:Wikipedia:Blank maps

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Here are some blank maps for color and label in different languages.

IMPORTANT: Only .svg (vector) and .png (raster) images are to be used for unanimated maps.

SVG format

SVG is a vector graphics format. SVG has advantages over PNG for creating world maps of arbitrary detail or zoom level, certain editing purposes, saving layers, and rescaling text, curves and lines. SVG is preferred: see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maps.

=World=

Image:WorldMap.svg

Image:BlankMap World simple.svg

=Political=

Image:BlankMap-World.svg|BlankMap-World.svg: Robinson projection, national borders, areas grouped.

Image:BlankMap-World-with-Circles.svg|BlankMap-World-with-Circles.svg: Robinson projection showing countries, dependencies and special-status territories, with smaller ones circled.

Image:BlankMap-World-Sovereign Nations.svg|BlankMap-World-Sovereign Nations.svg: Robinson projection showing sovereign countries only, with smaller ones circled.

Image:Blank Map World Secondary Political Divisions.svg|Blank Map World Secondary Political Divisions.svg: Robinson projection, national borders, secondary political borders, areas grouped.

==Historical==

Image:BlankMap-World 1959.svg|The world in 1959

==Obsolete==

Image:BlankMap-World-Equirectangular.svg|BlankMap-World-Equirectangular.svg: Same as above, but in equirectangular projection.

Image:World98.svg|World98.svg: First level administrative boundaries of countries, anno 1998, intended to be used to generate other SVGs and PNG maps

Image:Worldmap_location_NED_50m.svg|Worldmap_location_NED_50m.svg: Equirectangular projection, generated from [http://www.naturalearthdata.com Natural Earth Data] (paths grouped by country and sovereign region)

File:World.svg|Based on the UN map (2008). Shows disputed borders.

Image:World_map_-_low_resolution.svg|66k World Map for Web Data Visualizations – by [http://twitter.com/f1lt3r @F1LT3R] of [http://hyper-metrix.com Hyper-Metrix]

Image:Blank world map with US states borders.svg| Robinson projection with US state boundaries

Image:BlankMap-World_gray.svg| Blank Map of the world without Antarctica

= Africa =

File:Africa map no countries.svg|:File:Africa map no countries.svg

==National==

Image:BlankMap-Africa.svg|BlankMap-Africa.svg; national borders

Image:africa98.svg|africa98.svg: national primary level divisions as of 1998

File:Arab world.svg|Arab world.svg: Map of Arabic-speaking countries

= Asia =

File:Blank Asia.png | :File:Blank Asia.png: Map of Asia without national borders

Image:Asia98.svg|Asia98.svg: national primary level divisions as of 1998

File:Location Map Asia.svg|Location Map Asia.svg: Gray location map of Asia based off national borders as of 2009

==National==

=Europe=

BlankMap-Europe no boundaries.svg: showing some of North Africa and Western Asia

File:Blank map europe no borders.svg | :File:Blank map europe no borders.svg: Map of Europe without national borders

==National==

Image:Blank map of Europe (with disputed regions).svg|:Image:Blank map of Europe (with disputed regions).svg: national borders shown; borders of disputed regions shown as dotted lines; intranational boundaries of Europe not shown

Image:Blank map of Europe (without disputed regions).svg|:Image:Blank map of Europe (without disputed regions).svg: national borders shown, excluding borders of disputed regions; intranational boundaries of Europe not shown

Image:Location European nation states.svg|:Image:Location European nation states.svg: national borders shown, excluding borders of disputed regions (but Kosovo exists as an invisible SVG object which can be styled separately from Serbia); Europe shaded differently from other areas, showing intranational boundaries

Image:Blank map of Europe (polar stereographic projection) cropped.svg|:Image:Blank map of Europe (polar stereographic projection) cropped.svg: national borders shown, excluding borders of disputed regions; Europe shaded differently from other areas, showing intranational boundaries

Image:Europe polar stereographic Caucasus Urals boundary3.svg|:Image:Europe polar stereographic Caucasus Urals boundary3.svg: national borders shown, excluding borders of disputed regions; Europe shaded differently from other areas, showing intranational boundaries

==See also==

= North America =

Image:north_america98.svg|north_america98.svg: national primary level divisions as of 1998. Note that lakes are not shown, which makes the Great Lakes region, and in particular Michigan appear unusual since the administrative (over-water) boundaries are used.

==National==

= Caribbean / Central America =

= Oceania =

  • :Image:oceania98.svg – very large SVG including primary level divisions (states/provinces) of Oceania as of 1998.

==National==

File:Coast of Australia.svg | :File:Coast of Australia.svg

File:Australia_states_blank.svg | Australia states blank.svg: Australian states as of 2011

= South America =

== National ==

=Hemisphere=

Image:Worldmap_southern.svg|Worldmap_southern.svg: Polar / orthographic projection of the southern hemisphere, from [http://www.naturalearthdata.com Natural Earth Data]

Image:Worldmap_northern.svg|Worldmap_northern.svg: Polar / orthographic projection of the northern hemisphere, from [http://www.naturalearthdata.com Natural Earth Data]

PNG format

PNG is a raster graphics format. PNG has advantages over SVG including smaller filesize (due to less-than-optimal server-side SVG-to-raster conversion), more widely supported and often easier and faster to make simple changes to things such as borders.

