User talk:Kmusser/Archive4

Article in need of attention from Map Guru

Hey, you helped me out so much with my Plymouth Colony map, as well as some other work, I thought I would bounce an article your way... The article on the Israelites, as well as other articles relating to the ancient Levant, are in some need of maps. I have not been involved with editing them myself, but I think they could greatly benefit from some more consistant maps, and you have such a skill in this area. If you look at the Israelites article specifically, this: File:1759 map Holy Land and 12 Tribes.jpg is the only map that it has, and it could GREATLY benefit from an updated version of this map, showing the allotments given to the Twelve Tribes. Again, I have no connection to the articles, but I did think to myself "These articles need a map!" and then I thought of your name. No rush on these, but just thought I'd see if it was in your interest to take them on. Toodles! --Jayron32.talk.contribs 03:00, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

This one I recommend checking with User:MapMaster - he did a bunch of nice historical maps dealing with the mideast so might have a good basemap of Israel ready to go. If you don't get a response there I could do it but will do the other request below first as they're easier ones. 16:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

File:Amur watershed.png

I have posted an opinion at the image page. Happy New Year! Bogomolov.PL (talk) 16:29, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Will do, that should be an easy addition. 16:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

On closer inspection there are other mistakes on that map as well, I'm going to do the ones below first and then do a complete re-do on the Amur map. Kmusser (talk) 21:06, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Existing map fixed, more detailed one is in the works. Kmusser (talk) 19:36, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

MNL map update

Happy New Year Kmusser! Can you please update the destination map of MNL that you made?

Below are the destinations that aren't being served from MNL anymore:

• Baguio (BAG)
• Baler (BQA)
• Cuyo (CYP)
• El Nido (ENI)
• Frankfurt (FRA)
• Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP)
• Nanning (NNG)
• Saipan (SPN)
• San Fernando (SFE)
• San Jose, Antique (EUQ)
• Taytay (RZP)
• Yap (YAP)

Below are new destinations served from MNL:

• Borongan (BPR)
• Cauayan (CYZ)
• Daet (DTE)
• Gasan (MRQ)
• Ormoc (OMC)
• San Jose, Occidental Mindoro (SJI)

Below are former direct flights that are now non-stop or vice-versa:

• Dammam (DMM) - now non-stop

Your help is very much appreciated. Thanks! pikdig (talk) 06:07, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

CEB map update

Happy New Year Kmusser! Can you please update the destination map of CEB that you made?

Below are the destinations that aren't being served from CEB anymore:

• Kalibo (KLO)
• Kaohsiung (ROR)
• Koror (ROR)
• Mambajao (CGM)
• Pagadian (PAG)
• Shanghai-Pudong (PVG)

Below are new destinations served from CEB:

• Dipolog (DPL)
• Doha (DOH)
• Dumaguete (DGT)
• Legazpi (LGP)
• Osaka-Kansai (KIX)
• Ozamiz (OZC)
• Surigao (SUG)

IATA code corrections:

• Siargao's IATA code is SOS not SIA

Your help is very much appreciated. Thanks! pikdig (talk) 06:21, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Will do both. 16:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Both airports updated. Kmusser (talk) 19:57, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much! However, LAS, which is a direct flight of PR (MNL-YVR-LAS-YVR-MNL), is labeled as a non-stop flight. Can you please correct this? Also can you please remove CYZ from the MNL map as Philippine Airlines recently announced that they'll cancel their MNL-CYZ-MNL flight this January 27 per [1]. Your help is once again very much appreciated! Thanks! pikdig (talk) 09:42, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

No problem, it's now been fixed. Kmusser (talk) 16:39, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Map of Anglo-Saxon England

Hi -- Kablammo suggested I ask you if you'd be willing to work on a map of Anglo-Saxon England. I have an article on Coenred of Mercia going through featured article candidacy right now, and Kablammo pointed out that the map in that article is not really legible at the reproduction size in the article. Would you be able to do a revised version that would have more legible text? Thanks for any help. Mike Christie (talk) 14:42, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Will do after the requests above. 16:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Done, I went ahead and placed it in the article. Also I noticed File:Saxonengland.jpg sitting over in commons which might be appropriate for some articles of that era. Kmusser (talk) 22:34, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much; I appreciate both the fine map and the quick work. Mike Christie (talk) 00:42, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Siberian River Routes map needs fix

1. Remove marking on Amur River- I was wrong. 2. Add Kyatkha if you can. I accepted your river names and expanded them where I could. You obviously have better maps than I do. As for Tavda river, Forsyth implies a portage between the Tura and the Sosva branch of the Tavda at Vekhoturye, but I could not find anything definite. Benjamin Trovato (talk) 23:48, 4 January 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Benjamin Trovato (talk • contribs) 23:43, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Done. Kmusser (talk) 21:44, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Looks good. I don't think there will be any more changes. I've run out of sources. Benjamin Trovato (talk) 04:44, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Are you interested in fixing the map again? I found a proper source for the northeast. The route ran from the mouth of the Lena by sea to the mouth of the Kolyma, then up the Bolshoy Anyuy and then down the Anadyr to the Pacific. In the portage area I think it was the Yablon (spell?) river which goes southeast to join the Anadyr at the point where it turns from southwest to south. The other side was one of the north-flowing rivers that join the B. Anyuy about halfway across its east-west part.Benjamin Trovato (talk) 03:32, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Got it, I'm in the middle of changing computers, but should got you an updated map relatively soon. Kmusser (talk) 16:14, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Found the relevant rivers. So this would be a new route in addition to the ones already shown? Also were there any significant towns along the way (there certainly aren't any around there now)? Kmusser (talk) 16:36, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

