Image:Sweden CIA map extended.gif

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[edit] Summary

Description

Map of Sweden, extended from CIA World Fact Book, showing largest cities, islands and lake names. Larger city names (10) have been labeled with font-face Arial or Arial Narrow, as font-size 9 or 10; the island/region names are labeled in italic font. Sweden contains over 200 towns, but they are evenly dispersed around the main southern towns, except near Copenhagen, which has very high density.

This map has locator code "SwedenCIAx" for use in map-locator templates, such as English Wiki Template:Location_map_SwedenCIAx & Template:Location_map_skew (which skews northern coordinates for multiple map markers/labels).

The latitude/longitude coordinates are not equirectangular, but rather, narrow at the north, with longitudes about 38% closer together at the top. The narrowing longitudes provide more accurate mapping of area and distance than with rectangular coordinates.

The original map image was public domain; the following modifications have been made to the original:

  • drawing in lakes w:Vänern, w:Vättern, w:Hjälmaren, and some other;
  • removed the cities: Tärnaby, Hudiksvall, Eskilstuna and Sölvesborg;
  • added the cities: Lund, Falun, Visby and Växjö;
  • modified the location of some names;
  • see the original map for the unchanged version which is still Public Domain.
  • feel free to change around more if you think something is essential to have in the image.
Source

Derivative of map from User:Fred_J changing CIA map (Wikimedia Commons): Image:Sweden from cia.png (adding 10 labels, restoring color to CIA hues & magnified 15%)
Date

5-September-2007
Author

Wikid77 (derivative of User:Fred_J form of CIA map, adding 10 labels)
Permission
(Reusing this image)

(see below)
Other versions

This map has some variations:

  • Same map with top banner "SWEDEN" (in deep blue color):
Image:Sweden CIA map extended banner.gif.

[edit] Licensing

Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution iconCreative Commons Share Alike icon		 This file is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 1.0 License
Public domain This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the United States Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook.

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[edit] Format

This file is purposely maintained in GIF format (most international GIF-related patents have expired) for compatibility with the original CIA maps. Semi-automatic conversions to PNG-format might lose the color hues of the CIA maps, tending to shift to lighter blue and shift beige to white. A larger, detailed version of the map is being expanded, with more of the smaller 200 towns added.

File history

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Date/TimeDimensionsUserComment
current18:44, 5 September 2007300×714 (21 KB)Wikid77 (completed east border of Sweden; enlarged "Helsingborg" & "Malmo" etc.)
12:33, 5 September 2007300×714 (21 KB)Wikid77 (==Summary== {{Information | Description= Map of Sweden, from CIA World Fact Book, with extensions for more town names and lakes. The original map image was public domain; the following modifications have been made to the original: * Drawing in lakes [[w:V)