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help, tools, instructions, links, FAQs, examples, labs, software, etc.. They are not for categorization of images and media files used outside of internal Commons work.
Please do not categorize regular image or media files here.
Instead, see the main categories and subcategories at the
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To find categorized maps, atlases, and satellite pictures please see:
See
Commons:Threshold of originality#Maps
.
Use
{{PD-map}}
on maps which are ineligible for copyright.
- Note: Please add more free sites. Resulting maps must be
free according to Wikimedia standards
.
Anybody can create maps for free at the sites below and upload them to the Commons.
- Datawrapper.de
? Create charts and maps with Datawrapper for free. Add an image license, and this template:
- MapChart.net
? Create custom maps for free. Use this image license template:
The subpages are a repository of various files useful for creating new maps for various wiki projects. The files in the subpages are not necessarily opened through web browsers since many of them are in graphic applications generic formats, like
GIMP
.
On
commons.wikimedia.org
.
These SVG maps have user-editable sections (any text editor) to allow creation of more maps on more topics.
Just paste in a list of states and values.
See examples at
Category:English-language SVG maps of the United States made with templates
.
Feel free to create map templates for other countries too.
Cmglee
may be able to help with that.
Simple map below with state names and colored states. See
its talk page
.
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3 SVG file checkers are listed below. Use them on SVG maps (like the ones in the previous section). Some text editors such as
en:Notepad++
will both edit SVG files, and show line numbers. File checkers list errors by line number.
- WMF Labs SVG check
. Among other things it will tell you if there is a font that does not exist on Wikimedia wikis. And it will show you what the map may look like on the Commons without having to upload it permanently first. It depends on if the software versions are the same. Commons rendering can be different from what a map looks like in a browser before uploading.
- Commons SVG Checker
. If checking via file name do not include "File:"
- w3.org validator
. Upload file. Don't use Commons file URL.
Color blindness:
- Coblis ? Color Blindness Simulator - Colblindor
. Easy to use.
- Color vision deficiency emulator
. Easy to use. Upload a PNG/JPG/JPEG map. Download a PNG map from various-size links on Commons SVG file description page. After uploading to the emulator save the "All" tab with all the test results compiled on one page. That way you can compare different images. The emulator will stop working if you try to upload too many images, especially the same exact image, because you forgot what the results were.
Contrast checkers:
Wikipedia help:
On
meta.wikimedia.org
.
On
mediawiki.org
?
MediaWiki
.
- Note:
See also the user-editable map section higher up.
Please
upload
more free maps to Commons. Resulting maps must be
free according to Wikimedia standards
.
Resources with image license templates
[
edit
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Resources with public-domain statements
[
edit
]
See
Public Domain
.
- Create Custom Map - MapChart
at mapchart.net ? see
Terms of service
. Use
{{Mapchart.net}}
.
- Perry-Castaneda Library
? the Map Collection
[8]
is in the
public domain
(see FAQ:
[9]
): "
Most of the maps scanned by the University of Texas Libraries and served from this web site are in the public domain. No permissions are needed to copy them. You may download them and use them as you wish. We appreciate credit to "University of Texas Libraries" as the source of the scanned images. A few maps are copyrighted, and are clearly marked as such.
"
- Map Maker Trust
[10]
? "
The Map Maker Trust is a source of free map data and mapping software for developing countries. The idea behind the Map Maker Trust is that the lack of good, simple maps is a serious obstacle to development in all kinds of fields, from health care to urban management, from de-mining to environmental protection. The Trust's purpose is two fold: to make public domain mapping data more readily available for developing countries, and to provide free, easy to use software to facilitate map making by non-experts.
"
Resources with unclear free-image statements
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edit
]
These resources may need further clarification. If you upload images from these resources to the commons, then there is a possibility that they may be put up for deletion. Consider this an opportunity to show that they are truly free images, and that they can be used both non-commercially and commercially. The Wikimedia Commons also requires that the images can be modified without asking permission (derivative use). To prove all this you may have to contact the resource and send their reply to
the VRT
.
- UC Atlas of Global Inequality ? home page
[11]
: "
The Atlas of Global Inequality explores some aspects of inequality using online, downloadable maps and graphics. All these materials can be used freely providing they are attributed to the UC Atlas of Global Inequality.
"
University of California, Santa Cruz
.
- Free blank maps of countries and continents at geography.about.com:
[12]
. Overall map portal at geography.about.com:
- [13]
. It is not at all clear which maps are completely free, and which are not.
- Someone might ask at the Geography forums at About.com:
[14]
.
- Guest entry to view forums:
[15]
- Maps of Canada and Atlas of the World maps.
Online Historical Map Digitization Project
Publisher queries and map re-use information
Lists of public domain and other free maps
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edit
]
See:
On the file description page there are several examples of
map legends
:
See also:
- Categories
- On Wikipedia