I had almost forgotten too. Changes (I think): 1) Better remove Yablon River. This is probably correct, but the documents are not solid and I would not want to commit to it without better info. 2) Probably a blue line along the Arctic coast from the Lena to Kolyma mouths, since this was the main route. 3) If possible, stick in the Stanovoy Range, roughly from the northwest corner of the Amurrivermap Amur basin above the Amur loop east almost to the notch in the Sea of Okhotsk. This was an important landmark in the Russian-Manchu border conflicts and the Amur Annexation which I will finish in a week or so. Benjamin Trovato (talk) 04:47, 26 November 2009 (UTC) - Thanks Benjamin Trovato (talk) 03:54, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

French colonial empire

Are you saying that you have found maps in which these exact areas were shaded? If not, it constitutes original research on the person who decided to shade those particular areas. That is certainly not an "enclave", what is shaded in China. BTW can you please provide the exact links? The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick ^t 01:36, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Original images are allowed as long as they aren't introducing a new idea (WP:OI), in this case it's a visual aid for something that is described in text. I found text descriptions of the shaded areas that confirmed the original mappers choices. In China the areas being shaded are the 4 provinces listed in the Exclaves article (which is clearly listing stuff other than just "exclaves"), both it and the map describe the shaded area as a "zone of influence", neither is claiming that it is anything more. Sources: Cambridge history link, another source, another, I do notice that these don't exactly agree on which provinces were included - they all include Yunnan and Kwangsi but Kwantung, Kweichow, and Hainan are sometimes included and sometimes not - given more time I could go through the relevant treaty texts and see which is correct.

For Siam the boundary of the shaded area is described in Entente cordiale and Britannica and text of the entente cordiale agreements.Kmusser (talk) 16:19, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

I realise that original images are allowed, but they are introducing a new idea if they say that a certain part of the world was a colony or a sphere of influence and no reliable source can be found to verify that that exact area was that way (if you see what I mean). I don't dispute that European countries had zones of influence in China, but none of your references are maps and therefore it is impossible to say whether these areas are correctly shaded (that is why I removed it). (Also I am not sure that the two websites you provided are reliable sources). I would propose following the same convention as British Empire, where only "true" colonies are shown, and can be cross-checked against existing maps in reliable sources. What do you say? The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick ^t 02:04, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

I think you're setting up an unreasonable standard - considering the state of cartography in the 19th century and earlier historical maps are often less reliable than a good textual description, I'd contend that it's impossible to define an area "exactly" using historical maps at all but if you have a description of where the boundaries are supposed to be they can often be easily drawn on a modern map. In this case determining whether the correct area is shaded isn't all that tricky, China's concessions were done by province and there are plenty of maps out there that show the provinces of China, I agree that more research is needed to make sure we have the right list of provinces, but that's just a matter of taking the time to do it. Whether you show zones of influence at all is really a different question which I don't have a strong opinion about. I'd be reluctant to change this one since it's so widely used on non-English wikis, but I'd support having two different versions of the map out there, one with ZOI and one without, though if you take out China and Siam you should take out the area in India as well - and then article editors can debate which to use. For that matter I'd support you doing a new labeled map like you've done for some of the other empires as well . Kmusser (talk) 15:50, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi there - I don't mean one has to use historical maps. There are plenty of modern day books on empires and we should show what modern day historians show in their maps. If you are willing to support a labelled map, then great - I'll set about making one. FYI - if you are in favour of this style of map for the empire articles, your input on this matter at Talk:Portuguese Empire would be useful. I have been having trouble with User:EuroHistoryTeacher removing File:The Portuguese Empire.png. The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick ^t 16:14, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

As an aside I also saw File:French Empire evolution.gif which might be a useful approach.Kmusser (talk) 16:50, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, we had some debate about this when I took British Empire to a FA review. Personally I'm not a fan of those animated GIF maps. They are either too fast and distracting, or too slow and boring to watch. I also think they look very amateurish. The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick ^t 16:52, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Comments added to Talk:Portuguese Empire, I also made a ZOI free version of the French map at File:France colonial Empire.png - feel free to add it the French Empire article if you think that's better. Kmusser (talk) 14:48, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Slightly modified map

Could you possibly create a slightly modified version of this map that you created? All it needs is for the labels "Bernicia" and "Deira" to be removed. I would suggest calling it File:British kingdoms c 800.png. If not, no problem, but it would be helpful. Thanks -- Mike Christie (talk) 10:38, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Sure, though I left the file on my work machine, it'll get done on Monday. Kmusser (talk) 16:05, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Done. Kmusser (talk) 13:25, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Monongahela National Forest Map

