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== This map in SVG ==&lt;br /&gt;
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The image is [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-96SvYmGx6lY/UMD825ZZStI/AAAAAAAAAjU/zZ7A2K7oHfE/s1600/1806.jpg  map of Spain (1806)]. Would you become the image to SVG? Sorry if I don&amp;#039;t write a good English, but I&amp;#039;m Spanish. Thank you. --[[User:Galdius|Galdius]] ([[User talk:Galdius|talk]]) 00:14, 2 March 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
== Exclusive Economic Zones ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Article(s):&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; [[Exclusive Economic Zones]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Request:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; delineate South Sudan... [[User:Kintetsubuffalo|Kintetsubuffalo]] ([[User talk:Kintetsubuffalo|talk]]) 01:00, 4 March 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Map of Balankanche==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Article(s):&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; [[Balankanche]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Request:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; [[Vectorization (image tracing)]] need a topographic map. In fact, by the decision of the Wikimedia is free ([http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Derivative_works#Maps As a result of the court decisions, following parts of a map are in the public domain, and may be used freely: ... Geographic or topographic features. Those are facts, and facts aren&amp;#039;t copyrightable]), but to do all doubts vanished [[Vectorization (image tracing)]] better. [[User:Vyacheslav84|Vyacheslav84]] ([[User talk:Vyacheslav84|talk]]) 06:17, 9 March 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== English translation of Spanish map of the Alhambra ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Request:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; English translation of Spanish map. [[User:Wereldburger758|Wereldburger758]] ([[User talk:Wereldburger758|talk]]) 09:54, 20 February 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
* What I would like are the translations of the towers and other important buildings in the Alhambra. Not the streetnames etc. [[User:Wereldburger758|Wereldburger758]] ([[User talk:Wereldburger758|talk]]) 20:47, 10 March 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Graphist opinion(s):&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== A simple map ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Article(s):&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; [[Uruguayan War]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Request:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Hi, I need a map like the one above, but far more simple (no towns or smaller rivers, for example) and with present-day national boundaries. Only with the name of the countries (and in English): Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. Thank you very much, --[[User:Lecen|Lecen]] ([[User talk:Lecen|talk]]) 22:55, 10 March 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Soviet and Eastern Bloc Location map ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Article(s):&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; [[Kontinental Hockey League]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Request:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Expand this map to include the entire [[Warsaw Pact]], or at lest Russia + Latvia + Belarus + Ukraine + Czech Repulic + Slovakia. Please show all country subdivisions (not only Russia) when possible. If relevant coordinates are provided so {{tl|Location map USSR}} can be improved, that&amp;#039;s even better. [[User:Ibicdlcod|ibicdlcod]] ([[User talk:Ibicdlcod|talk]])  13:11, 23 March 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
== Suggestions needed ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Article(s):&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; [[Battle of the Granicus]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Request&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;: I have made a map (http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad223/flyingdutchman12/granikos1_d_a_zps688c7da1.png). Problem with it is, that it is an almost exact copy of a map out of the book &amp;quot;Warfare in the classical world&amp;quot;. Only at the very end it dawned to me that publishing it on wikimedia commons could constitute a violation of copyright. I asked and I was right. Problem is: how do I change the map in such a way that it is all according to wikimedia-rules. Any suggestions?  [[User:Wereldburger758|Wereldburger758]] ([[User talk:Wereldburger758|talk]]) 07:28, 26 March 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Balkans ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Article(s):&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; [[Demographic history of Macedonia]], [[History of Kosovo]] and a couple more&lt;br /&gt;
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: Could somebody improve this map by removing the tape marks visible on it? -- [[User:ArnoldPlaton|ArnoldPlaton]] ([[User talk:ArnoldPlaton|talk]]) 19:07, 18 April 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:You might want to post this at the [[WP:GL/PHOTO|Photography Workshop]] instead, as it’s essentially a retouching job.—[[User:Odysseus1479|Odysseus1479]] ([[User talk:Odysseus1479|talk]]) 21:11, 5 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
Done --[[User:Lilot1338|Lilot1338]] ([[User talk:Lilot1338|talk]]) 08:54, 6 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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{{I take|~~~~}}: when you&amp;#039;ll be working on the request&lt;br /&gt;
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== Range map for the White-faced Whistling Duck ==&lt;br /&gt;
