User talk:André Costa (WMSE)/Template:Map

Notes on sections

General info

Related to the actual image being displayed.

Geotemporal info

Info unique to a map, stuff needed to rectify it, make it searchable by e.g. http://www.oldmapsonline.org/ etc.

Publication data

Is the map a stand alone publication?

Is it a part of a book/atlas, map set?

If so more info about the publication and which part of this set is the current image?

Archival data

Metadata from GLAM

Licensing

other stuff we need (should possible be put somewhere else)

Questions

Should sections be separated

Open question: Should there be proper section headings? These make it easier to separate the information but are not standard in similar templates. /André Costa (WMSE) (talk) 13:00, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

And if proper headings are used: Should the final two fields (permission, other_versions) have a heading?

Labels in bibliographic section

Suggestions for suitable labels are welcome. The current Series title (series title) and Map sheet (set entry/page number/grid square) are non-ideal labels for wanting to describe that the map is part of a larger set/book with a specific number/reference. This is further complicated by a map possibly being a page in an otherwise non-cartographic book. Suggested values:

• Part of:
• Sheet reference:

Related to this is whether series should is a suitable parameter name for the "part of" field. /André Costa (WMSE) (talk) 17:22, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Examples

Empty

Georeferencing

Georeference the map in Wikimaps Warper If inappropriate please set warp_status = skip to hide.

Historical map from GLAM (File:Lva6828 004 0000586 00001 k.jpg)

Note that this does not contain the current erroneous information on that page

Title	Deutsch: Plan der Stadt Dorpat
DescriptionAndré Costa (WMSE)/Template:Map	English: A map from Estonian National Archives with Reference code: LVVA.6828.4.586 sheet 1
Date	31 October 1892
Source	Rahvusarhiiv: http://www.ra.ee/kaardid/index.php/en/map/view?id=229226
Geotemporal data
Map location	Tartu
Map type	City plan
Scale	1:7,400
Georeferencing	Georeference the map in Wikimaps Warper If inappropriate please set warp_status = skip to hide.
Bibliographic data
Map sheet	Single sheet map
Language	German
Publisher	Laakmanni kirjastus, Tartu
Archival data
Collection	National Archives of Estonia    Native name Rahvusarhiiv Location Nooruse 3 Tartu Estonia Coordinates 58° 21′ 56″ N, 26° 41′ 26″ E Established 1920 Website http://www.ra.ee/ Authority file : Q6970432 VIAF: 141177049 ISNI: 0000000115235644 LCCN: no2001008786 J9U: 987007318072205171 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q6970432
Accession number	LVVA.6828.4.586 sheet 1
Dimensions	40 × 48 cm (15.7 × 18.8 in)
Medium	print on paper medium QS:P186,Q11060274;P186,Q11472,P518,Q861259

Historical map (not via GLAM) (File:Map Lund Sweden.jpg)

DescriptionAndré Costa (WMSE)/Template:Map	English: Map from about 1850 of the town of Lund in Sweden.
Date	circa 1850 date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source	English: Old printed map in my possession.
Creator	Unknown author
Geotemporal data
Map location	Lund, Sweden
Heading
Georeferencing	Georeference the map in Wikimaps Warper If inappropriate please set warp_status = skip to hide.
Bibliographic data
Language	Swedish

Other map (File:Sweden location map, 40south.svg)

DescriptionAndré Costa (WMSE)/Template:Map	English: Location map of the lower 40% of Sweden
Date	7 February 2009
Source	Modified from Sweden location map.svg by NordNordWest cropped so as to only include bottom 40%
Creator	NordNordWest
Permission (Reusing this file)	License remains the same as for original NordNordWest, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publishes it under the following licenses: You may select the license of your choice.
Geotemporal data
Map location	Sweden
Spatial reference system	Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 190 %
Bounding box	N: 60.86°N W: 10.4°E E: 19.867°E S: 55.1°N
Georeferencing	Georeference the map in Wikimaps Warper If inappropriate please set warp_status = skip to hide.
Other versions	Derivative works of this file:  Allsvenskan 2010 fotboll karta.jpg