Can you make a map for Monongahela National Forest similar to the one you made for George Washington and Jefferson National Forests? Thanks! Brian Powell (talk) 03:21, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Sure, should be an easy one, soonest I'll get to it is probably Wednesday. Kmusser (talk) 03:44, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. If isn't too much trouble, could you do one for Wayne National Forest as well? Your maps look a lot nicer than the USFS graphic there now. Brian Powell (talk) 06:49, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Done. Kmusser (talk) 17:36, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Brian Powell (talk) 18:53, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Large International Hubs

I've been thinking for a while that it might be interesting to have an article comparing the Major Airlines Hubs of the World where they offer direct flights. It would be great to have some maps to go with them. I was thinking New York (With EWR, JFK & LGA), and London (LHR, LGW, STN, LTN & LCY) to start with. If this is something that sounds at all interesting, let me know, and I'll put together destinations lists. My Talk page is the best way to get in touch with me. Braditude (talk) 18:00, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello

I explained more my Archivage there, I honnestly believe its the best solution, which qill be the most efficient for Wikipedia. Yug (talk) 14:55, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh..... User:Kmusser/Images O.o ! Yug (talk) 15:00, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

A new explaination is there. I can't promise that all will be perfect, but I do my best to change indo better. Yug (talk) 16:23, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Your edit was successful ! I improved it. But the GL use embeded template, so you need to purged the cache to see your edits. Yug (talk) 04:06, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your archivage ! I some times feel we are just 2 on this map project~ I'm happy to know that we will soon open the Map lab, and make the place more fun and lively :] Yug (talk) 19:35, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello, an interesting news... the idea of a new convention seems borning on fr-map lab, directly derivated from wiki-de location maps conventions, and aiming to ease statistical display, possibly generated by script. It's an SVG maps, as Location maps, but each province/state have its own specific path-polygone, easy to colorate, and the SVG code clearly identify/name this path (ex: id="Florida"). A bot may then create a full set of harmonious US-State locator maps ;). Interesting ! Yug (talk) 12:22, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

BWCAW

Hello Kmusser. The linked article on the Boundary Waters Canoe Area has a map which is in .gif format and not up to the standard of your work. Would you be willing to replace it? I think showing Superior National Forest (in which the BWCA is located) as well as Voyageurs National Park (which is continguous with the forest) is a good idea. I'm not so sure about the highways. (There is a map in the Voyageurs article but the scale is such as to make it illegible.) Thanks. Kablammo (talk) 01:39, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

With a little effort I found the source of the map.[2] More detail of the forest at the linked page. As you can see the Interstate shields are garish and the contrast between the forest and the BWCA itself is poor. Kablammo (talk) 01:59, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Will do. Kmusser (talk) 19:36, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Done, let me know if you see anything that should be changed on there. Kmusser (talk) 17:26, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Very nice work. My only question is whether the arrow from the BWCA legend to the BWCA itself should split to go to the discrete BWCA section west of Ely also. Thanks for your efforts; this map is much better than the old one. Kablammo (talk) 19:51, 10 February 2009 (UTC) Looking again, it is clear enough, as the colors of the legend and park are the same. Kablammo (talk) 21:39, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Destinations from ORD

Hey. I noticed that ORD needs the following destinations to be removed: bda, ngo, tpe, khi, isb, lhe, hyd, dgo, nas, fpo, geg, mxp, vie, oak

I mainly just checked int'l destinations so there's the possibility that more domestic destinations should be deleted as well. Oh, and off the bat, DME and LIR should be added. I don't know if there are any other destinations to be added since I didn't check. Deus Caritas Est (talk) 05:47, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

ok, I'll do a general update. Kmusser (talk) 13:46, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Done. Kmusser (talk) 20:57, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

St. Croix River watershed

Hi Kmusser - I wonder if you could provide a source file of any sort for your map of the St. Croix River. I've been looking for a good source for the watershed that I can use in some public education efforts. Let me know. Thanks, the dharma bum (talk) 19:48, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Here's a link to the watershed in Minnesota. Kablammo (talk) 21:44, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Montreal, Canada Airport Map CYUL/YUL

Hey, I have a request for a map of destination points from Montreal-Trudeau. Here is a link to the Airport page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montr%C3%A9al-Pierre_Elliott_Trudeau_International_Airport#Terminals_and_destinations

Thank you in advance User talk: Alexcaban February 14, 2009 11:06

Done. File:Montrealairportmap.png Kmusser (talk) 17:19, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Can you please update the destination map of YUL that you made?

New Destinations

Houston (IAH) Fort Myers (RSW)

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DC Meetup Events: You're invited!

Wikipedia Loves Art! (February 27) The Smithsonian American Art Museum will be holding a Wikipedia Loves Art! meetup on Friday, February 27 from 5-7 pm in the Kogod Courtyard. This is a photography event involving Wikipedians, along with Flickr users and others, to generate content for Wikipedia. Come share your experiences, meet the other teams, and take some photos! While RSVPing isn't necessary drop Jeff Gates an email if you're planning on attending so he can get a head count: gatesj (at) si.edu. There also is a signup list here, along with detailed information. The museum is conveniently located across from the Gallery Place-Chinatown metro station. DC 6th Meetup (March 7) The DC 6th meetup will take place on March 7th at Pizzeria Uno's at Union Station, one level up from the main floor. The meetup will start at 5pm, and people usually stick around there for several hours. You can RSVP at Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 6.

