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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 ...
Orthographic maps display a country (or set of countries) on a globe representation of the world. Like location maps, orthographic maps are very basic, and should have very few, if any, labels. Maps should be centred on the subject of interest. Usage: These maps are often used in country infoboxes Template:Infobox Country to demonstrate where a ...
Motorway service area. Motorway service areas in the United Kingdom and Ireland, also known as services or service stations, are rest areas where drivers can leave a motorway to refuel/recharge, rest, eat and drink, shop or stay in an on-site overnight hotel. The vast majority of motorway services in the UK are owned by one of three companies ...
File formats and uploading[edit] It is preferable that diagrams and maps be saved in the SVG file format. This is an open standard for vector image files. If saving the image as a raster graphic, the PNG file format is generally preferred, though JPEG is acceptable. Very simple animations can be saved in the GIF file format.
There are three methods you can use to find the data you want for your map: Method 1: Wikidata. The first thing to try is the easiest. There's a possibility your data is already linked and you're ready to map. Create a test map in your sandbox. You'll need to use {} together with the Wikidata ID of the shape.
It's primary purpose is when a map feature is in a crowded area, so the label can be re-located to somewhere more legible. It is up to the editor to identify the x,y offset for a good patch, and then use left,right etc to get the label and line to look right.
Create a new map image and upload it to Wikimedia commons or find an existing map on the same site. Create a module named Module:Location map/data/ location, copy the content below into it and substitute the appropriate values. Create a page named Module:Location map/data/ location /doc and follow the instructions under #Documentation.
Blank area for creating Locator maps. 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 ...