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Vardion's world blank Maps

These are the four basic images I used in creating locator maps found on various country pages (for example, India, Vietnam, Georgia (country), and Nicaragua). They can be freely used for anything you like.

All the maps show land in grey and sea in white. They have country borders marked in white. These colours may, of course, be changed - there isn't (or shouldn't be) any anti-aliasing, so colour changes shouldn't be too difficult. All maps are in PNG format.

• Image:BlankMap-World - A world map. Robinson projection centered on the Greenwich Prime Meridian. Microstates and island nations are generally represented by single or few pixels approximate to the capital; all territories indicated in the UN listing of territories and regions are exhibited. Quite large - 1357 x 628 pixels, 28 064 bytes.

• Image:BlankMap-World-alt - The same map as above, but including the peripheral projection lines and Antarctica. 1488 x 755 pixels, 35 471 bytes.

• Image:Newworldmap - As above, but with bodies of water coloured blue. 1488 x 755, 37 171 bytes
• Image:Newworldmap-alt - As above, but with bodies of water coloured blue and white land masses. 1488 x 755,

• Image:BlankMap-World-detailed - The same map as above, but extremely detailed (includes the Azores, Madeira, Ceuta, Melilla, Hong Kong, Macau)

• Image:BlankMap-World-v2 - The same map as above, but with sovereign microstates (i.e., under 2 500 km² in area) represented as circles to facilitate identification and colourising. 1357 x 628 pixels, 28 549 bytes.

• Image:BlankMap-World-v3 - Essentially as above, but using thin lines between islands owned by the same country so countries can be colored in one click - may be more convenient for converting large amounts of country data to a map
• Image:BlankMap-World-v4 - Similar to the above, but it increases the size of other tiny countries as well, for visibility purposes, and uses white borders even for the microstates.

• Image:BlankMap-World-v5 - Version of v4 with thin lines to join areas owned by the same country for one-click colouring.
• Image:BlankMap-World-v6 - Version of v4 with dots for dependencies as well as sovereign territories

• Image:BlankMap-Europe - Europe as far east as western Russia, western Turkey, and Cyprus. Some of the world's smallest states (e.g., Monaco, Vatican City) appear as single pixels. (The original version did not have the former eastern Soviet republics, but this one does). 450 x 422 pixels, 9 812 bytes.

• Image:BlankMap-Europe-v2 - The same map as above, but with sovereign microstates (i.e., under 2 500 km² in area) represented as circles to facilitate identification and colourising. 450 x 422 pixels, 9 943 bytes.
• Image:BlankMap-Europe-v3 - Europe without borders, showing some of North Africa and Western Asia.

• Image:BlankMap-Europe-v4 - same as above but with borders shown
• Image:BlankMap-Europe-v5 - same as above but with borders shown, alternate coloring

• Image:BlankMap-Caribbean - The Caribbean, including part of South America, part of Central America, and part of Florida. Shows most significant islands, including all the small independent countries (such as Saint Lucia or Dominica). 419 x 445 pixels, 3 064 bytes.

• Image:BlankMap-Caribbean-in-world - Same as above, but with added location in world box.

419 x 445 pixels, 10 514 bytes.

• Image:BlankMap-PersianGulf - the Persian Gulf area, showing all of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, as well as large parts of other countries like Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iran, and Iraq. 359 x 251 pixels, 3 271 bytes.

And derived from these:

• Image:BlankMap-World-noborders - A world map without country borders. (User:Pcb21)
• Image:BlankMap-World-WWI - blank map of the world from around the time of World War I
• Image:BlankMap-World-WWII - blank map of the world from around the time of World War II.
• Image:BlankMap-World-1985 - a blank map of the world before the fall of the Soviet Union, the reunification of Germany (including West Berlin), and Yemen, and dissolution of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, and the independence of East Timor and Eritrea. Nominally from 1985. Morwen
• Image:BlankMap-World-USA - World map with U.S. states marked
• Image:BlankMap-World-v5-EU - World map with EU as one country
• Image:BlankMap-World-USA-Can-UK-Aus - World map with US states, Canadian provinces, UK constituent countries and Australian states marked
• Image:BlankMap-World-Continents - World map with continents marked, no country borders. Based on map found at continents. Excludes Antarctica (User:Max naylor)
• Image:BlankMap-World-Continents-Coloured - World map with continents marked, no country borders, contintents colour-coded. Excludes Antarctica (User:Max naylor)

SVG format World Maps

SVG has advantages over PNG for creating derivative world maps of arbitrary detail / zoom level (see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maps).

Blank maps in SVG format:

• Image:BlankMap-World.svg basic adaptation of Image:BlankMap-World to SVG format.
• Image:BlankMap-World2.svg a more detailed map in the style of Image:BlankMap-World, adapted from Image:World map pol 2005 v02.svg
• Image:BlankMap-World3.svg like Image:BlankMap-World2.svg, but no latitude and longitude markers.
• Image:BlankMap-World4.svg an even more detailed map adapted from Image:A large blank world map with oceans marked in blue.svg - as of 5/08/2006 this map contains significant errors
• Image:BlankMap-World5.svg similar to Image:BlankMap-World4.svg, but includes Antarctica. Derived from Image:World Map Blank.svg - as of 5/08/2006 this map contains significant errors
• Image:BlankMap-Europe no boundaries.svg- Europe without borders, showing some of North Africa and Western Asia, built on Image:BlankMap-Europe-v3, painted in the suggested colors of the English Wikipedia Map project.
• Image:Blank Map of Europe -w boundaries.svg - Europe with borders, showing some of North Africa and Western Asia, built on Image:BlankMap-Europe-v5 with standard colors.

