Yemen

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  Northern Yemen
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  Southern Yemen
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  Orthographic projection of Middle East in the 90's

Article(s)

South Yemen and Yemen Arab Republic.

Request

Hi. I need two svg orthographic projections for South Yemen and Yemen Arab Republic. Both should have etheir northern or southern Yemen in light green, as territory claimed. Like for Ba'athist Syria for example. CC @Abo Yemen:. -- Panam2014 (talk) 12:59, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping. I would also like to request a map of South Yemen showing the w:Kamaran island being part of it, per w:South Yemen#Territorial changes 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 13:02, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

Source: NYT 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 17:00, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

To avoid WP:CIRCULAR, I suggest listing reliable sources that show both territories. M.Bitton (talk) 16:41, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi @AAEexecutive, you'll need to place this under a separate request, as your map isn't relevant to this specific discussion. There are instructions at the top of the page on how to go about this.

Best,

CSGinger14 (talk) 18:05, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

I reverted their edit. M.Bitton (talk) 18:21, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

The misplaced message link. @AAEexecutive, I requested an SVG version at Wikimedia Commons: Commons Graphic lab link. I thought they may be more familiar with SVG language conversion. Commander Keane (talk) 03:19, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

@Abo Yemen as you are presumably aware North/South Yemen's borders were always contested and often not properly defined or in a state of flux. What year's boundaries do you want? I have a number of sources:

• https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00314R000100010001-0.pdf (p18)
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_Yemen-CIA_WFB_Map.png
• https://users.ox.ac.uk/~metheses/Ismail%20Thesis.pdf
• https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/atlas_middle_east/yemen_divisions.jpg
• https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP89S01450R000500500001-7.pdf (p10)
• https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP88T00096R000800980002-6.pdf (p11)
• Arabian boundary disputes Schofield (vol 20)
• Saudi-Yemeni relations : domestic structures and foreign influence Gregory

– Isochrone (talk) 00:11, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

Hello @Isochrone, I actually need multiple maps from different eras (if you'd call them that). 1st map would be the one of the PRSY from 1967 till 1971, which controlled Kamaran and claimed the Khuriya Muriya Islands and Sharurah (see al-Wadiah War. The 2nd and 3rd maps would be of the territorial changes during the First and Second Yemenite Wars. The last one related to South Yemen (which we already have) would be the post-1979 map. As for the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen), a map of the NDF Rebellion is needed.

A map of the FLOSY raids in South Yemen (future article that I'm planning on making) would be really cool to have. I saw a map of it before, but I forgot in which book it was. I'll start looking for it.

Also, is it possible to have a map of the PFLOAG's greatest territorial control of Oman during the Dhofar rebellion? or do I start a new request? 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 11:43, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

@Abo Yemen you presumably understand that orthographic maps are designed for clearly identifiable regions and here it would perhaps be more appropriate for a normal map. Do you have any other sources than those I included? Would you like separate maps or one with all the boundaries superimposed and a legend? – Isochrone (talk) 20:31, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

@Isochrone sorry for the late respose. It would be better for the maps to be separate. As for the source for the FLOSY raids, it is Arabia without Sultans by Fred Halliday, page 231 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 11:48, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

@Isochrone any updates on this? 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 07:57, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Abo Yemen apologies, I did actually do most of the map-making for this! I will try and get something out soonish but I'm rather busy for now. – Isochrone (talk) 15:02, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

@Isochrone no rush, I sent that message to bump the thread 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 16:38, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Request: Map of the Nile river

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  Good: Correct area, topo coloring, absence of text labels, presence of country boundaries, drainage basin shown. Bad: border, low resolution.
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  Good: Correct area; Bad: border, low resolution, drainage basin shown.; flat coloring.
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  Good: correct area; Bad: textual labels; River basin not delineated (with color change).

Article(s)

Nile River

Request

I'm working on the Nile River article, planning to get it to WP:Featured Article status. Of course, a great map is required. I've hunted in Wiki Commons, but cannot find a decent map. The closest I can find are the three images displayed above ... but none of them are great.

I only need one map. I'm displaying three example maps above as examples of "close, but not great".

The desired map would be similar to the first (left) map shown above, with these improvements:

1. Higher resolution: about 1,000 x 3,000 pixels
2. Eliminate the border region around the perimeter (with lat/long numbers) ... not needed

Things about the first map that are great and should be retained:

1. Topographic (elevation) coloring inside the Nile basin
2. Emphasize the Nile River drainage basin by changing color scheme inside/outside the basin
3. Nile river (and its lakes) must prominently displayed in a bold blue color
4. No textual labels at all on the map
5. National boundary lines (should be fairly faint)

Things about the first map that _could_ be changed if it helps the graphist/cartographer:

1. Okay to change the topo/elevation coloring to another scheme
2. Okay to eliminate the elevation/topo legend/key

Thanks so much for any help you can provide!!! -- Noleander (talk) 04:23, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

I'm looking into this. M.Bitton (talk) 21:46, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

@Noleander: when do you need it by? M.Bitton (talk) 13:56, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

@M.Bitton - I plan on nominating the Nile article for Featured Article status in April/May. So having the map in mid-March should give me time to place annotations on top of it (dams, cataracts, tourist sights, etc) in time for the FA nomination. I don't need help with placing annotations on top: I just need a hi-resolution background map (as described above). Any help you can give would be appreciated! Noleander (talk) 14:00, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

 Request taken by M.Bitton (talk) 15:12, 11 February 2026 (UTC).

