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This page is within the scope of WikiProject Maps, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Maps and Cartography on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.MapsWikipedia:WikiProject MapsTemplate:WikiProject MapsMaps

Geographical coordinates

WikiProject Maps is of interest to WikiProject Geographical coordinates, which encourages the use of geographical coordinates in Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.Geographical coordinatesWikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinatesTemplate:WikiProject Geographical coordinatesGeographical coordinates

WikiProject Maps was featured in a WikiProject Report in the Signpost on 30 April 2012.

Related WikiProjects

The parent of this WikiProject is the Geography WikiProject. WikiProject Maps also is a management type WikiProject for pictorial representations displayed within Wikipedia. The following illustrates the position of WikiProject Maps within the Wikipedia WikiProject lineage:

Lineage of WikiProject Maps

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Wikipedia maintenance

WikiProject Graphics

Creation/improvement of pictorial representations displayed within Wikipedia

WikiProject Photography - Create and improve photographs

WikiProject Panorama Welding - stitching photos together to create a panorama
Photo Matching Service
Requested pictures

WikiProject Maps - Create geographical maps

WikiProject OpenStreetMap - Create maps using data from OpenStreetMap
WikiProject Geographical coordinates - Create map coordinates
WikiProject Indian maps - Create maps for India-related articles

WikiProject Mathematics/Graphics - Create graphics for math-related articles
Graphic Lab - Improve graphical content stored on Commons and Wikipedia

WikiProject Illustration - Create and improve illustrations
Philip Greenspun illustration project. Create and improve illustrations on Wikimedia

Acquisition of pictorial representations displayed within Wikipedia

WikiProject Free book covers - Acquire covers about books in the public domain

Distribution of pictorial representations displayed within Wikipedia

WikiProject Animated Wikipedia - Distribute Wikipedia stored animated video in Wikipedia
WikiProject Free images - Distribute Wikipedia stored free images in Wikipedia.
WikiProject Moving free images to Wikimedia Commons - Move Wikipedia stored free images to Commons.
Commons:WikiProject Atlas - Organize maps included in commons as an atlas

Monitoring of pictorial representations displayed within Wikipedia

WikiProject Graphics monitoring

WikiProjects that have made use of geographical maps include:

Wikipedia:WikiProject Countries
Wikipedia:WikiProject Former countries
Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Counties
Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. States
Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life and its subprojects (distribution maps for animals/plants/etc)

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Archive 21 (2024)

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