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The Graphics Lab is a project to improve the graphical content of the Wikimedia projects. Requests for image improvements can be added to the workshop pages: Illustrations, Photographs and Maps. For questions or suggestions one can use the talk pages: Talk:Graphics Lab, Talk:Illustrations, Talk:Photographs and Talk:Maps.
This specific page is the requests page for the Map workshop. Anyone can make a request for a map to be created or improved for a Wikipedia article. The standard format for making a request is shown below, along with general advice, and should be followed. Many maps on the web are in the public domain. See c:Template:PD-map; no need to create another free map here if it already exists on the web. See this Casebook to see what maps qualify as public domain.
You are encouraged to share information and request advice from others. Also see possible conventions toolbox, map tutorials and topographic map tutorials.

Advice to requesters

What do we do? Location maps Area maps (animals, languages, empires, etc.) Historical and conflict related maps Battle maps Technical maps (archaeology, city closeups, etc.) Sourced requests: If possible, please try to provide a reliable source to create a map. This includes a map already on Wikipedia with a reliable source or an external link. Please check: Please check back regularly to see if progress has been made or if any additional questions need to be answered before the request can be completed. Direct collaboration: Some mapmakers are especially interested by one topic area. If you notice a mapmaker fitting your needs, consider asking on their personal talk page to request maps. {{Reqmap}}: To request a map, you can also tag the talk page of the article in need of a map with or {{Reqmapin|Australia}} (articles then appear in Category:Wikipedia requested maps) If a request is done to your satisfaction, please mark it with {{resolved}}.

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Qatar CMC constituencies and municipalities

Hello everyone.

How could I go about turning these 29 disparate images of the constituencies of Qatar's Central Municipal Council into a single map that could be used on Wikipedia? Ideally, I would also like to have a map overlaying the borders of these constituencies with the borders of the municipalities, to visualize the mismatch mentioned here. I couldn't find a single map of all the constituencies anywhere.

Many thanks, and good tidings, غوّاص العلم (Ghawwas) (talk) 12:33, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

@غوّاص العلم: They look like satellite images with overlaid text and lines. I don't think there's an easy way to convert it to map data except by tracing over the features.

You could rescale and translate the images to make a photocomposite, though unless it's an equirectangular or similar projection, there will likely be issues registering the images due to map projection.

It might be better to just get an SVG snapshot off OpenStreetMap. cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add {{ping|cmglee}} to your reply) 17:43, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

Vectorise former Yugoslavia map

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  PNG
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Article(s)

Balkans, Yugoslavia and many others

Request

This PNG has very small text. Would it be possible to recreate it as an SVG?

Instead of a separate legend, it would also be clearer to label the countries and capitals on the map itself.

Thanks! -- cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add {{ping|cmglee}} to your reply) 21:39, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

Changes to Y-DNA haplogroups in the Americas

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  World map of Y-DNA haplogroups

Article(s)

Human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup

Request

Could someone remove haplogroup R1b from Northeast America and add haplogroup Q-M3 to the Caribbean? The scientific consensus is that the presence of haplogroup R1b in contemporary Indigenous American populations is a result of post-contact admixture, and the vast majority of pre-Columbian Y-DNA samples from the Caribbean belong to haplogroup Q-M3 or one of its subclades. – Treetoes023 (talk) 00:55, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

Governorates of Syria

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Article(s)

Governorates of Syria

Request

Could someone translate the maps? Also, there are some mistakes, Quneitra Governorate have been formed in 1964, not 1965. And the Tartus Governorate have been formed in 1966 (not 1972). And the Damascus Governorate (intially called Damascus city governorate) have been formed in 1972, then renamed in 1986, while a previous Damascus Governorate became the Rif Dimashq Governorate.

Discussion

Panam2014 (talk) 18:32, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

How do you make a precinct level map for election results?

