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The aim of WikiProject Maps is to improve the quality of maps across the Wikimedia Foundation. The Maps for Wikipedia page is an overview of different formats and tools for maps available on Wikipedia. The Map conventions page provides advice for creating and improving maps. The Map workshop page can be used to add your map requests and your ...
Wikipedia:Maps for Wikipedia, a list of mapping tools available on Wikipedia; Wikipedia:Why mapframe maps?, an essay about mapframe advantages; Wikipedia:Mapframe maps in infoboxes, a project page tracking implementation status; mw:Help:VisualEditor/Maps, documentation for users using the visual editor to edit maps
Gott, Goldberg and Vanderbei’s double-sided disk map was designed to minimize all six types of map distortions. Not properly "a" map projection because it is on two surfaces instead of one, it consists of two hemispheric equidistant azimuthal projections back-to-back. [5] [6] [7] 1879 Peirce quincuncial: Other Conformal Charles Sanders Peirce
Based on simplified Location maps. A province in the country (when the blank map is actually filled). /Area maps (en) Maps that highlight one subject area, primarily for species distributions. Locator maps: a country (red) in its region and in the world (corner map). Multi-area: ranges of animals species, languages. /Gradient maps
The simplest way to modify your map is to use Inkscape, whatever your image type (bitmap or svg). Inkscape is free software and very easy to install/uninstall (non-invasive software) and to use (with a tutorial). Inkscape is available here (official site). Click on Download now at the top right of your window, then run the file. Install ...
These SVG maps have user-editable sections (any text editor) to allow creation of more maps on more topics. Just paste in a list of states and values. See examples at Commons:Category:English-language SVG maps of the United States made with templates .
Area maps or distribution maps display one or multiple entities on a map, and are closely link to Locator maps (blank) (mother) providing the background & Historical maps (daughter) providing conventions for associated labels, icons, and legend. Historical label/icons conventions may also be used for other purpose, such as complex biology maps ...
Usage: These maps are used especially by Template:Location map which uses geolocalisations to add a location mark (like ) and/or a label onto the map in the browser.They are also used as background for locator maps to enlight the place and area of major subdivisions in a country, of a species range, etc.