@M.Bitton - Another editor spontaneously created a map for the Nile article, so this request can be closed. If you invested any time starting to build a Nile map, I apologize ...but it would not be wasted time: The article is large, and will need about four maps before I can take it to WP:FA, so if you have a partially completed map, I'm happy to take it and make it work. Thanks for offering to help ... much appreciated! Noleander (talk) 18:05, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

@Noleander: I'll notify you when it's finished. M.Bitton (talk) 21:50, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Roger. Noleander (talk) 23:33, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

@M.Bitton - I've completed my work on the body text of the Nile article, so I'm posting the Featured Article nomination today. It is best to start the nomination now, while all the topic sources are fresh in my mind. The article has some decent maps, but it certainly would be improved by incorporating more and better maps. The FAC nomination will take about 2 months, and the article will undergo lots of modifications during that time. If any new maps become available, the article definitely can and will use them. Thanks! Noleander (talk) 22:20, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Precolonial Zimbabwe trade routes

Could someone please do a more professional/less bastardised version of this map? It's for various articles such as Great Zimbabwe, History of Africa (7 in total). The source is Butua and the End of an Era (Van Waarden, 2012) page 50, I can email a screenshot of the page. Van Waarden's map has several other details, but it's just the ones included on this image that are necessary. Kowal2701 (talk, contribs) 14:06, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

Bumping thread. Kowal2701 (talk, contribs) 19:01, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Number of partners by country

It is for the page Body Count (sexual partners). Here is the reference Link TrueMoriarty Talk | Contribs 03:50, 27 February 2026 (UTC) WP:SOCKSTRIKE

Help regarding distance map creation

This map is available on the official website of UT of Lakshadweep. https://lakshadweep.gov.in/about-lakshadweep/lakshadweep-map/ Since this cannot be uploaded to Wikipedia under fair use, can someone (probably, Inkscape experts) create a free equivalent and upload to Wikimedia?
Anish Viswa 06:08, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

@Anishviswa: Is it necessary to have such a map? Will a table of distances (and bearing if needed) suffice? cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add {{ping|cmglee}} to your reply) 15:14, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

A map will be a better representation than a table.
Anish Viswa 04:40, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Medieval Peloponnese

I am intending to nominate the article on Nerio I Acciaioli for FAR. During the peer review, one reviewer observed that the current map is of limited assistance, as it does not sufficiently highlight several principal locations discussed in the text. I would be grateful if you could revise the map to indicate, using appropriate symbols and colour, the following settlements:

• Argos
• Athens
• Corinth
• Megara
• Nauplia
• Patras
• Thebes
• Vostitsa (Aigio)

I would also be grateful if the following regions could be distinguished by colour:

• Attica
• Boeotia
• Euboea (Negroponte)

The map is the following:

Many thanks in advance for your time and assistance. Borsoka (talk) 03:26, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Fish distribution map

I would be much obliged for a map that shows the distribution of Poecilia velifera, P. kykesis, P. mexicana, and P. orri in the Yucatan Peninsula. The map is for the article Poecilia velifera, which I intend to bring to FAR sometime this year. The source is Robert Miller's Freshwater fishes of México, which includes the following distribution maps:

• Poecilia velifera
• Poecilia kykesis
• Poecilia mexicana
• Poecilia orri

This could be a maplink (such as this one at Poecilia vandepolli) or a simple map. Please let me know if you need anything else! Surtsicna (talk) 19:39, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Correction request for map of Tennessee State Route 155

Article(s)

Tennessee State Route 155

Request

This article is currently a good article nominee that is close to promotion. The map incorrectly shows a roadway called Woodmont Boulevard (located between US 70S and US 31) as part of SR 155, which it is sometimes mistaken as part of. I need this corrected. I would also like the map to be color coded to show the parts of SR 155 that are designated as Briley Parkway, Thompson Lane, and White Bridge Road. -- Bneu2013 (talk) 23:42, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis map

Article(s)

en:2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis

Request

With how notable this topic is, mapping the attacks conducted by Iran against vessels in the Strait of Hormuz would be quite valuable, akin to the Red Sea crisis map. I would try to do it myself but an svg of the strait is way too slow for Inkscape on my pc. As for sources, The Washington Institute has an map which is regularly updated, though I'm sure you can find similar maps from other reliable sources. -- Hsnkn (talk) 15:46, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/menamaritime/%7Cinteractive gives a 404. cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add {{ping|cmglee}} to your reply)

@Cmglee: There's also a link on the announcement page. Hsnkn (talk) 17:04, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Balkans gas transit: crop and correct

