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This workshop is part of the Graphic Lab, a project aimed at picture retouching to improve the graphical content of the Wikimedia projects. More information about the lab can be found on its main page and requests pages (Illustrations ; Photographs ; Maps ; Video and Sound). To ask questions or make a suggestions, see the talk page of the graphic lab page.

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Article(s): wikipedia:en:Law#Legal_systems

Request

Are there any frameworks or tools that could replace this file with a version that maintains the high graphical quality of the original, but permits granular editing (for example of facts like changing political boundaries, or developments in the subject matter, or corrections resulting from sourcing errors)? TheFeds 21:56, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

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@TheFeds: Not sure what you mean? Are you struggling with editing SVG files, in such case you can use Inkscape. BorysMapping (talk) 10:15, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

My concept was that this map had been created with a tool or framework of some sort, which queried and generated the political boundaries, the table and graph styles, etc., and allowed the user to not resort to manually drawing vectors in Inkscape. Without the practical ability to correct small errors, the images will gradually become less usable in Wikipedia articles, and might have to be editorially omitted or couched with limiting statements. TheFeds 20:27, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

@TheFeds I have downloaded, open and edited both files and there is not any difficulties with that;

• svg file with Inkscape, as was mentioned before
• png file with Gimp
• the svg file as to be uploaded by a autoconfirmed user, or you can ask at Commons:Village_pump

If this is not what you mean you have to explain in another way. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:10, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en: I was attempting to use this as example to ask a broader question about how to keep maps with legends up to date, without having to raster edit a PNG, or use the SVG that appears to be an incomplete copy. I was hoping that someone had found or made a tool that takes scripted input like some form of markup, and lets a modified derivative version be made without necessarily being an accomplished image editor. As the image gets older, present reality may diverge from what is depicted, and (mainly) Wikipedia editors will have to decide whether to live with a 95% correct image in the article, or remove the image because it is 5% incorrect. If things like the base map (e.g. for boundaries and projection), colours, labels, overlays, etc. were in conveniently structured layers that could be individually edited, that might make such a task easier. I know that in an SVG editor, the individual path entities are editable, but this is both difficult and complicated for the average user. Maybe @Goldsztern (the SVG image's creator) was attempting a preliminary version of this, by creating a native vector version (they cited the base map and the data sources) that could at least be edited carefully in the future. I was hoping there might be a more advanced version somewhere that allowed a user without technical skill or a lot of time to see which fact corresponded to which vector object, and to change the characteristics. TheFeds 07:07, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

@TheFeds Thanks for explaining.

If we had a perfect world and everyone did everything in exact the same way maybe, maybe this would be possible. But here at commons (wikimedia) with so many different people involved I say, no way.

It's messy and we will always be behind with edits just like all books, educations etc are. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 17:20, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

File:Threshold of originality world map.svg content issue

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  Problematic content: Crimea, Ukraine, Russia

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Please fix the colour shading of the en:Crimea part. Since the map's inception, it's in the shade given to Russia, but that's politically wrong. Virtually no state body outside of Russia's supporters recognise en:Crimea as legitimate part of Russia, despite its annexion claims. It must be in the shade given to en:Ukraine. Thanks! Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 05:23, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

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@Grand-Duc: But this map has nothing to do with politics to my understanding.

 Done --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:34, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

Confusing map

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  Distribution map of Budgerigar

Article(s): Category:Melopsittacus undulatus (distribution maps) and elsewhere

Request

The dark blue (indicating the temperate zone) is much too dark, making it look like the main objective of the map (i.e., where Budgerigars occur), rather than just another climate zone. Please make it a much paler shade, comparable to the other climate zones in colour intensity (I don't have svg-editing software so can't do this myself). I'd suggest #80eecc for the new colour. Once done, I'll undertake to edit the keys on all the wikipedia pages the map is used on to clarify the new colour. - MPF (talk) 16:17, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