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Hello, Karl

I am looking for a cartographer interested in making maps for a series of short Wikipedia articles I am writing. Could you be interested? I want every artificial whitewater on the global competition circuit to have its own Wikipedia article. I have written several, the only complete ones are Dickerson Whitewater Course and Ocoee Whitewater Center. I have started Water Sports Centre Čunovo, Tacen Whitewater Course, and Parc Olímpic del Segre. Dickerson is the only course I have seen in person (and paddled). I drew that map from my own measurements. I am trying to get permission to upload satellite photos of several other courses, but in many cases the satellite photos are not satisfactory. They could be used to draw course maps, however. I will attend the above meeting. Will you be there? Thank you. HowardMorland (talk) 05:52, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Re: Dycebot question

Sure thing. Do you want the lengths of time for sections to be marked stale and archived to be the same? Also, do you want the naming scheme for the archives to be the same (i.e. Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Map workshop//Archive/Apr 2009)?--Dycedarg ж 17:56, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Done as you requested, I tested it just now and it will run after the image workshop archive job from now on. Note that a link to the new archive at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Map workshop/Archive/Apr 2009 still needs to be placed somewhere on the main map workshop page. If you decide to change your mind about the selected lengths of time or anything else let me know.--Dycedarg ж 04:42, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, looks good, I added the requisite links. Kmusser (talk) 12:58, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Sprout Creek

Hey Kmusser. Could you throw together a map of the Sprout Creek subwatershed if you get a chance? Many thanks, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:06, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Done, decided to make it for the poor neglected Fishkill Creek article and included Sprout Creek on the same map. Kmusser (talk) 18:46, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

do you agree

with this ? thanks in advance. Alvar☮ ☎ 21:14, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, that looks good. Kmusser (talk) 13:10, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Merci. Alvar☮ ☎ 13:29, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Archiving too fast : Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Map workshop

Hello Kmusser, the bot closes the map requests too fast. Map creation is far slower than image creation (WP:GL/I), I guess the time should be 3 to 4 time longer on the map workshop. The French Map lab work without time limit. But, some request stay there months, and are eventually not satisfied. Anyway, the current English Map workshop archive system is far too fast, a slower archiving is need. Can you chance this ? Yug (talk) 15:03, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, User:Dycedarg set up the archiving bot at my request and said the settings could be whatever we want them to be. What do you think would be good? Monthly instead of weekly? Kmusser (talk) 16:11, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

How about this: pages will be marked stale after 30 days, and stale sections will be archived after 30 days, bringing the total time to 60 days as opposed to 21. And how about resolved sections, are those archiving too fast as well or is 3 days fine?--Dycedarg ж 17:31, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

I think the resolved ones are fine. Yug? Kmusser (talk) 18:13, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Well, I've implemented 30 and 30 for the stale and stale archive times, you can let me know if you want the resolved archive time changed.--Dycedarg ж 01:01, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Kmusser (talk) 16:28, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, that's perfect, let's try this way :] (30+30). Thanks for your quick reaction ! I will restore some request which have been archived too fast.

Thanks again to both of you ! Yug (talk) 20:09, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Clickable maps

I'd like to follow up on your suggestion to create clickable maps, (per your suggestion in the Map Lab forum) but not sure where to start. I downloaded GIMP, and I've started through the documentation, but I gather GIMP is pixel oriented, event though it can handle SVG. Would I be better off in Inkscape? Can Inkscape take the output of a Template, or do I have to start over specifying the coordinates?Sphilbrick (talk) 19:33, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

I don't think you need to make any changes to the map as it's all done through coding on the template. Take a look at the stuff in Category:Dynamic map templates and see if you can copy the code syntax of one that you like. You will need GIMP or Inkscape for looking up the coordinates of where you want your dots, either should be fine for that. Kmusser (talk) 19:47, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Sphilbrick (talk) 19:50, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Aliso Creek (Orange County)

Would you mind making a map of the Aliso Creek watershed (in California) as this article is going through a peer review and it had been recommended that you make a map? Thanks, themaee^talk 23:36, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Done. My watershed boundaries and relief data don't go down that small, but I was able to improve upon File:Acmapcomposite.jpg. Kmusser (talk) 20:12, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

D.C. Meetup, Saturday, June 6, 2009

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Cano Caciquiare

Kmusser: Loved your map on the Caciquiare river! Im an architect interested in design and Territorial Ordering Plans. Im beginning a TOP for the protection of the Amazon Jungle. My question is: Is there a possible connection between the Parana and Amazon basins that would allow an inland South American travel from Buenos Aires to Delta Amacuro ( the mouths of the Orinoco)? A jesuit priest supposedly travelled in the 1500s by river from Paraguay to the mouth of the Orinoco. My blog is: www.metrobm.blogspot.com Greetings Metrobm (talk) 15:37, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

