Wikipedia:Maps

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Maps are important part of any encyclopedia. This page is a collection point for map resources for use in Wikipedia.

There is some work going on at Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps. That project could possibly subsume this page.

Contents 1 Public domain and free map resources 1.1 Countries 1.2 Cities 2 adding maps to wikipedia articles 2.1 Blank maps 2.2 Coordinate-referenced map templates 3 More ideas and resources on meta.wikipedia.org 4 See also

Public domain and free map resources

See also the Geography section of Wikipedia:Public domain resources

• Free World Map, GNU maps (Note that this project appears to be defunct.)
• Library of Congress Contemporary Maps
• Library of Congress historical map collections
• TIGER Map Severice Creates public domain maps (in GIF format) from U.S. Census Bureau data.
• U.S. National Atlas Creates public domain maps (in SDTS, E00, Shape and TIFF formats) from U.S. Department of the Interior data.
• Map of the Mediterranean
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. Most of the maps scanned by the General Libraries and served from this web site are in the public domain. They can be tagged with Template:Ticm and Template:Tiw.
• Versimap public domain maps
• GMT (Generic Mapping Tools) GPL'd software for generating maps. Comes with map data derived from two public domain databases.
• OpenGeoDB - Maps and Data of all cities in Germany (Austria and Switzerland in progress) - according to de:Benutzer:Akl (one of OpenGeoDB webmasters) all data and maps may be used under the GFDL (please backlink to http://opengeodb.de).
• Libre Map Project - United States maps and GIS data released under the Creative Commons BY-SA license. Data includes many USGS DRG maps, TIGER/Map data, and boundary maps.
• United Nations Cartographic Section has many free maps in PDF format, at least some with the layers intact. However most UN maps are under UN copyright, so check before uploading. See here for their policy, this page about requesting permission.
• DEMIS World Map Server generates maps using public domain data with no usage restrictions

Countries

• Maps of the countries of the world from the CIA
• complete CIA Factbook Reference Maps (1997 - today)

Cities

• World city maps

And you can obtain more atlas and maps from public domain encyclopedias, books and documents.

adding maps to wikipedia articles

You have two options; you can add a separate map, or add a geo-referenced template that links to several maps depending on the reader's preference.

Blank maps

When making your own maps for a specialized purpose, check out the basic templates provided at

• Wikipedia:Blank maps
• User:Brion VIBBER/Maps and images for Wikipedia
• User:Morwen/maps
• Libre Map Project boundary maps - Blank boundary maps for all 50 United States including state, county, and county subdivisions.

Coordinate-referenced map templates

When you want to add a Coordinate-referenced map template, read this article:

• Wikipedia:Coordinate-referenced map templates

More ideas and resources on meta.wikipedia.org

• meta:Maps
• meta:Map generator
• meta:Geographical data
• Wikipediatlas

See also

• Each country's article should feature a map of that country, as should many of the articles on those countries' subdivisions
• World map
• Maps on Wikipediade:Wikipedia:Karten