Wiki143: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. mastan

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

Members

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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: rama nathapuram [1]

Topographical maps

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

These maps show demographic information using colors.

• City maps
  City maps
• Topographical maps
  Topographical maps
• Thematic maps
  Thematic maps

for more and updated information about indian census or maps

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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

{{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
}}

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+|India|float=none|width=270|caption=Metropolitan cities of India|places=
{{location map~|India|label=[[Mumbai]]|position=right|lat=18.96|long=72.82}}
{{location map~|India|label=[[Chennai]]|position=right|lat=13.09|long=80.27}}
{{location map~|India|label=[[Delhi]]|position=left|lat=28.35|long=77.13}}
{{location map~|India|label=[[Kolkata]]|position=left|lat=22.33|long=88.20}}
{{Location map~|India|label=[[Bangalore]]|position=left|lat=12.58|long=77.35}}
{{Location map~|India|label=[[Hyderabad]]|position=bottom|lat=17.20|long=78.80}}
}}

Graphic Conventions

Colours

Please use the following colours recommended by WikiProject Maps. {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Conventions/Locator maps (blank)}} {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Conventions/Areas maps}}

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.

Words-relate Conventions

Typeface

Use only Sans serif-type fonts 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

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: .png, .gif and .jpg for maps. For topographical maps, use .png.

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.

Licensing

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 released 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 a dual licence GDFL + CC-BY-SA (v1.0, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0). (dual licence).

Summary

Please add the following information to summary while uploading.

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

Legend

Use the following template:

Template syntax	Produces
{{Legend|#0000FF|Area where live [[Blue wale]].}}	Area where live Blue whale.

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
• 2001 Census state maps with districts
• Demis map server for physical maps
• India portal
• TN Maps online

Status / See Commons:Category:WikiProject India Maps

All India Maps

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

State Locator Maps

1. Andhra Pradesh checkY Image:Andhra Pradesh locator map.svg
2. Arunachal Pradesh checkY Image:Arunachal Pradesh locator map.svg
3. Assam checkY Image:Assam locator map.svg
4. Bihar checkY Image:Bihar locator map.svg
5. Chhattisgarh checkY Image:Chhattisgarh locator map.svg
6. Goa checkY Image:Goa locator map.svg
7. Gujarat checkY Image:Gujarat locator map.svg
8. Haryana checkY Image:Haryana locator map.svg
9. Himachal Pradesh checkY Image:Himachal Pradesh locator map.svg
10. Jammu and Kashmir checkY Image:Jammu and Kashmir locator map.svg
11. Jharkhand checkY Image:Jharkhand locator map.svg
12. Karnataka checkY Image:Karnataka locator map.svg
13. Kerala checkY Image:Kerala locator map.svg
14. Madhya PradeshcheckY Image:Madhya Pradesh districts location map big.svg
15. Maharashtra checkY Image:Maharashtra locator map.svg
16. Manipur checkY Image:Manipur locator map.svg
17. Meghalaya checkY Image:Meghalaya locator map.svg
18. Mizoram checkY Image:India Mizoram locator map.svg
19. Nagaland checkY Image:Nagaland locator map.svg
20. Orissa checkY Image:Orissa locator map.svg
21. Punjab checkY Image:Punjab locator map.svg
22. Rajasthan checkY Image:Rajasthan locator map.svg
23. Sikkim checkY Image:Sikkim locator map.svg
24. Tamil Nadu checkY Image:Tamil Nadu locator map.svg
25. Tripura checkY Image:India Tripura locator map.svg
26. Uttar PradeshcheckY Image:Uttar Pradesh locator map.svg
27. Uttarakhand checkY Image:Uttarakhand locator map.svg
28. West Bengal checkY Image:West Bengal locator map.svg

State political Maps

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Assam
4. Bihar checkY Image:BiharDistricts.png
5. Chhattisgarh
6. Goa checkY Image:Goamap.png
7. Gujarat
8. Haryana
9. Himachal Pradesh
10. Jammu and Kashmir
11. Jharkhand
12. Karnataka
13. Kerala
    • checkY File:Kerala-map-en.svg
    • checkYFile:Kerala-administrative-divisions-map-en.svg
14. Madhya Pradesh
15. Maharashtra
16. Manipur
17. Meghalaya
18. Mizoram
19. Nagaland checkY Image:Nagalandmap.png
20. Orissa
21. Punjab checkY Image:Punjab district map.png
22. Rajasthan
23. Sikkim checkY Image:Sikkimdistricts.png
24. Tamil Nadu
25. Tripura checkY Image:Tripura map.png
26. Uttar Pradesh
    • checkY Image:Uttar Pradesh Districts Detail.svg
    • checkY Image:Uttar Pradesh administrative divisions.svg
27. Uttarakhand checkY Image:UttarakhandDistricts.png
28. West Bengal

City Maps

1. Map of New Delhi checkY Image:New Delhi map.svg
2. Base map of Delhi with city limits and water bodies checkY Image:Location map India New Delhi.png
3. Base map of Mumbai with city limits and water bodies checkY 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 checkY Image:Chennai area locator map.svg
6. Base map of Bangalore with city limits and water bodies checkY Image:Bangalore street Map.png
7. Base map of Pune with city limits and water bodies
8. Base map of Ahmedabad with city limits and water bodies
9. Base map of Kochi with city limits and water bodies checkY File:Kochi India area locator map.svg
10. Base map of Hyderabad (India) with city limits and water bodies checkY File:Hyderabad Outer Ring Road and its radial roads.png
11. Base map of Patna with city limits and water bodies checkY File:Patna area locator map.svg
12. Base map of Bhopal with city limits and water bodies checkY File:Location map India Bhopal.svg
13. Base map of Trichy with city limits and water bodies checkY File:Tiruchirappalli city locator.png
14. Base map of Lucknow with city limits and water bodies

District Maps

1. Nagpur district map (locator) checkY File:Nagpur.png

Requests

• Category:Wikipedia requested maps in India
• Request a map at User talk:Planemad, please provide a link to a source map.