map of the Sassanid Empire that I made. :D Keeby101 (talk) 20:54, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Ipa-map.gif
image:Ipa-map.gif is up for review at NFCR, see WP:NFCR for the discussion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 05:39, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Need a map for New Jersey wine
Would it be possible for one of the WikiProject participants to offer their services in doing a map of NJ depicting its three wine regions--Outer Coastal Plain AVA, Warren Hills AVA, Central Delaware Valley AVA (shared with Pennsylvania)--and other relevant information regarding NJ's wine industry and geology. Currently thinking about bringing this article up to FA after I'm finished revisions.--ColonelHenry (talk) 15:47, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Historical map of Assam
Is this map, http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/pager.php?object=39, publicly available anywhere? It would be good to have this on Wikipedia. Chaipau (talk) 23:18, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Deletion requests (August)

 * File:Ict map.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 04:07, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
 * image:San Francisco, CA 49-Mile Scenic Drive Map, 1938.gif has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 03:49, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
 * image:AllisonCroweNewfoundlandVinylalbumbackcover.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 04:50, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 * image:French Grant in Ohio.png has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 05:42, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
 * File:Leesville Lake (Ohio) Recreation Map.gif has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 05:47, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
 * image:Kosovo map.jpeg has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 00:04, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
 * file:1918 Sunset Hill Layout.jpg has been nomianted for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 04:09, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Alerts
WikiProject Maps/Article alerts isn't activated, most Projects use this to keep track of signicant changes. In any case since not Project-tagged will not show RM for eg. Talk:Southwest (disambiguation). I notice that the redirects for all cardinal points seem confused. In ictu oculi (talk) 05:07, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Map for Prudhoe Bay oil spill article
Hi, I just came across this WikiProject and would like to ask if an editor here can help me with a long-outstanding request on the Prudhoe Bay oil spill talk page. I have posted about this in several other places but have not received any response yet and as BP's official representative on Wikipedia I do not make any edits to articles related to the company myself. In my request on the talk page I have provided a map that I think would improve the article. The current map in the article is not very detailed. As part of this request I have also presented some suggested changes to the text of article, though I understand that editors who are members of this WikiProject might be less interested in helping with that part of the request. Still if an editor here is willing to help with part or all of this request I would appreciate it. Thanks. Arturo at BP (talk) 21:24, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Request for a map of the course for the 34th America's Cup
The 34th America's Cup is currently underway in San Francisco. A map of the course would greatly add to the article. I have no skill in making a map, and not a great deal of time to devote to learning. It is likely that the Cup will finish in the next few days, and when it does, it is highly likely that it will make an appearance on the Main Page's In The News Section. If someone from this project could whip something up, it would be greatly appreciated!

The course can be seen here: http://www.americascup.com/en/about/racecourse. Clearly I can't just grab that picture, and I feel a simpler map would be better for the article.

Thanks for any help! JoltColaOfEvil (talk) 21:32, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Images for deletion

 * image:Nova 104 Coverage Map.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.249.39 (talk) 08:11, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
 * image:Map of Wades Causeway Location Within North York Moors National Park.png has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.249.39 (talk) 04:16, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
 * image:Drake's Cove, Drakes Bay, California, 1579.JPG has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.181.39 (talk) 06:06, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Talks about these deletions
Does someone knows why we get this here ? Yug (talk)  18:32, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I think it's because all the images that are maps got tagged with wikiproject maps - which seems reasonable in some respects, they are of some interest to teh wikiproject, but I don't think we care most of the time if something specific gets deleted. I'm not sure why we keep being informed about files being nominated for deletion though, if teh importance of the file is low/none I doubt we care. But I suppose whatever bot/person is letting us know about teh deletions can't know whether it's actually anything significant as far as the wikiproject is concerned. EdwardLane (talk) 21:11, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Map problem
Can someone more experienced with creating maps perhaps help out an editor here? Many thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 16:19, 4 October 2013 (UTC)

WMF grant request for Wikimaps system
Hello all, I just announced a grant request on the Map workshop talk page. Please take a look, and support us. We are competing with other great projects as well. Details and talks there : Wikimaps Atlas: generating thousands base maps. Yug (talk)  11:42, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

ShareMap - Wikimedia grant - community feedback needed
Hello member of WikiProject Maps ShareMap is a collaborative map creation tool. It is currently applying for Wikimedia grant to continue project development.

There is already dozens of maps created with ShareMap, you can see them all on Commons category page

I will be very happy for endorsement, opinions or even criticism from all community members on Wikimedia grant project.

meta:Grants:IEG/ShareMap

If you would like to learn more about ShareMap project please visit:
 * ShareMap Twitter Channel
 * ShareMap on Wikimedia Commons

--Jkan997 (talk) 00:14, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: Both the Wikimaps and Sharemaps grant requests are coordinated. Wikimaps are for short term, stand alone maps, which perfectly fit in current wikipedia cartographers' practices. Sharemap is actually a long term, but more powerful cloud approach, which is the future of in-wikipedia map making. Both initiatives may also eventually merge, thus recycling hundreds high quality SVG maps. Most importantly for now, both initiative need your support. Yug  (talk)  02:39, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Wikimaps, the article
You might want to either expand or redirect Wikimaps. —  Reatlas  (talk)  02:33, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, seems like this article will get deleted quickly ! (not famous enough yet) Yug (talk)  20:54, 22 October 2013 (UTC)

Great Trigonometrical Survey of India Comment
Would editors in this project like to weigh in at my post "Article name change" in Talk:Great Trigonometric Survey? Fowler&amp;fowler «Talk»  14:49, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Best format for maps from OpenStreetMap, is it SVG?
Would it be better if a map used in Wikipedia which is from OpenStreetMap is in SVG format? it seems obviously yes to me as you can get to an infinitely zoomable map in two clicks or have I missed something? Alex Sims (talk) 09:45, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Which GNIS code should we use?
(Full details at Talk:Buena Park, California)

There are two different GNIS codes and altitudes for the city of Buena Park, CA: https://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/ (type 2409932 into the Feature ID box) Feature Name: City of Buena Park ID: 2409932 Class: Civil Ele(ft): 72 https://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/ (type 1652676 into the Feature ID box) Feature Name: Buena Park ID: 1652676 Class: Populated Place Ele(ft): 75 So, which should we use? --Guy Macon (talk) 17:16, 7 December 2013 (UTC)