Article(s)

Balkan Stream

Request

This has come into the news recently https://www.dw.com/en/serbia-russian-gas-pipeline-explosives-sabotage-hungary-orban/a-76674841 and I have a little more info from when I requested in March last year at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab/Map_workshop/Archive/Mar_2025#h-Balkans_gas_transit:_shrink_and_correct-20250224174600. I tried to use https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:SVG_Translate_tool to add English to this map but was unsuccessful - apparently the text is in pixels and it may be too big for the tool. I asked the original author for the source but no reply yet - the Bulgarian part may be the map on p74 (last page) of https://www.bulgartransgaz.bg/files/useruploads/files/amd/TYNDP%202020-2029%20EN.pdf The above DW news link says Balkan Stream goes to Hungary, but even though gas transits Hungary to Slovakia I can't find any source which says that transit is called "Balkan Stream" so please can you remove the section within Hungary.

I don't mind whether you keep original language or just use English as long as it works with SVG translate - you don't need to translate as we can do that. Please could you correct the coloring: from the map on page 14 of https://www.energy-community.org/dam/jcr:2d6dbbe2-97a7-4643-a187-b71c7e82f002/Improvement%20of%20the%20commercial%20attractiveness%20of%20the%20Trans-Balkan%20pipeline%20system%20-%20Analytical%20and%20Recommendations%20Report.pdf we know the Trans-Balkan pipeline (dark blue) goes all the way from Turkey to Ukraine.

Please crop the right hand side at a longitude around Odesa to remove Russian controlled areas such Crimea as they are distracting. The top could be cropped to just below the top of Romania and the left to just east of the westernmost part of Serbia. Don't think we need to name Greece so the scale could go there if you think looks good. Please name Black Sea.

Also it would be great if you could label Turkstream, Trans-Balkan pipeline and Balkan Stream next to the lines rather than as a legend.Chidgk1 (talk) 10:01, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

Ukraine gas transit: vectorise and simplify

Article(s)

Natural gas transmission system of Ukraine

Request

I think gas is likely to remain geopolitically important for some time but the article is still relying on my slapdash attempt from over a year ago. To make this map easier for readers to follow and for me to translate it would be great if you could

1) Crop off everything east of Kyiv

2) Remove all towns and cities except Kyiv, Odesa and Lviv

3) Remove Prypats River

4) Convert to svg

5) Add in small inconspicuous font: Source: tsoua.com/en/news/a-new-phase-of-the-vertical-corridor-initiative-to-launch-in-july-2024/

As well as the official source mentioned in 5) above there is also a map on page 3 of https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/icis.ada.website.live/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/03170057/ICIS_VerticalCorridor_April2024.pdf If it is easier for you to simply draw a new one based on the source please do so. Or if you have other suggestions I will be happy to hear them.

Do you think this request should be combined with the one above?

Discussion

I tried to do this with Le Chat AI but it said "an error occured". Can you humans do better? Chidgk1 (talk) 11:23, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

Convert Map of the Americas (pre-1500) to SVG

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  A possible base map that could be used for the conversion.
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  Silouette map for simplicity
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  A different projection

Article(s)

Pre-Columbian era

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

History of the Americas

Request

Please convert this PNG map into a high-quality SVG format. The current version is pixelated when zoomed in and difficult to translate.

* Please use a standard SVG base map for geographical accuracy.

* Ensure that all text labels are converted to editable text objects rather than paths.

* Please try to maintain the existing color coding for the various regions/civilizations.

Thanks! -- Dixy52 (talk) 21:58, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

It looks like a Robinson projection of the world with the eastern part cropped off – note how slanted Alaska looks. As such, it's likely not the best projection to show the Americas compared to one properly centered near Mexico. My 2p, cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add {{ping|cmglee}} to your reply) 08:24, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

I didn't find any better maps on commons. Apparently, there aren't many svg maps of the americas directly centered on Mexico. I'll let you know if I find one! Dixy52 (talk) 09:47, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Comment: I created and added new map projection

 Done I did the work myself

Request: Data version of Template:2026 Iran war map

Coming here to forward a request by @Inter-rede that I'm not well-versed enough to understand myself. The request is to upload the map from Template:2026 Iran war map to Commons in a manner along the lines of Data:Japan.map. (Clarifying questions should be addressed to them!) Placeholderer (talk) 14:26, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Romani flag maps - Spain

• File:Flag map of Spain (Romani people).svg
• File:Flag map of Spain ('Gypsy colours of Spain').svg
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  This can be used as a template in the creation of both files.
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  Standard Romani flag, which could be used in the creation of the first file.
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  "Gypsy colours of Spain", which could be used in the creation of the second file.
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  Romani flag map for Bulgaria, provided as an example.
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  Romani flag map for Romania, also as an example.

Article(s)

Anywhere where flag maps are required.

Request

Could someone please create two new flag maps representing the Romani population of Spain, with the first one depicting the standard Romani flag and the second one depicting the so-called "Gypsy colours of Spain"? Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 23:10, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

Discussion