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The aim of WikiProject Maps is to improve the quality of maps across the Wikimedia Foundation. The Maps for Wikipedia page is an overview of different formats and tools for maps available on Wikipedia. The Map conventions page provides advice for creating and improving maps. The Map workshop page can be used to add your map requests and your ...
OpenStreetMap (abbreviated OSM) is a free, open map database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration. [4] Contributors collect data from surveys, trace from aerial photo imagery or satellite imagery, and import from other freely licensed geodata sources.
An example of a Countryball featuring a Polish Countryball. The flipped flag is intentional. Countryballs, also known as Polandball, [a] is a geopolitical satirical art style, genre, and Internet meme, predominantly used in online comics strips in which countries or political entities are personified as balls [b] with eyes, decorated with their national flags.
Image:BlankMap-USA-states.PNG – US states, grey and white style similar to Vardion's world maps. Image:Map of USA with county outlines.png – Grey and white map of USA with county outlines. Hi-res 2 color images
Fantasy cartography, fictional map-making, or geofiction is a type of map design that visually presents an imaginary world or concept, or represents a real-world geography in a fantastic style. [1] Fantasy cartography usually manifests from worldbuilding and often corresponds to narratives within the fantasy and science fiction genres.
Microsoft MapPoint is a discontinued [1] [2] [3] software program and service created by Microsoft that allows users to view, edit and integrate maps. The software and technology are designed to facilitate the geographical visualization and analysis of either included data or custom data.
These maps played a fundamental role in the negotiations that enabled the Inuit to assert an aboriginal title to the 2 million km 2 in Canada, today known as Nunavut. [11] Counter-mapping is a tool by which indigenous groups can re-present the world in ways which destabilise dominant representations.
The OpenHistoricalMap domain name was purchased in 2009, [10] and an initial fork of the OpenStreetMap website software was deployed there in 2013. [3] [11]In 2015, the similarly named OpenHistoryMap project was founded to promote sharing of archaeological and historical data according to an open access model.