Article(s)

2024 California Proposition 6

Request

I'd like to learn how to make a precinct level map for election results similar to [Prop 50 by precinct]. I'd appreciate a tutorial from anyone who knows how to do this, as I'm interested in making precinct level election maps like these. -- NVTRX (talk) 02:53, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

Consolidated precinct results

@NVTRX: If you're referring to this, do you mean for the same precincts, or precincts of a different state? If the former, and if the states were styled using CSS, amend the CSS appropriately. Otherwise, it's likely best to use some GIS software. cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add {{ping|cmglee}} to your reply) 19:47, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

@Cmglee: To be honest, I'd love to learn how to make precinct level results for both California and other states. Though I'd probably do best to start with something easy. I'm unsure if any precincts changed between 2024 (the map I'd like to make, Prop 6) and 2025 (Prop 50). I'm somewhat inexperienced with this sort of thing. I'm not sure what you're referring to with CSS here, and as for GIS I do have QGIS installed but am pretty inexperienced in it. NVTRX (talk) 14:13, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

@NVTRX: SVG files comprise shapes which can be styled (e.g. coloured or outlined) either using a cascading stylesheet (CSS) or individually. If the latter, one has to search for each precinct and set its colour individually. If the former, one can just write e.g. set Precinct23, Precinct68 and Precinct 124 red and Precinct7 to blue. Some editors have made SVG in such a format.

Re QGIS, I'm unfamiliar with it so you'll have to ask at an appropriate forum or YouTube a tutorial. Good luck, cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add {{ping|cmglee}} to your reply) 14:37, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

@Cmglee: I've mostly figured it out, but am having trouble styling the results "Wikipedia-style". I'm aware of Wikipedia:WikiProject Elections and Referendums/USA legend colors but it lacks color palettes for nonpartisan or primary races. I'm also not sure how thick or if there should be white lines separating precincts. NVTRX (talk) 16:17, 23 August 2026 (UTC)

@NVTRX: No idea too. Perhaps Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities can help? cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add {{ping|cmglee}} to your reply) 01:04, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Accessibility for 2 existing maps

Can someone who understands how to apply MOS:COLOUR to maps bring the following 2 maps into compliance (and conversion to SVG format)?

• File:Egypt_and_Syria_1768_to_1774_map_en.png
• File:Map_of_Zahir_al-Umar's_domains,_c._1772.png

I am the creator of the second map. They are both being used in Daher al-Umar and the issue was raised in the current FAC. —Al Ameer (talk) 13:37, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

@Al Ameer son: As you're the creator of the second map, can you please provide your source files so that it's easier for editors to update the image? If it's in a format Commons does not accept, please upload to an external file-sharing site and share the link. Thanks, cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add {{ping|cmglee}} to your reply) 22:43, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks @Cmglee: The source file is in Publisher. Is there any external site you can recommend for link sharing? --Al Ameer (talk) 21:59, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

@Al Ameer son: Oh, I didn't know about Publisher. Can you please link to it? Thanks, cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add {{ping|cmglee}} to your reply) 12:52, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

@Cmglee: Here is the pdf version of the map (with revisions), as I could not figure how to upload the publisher version: File:Daher al-Umar phases of expansion.pdf. Note that I changed the color palette, which hopefully now conforms with MOS:COLOUR. In either case, are you able to convert this to an .svg file? Thank you again --Al Ameer (talk) 21:16, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

 Done

@Al Ameer son: Converted your PDF with http://cloudconvert.com/pdf-to-svg . cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add {{ping|cmglee}} to your reply) 19:37, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

@Cmglee: Great; are you able to crop out the large white space along the left and right margins? (I do not have a tool to edit .svg files) --Al Ameer (talk) 02:31, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

@Al Ameer son:  Done cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add {{ping|cmglee}} to your reply) 15:15, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Aucanquilcha

Map of the Aucanquilcha volcano

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  Description of first image

Article(s)

Aucanquilcha

Request

The current Aucanquilcha article discusses a ton of locations around the volcano, with sources, but unfortunately without a map. I wonder if anyone can make one. -- Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 07:05, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

Romani flag maps for Czechia

• File:Flag map of Czechia (Romani people).svg
• File:Flag map of Czechia (winning design from 2013 contest to establish potential Czech-Romani flag).svg
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  This can be used in the creation of both maps.
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  Standard Romani flag, which can be used in the creation of the first map.
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  The winning design from Tomáš Rafa's 2013 contest to create a potential flag for the Romani community of Czechia, which can be used in the creation of the second map.

Article(s)

Anywhere flag maps may be relevant.

