Wikipedia:WikiProject Chinese maps

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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.

Contents 1 Members 1.1 Project notice 2 Types 2.1 Locator 2.2 General maps 2.3 City maps 2.4 Topographical maps 3 Using locator maps 3.1 Usage 3.2 Examples 4 Conventions 4.1 Colours 4.2 Border styles 4.3 Typeface 4.4 Cartographic conventions 5 Uploading 5.1 Format 5.2 Filenames 5.3 Upload location 5.4 Licencing 5.5 Summary 6 Software and tips 7 Map resources 8 Status

[edit] Members

1. AQu01rius (talk • contribs)

[edit] 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.

[edit] Types

The project is divided into locator maps, general maps and city maps.

[edit] Locator

Locator maps are used to show the location of a city, town, state or particular area within China. It is also used to show the location of a district, division or region in a map of a state.

[edit] General maps

Non-locator maps. Maps of this type incude rivers, ancient kingdoms, crop-related etc.

[edit] City maps

Maps of cities. See the featured image of Manila alongside for reference:

[edit] Topographical maps

These maps depict the topography of a region. See User:Captain Blood/GMT Example for an example.

[edit] Using locator maps

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

[edit] 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
}}

[edit] Examples

• Currently none...

[edit] Conventions

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Uploading

[edit] 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.

[edit] Filenames

TBD

[edit] 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.

[edit] Licencing

Only images with a licence that allows commercial usage and allows derivatives to be made may be uploaded to wikipedia. The following licences qualify:

• PD (Public domain) – user releases all rights to the image
• GFDL – derivatives or commercial usage must be releaesd only under the GFDL licence. User must be credited.
• CC-BY- (creative commons, attribution) – similar to GFDL, 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. However to allow maximum compatibility across all wikimedia projects, it is suggested that we use either PD, or GDFL & CC-BY-SA (v1.0, 2.0, 2.5) (dual licence).

[edit] Summary

Please add the following information to summary while uploading.

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

[edit] Software and tips

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.

[edit] Map resources

• Chinese Political map
• Univ of Texas maps

[edit] Status

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

All China

• Currently none...

State

• Currently none...

City

• Currently none...