Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Maps

message: Hello, for research purposes I have been looking for an archive of all Maps used on historical articles on Wikipedia. They are enormously helpful however due to the scale of my research project it would be much faster if I could look through an archive of the maps used to demonstrate changing borders of nations over the millenniums! Thank you
:Please sign your posts. Maps are found on the Commons. See Commons:Category:Maps for maps of all kinds. --Timeshifter (talk) 17:44, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Looking for archive of all currently existing maps  

message: Please change the map of 2024 Indian general election in Assam.
There was a delimitation in which the constituency borders were changed. But the article still uses the old map with the old borders.
Search "CEO Assam Map" to get the new map. Webaddress of result will be "ceoassam.nic.in", this is the chief electoral office website. MrMkG (talk) 09:07, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map change request 

message: :Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maps/Conventions
Hello all,
After collecting best and most popular cartographic practices into Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maps/Conventions about a decade ago, I plan to lightly refresh and update the page, with new best practices now widespread on Wikimedia projects. It would be also interesting to have a section about the emerging cloud technologies such as OSM-based wikimaps, a subject which I don't know much. Could someone with basic knowledge of this project contact me ? Yug (talk) 🐲 08:28, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia:Maps for Wikipedia and meta:WikiMiniAtlas seem to sum up current Wiki map tech. The Equalizer (talk) 12:39, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It's more advanced that I knew. Thos /Conventions page needs to guide users toward those new tech / best practices. Yug (talk) 🐲 14:55, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I added NNW's new "N series" style to the conventions page and have been doing a little clean-up. I have some OSM experience so if you have some queries feel free to ask me, but I'm a little busy recently.  – Isochrone (talk) 16:38, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Maps/Conventions 

message: There is a discussion that may be of your interest that includes the topic proprietary map services, at Template talk:GeoTemplate#Splitting Global/Trans-national services. Your input is welcomed. Sincerely, Thinker78 (talk) 23:13, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Input requested

message: Hi there, I came here from Wikipedia:WikiProject Eurovision as we have been constantly finding issues, updating and changing our maps. I wanna see if there's anything missing or wrong with this map. Any input is appreciated — IмSтevan talk 15:05, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: did anyone suggest that there is something wrong with it? M.Bitton (talk) 15:27, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: We've been updating it for weeks, and whenever we thought we were done, something new would pop up. For example, we started by adding the missing Channel islands, then we added lakes, fixed Middle eastern borders, added Akrotiri and Dhekelia and so on. I wanna know if there's anything else we missed or that's inaccurate with it, and what better place to ask than the map project — IмSтevan talk 16:08, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Evaluation

message: These SVG maps have user-editable sections (any text editor) to allow creation of more maps on more topics. Just paste in a list of states and values. See examples at Commons:Category:English-language SVG maps of the United States made with templates. Feel free to create map templates for other countries too.  may be able to help with that. 
Version 2: Convert a US list/table to a state-by-state data map.  With examples and step-by step instructions. Example:
Simple map below with state names and colored states. See .
--Timeshifter (talk) 18:01, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  User-editable maps 

message: Per discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Graphics_Lab/Map_workshop , I'd like to be able to specify a list of countries, and have a template draw a world map with those countries shaded in. Seems like a template exists but is currently disabled due to security concerns:
Initial use case I had in mind can be seen at FTSE Global Equity Index Series and on that talk page.
Any help appreciated. 92.71.60.61 (talk) 08:45, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Creation of maps with shaded areas 

message: Do you find the 27px "D" easier to distinguish on your cell phone at the 350px width below (as in Template:Legality of cannabis by US state)? The template is used on several pages. Such as Legality of cannabis by U.S. jurisdiction See table: Over 50 percent of website traffic is from cell phones. 
:File:Map of US state cannabis laws. Lighter green 80CE69. Bigger font.svg - 27px
:File:Map of US state cannabis laws. Lighter green 80CE69. 20px D.svg - 20px
See: Talk:Legality of cannabis by U.S. jurisdiction#Lighter green in the map At the end of that discussion we are comparing the 2 maps at 350px wide. 
We are only comparing the ability to distinguish the "D" in cell phones. It seems we have agreed on the lighter green color 80CE69. 
I find the size 27px "D" much easier to distinguish on my cell phone. Especially with my not-so-great eyes. See related discussion higher up at #Must the text used within maps always be pure black? and  where I discuss some of my eye problems. Common to tens of millions in my country, the US. 
Please do not comment until you actually get out your cell phone and compare the above 2 maps. The D size is about as big as I could make it and not have the D touch the sides of the state of New Hampshire (the smallest state in the continental US with a "D" on it). I had to do some placement tuning in the SVG code to center the D better in some states. --Timeshifter (talk) 02:11, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ability to distinguish "D" on map on cell phones