Wikipedia:WikiProject_Chinese_maps
Wikipedia:WikiProject China/Cartography
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.
 | This project is intended to improve Chinese-related maps. We need your help! If you are famiiar with maps, feel free to contribute. |
- The parent of this WikiProject are WikiProject China and WikiProject Maps
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Project notice
Place this WikiProject notice Template:WPCHINA at the top of an image's Talk page. To use it, place {{WPCHINA|class=Image}} at the top of an image's Talk page.
The project is divided into locator maps, general maps and city maps.
| 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. |
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...
Colours
Please use the following colours recommended by WikiProject Maps.
| Colour | Hex | RGB | Sample | Used for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | #000000 | 0, 0, 0 | Primary label colour | |
| Brown | #A08070 | 160, 128, 112 | Political borders. Country, state, and province borders should be brown. | |
| Light brown | #D0C0A0 | 208, 192, 160 | Secondary political borders. | |
| Light yellow | #FFFFD0 | 255, 255, 208 | Primary territory of interest, or one of four choices for four-colour maps. | |
| Pink | #FFD0D0 | 255, 208, 208 | Another colour to be used for four-colour maps. | |
| Orange | #F8A20C | 248, 162, 12 | A third colour to be used for four-colour maps. | |
| Green | #3CE67B | 60, 230, 123 | A fourth colour to be used for four-colour maps. | |
| Light blue | #CEFEF2 | 206, 254, 242 | An alternate color to be used for four-colour maps. | |
| Orange | #F7D3AA | 247, 211, 170 | Alternative colour for the above Tan (surrounding territories). | |
| Medium blue | #9EC7F3 | 158, 199, 243 | Bodies of water. Oceans or lakes. | |
| Blue | #1821DE | 24, 33, 222 | 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 | Points of interest. Cities, especially. | |
| Red-orange | #F07568 | 240, 117, 104 | Alternative colour for the above Red (points of interest). | |
| Medium red | #E0584E | 224, 88, 78 | Border colour for areas highlighted in Red-orange | |
| Green | #A0F090 | 160, 240, 144 | Parks or natural preservation areas |
Border styles
| 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.
| 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
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 {{CC0}}, {{Cc-by-4.0}} or {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}}.
Summary
Please add the following information to summary while uploading.
{{Information |Description= |Source= |Date= |Author= |Permission= |other_versions= }}
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.
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...