I have no idea, just from looking at a map, I don't think they are linked hydrologically, but looks like there are several places where a portage from one basin to the other wouldn't have been hard. Though crossing from the Parana's headwaters would lead to the Araguaia or Tocantins which would lead to the Amazon delta rather than the Orinoco. If you took the Parana to the Paraguay river to the Pantanal region - it's headwaters are very close to both the Tapajos (via Juruena or Teles Peres) and the Madeira (via the Guapore), the Madeira-Guapore would probably by easier to navigate in terms of the number of waterfalls you'd need to get past. Kmusser (talk) 02:07, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Congrats

Congratulations on your maps being used by the White House - very impressive.--Sphilbrick (talk) 12:16, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, it's been a busy couple of weeks :-) Kmusser (talk) 13:26, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

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Sir,

I've only recently learned a bit about you and your maps which are excellent -- as all the awards I saw moments ago attest to. Still, I personally want to say, "THANK YOU" for your contributions. I greatly enjoy cartography, among many other things, and I appreciate the high quality of your contributions to me, orthers that come to a wiki area, and the world that you help better -- certainly my world!

Again, THANK YOU.

 – Brother Officer^Talk 08:34, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoy them. Kmusser (talk) 10:54, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Brazil rivers

My pleasure - and I thought I saw two or three redlinks pop up in places I'd already checked. :-) I'll get on the new list tonight; just let me know whenever you formulate more, and I'm happy to AWB them. --User:AlbertHerring ^{Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla!} 20:22, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Yup, thanks for drawing up the lists. BTW any chance you could create a decent svg map for Brazil for Template:Location map Brazil in the style of Template:Location map Mexico ? Also can you create List of rivers of Burma. There should be many!!! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 21:38, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm not very good with the SVG maps, I'd try contacting NordNordWest on the German wiki who is the one that's been making those. I can do a list for Burma, I probably won't have the detail I'm getting with Brazil, I lucked out with Brazil's DoT maps being online, but I should be able to at least list the major ones. Kmusser (talk) 02:03, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Can you create List of rivers of Burma and List of rivers of Bangladesh (more detail) then? Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 14:58, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Burma I'll get to as soon as I finish Brazil, I'm going on vacation in a couple of days so it probably won't be till the end of the month. Bangladesh I don't think I could do much better than what's already there, the entire country is a delta so the rivers don't have an orderly tributary structure to trace, most of them are distributaries and side channels and flow to and from multiple rivers. Kmusser (talk) 15:11, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

South Fork Eel River

Could you make a map for the South Fork Eel River? (The river flows north into the Eel River on the California north coast, this watershed boundary may help.) Also include Tenmile Creek and East Branch South Fork Eel River in there; those are the river's major tributaries, and Bull Creek & Hollow Tree Creek, as well as at least Laytonville, California (near the headwaters) and Weott, California (at mouth). Thanks, Shannon1^{talk contribs} 19:44, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Yes, eventually, my day job has been keeping me too busy to do much mapping lately, but when I get a chance I'll make one. Kmusser (talk) 20:49, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Tributaries of the South Fork were too small to show up in my data, but I did make a new and improved Eel River map. Kmusser (talk) 19:18, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Shannon1^{talk contribs} 02:59, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Volunteer opportunity in Bethesda, Thursday, July 16

The Wikimedia Foundation will be conducting an all-day Academy at the National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Maryland, on Thursday, July 16. The team that will be teaching at the Academy, a mix of paid staff and volunteers, is looking for four more volunteers to be teaching assistants, providing one-to-one assistance in workshops whenever a workshop participant has a problem following the instructional directions. (We currently have two editors signed up as teaching assistants, and are looking for a total of six.)

The NIH editing workshops are only for two hours, but volunteers are asked to meet the Wikimedia Foundation team at the hotel in Bethesda at about 7:15 a.m. (time to be finalized shortly) and to stay for the entire day, which ends at 4:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided. (The full schedule can be found here.)

The team is not necessarily looking for expert editors (though they are welcome), just people who can help novices who might get stuck when trying to do some basic things. If you've been an editor for at least 3 months, and have done at least 500 edits, you probably qualify.

If you're interested, please send John Broughton an email. If you might be interested, but would like further information, please post a note on his user talk page, so that he can respond there, and others can see what was asked.

(You have received this posting because your user page indicates that you live in Maryland or DC. --EdwardsBot (talk) 02:19, 10 July 2009 (UTC))

Adminship

Hi. Just curious, have you ever considered running for adminship? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:21, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

No, I'd rather focus on adding content :-) Kmusser (talk) 00:29, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Nicely said!! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 14:59, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Not an error...

My sausage fingers, actually - sorry. --User:AlbertHerring ^{Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla!} 18:09, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

There - I think I've caught 'em all. --User:AlbertHerring ^{Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla!} 18:57, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey there. Just wanted to say thanks for the suggestion to run the image through Inkscape. It worked like a charm, and I managed to get this shiny new map of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline uploaded.

