Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Map workshop
Graphics Lab/Map workshopThe 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.
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Species distribution map of Austrovenus stutchburyi
[edit]Hello, could I please get a species distribution map of Austrovenus stutchburyi for its article? For context, I am working on getting this article ready for Featured Article candidacy. I attempted to make a distribution map of my own, but it is not of a good enough quality (at least not for a Featured Article). I'm largely following the distribution described on page 281 here, but in brief the species is found all along the coast in New Zealand. It's widespread throughout the North Island, South Island, Stewart Island and also the far away Chatham Islands (to the east) and subantarctic Auckland Islands to the south. A reviewer also noted that it might be a good idea to name these islands in the map. I would be extremely grateful for a map of this distribution! Please do let me know if there's any clarification needed. AxonsArachnida (talk) 01:48, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
Southern Mexico
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South-3
- Article(s)
- Draft:Southern Mexico (Southern Mexico)
- Request
- Could someone please make a map of Southern Mexico with expanded boundaries. There is already one with South-3, which I am using right now. However, Southern Mexico does not have fixed definitions. South-6 is the next most common definition, which contains South-3, Puebla, Veracruz, and Michoacán. Further, Tabasco and the states on the Yucatán Peninsula are occasionally included. At the very least, there should be a distinction between South-3 and the rest but if you could make each group separate, that would be great as well.✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 15:07, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
- Discussion
Bronx Grit Chamber service area
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- Article(s)
- Bronx Grit Chamber
- Request
- At https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924003638867&seq=19&q1=bronx there's a map showing the service area of the Bronx Grit Chamber For orientation purposes, this is roughly the area labeled "Wards Island" at https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dep/downloads/pdf/water/wastewater/nyc-wastewater-system-map.pdf, but not quite (most significantly, the westernmost portion is not part of the original plan). I'd like a new map based on this that's easier to read, showing the initial area and the three expansion areas, as well as some major landmarks. Note the original is oriented north-right; the new map should be drawn in the more common north-up orientation. RoySmith (talk) 16:59, 11 July 2026 (UTC)
- I already have a {{maplink}} showing three buildings related to the project. I suppose one possibility would be to just expand that to include this information. RoySmith (talk) 17:19, 11 July 2026 (UTC)
- Discussion
2026 United States cyclosporiasis outbreak
[edit]Requesting a map for the 2026 United States cyclosporiasis outbreak based off of the CDC data available here. A CSV file is available on the website if you scroll down a bit. Thanks in advance. OrbitalVoid49 (talk) 02:13, 15 July 2026 (UTC)
- @Timeshifter: Would http://cdc.gov/cyclosporiasis/php/surveillance/index.html#heading-adqtxrdw84 be something you'd be interested in recreating? Thanks, cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add
{{ping|cmglee}}to your reply) 13:54, 16 July 2026 (UTC)- @Cmglee and OrbitalVoid49: and anyone interested in helping out can go to the link below, and look at the examples, instructions, and template to make more.
- Commons:Category:English-language SVG choropleth maps of the United States with visible numbers. Made with templates.
- I am pretty overwhelmed right now.
- --Timeshifter (talk) 18:30, 16 July 2026 (UTC)
- I don’t believe a map is needed as much at this moment as it is no longer an article. Would be nice to have it in the section but not that important. OrbitalVoid49 (talk) 18:38, 16 July 2026 (UTC)
@OrbitalVoid49: If you are in a hurry you can do a screenshot of the CDC chart (it's in the public domain since it is a federal government site). And use {{legend}} for the legend entries in the caption. Category: Commons:Category:Choropleth maps of the United States with state abbreviations. --Timeshifter (talk) 21:23, 16 July 2026 (UTC)
Map of Abemama
[edit]Can somebody recreate the map of Abemama on p. 99 for Karotu please? All of the villages are where they are presently and have the same names, except for Binoinano which is now Kariatebike. Don't worry about Kawan te Tua, but could you please include Tabontebike (another modern location) and Kenna (which is just the south end of the main chain of islands, after Kabangaki) — VORTEX3427 (Talk!) 06:18, 15 July 2026 (UTC)
- Also, can Binoinano in State of Abemama location map.svg be moved right above the first channel cutting through the water, close to Tebanga, and marked with a star — VORTEX3427 (Talk!) 06:23, 15 July 2026 (UTC)
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- Aquilegia
- Request
- Aquilegia was recently promoted to FA and will run as Today's Featured Article on 1 August. As part of a literature review for another article, I realized that a recently published source had a map depicting global native range distribution of Aquilegia.
- Yu, Fang-Min; He, Wen-Chuang; Erst, Andrey S.; Peng, Huan-Wen (2025). "Phylogenomics and structural variations of plastid genomes of the columbine genus (Ranunculaceae)". BMC Plant Biology. PMID 40836276.
- I would like that map replicated as an SVG. Unlike in the original, I would like it to only indicate the genus's distribution in a single color, rather than the different colors representing different species groups. I'm awaiting supporting research to see if this study's groupings will be excepted by other experts in the genus. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 15:45, 20 July 2026 (UTC)
- Discussion
2026 Tour de France Femmes
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2026
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2023
- Article(s)
- 2026 Tour de France Femmes
- Request
- As in previous years, is it possible to create a location map for the stages of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes? Last year, user:Lars A did it.-- Guillaumrs (talk) 19:26, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
Request taken by Lars A (talk) 09:24, 28 July 2026 (UTC).- Done Tell me if I got anything wrong! Lars A (talk) 10:35, 29 July 2026 (UTC)
- @Lars A Great, thanks a lot. I notice a few errors, particularly regarding the accents on place names.
- "Grand départ"
- "GENÈVE"
- "RHÔNE"
- Is it also possible to ensure that the text does not overlap with existing borders and lines? It makes readability difficult. Guillaumrs (talk) 11:08, 29 July 2026 (UTC)
- It looks OK to me now. Tell me if you find more problems! Lars A (talk) 12:21, 29 July 2026 (UTC)
- Done I have made the changes you asked for. If there is anything more that needs to be fixed I will be happy to try to do so! Lars A (talk) 12:43, 30 July 2026 (UTC)
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Request for improvement of maps
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- Description of first image
- Description of second image (if needed)
- Description of third image (if needed; don't request too many at once, though)
- Article(s)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_reivers
- Request
I created a number of maps using QGIS using some reliable sources from the internet, double checking them with available academic / hard-copies, and tracing them. In some cases using Gatehouse Gazetteer as a data source.
- Discussion
As you can see from the maps, they're of a varied standard - decent enough to show the detail but I would be happier if they could be brought to standard that you guys create - this can either be done by pointing out what styling / formatting you use, or I can send you the QGZ file with all the shape files and other data files.
Thanks a bunch,
Qatar CMC constituencies and municipalities
[edit]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)