Request

Could someone please create two SVG flag maps representing the Romani community of Czechia, with the first one displaying the standard Romani flag, and the second one displaying the winning design from Tomáš Rafa's 2013 contest to try and establish a specific Czech-Roma flag? Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 13:58, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

Interactive tornado map for European Tornadoes in 2026

Hi! I am trying to create an interactive map for the List of European Tornadoes in 2026 article using the International Fujita (IF) scale.

Could someone tell me or show me how to do it?

List of European Tornadoes in 2026

Map of damage survey tracks of European tornadoes for the year 2026. (Interactive map, click or tap to view in detail) View mapdata Key   IF0 44–66 mph (71–106 km/h)   IF0.5 60–90 mph (97–145 km/h)   IF1 72–108 mph (116–174 km/h)   IF1.5 88–132 mph (142–212 km/h)   IF2 108–162 mph (174–261 km/h)   IF2.5 128–192 mph (206–309 km/h)   IF3 144–216 mph (232–348 km/h)   IF4 184–276 mph (296–444 km/h)   IF5 232–348 mph (373–560 km/h)   IFU Unknown wind speeds

⚡ StormL00ver ⚡ 04:36, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

@StormL00ver: How much interactivity are you expecting? If it's just some markers (optionally with shapes for tracks of the tornados) and popup labels when markers are clicked, learn from this example, which can be added to articles as follows. cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add {{ping|cmglee}} to your reply) 21:09, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

@Cmglee: In terms of interactivity I was thinking about when I click or hover over a tornado's label it should tell me its rating, its width and its path length. ⚡ StormL00ver ⚡ 04:31, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

@StormL00ver: Such a text label as in my example should work. You can even have tables in the tool tips with HTML like

<table><tr><td align=right>foo</td></tr><tr><td>Bar</td></tr></table>

but you'd likely need to write a program to generate the map file. cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add {{ping|cmglee}} to your reply) 11:04, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data:List_of_European_tornadoes_in_2026.map like this? ⚡ StormL00ver ⚡ 11:47, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

Looks good. Just a thought: the markers are rather small so I can't really tell where the markers are. I suppose if the map is to contain hundreds or thousands of tornados, they can't be too big. cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add {{ping|cmglee}} to your reply) 16:50, 6 September 2026 (UTC)

How on earth do I make this geoJSON map???

Hi all, I've just been trying to convert this map into a Commons data: namespace .map file, but every time I try entering the GEOjson data, all I get is "Syntax error". I've been trying for the past 6 HOURS, but no matter what I try, I get the same cryptic error message.

What I'm trying to make is an interactive map of Ireland's counties, so that you can click on each county and its name pops up. If someone could figure out how to upload this data, and show me where I'm going wrong, I would be very grateful. The data is available as a direct download on the source website, and is CC-BY (free use). The file size is too large to upload to commons as-is, so I've been trying to simplify it using Mapshaper

If anyone's interested, I can paste the data I've tried to upload on my user sandbox. Thanks in advance! Let Me Edit It (talk) 17:55, 7 September 2026 (UTC)

Flag maps of Europe - Syrian flag update

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  Flag of Syria since 2025.

Article(s)

All articles these are already on or may be used on.

Request

Could somebody please update the above flag maps of Europe with the new flag of Syria, which has been officially in use since 2025? Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 16:25, 8 September 2026 (UTC)

 DoneThis was already done by someone here. Cesiumslate9 (talk) 19:02, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

Moroccan Arabic

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Article(s)

All articles these are already on or may be used on.

Request

Could somebody create a new map based on first map (for Morrocco) with green replaced by #004080.

Discussion

Panam2014 (talk) 15:00, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

@Panam2014: Wouldn't that clash with the southern part of Algeria which is also blue? ~2026-50428-10 (talk) 00:47, 19 September 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-50428-10: the map would only put Morocco. Panam2014 (talk) 00:58, 19 September 2026 (UTC)

Makin and Butaritari

Article(s)

Kakiaba, Teatumateatata, Teitimararoa, Bakatokia, Butaritari, Makin

Request

A recreation of the map of Makin and Butaritari in Tungaru Traditions, p. 102, with only those place names and not any of the modern place names in more recent maps -- — VORTEX³⁴²⁷ (Talk!) 06:08, 17 September 2026 (UTC)

Discussion