User:Mdzafri

How to make SVG country maps

1. Get map images for references. The more images the better(er). My main references are:
   • Google Maps for Equirectangular maps.
   • NASA World Wind
     using only the country boundary layer.
2. The images are brought into Inkscape, and that's where the fun starts. Images from World Wind have to be arranged accordingly on top of equirectangular maps.
3. World Wind images are then converted into
   vector with the Trace Bitmap function using procedures shown here
   .
4. Herein starts the painstaking work of combining the Bézier lines to shape your map.
5. Colour the map using colours suggested by Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps

Topo maps tutorials

• User:JaneVannin/translations
  • User:JaneVannin/translations/topographic
  1. Refer to this diagram for coordinates. Malaysia is between N0-N7 and E99-E120.
  2. Get maps from the Eurasia portion of the SRTM Database
• Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Resources/Tutorials

Please cite GRASS when using the software in your work. Here are some choices depending on the version used:

• GRASS Development Team, 2009. Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS) Software, Version 6.4.0. http://grass.osgeo.org

Sources

• Maps from DEMIS Mapserver are public domain.
• Archive.org hold old works

References

• Use Template:Infobox settlement on all locations in Template:Kuala Lumpur
• Use Template:Location map for new location maps of states in Malaysia.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Malaysia/Collaboration
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Malaysia/Cartography
• Andhra Pradesh for mapping inspiration.
• Template:Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
• Template:Location map Malaysia
• Template:Convert

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