Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Map workshop/Archive/Aug 2023: Difference between revisions

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:Just highlighting some issues: 1) [[:File:Non-Native_American_Nations_Control_over_N_America_1783.png|This map]] is unsourced. 2) An orthographic map (such as [[:File:United States (orthographic projection).svg|this one]]) will show other countries whose borders need to be properly sourced too. [[User:M.Bitton|M.Bitton]] ([[User talk:M.Bitton|talk]]) 00:43, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

::{{smalldiv|1=pinging @[[User:WikiJunkie|WikiJunkie]] – [[User:Isochrone|<span style="color:#042559">I</span><span style="color:#0c3c8a">s</span><span style="color:#1d58b8">o</span>chrone]] ([[User talk:Isochrone|T]]) 13:01, 28 August 2023 (UTC)}}

== SVG locator map of Tibet in the gray and green globe scheme ==

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Tibet-claims.jpg|Image currently used on the Tibet article.

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: [[Tibet]]

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: Create an SVG locator map of Tibet in the gray and green globe scheme. The {{Template link expanded|Cleanup images}} template has been on the Tibet article for over a year, it is about time a better image is created so the template can be removed. -- [[User:Treetoes023|Treetoes023]] ([[User talk:Treetoes023|talk]]) 11:55, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

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:[[:File:Tibet (orthographic projection).svg]] already exists fwiw. – [[User:Isochrone|<span style="color:#042559">I</span><span style="color:#0c3c8a">s</span><span style="color:#1d58b8">o</span>chrone]] ([[User talk:Isochrone|T]]) 21:16, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

::{{Reply to|Isochrone}} Well yes, but it is inaccurate and treats Tibet as a political entity rather than a cultural area. The map should be like the [[Commons:File:Kurdish-inhabited areas (orthographic projection with inset).svg|Kurdistan map you made]], in which the area is shown to overlap with political borders. Instead, the map treats Tibet like [[Commons:File:600px-Kurdistan (orthographic projection).png|this map]] treats Kurdistan, it treats it as if it is a country and gives it an exaggerated area. – [[User:Treetoes023|Treetoes023]] ([[User talk:Treetoes023|talk]]) 02:00, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

== SVG locator maps of the Tibetan Plateau in the gray and green globe scheme ==

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: [[Tibetan Plateau]]

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: Create 2 SVG locator maps of the Tibetan Plateau in the gray and green globe scheme, one map with political borders and one map without political borders. -- [[User:Treetoes023|Treetoes023]] ([[User talk:Treetoes023|talk]]) 12:31, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

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:This is a geographic area with no defined borders, and regardless, this is not what orthographic maps are designed for. – [[User:Isochrone|<span style="color:#042559">I</span><span style="color:#0c3c8a">s</span><span style="color:#1d58b8">o</span>chrone]] ([[User talk:Isochrone|T]]) 21:15, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

::{{Reply to|Isochrone}} I disagree, orthographic maps are commonly used to depict geographic landforms, examples being [[Commons:File:Arabian Peninsula (no borders).svg|this Arabian Peninsula map]] and [[Commons:File:Sahara and Sahel.svg|this Sahara and Sahel map]]. None of those 3 locations depicted in the orthographic maps have defined borders, but they can be approximated with relative accuracy. I see no reason not to have a map, the visualization would be useful, just like it was for the previous examples I have given. – [[User:Treetoes023|Treetoes023]] ([[User talk:Treetoes023|talk]]) 02:16, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

== Turkey’s original forest cover ==

{{GLNF|https://www.fao.org/3/CA3505EN/ca3505en.pdf|Figure 1.2 on page 5}}

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https://www.fao.org/3/CA3505EN/ca3505en.pdf|Figure 1.2 on page 5

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: [[Forest in Turkey]]

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: I think it would be useful for the reader to have a simple map of the original forest cover to empasize the statement in the lead that "4000 years ago most of the country was forested". Figure 1.2 on page 5 of https://www.fao.org/3/CA3505EN/ca3505en.pdf shows original vegetation but I don't mind whether the other vegetation is shown or not. Of course it should be easily translatable for [[:tr:Türkiye'deki ormanlar]]. I hope this might in a small way encourage reforestation efforts. Apparently the original map is on page 204 of a 1993 coursebook by Altan, T. titled "Türkiye’nin Doğal Bitki Örtüsü" (Turkey's natural vegetation cover) from the Agricultural Faculty of Çukurova Üniversity. I checked https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Agricultural_maps_of_Turkey and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Vegetation_maps_by_country but I could not find anything suitable. -- [[User:Chidgk1|Chidgk1]] ([[User talk:Chidgk1|talk]]) 12:56, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

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