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I updated the SVG image. You may have to flush some browser caches to see it. Thank you for suggesting a specific color, and one that doesn't look like it is trying to indicate water. – b_jonas 11:01, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

That's superb, thanks! - MPF (talk) 21:05, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

SVG separatist world map

Moved from Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop: 痛^Designism (talk) 18:35, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

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  World map with all successful movements
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Article(s): جدایی‌خواهی

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I request an SVG version of this simple world map. --ANOTHERWlKlPEDlAN _{wɑit thɑt’s ɑ typo} 23:08, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

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File:South Korea Postcode Map.svg transparency flattening request

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  The file

Article(s): en:Postal codes in South Korea, ko:대한민국의 우편번호, ko:국가기초구역번호

Request

Hello! This file was originally a 'fake vector' file embedding a raster image. When vectorization was performed, the MediaWiki extension failed to render it properly and caused a 429 error. So I reverted it to the 'false vector' version. The true vector version, dated at 14:26, 29 November 2025, used multiple layers and transparent filters for coloring, I guess that's why the rendering has failed. Could someone please flatten the transparency (convert transparent overlaps into solid colors) and clean up the file so it renders correctly? I tried to do it myself but failed. Thanks!--起司狗 (talk) 07:44, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

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Request: File:State positions Iraq war.svg Please correct the missing content in this map.

Moved from Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop: 痛^Designism (talk) 15:55, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

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Article(s): Iraq–European Union relations#Divisions in the approach to 2003 Iraq war, International reactions to the prelude to the Iraq War and Legality of the Iraq War

Request

I found that there were some missing in this map. Six countries including Luxembourg, the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Armenia, Burma and Cambodia, together with Greece, France, Greece, Russia, China, Vietnam and other countries, opposing the Iraq War. I suggest changing the colors of the six countries including Luxembourg, the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Armenia, Burma and Cambodia to the same blue color as those of Germany, France, Greece, Russia, China and Vietnam. Thanks. At the same time, Ukraine should be changed to gray, and the Solomon Islands and Rwanda should be changed to yellow like Japan. Other contents remain unchanged. --Boston Mayflower (talk) 07:41, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

@Milenioscuro Please look here, thank you very much. Boston Mayflower (talk) 14:09, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done --Milenioscuro (talk) 19:54, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

@Milenioscuro Additionally East Timor should be changed to gray and Vatican City, Liechtenstein should be changed to blue. The then Pope John Paul II clearly opposed the Iraq War and Liechtenstein maintains a high degree of consistency with Switzerland and Austria in defense and foreign policies, but East Timor has not yet made clear its attitude towards the Iraq War and is considered neutral for the time being. Also before 2006, Serbia and Montenegro were one country instead of two countries, but the bug in this SVG code has not been corrected, and the border between Serbia and Montenegro is still clearly visible. As in the 2003 map, this bug should be corrected and Serbia and Montenegro merged into one country, but the color is still blue. thanks. Boston Mayflower (talk) 21:31, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

@Milenioscuro Please see my new reply, thank you very much. Boston Mayflower (talk) 06:47, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

Remove Somaliland from the maps

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  International recognition of the State of Palestine
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  Diplomatic relations of State of Palestine

Article(s): en:International recognition of Palestine; en:Foreign relations of Palestine

Request

Somaliland does not officially recognize the State of Palestine, and the State of Palestine absolutely rejects Somaliland's existence and independence. They do not have diplomatic relations, so I am requesting that someone please remove Somaliland from both maps. Thank you. --Regioncalifornia (talk) 17:19, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

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As of now, only one country recognises Somaliland. Whereas File:Israel-somaliland_locator.svg is specifically about that topic, these maps are about a third country. Is it premature to update them when most countries still consider Somalia a single country? It's opening a can of worms to have to continually update this and other maps when separatists have different stands from their respective countries. cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 01:19, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

Vectorise Cairo Rapid Transit map.png for translation

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  Current: File:Cairo Rapid Transit map.png

Article(s): en:Cairo Metro, fr:Métro du Caire, ja:カイロ地下鉄, etc

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Create an SVG version of File:Cairo Rapid Transit map.png ready for translation. I am not sure if potential rtl need to be sorted in the svg. User:AAEexecutive has a partially completed English google-translated png: File:Cairo_Rapid_Transit_map_(English).png. --Commander Keane (talk) 03:12, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

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Make the map below SVG

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  Make it SVG and more detailed.