Glad it worked :-) Kmusser (talk) 14:27, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Greater Los Angeles Area

Great job on your map showing the overlapping definitions of Los Angeles, placed on the Greater Los Angeles Area page. My coworkers and I, who are mappers ourselves, were just recently discussing the need for such a map, but we hadn't yet gotten beyond a rough sketch. It looks great! Thanks! EmergentProperty (talk) 02:02, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Kmusser (talk) 12:41, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Rivers of Brazil

I think the last of them are done. Any I've missed? And do you have any plans for any further lists of this sort that I can help out with? --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 13:46, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Mostly done, I still need to do some clean up in dealing with disambiguation links, a few more might pop up as I seperate cases where I accidently used the same link for different rivers. I'm on vacation though so won't completely finish until I get back next week. You're welcome to make similar lists, I had a request further up on this page for Burma which I haven't started on yet. It would also be useful to expand the tons of Brazilian river stubs we now have that barely have any info. Kmusser (talk) 16:30, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Well, I'm awful at list-making (I should know - I have a couple of them sitting on my desktop at the moment, staring reproachfully at me.) I haven't the patience, and I find it best to leave it to those who do, honestly. I'm just good at filling stuff in quick. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 07:57, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

File:IPhone 3G Availability.svg

Hi! I saw that you edited File:IPhone 3G Availability.svg. Can I ask you to update it again please? Israel should be colored as #52cf0a, since it is now "Coming soon". Thanks so much, HereToHelp ^{(talk to me)} 15:41, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Map translation

Good morning,

I'm from the Portuguese-language Wikipedia and I would like to know if you can provide me with the files for me to translate the Mahajanapadas map (File:Ancient_india.png) to Portuguese.

It is currently being used in the Portuguese-language article about Mahajanapadas (pt:Mahajanapadas).

Thank you in advance. ----Sanscrit1234 (talk) 14:24, 20 August 2009 (UTC).

The original for that one is in Photoshop, the text is saved as separate layers. I've uploaded the Photoshop file to http://www.fantasymaps.com/images/ancient_orig.psd Kmusser (talk) 12:26, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Brazil rivers

Sure - I can do the recategorization for you, via AWB. And I can take care of the resorting, too. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 15:06, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Hope you had a nice holiday. Could you create the rivers of Burma when you have a chance? Himalayan 09:13, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Map Workshop

My pleasure, I only just found out about the place... I just hope my amateurishness doesn't show too much in the pictures I'm making. TastyCakes (talk) 19:21, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

D.C. Meetup, Saturday, September 26

The 8th DC Meetup dinner will be held this Saturday, September 26, starting at 6 p.m. The event will be at Burma Restaurant (740 6th St, NW near the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro station). For details or to RSVP if you haven't already, see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 8. (You have received this announcement because your user page indicates that you live in Maryland, Virginia, or DC.) --EdwardsBot (talk) 06:58, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Apostrophe

In northeastern Rhode Island in File:Plymouthcolonymap.png, "Roger William's" should be "Roger Williams' " or "Roger Williams's", because his name was Roger Williams with an "s". Art LaPella (talk) 20:04, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the catch, will have it fixed shortly. 11:01, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

St. Johns River map

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Hi, Kmusser. We interacted on the talk page of St. Johns River about the issue of sources stating the north-flowing is rare in North America which you and Maxim refuted. I still have some reservations, in that I think it should be clarified...or something...but I don't have the sources that do that unfortunately.

It's not on that issue I'm contacting you, however. Over a disagreement about permissions for an image of the river and the basins that are managed by the St. Johns River Water Management District, a map was removed from the article. Since a significant portion of the article addresses the basins of the river, I feel pretty strongly that the article should contain an image that reflects the boundaries of these basins. The image that was in the article and the best source is here, on page 4. Are you able to construct a map similar to that that could be used in the article?

Please let me know. I'm happy to answer any questions or clarify map specifications. Thanks. --Moni3 (talk) 18:41, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I can do that, it might be a bit before I get to it though as the day job has been keeping me pretty busy. Kmusser (talk) 18:59, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Jobs are stupid. Ok. Anyways, it's at GA right now, which may take a month or so. I'd like to send it on to FAC following that. So...whenever. I appreciate it. --Moni3 (talk) 19:19, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

I should be able to manage within a month :-) Kmusser (talk) 20:30, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Draft done - check it out at File:Stjohnsriver detailmap.svg. Kmusser (talk) 21:03, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Well, I think it's pimpin and awesome. It would look this size in the article, however, and it's hard to read at this size. Any suggestions? I defer to others' knowledge of digital art. --Moni3 (talk) 21:27, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm, uploaded a PNG version as well to see if that would help, but it doesn't much. I think I may just have too many labels on there, if I removed some I could enlarge what's left. Do away with the counties names maybe? I'll experiment some more next week. Kmusser (talk) 01:42, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I went through and messed with the colors a bit and increased the font sizes. The SVG still doesn't look very good, but I think the PNG version could go into the article, especially if you push the thumbnail size a little, I think it's pretty nice at 300 px (we used 300 on the now featured Columbia River article). Kmusser (talk) 17:08, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

