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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

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  1. AQu01rius (talk · contribs)
  2. Shenhemu (talk · contribs)
  3. Yug (talk · contribs)
  4. Philg88 (talk · contribs)

Project notice

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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.

Types

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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.

Using locator maps

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If a locator map needs to be added to a section in an article, then use Location map template. Find below some examples.

Usage

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{{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

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  • Currently none...

Conventions

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Colours

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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

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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

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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

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  • 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

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Format

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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

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TBD

Upload location

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  • 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

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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

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Please add the following information to summary while uploading.

{{Information
|Description=
|Source=
|Date=
|Author=
|Permission=
|other_versions=
}}

Software and tips

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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

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Status

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Current requests can be found at Category:Wikipedia requested maps in China.

All China


State

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City

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