=World=

File:BlankMap-World-large.png | :File:BlankMap-World-large.png – Standard world map.

Image:BlankMap-World-large-noborders.png | :Image:BlankMap-World-large-noborders.png – above map with no national borders.

Image:World map stripes for shading.PNG | :Image:World map stripes for shading.PNG – World map with stripes for shading.

Image:BlankMap-World-Subdivisions.PNG | :Image:BlankMap-World-Subdivisions.PNG – World map with national subdivisions.

Image:BlankMap-World-noborders.png | :Image:BlankMap-World-noborders.png – World without country borders.

Image:BlankMap-World-UK.png | :Image:BlankMap-World-UK.png – World with England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland marked.

Image:BlankMap-World-Continents.PNG | :Image:BlankMap-World-Continents.PNG – World with continents marked, no country borders. Based on map found at continents. Excludes Antarctica.

Image:BlankMap-World-Continents-Coloured.PNG | :Image:BlankMap-World-Continents-Coloured.PNG World with continents marked, no country borders, contintents colour-coded. Excludes Antarctica.

File:BlankMap-World-FIFA.png | :File:BlankMap-World-FIFA.png – World with borders of FIFA members.

File:Pacific-centric-map.png | :File:Pacific-centric-map.png – Pacific centric map.

==Obsolete==

These maps are now deprecated:

:*:Image:BlankMap-World-alt.png – Version of :Image:BlankMap-World.png, but including the peripheral projection lines and Antarctica. 1488 x 755 pixels, 35 471 bytes.

::*:Image:Newworldmap.png – Version of :Image:BlankMap-World-alt.png, but with bodies of water coloured blue. 1488 x 755, 37 171 bytes.

::*:Image:Newworldmap-alt.png – Version of :Image:BlankMap-World-alt.png, but with bodies of water coloured blue and white land masses. 1488 x 755.

:*:Image:BlankMap-World-v2.png – Version of :Image:BlankMap-World.png, but with sovereign microstates (i.e., under 2 500 km² in area) represented as circles to facilitate identification and colourising. 1357 x 628 pixels, 28 549 bytes.

::*:Image:BlankMap-World-v3.png – Version of v2, but using thin lines between islands owned by the same country so countries can be colored in one click – may be more convenient for converting large amounts of country data to a map.

::*:Image:BlankMap-World-v4.png – Version of v2, but it increases the size of other tiny countries as well, for visibility purposes, and uses white borders even for the microstates.

:::*:Image:BlankMap-World-v4-Borders.png – Version of v4 with borders around each country.

:::*:Image:BlankMap-World-v5.png – Version of v4 with thin lines to join areas owned by the same country for one-click colouring.

::::*:Image:BlankMap-World-v5-EU.png – Version of v5 with EU as one country.

:::*:Image:BlankMap-World-v6.png – Version of v4 with dots for dependencies as well as sovereign territories.

::::*:Image:BlankMap-World-v6-Borders.png – Version of v6 with borders around each country.

:::*:Image:BlankMap-World-v7.png – Version of v4 with thin lines to join areas owned by the same country for one-click colouring and with dots for dependencies as well as sovereign territories (merged content from v5 and v6).

::::*:Image:BlankMap-World-v7-Borders.png – Version of v7 with borders around each country.

==Historic==

= Europe =

:*:Image:BlankMap-Europe-v2.png – Version of :Image:BlankMap-Europe.png, but with sovereign microstates (i.e., under 2 500 km² in area) represented as circles to facilitate identification and colourising. 450 x 422 pixels, 9 943 bytes.

:*:Image:BlankMap-Europe-v4.png – Version of :Image:BlankMap-Europe-v3.png, but with borders shown

==National==

==Historic==

= Africa =

==National==

= North America =

== Hi-res 2 color images ==

==Sub-national==

= Caribbean / Central America =

==National==

= South America =

==National==

= Asia =

==National==

==Historic==

=Oceania=

==National==

=Antarctica=

Hemisphere maps

These are azimuthal orthographic projections of the Earth from four sides plus the poles. 726x726 pixels, aliased. XCFs have separate layers for water, land, coastlines, political borders, political borders over water (not shown in PNGs), and latitude & longitude gridlines (not shown in PNGs).

Blank maps derived from OMC

  • [http://www.planiglobe.com/?lang=en A web interface by Martin Weinelt] – It generates maps using GMT (The Generic Mapping Tools), from public domain vector data. The resulting maps should be in the public domain.

These maps show elevation and main rivers, but no modern boundaries. They are intended for use in archaeological/historical contexts (Kurgan, Ancient Orient, Neolithic Europe, etc.):

See also