Map with many institutions competing for fame

Title	Deutsch: Plan der Stadt Dorpat
DescriptionAndré Costa (WMSE)/Template:Map	English: A map from Estonian National Archives with Reference code: LVVA.6828.4.586 sheet 1
Date	31 October 1892
Source	Rahvusarhiiv: http://www.ra.ee/kaardid/index.php/en/map/view?id=229226
Geotemporal data
Map location	Tartu
Map type	City plan
Scale	1:7,400
Georeferencing	Georeference the map in Wikimaps Warper If inappropriate please set warp_status = skip to hide.
Bibliographic data
Map sheet	Single sheet map
Publisher	Laakmanni kirjastus, Tartu
Archival data
Collection	Digital Copy of photograph: National Archives of Estonia    Native name Rahvusarhiiv Location Nooruse 3 Tartu Estonia Coordinates 58° 21′ 56″ N, 26° 41′ 26″ E Established 1920 Website http://www.ra.ee/ Authority file : Q6970432 VIAF: 141177049 ISNI: 0000000115235644 LCCN: no2001008786 J9U: 987007318072205171 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q6970432 Original photograph copy: Library of Congress    Native name Library of Congress Location Washington, D.C. , United States of America Coordinates 38° 53′ 19″ N, 77° 00′ 17″ W   Established 24 April 1800  Website loc.gov  Authority file : Q131454 VIAF: 151962300 ISNI: 000000012186288X ULAN: 500312782 LCCN: n78089035 NLA: 35304669 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q131454 Original clay tablet: Some museum which does not have an institution tempalte
Accession number	LVVA.6828.4.586 sheet 1
Dimensions	40 × 48 cm (15.7 × 18.8 in)
Medium	print on paper medium QS:P186,Q11060274;P186,Q11472,P518,Q861259

With index map, adjacent sheets, and legend

From File:Swisstopo Dufourkarte BLATT XIII INTERLACHEN SARNEN STANZ LT TK 013 1864.tiff (some parts omitted)

Title	Deutsch: Blatt XIII Interlachen, Sarnen, Stanz
DescriptionAndré Costa (WMSE)/Template:Map	English: Sheet XIII Interlachen [Interlaken], Sarnen, Stanz [Stans] of Topographische Karte der Schweiz (Dufour Map). Deutsch: Blatt XIII Interlachen [Interlaken], Sarnen, Stanz [Stans] der Topographischen Karte der Schweiz (Dufourkarte) Français : Feuille XIII Interlachen [Interlaken], Sarnen, Stanz [Stans] de la Carte Dufour.
Map legend	Deutsch: Zeichen und Abkürzungen
Adjacent sheets	↑ ←+→ ↓
Sheet index	index map, gallery
Source	https://s.geo.admin.ch/9f2c69eebf
Creator	Guillaume-Henri Dufour; Heinrich Müllhaupt; Henri Koegel; Eidgenössisches Topographisches Bureau
Geotemporal data
Date depicted	1864
Map location	Interlaken, Sarnen, Stans, Obwalden
Scale	1:100,000
Heading
Bibliographic data
Part of the series	Erstausgabe Topographische Karte der Schweiz
Map sheet	13
Language	German
Publisher	Eidgenössisches Topographischen Bureau, Genf

Coordinate examples

Map center/point

The example below relies on just knowing the centroid of the map

Geotemporal data
Bounding box	59.329444°N 18.068611°E / 59.329444; 18.068611
Georeferencing	Georeference the map in Wikimaps Warper If inappropriate please set warp_status = skip to hide.

Two corners/rectangle

The example below relies on just knowing that the South/North latitudes of lower/upper edge and the West/East longitudes of left/right edge

Geotemporal data
Bounding box	N: 69.1°N W: 10.8°E E: 24.4°E S: 55.2°N
Georeferencing	Georeference the map in Wikimaps Warper If inappropriate please set warp_status = skip to hide.

Four corners/Quadrilateral

The example below relies on knowing the latitude and longitude of all four corners of the map. Corners have to be in the counter-clockwise order starting with lower left corner, so they are in lower left, lower right, upper right and upper left corner order. Thus allowing you a more complex Quadrilateral.

Geotemporal data
Bounding box	54.97°N 24.60°E / 54.97; 24.60 69.25°N 24.61°E / 69.25; 24.61 54.98°N 11.25°E / 54.98; 11.25 69.26°N 11.26°E / 69.26; 11.26
Georeferencing	Georeference the map in Wikimaps Warper If inappropriate please set warp_status = skip to hide.

Comment on "projection"

Hi. I have noticed that in the example given above the "projection" field is free text. I wonder if the different cartographic projections should be normalized and coded for use in this template, so that the information can be automatically retrieved later for e.g. warping old maps on new ones. Just a thought. --Hispalois (talk) 01:42, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi @Hispalois: }. Sorry for not answering earlier. The given projection is put through {{I18n/map projection}} (similar to the old map template) which to a certain extent would limit the allowed input. One simple add-on solution would be to have that template return "Projection X is an unrecognised projection. Please use one documented at {{I18n/map projection}} or suggest that a new one be added.". ({{I18n/map projection}} would of course also have to be documented). /André Costa (WMSE) (talk) 13:38, 9 June 2014 (UTC)