Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian maps

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The parent of this WikiProject are WikiProject India and WikiProject Maps

Aim – This project aims to draw hi-resolution, vector maps for India-related articles. It also aims to get hi-resolution raster (.png) topography images.

Scope – NPOV maps related to India (post-1947) and historical pre-Independence India (includes the South Asian nations of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan). The secondary goal would be to get NPOV maps for Pakistan, PRC, Afghanistan and Bhutan since they border disputed territories of India.

Contents 1 Members 1.1 Project notice 2 Types 2.1 Locator 2.2 General maps 2.3 City maps 2.4 Topographical maps 2.5 Thematic maps 3 Using locator maps 3.1 Usage 3.2 Examples 4 Conventions 4.1 Colours 4.2 Border styles 4.3 Typeface 4.4 Cartographic conventions 5 Uploading 5.1 Format 5.2 Filenames 5.3 Upload location 5.4 Licencing 5.5 Summary 6 Software and tips 7 Map resources 8 Status 9 Requests

[edit] Members

• =Nichalp «Talk»= 06:04, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• Lost 10:10, 10 June 2006 (UTC) I have no skills at this, only trying to learn
• Deeptrivia (talk • contribs) 13:10, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• ^{PlaneMad|YakYak} 13:29, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• Dwaipayan (talk) 13:35, ow, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• Ganeshk (talk) 15:32, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
• ImpuMozhi 22:07, 11 June 2006 (UTC). I lack skilled, but I wanna learn.
• --ᵺe Æffist 18:50, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
• — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 14:44, 20 October 2006 (UTC) (I can help with most of the things)
• Rama's Arrow (talk • contribs)
• Saravask 17:01, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Project notice

Place this WikiProject notice Template:WP India at the top of an image's Talk page. To use it, place {{WP India|Class=Image}} at the top of an image's Talk page.

[edit] Types

The project is divided into locator maps, general maps and city maps.

[edit] Locator

Locator maps are used to show the location of a city, town, state or particular area within India. It is also used to show the location of a district, division or region in a map of a state.

[edit] General maps

Non-locator maps. Maps of this type incude rivers, ancient kingdoms, crop-related etc.

[edit] City maps

Maps of cities. See the featured image of Manila alongside for reference:

[edit] Topographical maps

These maps depict the topography of a region. See User:Captain Blood/GMT Example for an example.

[edit] Thematic maps

These maps show demographic information using colors.

Locator maps

City maps

Topographical maps

Thematic maps

[edit] Using locator maps

Locator maps for cities are automatically added when the Infobox Indian Jurisdiction is used and latitude and logitude parameters are provided. If a locator map needs to be added to a section in an article, then use Location map template. Find below some examples.

[edit] Usage

{{Location map|India
 |label=label
 |position=left or right - position of the label relative to the mark, defaults to right
 |background=color - background color for the label, defaults to none 
 |lat=latitude in degrees
 |long=longitude in degrees
 |mark=image file name - a red dot by default
 |caption=caption - caption below the map
 |float=left or right or none
 |width=width of the map
}}

[edit] Examples

{{Location map|India|float=none|label=Mumbai|lat=18.96|long=72.82|position=left}}

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{{Location map|India|float=left|width=100|label=Thiruvananthapuram|lat=8.5|long=76.9|caption=Thiruvananthapuram is the capital city of Kerala}}

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{{Location map|India|float=right|label=Chennai|lat=13.09|long=80.27|background=white}}

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{{location map start|India|float=none|width=270}}
{{location map marker|India|label=[[Mumbai]]|position=right|lat=18.96|long=72.82}}
{{location map marker|India|label=[[Chennai]]|position=right|lat=13.09|long=80.27}}
{{location map marker|India|label=[[Delhi]]|position=left|lat=28.35|long=77.13}}
{{location map marker|India|label=[[Kolkata]]|position=left|lat=22.33|long=88.20}}
{{Location map marker|India|label=[[Bangalore]]|position=left|lat=12.58|long=77.35}}
{{location map end|India|caption=Metropolitan cities of India}}

[edit] Conventions

[edit] Colours

Please use the following colours recommended by WikiProject Maps.

Colour	Hex	RGB	Sample	Used for
Black	#000000	0, 0, 0		Primary label colour
Brown	#A08070	160, 128, 112		Political borders. Country, state, and province borders should be brown.
Light brown	#D0C0A0	208, 192, 160		Secondary political borders.
Light yellow	#FFFFD0	255, 255, 208		Primary territory of interest, or one of four choices for four-colour maps.
Pink	#FFD0D0	255, 208, 208		Another colour to be used for four-colour maps.
Orange	#F8A20C	248, 162, 12		A third colour to be used for four-colour maps.
Green	#3CE67B	60, 230, 123		A fourth colour to be used for four-colour maps.
Light blue	#CEFEF2	206, 254, 242		An alternate color to be used for four-colour maps.
Orange	#F7D3AA	247, 211, 170		Alternative colour for the above Tan (surrounding territories).
Medium blue	#9EC7F3	158, 199, 243		Bodies of water. Oceans or lakes.
Blue	#1821DE	24, 33, 222		Water borders, if necessary. For lake or ocean borders that need a colour contrasting with surrounding land, or for rivers.
Red	#B00000	176, 0, 0		Points of interest. Cities, especially.
Red-orange	#F07568	240, 117, 104		Alternative colour for the above Red (points of interest).
Medium red	#E0584E	224, 88, 78		Border colour for areas highlighted in Red-orange
Green	#A0F090	160, 240, 144		Parks or natural preservation areas