That looks much better! May I make a final request, that perhaps the numbers indicating the St. Johns River Water Management District watersheds be made a bit more prominent, either by making them a stronger color (red, green) or larger and bolder? Thanks! (Oh, and Levi is Levy County...) --Moni3 (talk) 17:21, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Done, I did not have the numbers bolded, so just doing that definitely helps. Spelling corrections appreciated :-) Kmusser (talk) 17:34, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Check it out in the article. What do you think? --Moni3 (talk) 18:21, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Looks good to me. Kmusser (talk) 18:35, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

		The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
		For providing what looks to me at least like a very complicated graphic of the St. Johns River, all 301 miles of it. I appreciate your time and effort. Moni3 (talk) 18:40, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

It should warm your heart to know that the 3 million people who live in these basins don't really pay attention to the river. Until it's gone, or so mucked up that it's unusable... --Moni3 (talk) 18:40, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

BC mapping resource

Hi; just found a new set of map resources at the BC EMR page on Bulletin 48, Landforms of British Columbia, which has shape files for the landforms laid out in the map attached to the bulletin; not sure what the "manifold map" refers to, I can't open either *.map or *.shape files, figured you'd know what to do with these; I just created Georgia Depression and had found thse while finding the source-links...there's other downloadable map data within BCEMR, this one just happens to apply to Category:Landforms of British Columbia; note that the main map includes insets on the tectonic belts etc....I guess it's time I started List of landforms of British Columbia.....Skookum1 (talk) 14:46, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Nice, the Manifold and Shape files are both software specific file formats, I can open the Shape files. Taking a look at the contents they are the region boundaries - if you look at the Physiographic Map PDF those are the red and blue boundary lines marked on there and named in the legend (but not any of the background into or the red dots). Does look like a ton of other info on that site, so good to have. Kmusser (talk) 15:25, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm, maybe not so useful after all, seems to be missing projection information, so while I can open it I can't overlay it with other data. Kmusser (talk) 18:44, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Projection for Merrimac River Map

Hi, I'm trying to add an accurate scale bar to your map. Could you tell me the projection you used for this map? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.135.28.2 (talk) 18:59, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

New Hampshire State Plane coordinate system, at a scale of 1:1,163,868 - if I get a chance I'll add one. Kmusser (talk) 19:18, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

OK, had a spare moment, threw a scale on there. Kmusser (talk) 20:48, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Poesten Kill map

I just stumbled across this great map you made for Hoosic River and I'm wondering if you'd be able to do the same for the Poesten Kill (currently housed at User:UpstateNYer/Poesten Kill)? Let me know what you think. upstateNYer 23:58, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes, but I might not get to it until after the holidays. Kmusser (talk) 15:32, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

I can deal with that. :) upstateNYer 22:21, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Ok, you're in luck - check out File:Poestenkillmap.png. As an aside, according to the National Hydrography Dataset the source of Quacken Kill is White Lily Pond, not Long Pond. Kmusser (talk) 20:43, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Holy crap man, that's outstanding. How do you do that? And can you give me a link to the NHD (specifically that data or map you based this on)? upstateNYer 06:09, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

One quick thing: the village of Poestenkill (not the waterway) is one word. See Poestenkill (CDP), New York. Can that be fixed? upstateNYer 06:14, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Will fix that on Monday - source for the NHD is http://nhd.usgs.gov/, I have GIS, so was viewing the data directly, in theory you can see the same data using their online viewer (listed under data - if you get it to work, I'm mapping the high resolution NHD flowline data), but my computer has trouble with it. Beginning and ending points of streams can also be confirmed via GNIS at http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ which I use as a check. Kmusser (talk) 16:59, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

I could only find so much information from those sites. In your search, did you find any info on the size of the drainage basin and the length of the creek? My current sources are not fully correct. upstateNYer 19:41, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Nothing on the drainage basin, the boundary I drew on the map is a rough approximation. I could calculate a length using GIS, but that might count as OR. Would be useful as a check to see if other sources are in the right ballpark though. Kmusser (talk) 23:54, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Ok, the NHD actually includes a length column, so these numbers can be sourced directly to NHD, I didn't have to calculate anything: Poesten Kill = 44.4 km; Quacken Kill = 25.6 km; Bonesteel Creek = 8.7 km; Sweet Milk Creek = 7.6 km; Newfoundland Creek = 5.8 km and that's all the streams in the watershed that had a name according to NHD. There is an unnamed tributary upstream from Bonesteel and also on the right that comes in at a respectable 8.8 km, might be worth adding if you find a name for it in another source (clearly visible but unnamed on the topo map as well). Kmusser (talk) 14:50, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

As an aside, I asked the USGS folk for the appropriate citation for NHD and they answered with:
U.S. Geological Survey, 2009, National Hydrography Dataset:
U.S. Geological Survey dataset available at http://nhd.usgs.gov
OR
United States Geological Survey, National Hydrography Dataset:
Available from http://nhd.usgs.gov/data.html

If you wanted to add a web accessed date, I pulled the data on 11-21-2009. Kmusser (talk) 19:11, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Wow, that's awesome. Thanks so much for the insight; you have been more than helpful. upstateNYer 22:31, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

List of rivers of Burma

Hi, I'm looking forward to your list. Are you still interested in generating lists? Himalayan 13:12, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Done awhile ago List of rivers in Burma, but I have taken a brake from the lists. Kmusser (talk) 15:46, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

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MARC line templates

Thank you.

