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{{About|the GIS software xplanet|help with the interactive maps feature|mw:Help:Extension:Kartographer}}

'''Producing maps with xplanet''' is a [[wikipedia]] tutorial showing how to use [[xplanet]] as a piece of [[Geographic information systems|GIS]] kit, to make map images suitable for use on wikipedia and other such websites. By the end of the tutorial, you should be able to quickly and accurately produce maps of any region suitable for publication.

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'''Producing maps with xplanet''' is a [[wikipedia]] tutorial showing how to use [[xplanet]] as a piece of [[Geographicgeographic information systemssystem|GIS]] kit, to make map images suitable for use on wikipedia and other such websites. By the end of the tutorial, you should be able to quickly and accurately produce maps of any region suitable for publication.

==Getting [[xplanet]]==

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xplanet.exe

-projprojection orthographic

-config script.txt

-latitude 52.25

-longitude 21.00

--num_times 1

-geometry 600x600

-output xplanet_image.jpeg

-radius 70070

-fontsize 16

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Some of the map data is typically stored in a script file (a text file on your computer) - the script I used for the above map was simply:

[earth]

grid=true

grid1=10

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See the URL below for some examples

[http://thomas-wehr.homeip.net/weather/europawetter.php Xplanet sample output: with markerfiles produced with weather scripts]

==Drawing on maps tutorial==

[http://thomas-wehr.homeip.net/space/iss-position.php Xplanet sample output: following the International Spacestation ISS around the earth showing various information like volcanos, quakes. Using satellites as targets.]

[http://thomas-wehr.homeip.net/weather/hurricane.php Xplanet sample output: hurricane information using arcfile options. Storm data collected by scripts.]

==Drawing on maps tutorial==

plot significant points, then use them as template in GIMP?

== Misc ==

[[Image:xplanet_peters.jpg|thumb|300px|Typical image using the [[Peters projection]]]]

== See also ==

*http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/XPlanet_notes

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/XPlanet_notes