Wikipedia:WikiProject China/Cartography
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:The parent of this WikiProject are WikiProject China and WikiProject Maps
Aim – This project aims to draw hi-resolution, vector maps for China-related articles. It also aims to get hi-resolution raster (.png) topography images.
Members
- {{User|AQu01rius}}
- {{user|Shenhemu}}
- {{user|Yug}}
- {{user|Philg88}}
= Project notice =
Place this WikiProject notice Template:WPCHINA at the top of an image's Talk page.
To use it, place
at the top of an image's Talk page.
Types
The project is divided into locator maps, general maps and city maps.
| class="wikitable" | |
| Type | Info |
|---|---|
| Locator | Locator maps are used to show the location of a city, town, state or particular area within China. |
| General | Non-locator maps. Maps of this type incude rivers, ancient kingdoms, crop-related etc. |
| City | Maps of cities. See the featured image of Manila alongside for reference: |
| Topographical | These maps depict the topography of a region. See User:Captain Blood/GMT Example for an example. |
Using locator maps
If a locator map needs to be added to a section in an article, then use Location map template. Find below some examples.
=Usage=
{{Location map|China
|label=label
|position=left or right - position of the label relative to the mark, defaults to right
|background=color - background color for the label, defaults to none
|lat=latitude in degrees
|long=longitude in degrees
|mark=image file name - a red dot by default
|caption=caption - caption below the map
|float=left or right or none
|width=width of the map
}}
=Examples=
- Currently none...
{{clear}}
Conventions
=Colours=
Please use the following colours recommended by WikiProject Maps.
| class="wikitable"
! Colour !! Hex !! RGB !! Sample !! Used for | ||||
| Black | #000000 | 0, 0, 0 | style="background: #000000;" | | Primary label colour |
| Brown | #A08070 | 160, 128, 112 | style="background: #A08070;" | | Political borders. Country, state, and province borders should be brown. |
| Light brown | #D0C0A0 | 208, 192, 160 | style="background: #D0C0A0;" | | Secondary political borders. |
| Light yellow | #FFFFD0 | 255, 255, 208 | style="background: #FFFFD0;" | | Primary territory of interest, or one of four choices for four-colour maps. |
| Pink | #FFD0D0 | 255, 208, 208 | style="background: #FFD0D0;" | | Another colour to be used for four-colour maps. |
| Orange | #F8A20C | 248, 162, 12 | style="background: #F8A20C;" | | A third colour to be used for four-colour maps. |
| Green | #3CE67B | 60, 230, 123 | style="background: #3CE67B;" | | A fourth colour to be used for four-colour maps. |
| Light blue | #CEFEF2 | 206, 254, 242 | style="background: #CEFEF2;" | | An alternate color to be used for four-colour maps. |
| Orange | #F7D3AA | 247, 211, 170 | style="background: #F7D3AA;" | | Alternative colour for the above Tan (surrounding territories). |
| Medium blue | #9EC7F3 | 158, 199, 243 | style="background: #9EC7F3;" | | Bodies of water. Oceans or lakes. |
| Blue | #1821DE | 24, 33, 222 | style="background: #1821DE;" | | Water borders, if necessary. For lake or ocean borders that need a colour contrasting with surrounding land, or for rivers. |
| Red | #B00000 | 176, 0, 0 | style="background: #B00000;" | | Points of interest. Cities, especially. |
| Red-orange | #F07568 | 240, 117, 104 | style="background: #F07568;" | | Alternative colour for the above Red (points of interest). |
| Medium red | #E0584E | 224, 88, 78 | style="background: #E0584E;" | | Border colour for areas highlighted in Red-orange |
| Green | #A0F090 | 160, 240, 144 | style="background: #A0F090;" | | Parks or natural preservation areas |
=Border styles=
| class="wikitable"
! Style !! Used for !! Comments | ||
| Thick line | Primary borders | Use a thick line for the primary (usually political) borders on a map. If the map primarily depicts a country, use a thick line for the country borders; if a state, the state borders. |
| Thin line | Secondary borders | Use a thin line (approximately 1/2 the thickness of the primary borders) for secondary boundaries. If a state map shows counties, use a thin line for county borders. |
| Italic font | Bodies of water | Use an italicized font for labelling bodies of water: oceans, lakes, rivers, etc. |
| All-caps font | Primary regions | Use a font in all-capital letters for labelling primary regions of interest: country names, state names, etc. |
| Mixed case font | Secondary regions | Use mixed case (capital followed by lowercase) for regions of secondary interest: provinces in a country map, counties in a state map, etc. |
=Typeface=
Use only Arial font in the maps.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||
| Scheme | Case | Font | Size | Tracking | Opacity | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union territory | Normal | Bold | 30/24 | 0 | 35 | |
| National capital | UPPERCASE | Bold Italic | 24 | | |||
| 25 | 100 | |||||
| Union territory capital | Normal | Italic | 24 | -25 | 100 | |
| State | UPPERCASE | Bold | 40/30 | 0 | 35 | |
| State capital | Normal | Regular | 24 | | |||
| 25 | 100 | |||||
| Metro cities | UPPERCASE | Regular | 24 | -25 | 100 |
=Cartographic conventions=
- Names of coastal cities are written in the sea
- Names of rivers and mountain ranges follow the path of the river/range
- Capital cities are usually marked with a star
Uploading
=Format=
All maps should be drawn SVG format. SVG is a vector format that allows upscaling without pixellation. It also allows users to download and modify the map to make derivatives. Please do not use the following raster formats: .png, .gif and .jpg for maps. For topographical maps, use .png.
=Filenames=
TBD
=Upload location=
- If the map contains no text, upload it to commons:
- If text is needed to be added to the map, please make two versions: One, a blank map without text, and the other with text. Upload the blank map to commons, and the one with English text here on en wiki.
=Licensing=
Only images with a licence that allows commercial usage and allows derivatives to be made may be uploaded to Wikipedia. The following licences qualify: (not an exhaustive list)
- PD (Public domain) – user releases all rights to the image
- CC-BY- (Creative Commons, attribution) – the user must be credited, but derivatives may be released under other licences.
- CC-BY-SA- (Creative Commons, attribution, share-alike) – same as CC-BY- but derivatives may be released only under the CC-BY-SA licence
You may use either one of the above. To allow maximum compatibility across all Wikimedia projects, it is recommended to use {{tl|CC0}}, {{tl|Cc-by-4.0}} or {{tl|Cc-by-sa-4.0}}.
=Summary=
Please add the following information to summary while uploading.
Software and tips
Two popular SVG drawing software available are Inkscape and Adobe Illustrator. Inkscape is free and available for many platforms.
- Draw images in the highest resolution possible.
- For text please use a generic font such as Serif, Sans-serif. Sans is more suited for maps. The Wikimedia renderer rasterises all fonts using Arial, so use Arial regular to maintain appearance of the map.
- In inkscape make sure that you unflow the text
- Ensure that no embedded raster images are present
- Always add metadata. In Inkscape, metadata can be added in the Document Preferences.
Map resources
- [http://www.paulnoll.com/China/History/China-map.html Chinese Political map]
- [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/china.html Univ of Texas maps]
Status
Current requests can be found at :Category:Wikipedia requested maps in China.
All China
- I have added a request to our SVG-talented people to draw a map showing Zheng He routes, or, even better, other diplomatic and military campaigns of the Yongle reign. Am willing to help with the data. Vmenkov (talk) 03:39, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
State
- Currently none...
City
- Currently none...