Note: For help with image creation and editing ask at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Map workshop.

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Current translation effort (fr-en)

Some map-related tutorials in the process of translation from French into English at :

Drawing tutorials[edit]

French team have the following set of tutorials: French graphic tutorials. Translations welcome !

Map tutorials[edit]

There is a list of existing map tutorials; more are welcome. French users have provided some, and translations into English would be welcome.

The best places to obtain SVG map backgrounds are listed in SVG maps, particularly Location_maps (2008 standard) and their sub-pages. The Map conventions and toolbox also provide six helpful conventions, some strongly supported by specific teams. The tutorials below follow the training of a hypothetical new map maker: the deeper you go, the more complexity and beauty you find.

Demonstration of how an SVG map is built layer by layer:
1.Valley; 2.Plain; 3.Hill; 4.Rivers; 5.Troops; 6.Moves; 7.Text; 8.Locator map; 9.Legend.
Topographic map with English information on it. The level 2 tutorials on the left describe its creation.
Page or file fr Software Introduction
Level 0 tutorials
Change the colors of a country frThis page is complete. Inkscape Quickly change the color of a zone already delimited on a map
Translate an SVG frPage has a good intro, but the main content needs more work. Inkscape Translate or modify a map or diagram without redrawing it entirely (svg or bitmap)
Copy a bitmap map into SVG frPage has a good intro, but the main content needs more work. Inkscape Copy a bitmap map into SVG
Centre or crop an image frThis page is complete. Inkscape or The Gimp Centre or crop an image
Level 1 tutorials
media:Tutorial-cartography_(basic).svg This page is complete. Inkscape Introduction to vector map making with Inkscape: download, open with Inkscape and follow the exercises
Create and color map zones fr Inkscape Create and color map zones freehand. Create and color independent zones in Inkscape starting from a map showing borders of countries or other zones. (See also next tutorial.)
Cut a map into several sub-areas frA good introduction! (but lonely) Inkscape Cut a map into several sub-areas. (Should replace the preceding tutorial.)
Draw roads and railroads frThis page is complete. Inkscape For roads, freeways, railroads, etc. Download and watch the English video.
Draw topological maps frPage has a good intro, but the main content needs more work. Inkscape Draw subway line maps
Draw a cartogram frPage is only a poor introduction. Scapetoad Draw a cartogram
Level 2 tutorials: topography
Creation of maps using GIS (fr:SIG) and DEM
Open JUMP GIS Open JUMP GIS Creating a general map with Open JUMP GIS
QGIS lesson 0: Get ready QGIS Introduction to QGIS
QGIS lesson 1: Create a topographic background frPage has a good intro, but the main content needs more work. QGIS Introduction to QGIS, GIS technology, load GIS file into QGIS, edit the color style, output the topographic background.
QGIS lesson 2: Merge tiles and Shaded reliefs frPage has a good intro, but the main content needs more work. QGIS Introduction to QGIS, GIS technology, load GIS file into QGIS, edit the color style, output the topographic background.
Calculate the scale of a map frThis page is complete. Néant Determine the scale of a map from the precision of its data
First steps with GRASS frThis page is complete. GRASS GIS Detailed installation of GRASS GIS under Windows and first steps with this free GIS for map creation using digital terrain models
Georeferenced digital cartographyA good introduction! (but lonely)
* Optimizing reliefThis page is complete.
* SVG topographyPage has a good intro, but the main content needs more work. 		frThis page is complete. 3DEM
GRASS GIS
Inkscape
GIMP 		Map creation from digital data.
A collection of tutorials for geographical, relief and topographic map creation using digital map data
Note: Inkscape, the convenient free vector editor used by most wikigraphists, can be downloaded here.

Web tools[edit]

ShareMap.org is community tool that allows creating map on Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0 ) license in SVG format. More information can be found here.

Map resources[edit]

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The overall category for working on maps is Category:Wikipedia maps. For categorized maps themselves see Category:Maps.

Wikipedia maps
Map-related navigational boxes
Images of fictional maps
Wikipedia geographic image maps
WikiProject Geographical coordinates
Wikipedia OSM maps
Wikipedia requested maps
User map galleries
WikiProject Maps
Coordinates templates
Map formatting and function templates

See also the many resource and help links here:

When adding maps to articles, you have two options; you can add a separate map, or add a geo-referenced template that links to several maps depending on the reader's preference.

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See also
  • Location maps (2008 international recommendations for location maps)
  • Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Cartographers (Table with ancient or current cartographers)


Help map makers

This page is a collection point for map resources for use in Wikipedia. The overall category for working on maps is Category:Wikipedia maps. See also Commons:Map resources. For categorized maps themselves see Category:Maps. To access all the subpages of WikiProject Maps go to Special:PrefixIndex/Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps. ))

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