Article(s): en:Continental divide

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Make it SVG and more detailed. Keep replying, so it won't be ignored by the bots. Also, create a free replacement for en:File:ICJ RO-UKR demarcation.jpg --Candidyeoman55 (talk) 19:56, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

@Candidyeoman55: Please put an unrelated file (in this case, en:File:ICJ_RO-UKR_demarcation.jpg) in a separate request so that the appropriate section can be archived when/if either is done. Thanks, cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 14:41, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

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Correct a map

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Article(s): fr:Tentative d'annexion de la Vallée d'Aoste à la France

Request

Hello, I would like to point out two corrections needed on this map:

• the label “La Thuile” should be moved to match the correct position of this village (see here);
• “Col du Mont-Saint-Denis” should be corrected to “Col du Mont-Cenis”.

Thank you very much for your help, and for the work on this map. --Tenam2 (talk) 14:28, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

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19th Century map of Brazil, improvements possible?

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  Mappa da Bahia de Paranaguá, compreendendo a entrada do Mar pequeno de Iguape

Article(s): en:Julius Platzmann

Request

I extracted this map from a book Aus der Bai von Paranaguá, which is on Commons, originally from here. It’s serviceable but not in great shape. Could anything be done to improve the quality? Thank you! --Babbage (talk) 13:54, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

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@Babbage: It could be redrawn as a svg file, then you get the best quality and it's easier if we would need different versions/colors/content. I can do that if you want, just let me know, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:01, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

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Extended content

@Babbage It will be a few days before I can start with this. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 09:29, 7 March 2026 (UTC) @Babbage Now I need your help. ---- Those drafts are PNG versions of the original SVG file I'm working in and will upload to commons. Those drafts are shown for proofreading only. ---- In this Draft brazil-1 I have drawn the land, water, rivers. The soft green areas is something I need to ask you. Are those Mangrove forest or other type of wetland? On the source map those areas sometimes has one side with a clear line but some sides are soft, just floating out. Is it supposed to be like this and if so what does it mean? Remember that colors, fillings etc can and will be changed. Please also think about how much of the information from the source map you want in this. Ones we have all what you want in we can make different version, with or without text, some text etc. Could you please write the text from the two corners here, thanks. Feedback, anything is fine, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:17, 10 March 2026 (UTC) Wow, this looks like a great start! So excited that you're doing this. I'm pretty sure those areas (the hatched ones in the map) are in fact mangroves. (See this (recent) map: The Paranagua Estuarine Complex its extensive mangroves numerous fishing villages… ) Here is the title of the map from the top left corner: Mappa da Bahia de Paranaguá, comprehendendo a entrada do Mar pequeno de Jguape: Which means: (Map of the Bay of Paranaguá, including the entrance to the small sea of Iguape:) The text in the lower right is more involved: Frequentada por navios e vapores de Chile, Monte Vi- deo e Rio de Janeiro, offerece esta bahia o aspecto mais pitoresco e encantador, em quanto as suas sinuosas enseadas coroadas por numerosas ilhas, são cercadas em toda a parte de altas verdejantes serranias, onde abundão as melhores madeiras, onde pastão socegadas as araçajos porcos, os jacús e quanta caça quer. Estendem-se vergonhões de importante proveito na serra em cima. Chegão para o consumo seguidas boiadas da serra para baixo. Acha-se a ipecacuanha nas margens. Nas roçadas sazonão as bananas, as nanaás entumecem, tajos, mangoritós, aipis e carás, luzem, pimentas e tomates. Dá o café, a canna, o algodão, o fume, o arroz com admiravel viço e sua cultura rende bem tanto aos estrangeiros, que são Nordamericanos, Inglezes, Francezes e Allemães, como ao povo Brazileiro, pacífico e hospitaleiro. Ha larangeiras e limoeiros até que apodrecem as frutas. Matão-se os peixes e camarões em milheiros. O mangue é carregado com saborosas ostras sem fim. Terra riquissima! Saudosos sítios! Here's an English translation: Frequented by ships and steamers from Chile, Montevideo, and Rio de Janeiro, this bay presents the most picturesque and enchanting view. While its winding coves, crowned with numerous islands, are surrounded on every side by high green mountain ranges where the finest timber abounds, where peccaries and jacús roam peacefully, and where game of every kind may be found. Rich tracts of valuable resources extend across the mountains above. Successive herds of cattle come down from the mountains to supply consumption. Ipecacuanha is found along the banks. In the clearings bananas ripen, pineapples swell, and tajos, mangaritos, cassava and yams flourish, along with peppers and tomatoes. Coffee, sugarcane, cotton, tobacco, and rice grow there with admirable luxuriance, and their cultivation yields good returns both to foreigners—North Americans, English, French, and Germans—and to the Brazilian people, peaceful and hospitable. There are orange and lemon trees in such abundance that the fruit rots on the trees. Fish and shrimp are caught by the thousands. The mangroves are laden with endless delicious oysters. A land of immense riches! Beloved places! Babbage (talk) 04:09, 12 March 2026 (UTC) @Babbage Thank you. What I meant by ping me is that (depending on how you write your posting) if you use [edit] mode you can use the code {{ping|Goran tek-en}} or if you use the [replay] mode click on the person icon with + and there you will find my username to click on. In that way I will get notified that you have written something for me, otherwise I might not see it for a while. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 12:14, 12 March 2026 (UTC) @Babbage I also need you to tell me if you want all of the different text info which is in the map? --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:56, 12 March 2026 (UTC) @Babbage And also, On the source map those areas sometimes has one side with a clear line but some sides are soft, just floating out. Is it supposed to be like this and if so what does it mean? --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:59, 12 March 2026 (UTC) @Goran tek-en Perhaps it has to do with the kind of coastline, beach vs something else? To be honest I’m not sure. Babbage (talk) 16:27, 12 March 2026 (UTC) Ideally, yes. I am very interested in the author of the book from which the map is taken (en:Julius Platzmann.) I believe it might be hand-drawn and lettered by him so it is of great interest to me. There are clues to his residency and previous exploration of the area by others embedded in the map. I can edit SVGs so if it’s too time-consuming for you to do all the transcription I am happy to help with that. @Goran tek-en: Babbage (talk) 16:26, 12 March 2026 (UTC) @Babbage It would help me if you could write all the rivers names here so I can copy. Start top left downwards etc, I know it will not be exact order but I will find. When you have this much text in a map always hard and important to get them to fit and extend in the correct direction when viewed. Should this map be in Portuguese or English, or do you want both? Depending on that, write it here, thanks it will help. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:57, 13 March 2026 (UTC) @Babbage I'm trying to group different types of texts together based on uppercase or lowercase, size and there placing. 1. Top right: BARRA CANANEA, this type is placed on the ocean in several places, what are the names of? 2. Same type is also on the mangrove places, are they names of those areas? 3. In several places there are small texts like P. Conaas (just to the right of Island Mel). What does the P stand for, what are they names of? 4. Same with M. Meia (just below 3.)? --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:50, 13 March 2026 (UTC) I think the first version should be in Portuguese. I would be happy to do the English translation myself, if possible. Am I correct in assuming that the text in the SVG will not be turned into <path>s but kept as <text> and/or <tspan> elements? If so I know enough about SVG to carry out a translation. (I’d use Inkscape, probably.) 1. A Barra is a sandbar. (Incidentally, Cananea is now spelled Cananéia.) 2. I think the hatched areas are sandbars or tidal flats; they may emerge at low tide. 3. P. = ponta — A point or headland jutting into the water — a navigational landmark. 4. M. = morro — A hill or mound, usually a visible high point sailors could use as a reference when lining up channels. I’m still not 100% sure about whether the hatched areas are mangroves, but I believe it's more likely that the cartographer was mapping shallow areas, not vegetation. It’s quite likely that there were mangroves all over the map, but I’m not sure they’re explicitly represented. I’m working on the name list and will get it to you as soon as I can. Thanks again! @Goran tek-en Babbage (talk) 03:03, 14 March 2026 (UTC) @Babbage Thanks for all your important info, here are some more questions. Question image A. Is one a cross with all four legs the same length, what is it? The other lines, do they symbolize a village or something else? B. Whats this, anchor point or what? C. Are those rocks sticking up? D. Road? --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:10, 14 March 2026 (UTC) A. Is one a cross with all four legs the same length, what is it? The other lines, do they symbolize a village or something else? My guess is that it’s either a misplaced "4" or a symbol for a church. But it seems like an odd place for one, and I don't see the symbol elsewhere. So I'm not sure. B. Whats this, anchor point or what? Yes, I think it's an anchorage. C. Are those rocks sticking up? Yes, I think so. They are warnings that there are rocks near the island. D. Road? Almost certainly. You can see above there's another one called Estrada da Graziosa. Estrada means "street" or "road". And here's what has taken me so long to respond: I have transcribed all the places on the map into an SVG file that I hope will be of use to you: https://ruphus.com/platzmann/works-original/platzmann1872bai/map/render-list.html This page loads the SVG and my digitization of the labels, which are from this SVG: https://ruphus.com/platzmann/works-original/platzmann1872bai/map/labels.svg Please let me know if there's anything else I can do @Goran tek-en Babbage (talk) 03:44, 16 March 2026 (UTC) @Goran tek-en Update! I have done some research and now realize that a "barra" isn’t just a sandbar. It came to mean the entrance to bodies of water where sandbars commonly built up. So in the map, there are four main "entrances" or "inlets" to the Paranaguá Bay (Bahia): Barra de Superaguhy, Barra do Norte, Barra de Paranaguá, and Barra Ibopetuba ou do Sul. There is also a Barra Cananea in the top right corner. Babbage (talk) 21:39, 16 March 2026 (UTC) @Babbage Just a quick one. I have downloaded the "content" on your links but there are some restrictions so I can't download them as svg files etc. But you don't have to fix something I have the content, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 11:50, 17 March 2026 (UTC) Hmm, I took a look and all the permissions, etc seemed to be in order. Odd. I did add this plaintext file of the labels if that’s helpful: https://ruphus.com/platzmann/works-original/platzmann1872bai/map/labels.txt Babbage (talk) 13:28, 17 March 2026 (UTC) @Babbage: I have now added all of the information for this map and there is a lot of information. I have got the impression that you would like this svg map to be as close as possible to the original source. If that is so then I suggest we make at least two versions; one as like as possible and one which would be like we do create maps nowadays and here at commons. There is a big difference in the usage between the original paper map and the digital we create here at commons and which can be used anywhere. I might also have to enlarge the map in px so that I can use text sizes that will be readable when the map is viewed at 100%. Please give me your thoughts on this, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 11:53, 18 March 2026 (UTC) @Goran tek-en: Very exciting! Yes I agree that two versions is the way to go. Incidentally, I have just begun the process of proofreading the OCR of the book the map is from on Wikisource, so the Wikisource version of the book might be one good destination for the original-style map. I might make a derived version with content relevant to the book (where the author lived, nearby settlements…). I can think of many articles that could benefit from reusing the SVG map, either in full or in derivative form (for instance, en:Superagui, en:History of Paraná, etc., etc). The original style could also be used in the en:Julius Platzmann article. Any sizing decisions are up to you. Babbage (talk) 15:04, 18 March 2026 (UTC) @Babbage In this draft can you tell me what the blue names are naming. Some of them look like island some something else, thanks. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:26, 20 March 2026 (UTC) @Babbage Also, I can't find a font which is exactly as the map, if you know please tell me. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:38, 20 March 2026 (UTC) Maleques  - I am quite flummoxed by this. It doesn't seem to exist in Openstreetmap. Pedras Brancas - yes, white rocks. https://maps.app.goo.gl/KUn3ysP5Hef5xm6CA Guamiranga - your reading is correct. An island. Pedras near I. Cotinga - Yes, rocks. https://maps.app.goo.gl/RsSXq3M5sN6yvAgU8 (there was a famous shipwreck nearby.) Lage - I think this is some sort of rock outcroppping. Teixeira should be Ilha Teixeira, I missed the I. on the left side of the island. Itapema - That's a rock. (In Tupí: "itá / ita = “stone, rock” pema / pemã") Sacco da Tarautaca - a cove Lazareto  - small islet, now known as Isla das Cobras https://g1.globo.com/pr/parana/podcast/pod-parana/noticia/2023/11/03/podparana-153-conheca-a-historia-da-ilha-das-cobras-espaco-que-foi-hospital-de-quarentena-e-casa-de-veraneio-de-governadores.ghtml As for the font, I believe this map was hand-lettered. Platzmann mentions having copied a map of the area in his book, so he may have derived this map from that one. He was known to hand-letter entire books. Babbage (talk) 22:47, 20 March 2026 (UTC) @Babbage Please Ping me. On the source map the ocean and the barras has a texture (line types) on them. Do you want that as well on look alike map? --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:27, 21 March 2026 (UTC) @Goran tek-en: Yes, I think it would make sesne to include it because it might be interesting information about historical distribution of the mangroves. Babbage (talk) 16:41, 21 March 2026 (UTC) @Babbage I didn't explain enough, sorry. I would have different colors for the ocean and the barras, I'm just asking about the texture of those. The reason is that line patterns like that makes it harder to read the text. But I will add and then we can see. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 21:04, 21 March 2026 (UTC) Ah I see. I defer to your expertise! 😄 Also, just out of curiosity, can I ask what software you use to create your awesome graphics? @Goran tek-en Babbage (talk) 21:47, 21 March 2026 (UTC) @Babbage Inkscape, we can talk about the creation after this if you think it would give you something. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 12:30, 23 March 2026 (UTC) @Babbage So finally I have a draft for you. There has been a lot of manual editing to get the texts/map to look something like the original map. Please check everything for there is a lot of information and somewhere there will be mistakes. Feedback please, and just tell me your honest thoughts, all is fine with me. Draft like source brazil-3, view it at 100%. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 11:15, 30 March 2026 (UTC) @Goran tek-en Holy cow, this looks amazing! I can’t believe the amount of effort you put into making every label look like the original. I will take a good look and let you know if I find anything fixable. You're planning to upload the SVG form right? Thanks again!! Babbage (talk) 23:04, 30 March 2026 (UTC) @Babbage Haven't I posted this before: ---- Those drafts are PNG versions of the original SVG file I'm working in and will upload to commons. Those drafts are shown for proofreading only. Is this not what you wanted? You should be aware of that in order to achieve this I had to convert all text to outline so unfortunately translating this twill mean I will have to do it, as I know what I have done. Also the svg file will be rather heavy in px due to text to outline and the structures of the ocean and the tidal flats. I will start with the other version of this map in which text will be text. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:39, 31 March 2026 (UTC) @Goran tek-en my apologies. Babbage (talk) 15:08, 31 March 2026 (UTC) @Babbage NO, I didn't mean it like that, I was kind of asking myself, sorry for misunderstanding. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:10, 31 March 2026 (UTC) Ok I see now, sorry for the confusion. In any case, I need to give it one more pass but so far the only (!) seeming error I have found is that Bahia de Guarakeçaba reads Bahia de Cuarakeçaba. @Goran tek-en Babbage (talk) 20:15, 5 April 2026 (UTC) Oops, found some more: Entrada do mar peqoueno de Iguabe - Entrada do mar pequeno de Iguabe Ilha Cacas - Ilha Cascas (Ilha Cacas would mean ‘Island of Poop’ 😂 Rio Luix - Rio Luiz (I made several errors thinking a "z" was an "x", they look very similar) Rio Çonxas - Rio Conxas Above Bahia da Serra, there is a missing label, right above R. da Serra Negra, which reads Bento da Gruz @Goran tek-en Babbage (talk) 20:37, 5 April 2026 (UTC) @Babbage Are you sure Bahia de Cuarakeçaba should be changed to G. Look at NEGRA to the left? Cant' find Rio Çonxas - Rio Conxas? Don't mind the color of the ocean, just for my clean up. Draft brasil-4 --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:16, 7 April 2026 (UTC) @Goran tek-en Are you sure Bahia de Cuarakeçaba should be changed to G. Look at NEGRA to the left? I suppose it could be a typo, but I am pretty sure there is no such placename as Cuarakeçaba. Cant' find Rio Çonxas - Rio Conxas? Sorry, I think I was thinking of P. Conxas — at the bottom on Ilha do Mel. Don't mind the color of the ocean, just for my clean up.@ 👍 Babbage (talk) 04:17, 8 April 2026 (UTC) @Goran tek-en I guess it’s worth bearing in mind that once it’s in an SVG, we can always update it later Babbage (talk) 21:11, 8 April 2026 (UTC) @Babbage Draft brazil-5 I did write before but it probably got lost in everything. In this look alike map I have had to convert all the texts into outlines, drawings so there is no text info in this version. I would have been impossible to make it look like this otherwise. The other version (like today's maps) all the text will be text. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 14:48, 9 April 2026 (UTC) @Goran tek-en I see, makes sense. Let me know if there’s anything else I can do to help! I will do another comparison now. Babbage (talk) 16:05, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

@Babbage: There is one thing I don't understand on the source map. At the right side there is two straight lines, latitude and longitude I think. But the text top right side say 29 latitude, can that be right? --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 12:08, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

@Babbage:

• How is your checking going?
• Have you seen my question just above.
• I'm working on the other version but we should finish this one first. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 12:28, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en Sorry, I missed the previous one and have been busy. Taking a look now! Babbage (talk) 20:54, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en Fortunately, we have some definitive clues from the text. It’s not 29 latitude; in fact it reads 25. The author describes sailors coming to his small island to observe a total eclipse of the sun, and on that day they used instruments to measure the coordinates: In the meantime, valuable astronomical instruments had revealed themselves. They were set up on a rock flattened toward the sky, on a rise east above the house and the landing place. Its geographical position was provisionally determined, by means of an artificial horizon and the quadrant, as 25°23'34" south latitude and 5°06'04" east longitude from Rio de Janeiro. A tripod bore the gleaming telescope tube. Compass and chronometer stood beside it on a natural rock bench, as if made for the purpose. The suspense increased when the first contact of the moon with the sun was announced at 9:36:03 (7 September 1858). This tells us that the south latitude is 25° and the longitude was measured from Rio, not Greenwich. In modern terms, AI tells me that that longitude line would be at about 48° to 49° West of Greenwich. Babbage (talk) 21:59, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Convert JPG to SVG

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  original (jpg)

Article(s): Morocco

Request

Please convert the attached CIA World Factbook map of Morocco (2025 version) from JPG to a vector SVG format. --Flaspec (talk) 20:45, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

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Vectorize Golan Heights map

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  PNG

Article(s): w:Golan Heights

Request

Hello, could someone please vectorize this map of the Golan Heights? Thanks. --Yovt (talk) 23:00, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

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Is it possible right now to add the central region onto a map?

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  What I would like to change
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  What I would like for you to take inspiration from

Article(s): Subdivisions of Ethiopia

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Heya! I was wondering if it possible to add in the border of the central region (first image) with references coming from the second image. --GuesanLoyalist (talk) 08:51, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

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Help optimizing code of Election map

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  Map I need help with
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  Map I fixed myself

Article(s): en:1788–89 United States presidential election

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A little while back I uploaded two election maps for the 1788-1789 and 1792 US presidential election show how electors cast there second vote as at this time each elector had two vote and all electors cast one for George Washington in both elections however I made these images in a pretty crappy SVG editor so they came out with some inconsistency with other united state election maps. more recently I taught myself how to edit the code of SVGs and I optimized the the 1792 map to be more consistent but the 1788-1789 map is far more complicated and different from other election maps so I don't think I can do the same with it due to my inexperience, so I would like a more experienced Graphist to do it instead PharaohCrab (talk) 18:53, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

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Update NUTS maps

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  NUTS 1 regions of Europe
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  NUTS 2 regions of Europe
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  NUTS 3 regions of Europe

Article(s): Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics

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Our svg maps for the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) regions of Europe need updating, as to include new candidate countries for EU membership. Specifically, the NUTS regions for Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine need to be added (details on each are included in the linked articles). A couple details in the NUTS 2 map also need fixing, as the shading for Norway is broken and the shading for the Caspian sea is different than other seas and oceans. I tried asking about this in the file talk page, but haven't received responses, so wanted to ask the workshop about updating it. Thanks in advance. --Grnrchst (talk) 13:35, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

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ChatGPT accessibility map inaccurate?

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  Countries where ChatGPT is available

Article(s): en:ChatGPT

Request

This map doesn't seem right. The Channel Islands are shown as not having access to ChatGPT. Could someone verify this? --Lizardcreator (talk) 01:46, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Also Greenland is missing. Yann (talk) 11:04, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

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There's a few omissions of smaller territories, including the Channel Islands, which are not listed in the source list. That said, weirdly there were a number of territories that are listed there that weren't on the map, which I have added. If ChatGPT is freely available in the Channel Islands, Curacao, the Marshall Islands, and other remaining areas, it may be better to hide their circles rather than imply they are separately listed. CMD (talk) 11:10, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Romani flag maps - Hungary

• File:Flag map of Hungary (Romani people).svg
• File:Flag map of Hungary (Hungarian Romani flag).svg
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  This can be used in the creation of both files.
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  Standard Romani flag, which could be used in the creation of the first file.
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  Hungarian Romani flag (eight-spoked wheel), which could be used in the creation of the second file.
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  Romani flag map for Bulgaria, provided as an example.
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  Romani flag map for Romania, also as an example.

Article(s): Anywhere where flag maps may be relevant.

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Could someone please create two new SVG flag maps representing the Romani people in Hungary, with the first one depicting the standard Romani flag and the second one depicting the unique eight-spoked wheel variant of the flag used by Hungarian Romanies? Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 14:17, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

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American bases worldwide

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  Map of countries with US military bases

Article(s): en:List of American military installations

Request

Per the discussions here and the explanations here, I'd be grateful if someone could un-shade Iceland, Norway, Estonia and Latvia. Egypt should be un-shaded too, as that's a peacekeeping mission. I also think the rest of the world should be a darker shade of grey, as it's hard to see. Thanks. --Asarlaí (talk) 13:55, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

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Iceland: path8969–path9065
 Norway: path9067–path9153
Estonia: path5944–path5970
 Latvia: lt
  Egypt: eg

@Asarlaí:  Done

Note: previous edits messed up the grouping of SVG elements.

For reference, here are the ids of the affected countries.

cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 09:22, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

I need a map showing location of Czechoslovakia and Hungary

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  Location of Hungary to take from here
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  Location of Czechoslovakia to take from here

Article(s): uk:Угорсько-чехословацькі відносини (1945—1992)

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pls help me make Czechoslovakia-Hungary locator map as modelled on Czech Republic-Hungary locator map--Slovolyub (talk) 16:49, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

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