Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Maps task force

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The Maps task force creates and maintains system and route maps for use on rail transport related articles, and is responsible for creating and maintaining a standard appearance for rail related maps.

Contents 1 Participants 2 Related WikiProjects 3 To do 3.1 General 4 Resources 4.1 Categories 4.1.1 Content 4.1.2 Maintenance 4.2 Templates 4.2.1 Article space 4.2.2 Talk space 4.3 External links

[edit] Participants

1. Slambo (talk • contribs)
2. Lordkinbote (talk • contribs)
3. Lazarus-long (talk • contribs)
4. RussNelson (talk • contribs)
5. Elkman (talk • contribs)

[edit] Related WikiProjects

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps

[edit] To do

[edit] General

• Come to a consensus on a standard railroad map style
• Identify articles about railroad companies and routes that lack maps (use the Mapneeded parameter of {{TrainsWikiProject}})
• Identify articles that need updated maps or maps more specific to a previous time period (use Mapneeded and Mapdetails to describe the map updates that are required)
• Identify and categorize existing historical railroad maps

[edit] Resources

[edit] Categories

[edit] Content

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Blank maps

• Category:Railroad maps

[edit] Maintenance

• Category:Trains project maps task force articles
• Category:Trains project articles needing maps
• Category:Wikipedia requested maps

[edit] Templates

[edit] Article space

• {{Infobox rail|...|system_map=FILENAME|map_size=|map_caption=}} - parameters are carried through to the derivative {{Infobox SG rail}} as well.

[edit] Talk space

• {{TrainsWikiProject|...|Maps=yes}} - to identify an article as part of this task force.
• {{TrainsWikiProject|...|Mapneeded=yes|Mapdetails=}} - to identify an article that needs a map; add any specifics that are required about the map in the Mapdetails parameter.

[edit] External links

• Bureau of Transportation Statistics: North American Transportation Atlas - a division of USDOT, requires GIS software to use the data.
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - University of Texas at Austin. Worldwide maps, many public domain.