Other SVG maps:

• Image:World map pol 2005 v02.svg world vector political map by ru:user:Yadra

Reisio's hemisphere maps

These are azimuthal orthographic projections of the Earth from four sides plus the poles. 726x726 pixels, aliased. XCFs have separate layers for water, land, coastlines, political borders, political borders over water (not shown in PNGs), and latitude & longitude gridlines (not shown in PNGs).

• Image:Blankmap-ao-000 -africa europe [XCF]
• Image:Blankmap-ao-090W-americas [XCF]
• Image:Blankmap-ao-180W-oceania [XCF]
• Image:Blankmap-ao-270W-asia [XCF]
• Image:Blankmap-ao-090N-north pole [XCF]
• Image:Blankmap-ao-090S-south pole [XCF]

Andy's country subdivision Maps

Several map templates created for building country subdivision locator maps. Maps are larger than necessary, so they need to be rescaled for using - best done with a "smart" rescale as the anti-aliasing effect will make them look more smooth. The percentage listed is the rescaling factor I used or suggest.

• Mexican states (33%)
• Brazilian states (25%)
• Italian regions (25%)
• French regions (50%)
• German states (40%)
• Argentina provinces (30%)
• Thailand provinces (20%)
• Costa Rica provinces (30%)

Morwen's country subdivisions maps

• Image:BlankMap-AfghanistanProvinces
• Image:BlankMap-RussiaDistricts
• Image:BlankMap-RussiaFederalDistricts
• Image:BlankMap-EnglandRegions
• Image:BlankMap-EnglandCeremonialCounties
• Image:BlankMap-EnglandAdministrativeCounties
• Image:BlankMap-EnglandAdministrativeCounties1974
• Image:BlankMap-EnglandSubdivisions
• Image:BlankMap-LondonBoroughs
• Image:Scotland1996Blank
• Image:Wales1996Blank
• Image:GreekPerepheriesBlank
• Image:Soviet Union Map

Cantus's country subdivisions maps

• Image:BlankMap-RussiaRepublics - Modified version of Morwen's Image:BlankMap-RussiaDistricts

OJW's country subdivisions maps

• Image:BlankMap-Switzerland

Alan's maps of China

• China blank map-1 - People's Republic of China
• China blank map-2 - People's Republic of China
• Hong Kong District Locator (template map) - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
• Macau Parish Locator (template map) - Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
• Map of China (1912-1949) - Republic of China before Civil War

Nichalp's India maps

• Image:India-locator-map-blank.svg - New version
• Image:India-states-map-blank - Old version

Libre Map Project boundary maps

Libre Map Project boundary maps - Includes United States boundary maps for all 50 states and territories including state, county, and county subdivision maps in SVG format. All maps released under the BY-SA Creative Commons license.

Dab's blank maps derived from OMC

• http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc/make_map.html

this is a web interface, © 1996 - 2004 Martin Weinelt, generating maps using GMT (The Generic Mapping Tools), from public domain vector data. The resulting maps should be in the public domain.

these maps show elevation and main rivers, but no modern boundaries. They are intended for use in archaeological/historical contexts (Kurgan, Ancient Orient, Neolithic Europe, etc.)

• Image:Pontic caspian blank map,
• Image:Europe 34 62 -12 54 blank map,
• Image:Northern india blank map,
• Image:Orient 27 43 22 55 blank map,
• Image:Greece 34 43 17 30 blank map,
• Image:Urals blank map

dab (ᛏ) 09:22, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Others

• Image:Blank-United-States-Map-Hawaii-Alaska-Insets-Color Blank, color USA map with Hawaii and Alaska insets
• User:Brion VIBBER/Maps and images for Wikipedia (continents)
• user:seav#Other Graphics (The Philippines)
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Chinese provinces/Locator maps - locator maps for Chinese provinces
• Image:BlankMap Australia no borders.
• Image:Antarctica Map South pole in the center, also shows the subantarctic islands.
• Image:Map of USA United states with outlines for individual states.
• Image:BlankMap-USA-states US states, grey and white style similar to Vardion's world maps.
• Image:BlankMap-Caucasus Caucasus region national borders.
• List of subnational entities shows many of these maps
• commons:Category:Maps
• Image:World map blank black lines 4500px monochrome Alternate blank world map, white with black borders, 4500 px PNG image (made monochrome by Patrick to make easier filling in)
• Image:A large blank world map with oceans marked in blue (same as above, but with water marked in blue)
• Image:BlankMap-Nigeria-states Nigerian states
• Image:Map of Florida (blank, with county boundaries shown)

See also

• Wikipedia:Map
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps