Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps

The project suggests some web-friendly map conventions, which may help to make maps more readable. The suggested conventions are free for graphists to adapt to their specific needs. Graphists who are unsure of an appropriate style, colour, or style of labelling, may find these suggestions helpful.

Please feel free to ask questions on our .

As maps can be politically charged, it is important to cite your sources and/or your methodology when editing or creating any map. This is particularly true for historical maps.

Topographic map in SVG format. Featured picture.

Outline of UK

India locator map (blank), used as a base map for other India maps. It is a featured picture and an example of a SVG format map.

Texas Locator Map with US inset. (orange not up to date)

Florida Political Map

Ancient Greek Colonies of North Black Sea
Example of inset

A historic map example featuring the Holy Roman Empire. (orange not up to date)

The use of JPEG is discouraged, since it is a lossy compression format and so will result in a blurry map or diagram. The quality of GIF images is better than JPEG. GIF images allow for the creation of animations.

PNG is a lossless, truecolor image format. It is good for all maps and particularly for maps with more than 256 colours. As a pixel-based image, it is more difficult than an SVG image to edit. Some uploaders prefer to work with SVG and then upload a PNG version.

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