Wikipedia:Picture peer review/Timezones

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[edit] Timezones optimized

I like this picture for all its information, but I wonder if it's too much and if the copyright is valid; appears in Time zone, and CIA World Factbook created the image (with modification by Chochopk and Jamadagni).

Alternate version: (Image:Timezones.png) This is a similar but less complicated depiction of the world time zones; appears in Coordinated Universal Time, and CIA World Factbook created the image.

Which is the best and how are the copyrights?

• Nominate and support. - Tewy 00:41, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

• Both versions are hard to read, especially in the case of small text printed over striped shading (like in the Nepal and India areas of the map, for instance). It's a pity that the colors are all different shades of green, rather than colors with more contrast. I like the version that's split in the Bering Strait better than the version that splits down the middle of North America-- the one that splits North America has some place labels cut off on the left or right sides of the image. Finally, the version that includes tabular information about daylight savings time seems cluttered to me-- shouldn't that information belong in the appropriate article rather than in the image itself? Spikebrennan 02:05, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment I agree with the striped shading comment; I didn't even notice that at first, but it definitely takes away. I also agree that the first map is too complicated, and as you said, the information should be in the article. --Tewy 22:59, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment My question is, which map is factually correct? There are many differences in the placement of the timezone boundary lines. quintic 18:37, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
    • If you go here, you'll find the original source from The World Factbook, which, to me, shows the second and simpler map as being the latest and correct version. My guess is that the first map was either much older than the second, or there is some debate over where the actual boundaries lie. (The "Download PDF" link gives the larger version here). --Tewy 00:32, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment The reason why I created the first map (off CIA map) was because there are many contradictions between the CIA map and the wikipedia article. This map was created for 2005, and is already invalid in 2006 (because of the State of Indiana, USA) --Chochopk 09:36, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
    • So basically what this means is that any attempt to get a FP of the timezones of the world would be rather pointless because it would become outdated within a year or two (unless a new version of the same quality was created every year)? --Tewy 20:02, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

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