Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Falkland Islands

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The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located 300 miles off the coast of Argentina. They consist of two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, together with about 700 smaller islands. Stanley, on East Falkland, is the capital and largest city. The islands are a self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, but have been the subject of a claim to sovereignty by Argentina since the British invasion of 1833.
The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located 300 miles off the coast of Argentina. They consist of two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, together with about 700 smaller islands. Stanley, on East Falkland, is the capital and largest city. The islands are a self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, but have been the subject of a claim to sovereignty by Argentina since the British invasion of 1833.
Reason
A good quality svg map that contains a lot of information in a clean, well presented way. Couldn't be done better, IMO.
Articles this image appears in
Falkland Islands / List of Falkland Islands placenames
Creator
Eric Gaba (commons:User:Sting)
  • Support as nominator — Jack · talk · 12:52, Saturday, 31 March 2007
  • Comment It's a shame that the population data is so old - 1982 puts the data probably before the Falklands War, before the change from wool to fishing and tourism as the primary industries, and before very substantial population changes including a 40% decline in population outside Stanley[1]. Could more recent data be obtained? TSP 16:56, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - The legend at left should read Elevation and depth, not elevation (note that the reference level is not necessarily the same for both). In the legend at right, should read date instead of data. - Alvesgaspar 17:05, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
I've uploaded the map with the corrections requested. Yes, it's a pity that the population data is so old (they're taken from the CIA map), unfortunately I haven't got other ones (if you have a link…). By the way, I'm preparing for the next days a new map more precise based on NASA data, with real UTM projection and maybe also with shaded relief. Sting-fr 20:16, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Support Looks like a great map. I await the NASA data and perhaps newer population info; I will support a version that incorporates this data over the current one.--HereToHelp 23:05, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Support If additional/ newer data is added, I'll support the newer version.Enuja 02:20, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - For data, cartographers could try this series of links, or email the government directly at registry.fig@horizon.co.fk to obtain the local census. I'd love to do it myself, but something tells me they won't respond to a hotmail address — Jack · talk · 02:13, Wednesday, 4 April 2007
New version
New version
Here is the new map created with digital elevation models, more detailed and with shaded relief. I hope you like it. Sting-fr 05:33, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
P.S. : The census is still of 1982. I will write them in the next days, with the hope they will reply.
  • Support new version - High quality map. Alvesgaspar 10:19, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Out of date. Pstuart84 Talk 22:41, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Support but I'd keep it from the front page until newer census data is found. Did you try to contact any Wikiprojects? ~ trialsanderrors 17:07, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Very nice, but most maps show both British names and Argentinian names, at least for the islands themselves. Perhaps this could be added for the name of the islands (Malvinas) and for any settlements that have other names, I think most maps have one set in italics following or underneath the other. Otherwise there is quite a significant British bias. |→ Spaully°τ 14:10, 9 April 2007 (GMT)
Humm ! Well… I didn't find so many maps with the two names. I don't think putting only the British names gives this map a British bias : this version is in English and displays the names used in that language. For a map with the Spanish names, it sounds logical to me to look for a Spanish translated version. In the same way, for the map in French I used the names in French when they exist, the only concession I made is about the name of the archipelago which is pretty different from the French but also well known in France. But it's also true that the Falklands are a specific case… I'll wait other opinions before doing something on the map. Sting-fr 16:13, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
I'm sure that editors who want to create a local version can get in touch with Eric at Commons. ~ trialsanderrors 21:12, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment, I would support if I knew this was right--even time bounded. If the map properly represents the Falkland islands in 1971 that's fine by me but we just need to label them as such so we don't fool people into thinking it represents the present day if it doesn't. Can anyone give clearer information about this? gren グレン 08:51, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
    • I compared them to a couple of other maps, notably this one and this one, and the nominated one seems accurate, or even more detailed. I'm not sure if "administered by" is proper wording though, maybe this should be changed to "Overseas territory of". ~ trialsanderrors 17:38, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
The map is as accurate as the USGov allow us to do (the topography and the shorelines come from the NASA). It could be a little more precise using a width of about 6,000 pixels (the maximum the software allows) or 3,900 for a ratio 1:1, but this would mean a heavy file weight due to the size and all the small details I've bypassed because almost invisible. All this for finally no more real information.
About « Administered by », I used the expression of the CIA WFB map. Sting-fr 22:09, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
P.S. : The mail address registry.fig@… doesn't seem to exist anymore, so I wrote to the Gov and still wait the reply. What I propose, if there's no reply, is to delete this kind of information from the map.
I'd support a version with no population data to take away from the geography over outdated population data. New pop data is still preferable if it can be obtained; have you tried googling it?--HereToHelp 00:38, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Yes and the only results concern Stanley and the islands E/W. The other information give sometimes approximations for some settlements, but nothing on official sites. Sting-fr 15:35, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - is there any news on the census figures from the FI government? We should use the latest figures available; if they are rather outdated, there is little we can do about it other than make the age of the statistics clear. Will support if no newer data is available. Warofdreams talk 17:45, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
I've received no answer from the FI Gov, so I uploaded a modified version without the demographic data. Sting-fr 15:31, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
In that case, I will support. The map's clarity is excellent, and the main area of concern has now been addressed. Warofdreams talk 13:01, 3 May 2007 (UTC)


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