Chermundy
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IUCN maps
editHi Chermundy, fantastic work you are doing! Hope you keep up in this rhythm :) I wonder why you chose to use so many different colours, and whether it wouldn't be better to have all maps in the same colour. But maybe I missed something. Cheers. --Elekhh (talk) 23:53, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
- Actually, really fantastic workers are "unknown heroes" from IUCN, who collected geographic data on some tens of thousands species, including almost all mammals, amphibians and reptiles... I just copy theirs data. About areals colours: with some exceptions, they actually don't mean anything (as on political map). The only criteria I used in colour choosing is good visibility on base map. Chermundy (talk) 05:51, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
- In that case I would suggest reducing the number of colours you're using, for aesthetic reasons. The apparently random use of colours is a bit confusing. I like the blue for water habitats (ocean, sea, lake, river), red for small size habitats (more visible and suggests high level of vulnerability), and green in general (symbol of life). I find confusing brown, ocre, turquoise and yellow. --Elekhh (talk) 06:46, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
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IUCN maps
editHello Chermundy,
Excellent work your are doing with those IUCN maps. We really need them.
Could you perhaps add in these maps the link to the IUCN page ? Maybe with template {{IUCN}} ? You would reach perfection ;-)
What about working together ? You create the maps and then you warn me that you finished a family?
For example, after I discovered your work, I begun creating needed subcategories in Category:Dasyuridae and Category:Emballonuridae (See the subcategories of Category:Peropteryx).
Best regards Liné1 (talk) 13:09, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
Mountain hare
editHi there, per the discussion here and here the mountain hare was not introduced to Scotland, where it is native, but only to some Scottish islands. Would it be possilbe to provide an amended version of the map reflecting this please? Mutt Lunker (talk) 16:21, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
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The range
editDEar Chermundy, Please pay attention for this https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File_talk:Hog_Badger_area.png Thank you Hunu (talk) 04:46, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
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For example File:Siberian Shrew area.png
editI see that you are the author of many range maps. Could you explain to me the technology of their manufacture? (I have good sources ) Thanks in advance. Hunu (talk) 19:01, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
File:Giant Otter area.png requires updating
editHi Chermundy,
Thank you for your contributions to Commons. I noticed File:Giant Otter area.png is out of date. IUCN's latest map doesn't match this one Could you update it? Thanks again. A455bcd9 (talk) 13:38, 4 December 2022 (UTC)