Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/SVG Map of United States

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[edit] SVG Map of the United States

SVG Map of the United States Of America with labels.
SVG Map of the United States Of America with labels.
edit by Andrew c to correct some glaring issues
edit by Andrew c to correct some glaring issues

I think this is one of the best maps on Wikipedia. It is an SVG map of the USA.

  • Nom + Support. -SonicChao 22:19, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Support Good quality image and very encyclopedic. Hello32020 22:37, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Oppose Yeah it's good quality, but these scale problems pointed out make me oppose (somewhat weakly). Hello32020 00:54, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose - a fine map technically, but the information in it is so prevalent, it has no wow factor for me. Also, the black lines used to identify the small eastern states are too irregular and dark compared to the rest of the lines. Also, what's the scale and projection? Are Hawaii and Alaska on the same scale as the rest of it? Debivort 22:47, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Ack Debivort. And Alaska actually more than twice as large as Texas! Scalebars missing. I could see a really informative specially crafted map getting FP status, but this is just to plain. --Dschwen 23:25, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose It would look better if the text were curved to match the sloping of the lines of constant latitude. In addition to the problem with the scaling mentioned above, there is a serious problem with the landmasses of Nova Scotia and part of New Brunswick being cut off entirely. Spebudmak 23:49, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Also, it doesn't make sense that the St Lawrence River is depicted so wide across that it is resolvable on this map. Near New York State it is much thinner than what is shown. And why is it the only river in North America that is depicted? Spebudmak 00:13, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong oppose Very crude map, cartographically speaking. No coordinate system, no scale, no indication of map projection, not even the North direction. For an administrative/polytical map like this one it is a serious flaw that Alaska is not represented with same area scale as other states. Also, the size of the map would allow much more information to be depicted, like the majors cities and main physical features. Alvesgaspar 00:00, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose per above. Not that encyclopedic. Missing details found on common maps, especially scale bar. The black rules leading from the names of the smaller states are too heavy. Plus, the typography is poor (but that is a short coming of using SVGs on wikipedia, due to font liscensing issues).--Andrew c 00:25, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Question Could someone who knows how to edit SVG files please add Nova Scotia (and the other half of New Brunswick) to this map? Right now the map is blatantly inaccurate with at least a million people seeming to live underwater. In my opinion, until this is sorted out this map may not even be suitable for the encyclopedia, let alone as a FP candidate. Spebudmak 04:02, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
    • P.S. This issue is particulary important since the map appears in the key article United States (among others). Spebudmak 04:05, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose Looks like a crude version of every map hanging in every classroom in the U.S., but with much less information. Some of the state names cross borders, there are no capitals or scale. District of Columbia missing. Should show at least the national capital. --Bridgecross 15:17, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment I still do not think such a simply map is FP quality, but I have edited the map to fix the glaring issues. I added a scale, drew in PEI/Nova Scotia, and the Bahamas, and resized the rules. I think with SVG, we should have much more detail (such as San Fransisco Bay, Everglades, rivers, etc) or more information (city and capital names).--Andrew c 21:30, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Thanks! Spebudmak 00:18, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose Elementary school classroom style map with minimal detail. Bwithh 19:15, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose per above. Mike 22:06, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose per above. I just don't feel it has enough of a 'wow' factor to be featured Krowe 11:53, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Oppose. It just doesn't look good. – b_jonas 17:14, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong Oppose The original has no scale, the place names to not follow the lines of lattitude and there is an inconsistency in the width of lines. On the update, Indiana is called "ndiana" and it generally shows how biased Wikipedia is towards America for this to even be considered as a good picture. It's reminiscent of South Park. --Footballexpert 18:03, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Not promoted Raven4x4x 06:40, 29 November 2006 (UTC)