But (there's always a but) the Penn Line one is a bit screwey, as there's a long, unmarked line the entire length of the template representing the Split of the Brunswick and Camden lines, when there should only be a short stub. And, as an appearance thing, WUS should probably be centered under the Penn Line, um, line instead if the divergant routes.

That said, I know how annoying making those things can be, so thank you much!oknazevad (talk) 22:28, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I haven't worked with those kind of templates very much and ran out of time - I'm headed out of town for a few days, will tinker with it some more when I get back. Kmusser (talk) 03:43, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Nevermind, looks like Certes took care of it. Kmusser (talk) 03:46, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Selengerivermap.png

Dear Karl, I have noticed an inconsistency in the name of the Selenge river tributary: Egiin River is shown on the Selengerivermap.png as Eg. In the English-language literature it is called Ongin, which makes identification even more confusing, but the Egiin is apparently a modern native spelling. I do not mind correcting it if you give me the original png with object legends. I would also slightly tint the territories of Mongolia and Russia for better perception. And I would love to take advantage of your offer to use your maps as basemap. Regards, Barefact (talk) 18:58, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

The Egiin and Ongin are not the same river. The Geonet names server http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/index.html places the Ongin in central Mongolia, to the south of the Selenge river basin, which it is not a part of. Geonet labels the Egiin as 'Egiyn Gol' which would probably be more correct, but I try to match my labels to the wikipedia article names if possible. Kmusser (talk) 14:30, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Did a little digging, wikipedia's article on the Ongin is at Ongi River and it does look a little sad and it's missing from List of rivers in Mongolia. Kmusser (talk) 14:41, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings

	<font=3> Mappy Holidays, Happy New Year, and all the best in 2010! Yours, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 03:14, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Map Request

I was wondering if you'd be able to produce a map similar to File:Poestenkillmap.png to replace File:Brunswick, New York Map.svg. I'd like to see any major water features, hamlets/settlements, and roadways (specifically, New York State Routes 2, 7, 40, 142, 278, and 351 - all the NY Routes in the town) visible and identified if at all possible. Since File:RensselaerCounty Brunswick.svg is already in the article, I don't believe you'll need an inset to show the relative location, unless you feel otherwise. Think that's possible? I'll take the best you can offer either way. Use your judgement. :) ❄ upstateNYer ❄ 06:33, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

I'll take a look, I'm not sure if my data is detailed enough to add much at that level, but I'll check it out. Kmusser (talk) 14:41, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Whatever you can offer will be great. Thanks again. ❄ upstateNYer ❄ 18:01, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, the most detailed data I have is the township boundary - I could potentially add the Poesten Kill, but my roads info isn't as detailed as what's already on there, so I'm not sure that would be an improvement. Kmusser (talk) 14:28, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Town border, labels of nextdoor towns, county, waterbodies, all would be good, if you can do it. ❄ upstateNYer ❄ 23:30, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Ok, map done, check out File:Brunswick, New York Map2.png. I'm giving up on trying to make it an SVG though. Kmusser (talk) 16:40, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

No need for SVG. Any chance you can get the Quacken Kill in there also (this being a local map, and all), along with labels on the Poesten Kill and Quacken Kill? Otherwise, it looks great, and I thank you very much for taking the time! ❄ upstateNYer ❄ 01:45, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Done. Kmusser (talk) 15:46, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Perfect. ❄ upstateNYer ❄ 21:28, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Everglades article needs a better map

Hey, Kmusser. Problem with helping people is that people will always ask for help...

I wrote several articles for the Everglades, including the main one.

I don't know how well you know the geography of the Everglades, but the map at the top of the article is lacking. My admittedly poor graphic skills cannot fix this. To do the region justice, the following items should be shown:

• Label Miami and the outline of the South Florida Metropolitan Area
• Label Fort Myers
• Label the Ten Thousand Islands
• Label the Kissimmee River Chain of Lakes
• Label Lake Okeechobee
• Label Florida Bay
• Label the Atlantic Ocean
• Label the Gulf of Mexico
• Label the regions set by the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project, the Everglades Agricultural Area, and Everglades National Park
• Label Big Cypress National Preserve or call it the Big Cypress Swamp

I realize this is a lot of info for a top image of 300 px wide. The map that is used now has space in the Gulf of Mexico to create a key as I don't think words will be able to fit so they can be read without clicking on the image. Other helpful images that may give single boundaries can be found in Geography and ecology of the Everglades, Draining and development of the Everglades, Restoration of the Everglades, and Everglades National Park.

No rush. Let me know if you have questions or can't do it for whatever reason. I appreciate your time. --Moni3 (talk) 16:05, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

I can do that, I was even thinking of doing one back when I was doing the Florida rivers but never got around to it, and I think I already have most of the data I'd need. I'll do a new one rather than modify the existing one, I think it's kind of nice to have the satellite image uncluttered by a bunch of labels, but the article does need a more general map to actually locate stuff - will zoom in a bit more than the existing one. Kmusser (talk) 17:42, 30 December 2009 (UTC)