city maps

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 () 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.

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)

Project notice

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

Types

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

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.

General maps

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

City maps

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

Topographical maps

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

Thematic maps

These maps show demographic information using colors.

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.

Usage

Examples

Conventions

Colours

Please use the following colours recommended by WikiProject Maps.

Border styles

Typeface

Use only Arial font in the maps.

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

Uploading

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: , and for maps. For topographical maps, use .

Filenames

TBD

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.

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).

Summary

Please add the following information to summary while uploading.

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.

Map resources

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

Status

All India

1. Base map of India with district boundaries, rivers and lakes
2. Locator maps for all States
3. locator maps for all regions
4. Disputed areas map
5. Physical map
6. Roadway map
7. Railway map (schematic)
8. Precipitation map
9. Earthquake zone map
10. Wind zone map
11. Flood zone map
12. Population density map
13. Literacy rate map
14. Sex ratio map
15. Rivers and lakes map
16. Decadal population growth map
17. Air connectivity map

State

1. State maps with roads and railroads

City

1. Base map of Delhi with city limits and water bodies
2. Base map of Mumbai with city limits and water bodies
3. Base map of Kolkata with city limits and water bodies
4. Base map of Chennai with city limits and water bodies