[edit] Border styles

Style	Used for	Comments
Thick line	Primary borders	Use a thick line for the primary (usually political) borders on a map. If the map primarily depicts a country, use a thick line for the country borders; if a state, the state borders.
Thin line	Secondary borders	Use a thin line (approximately 1/2 the thickness of the primary borders) for secondary boundaries. If a state map shows counties, use a thin line for county borders.
Italic font	Bodies of water	Use an italicized font for labelling bodies of water: oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.
All-caps font	Primary regions	Use a font in all-capital letters for labelling primary regions of interest: country names, state names, etc.
Mixed case font	Secondary regions	Use mixed case (capital followed by lowercase) for regions of secondary interest: provinces in a country map, counties in a state map, etc.

[edit] Typeface

Use only Arial font in the maps.

Scheme	Case	Font	Size	Tracking	Opacity	Example
Union territory	Normal	Bold	30/24	0	35
National capital	UPPERCASE	Bold Italic	24	-25	100
Union territory capital	Normal	Italic	24	-25	100
State	UPPERCASE	Bold	40/30	0	35
State capital	Normal	Regular	24	-25	100
Metro cities	UPPERCASE	Regular	24	-25	100

[edit] Cartographic conventions

• Names of coastal cities are written in the sea
• Names of rivers and mountain ranges follow the path of the river/range
• Capital cities are usually marked with a star

[edit] Uploading

[edit] Format

All maps should be drawn SVG format. SVG is a vector format that allows upscaling without pixellation. It also allows users to download and modify the map to make derivatives. Please do not use the following raster formats: .png, .gif and .jpg for maps. For topographical maps, use .png.

[edit] Filenames

TBD

[edit] Upload location

• If the map contains no text, upload it to commons:
• If text is needed to be added to the map, please make two versions: One, a blank map without text, and the other with text. Upload the blank map to commons, and the one with English text here on en wiki.

[edit] Licencing

Only images with a licence that allows commercial usage and allows derivatives to be made may be uploaded to wikipedia. The following licences qualify:

• PD (Public domain) – user releases all rights to the image
• GFDL – derivatives or commercial usage must be releaesd only under the GFDL licence. User must be credited.
• CC-BY- (creative commons, attribution) – similar to GFDL, the user must be credited, but derivatives may be released under other licences.
• CC-BY-SA- (creative commons, attribution, share-alike) – same as CC-BY- but derivatives may be released only under the CC-BY-SA licence

You may use either one of the above. However to allow maximum compatibility across all wikimedia projects, it is suggested that we use either PD, or GDFL & CC-BY-SA (v1.0, 2.0, 2.5) (dual licence).

[edit] Summary

Please add the following information to summary while uploading.

{{Information
|Description=
|Source=
|Date=
|Author=
|Permission=
|other_versions=
}}

[edit] Software and tips

Two popular SVG drawing software available are Inkscape and Adobe Illustrator. Inkscape is free and available for many platforms.

• Draw images in the highest resolution possible.
• For text please use a generic font such as Serif, Sans-serif. Sans is more suited for maps. The wikimedia renderer rasterises all fonts using Arial, so use Arial regular to maintain appearance of the map.
• In inkscape make sure that you unflow the text
• Ensure that no embedded raster images are present
• Always add metadata. In Inkscape, metadata can be added in the Document Preferences.

[edit] Map resources

• India Political map
• Survey of India maps
• 2001 Census state maps with districts
• Demis map server for physical maps

[edit] Status

All India

1. Base map of India with district boundaries, rivers and lakes Image:India map blank.svg / Image:India map en.svg
2. Locator maps for all States Image:India X locator map.svg
3. locator maps for all regions Image:India X locator map.svg
4. Disputed areas map Image:India disputed areas map.svg
5. Physical map Image:India physical map.svg
6. Roadway map Image:India roadway map.svg
7. Railway map (schematic) Image:India railway schematic map.svg
8. Precipitation map Image:India annual rainfall map.svg
9. Earthquake zone map Image:India earthquake zone map.svg
10. Wind zone map Image:India wind zone map.svg
11. Flood zone map Image:India flood zone map.svg
12. Population density map Image:India population density map.svg
13. Literacy rate map Image:India literacy rate map.svg
14. Sex ratio map Image:India sex ratio map.svg
15. Rivers and lakes map Image:India rivers and lakes map.svg
16. Decadal population growth map Image:India decadal growth rate map en.svg
17. Climatic zone map Image:India climatic zone map en.svg
18. Average annual temperature map Image:India average annual temperature map en.svg
19. Climatic disaster risk map Image:India climatic disaster risk map en.svg
20. Southwest summer monsoon onset map Image:India southwest summer monsoon onset map en.svg
21. Air connectivity map

State

1. State maps with roads and railroads

City

1. Map of New Delhi Image: New Delhi map.svg
2. Base map of Delhi with city limits and water bodies Image:Delhi area locator map.svg
3. Base map of Mumbai with city limits and water bodies Image:Mumbai area locator map.svg
4. Base map of Kolkata with city limits and water bodies
5. Base map of Chennai with city limits and water bodies Image:Chennai area locator map.svg

[edit] Requests

• Category:Wikipedia requested maps in India