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File:BlankMap-World.svg|Blank world map (SVG)&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Article(s):&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; [[White-faced Whistling Duck]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Request:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; I would like to have a range map of the White-faced Whistling Duck (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Dendrocygna viduata&amp;#039;&amp;#039;), but I suck at creating ranges on world maps that span across countries when using these blank world maps.  The source for the range of the species can be found [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&amp;amp;context=biosciducksgeeseswans here] on page 19 (16 of the PDF) on Map 7.  A more up-to-date map can be found on the [http://maps.iucnredlist.org/map.html?id=100600352 IUCN Red List] (with spatial data).  I will be working to completely revamp the article this map will go to over the coming weeks and hope to take it to [[WP:FAC|FAC]].  Help with this map would be greatly appreciated. &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;text-shadow:grey 0.1em 0.1em 0.3em; font-family: fantasy, cursive, Serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;–&amp;amp;nbsp;[[User:Maky|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:darkgreen;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Maky&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]] &amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;«[[User talk:Maky|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:olive;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;talk&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]»&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; 22:30, 30 March 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Also, because I&amp;#039;m working on the [[Whistling duck]] article, it might be nice to create a conglomerate map of all their ranges.  The same goes for range maps all all whistling duck species.  There is so much good multimedia for these species that it might be worth creating a featured topic, and that would require range maps.  This would be extra, though.  I believe the same source will supply maps for all eight species, plus the IUCN Red List has maps for each as well.  If anyone&amp;#039;s up for it, please let me know.  &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;text-shadow:grey 0.1em 0.1em 0.3em; font-family: fantasy, cursive, Serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;–&amp;amp;nbsp;[[User:Maky|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:darkgreen;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Maky&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]] &amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;«[[User talk:Maky|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:olive;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;talk&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]»&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; 00:38, 31 March 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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* My opinion: use a different map in order to create ranges. See gallery. A world map without borders. If you still want to use a map with borders, use layers. [[User:Wereldburger758|Wereldburger758]] ([[User talk:Wereldburger758|talk]]) 14:23, 31 March 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::I&amp;#039;m fine with a borderless map.  The borders are nice for people to see what countries the range overlaps, but it&amp;#039;s not essential. &amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;text-shadow:grey 0.1em 0.1em 0.3em; font-family: fantasy, cursive, Serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;–&amp;amp;nbsp;[[User:Maky|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:darkgreen;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Maky&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]] &amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;«[[User talk:Maky|&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;color:olive;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;talk&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;]]»&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; 20:57, 31 March 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;!-- This area is for wikigraphists:&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Dendrocygna viduata range map.svg|thumb|Range map for [[White-faced Whistling Duck]].]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{I take|[[User:Fama Clamosa|Fama Clamosa]] ([[User talk:Fama Clamosa|talk]]) 09:47, 10 May 2013 (UTC)}}&lt;br /&gt;
: {{Done}} I gave this a quick go.  The projection is very different in the PDF, so I had to do some guessing.  Let me know if anything is wrong. --[[User:Fama Clamosa|Fama Clamosa]] ([[User talk:Fama Clamosa|talk]]) 09:47, 10 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
== Map scales ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Could someone please make up a few for commons? The ones [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Graphical_scales there] are not so hot. This style is perfect: [http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=205wdco&amp;amp;s=4] with the &amp;quot;Km&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Mi&amp;quot; at end of the line, not whole words above and below. And with Km on top and Mi on the bottom. It&amp;#039;s a nice style with the black and white -- very retro. Perhaps one showing 1km - 5km and another 10 to 50 or something -- maybe even a biggie 100 to 500. I&amp;#039;d be very grateful. Oh, and if you know where these are that we can steal, pls url me and I will upload them. Many thanks, [[User:Anna Frodesiak|Anna Frodesiak]] ([[User talk:Anna Frodesiak|talk]]) 22:44, 22 April 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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Okay, I made that one, and it&amp;#039;s awful. I have to stretch it to make it fit and then it&amp;#039;s all fuzzy. I really don&amp;#039;t understand how map people make these things. Svg? How can I add scales to OpenMaps is the big question. And please don&amp;#039;t say exposrt openmaps as svg because a single map is like 300 MB and I don&amp;#039;t know how to use those files anyhow. I&amp;#039;m trying hard and not doing well. [[User:Anna Frodesiak|Anna Frodesiak]] ([[User talk:Anna Frodesiak|talk]]) 04:13, 23 April 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Yes, SVG is the recommended format, for accurate rendering at any size and for ease of editing. There are some sample scales in [[:File:Maps_template-en.svg]]. But if those don’t work for you—they’re all for considerably smaller scales than your examples—it wouldn’t be much trouble to make something more like these.—[[User:Odysseus1479|Odysseus1479]] ([[User talk:Odysseus1479|talk]]) 21:06, 5 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::[[:File:Maps_template-en.svg]] looks good. If larger scale ones are needed then I&amp;#039;ll come crying back here. Does Gimp do Svg? If not, do you know the easiest freeware program that can do a basic paste scale onto map task? Thanks, [[User:Anna Frodesiak|Anna Frodesiak]] ([[User talk:Anna Frodesiak|talk]]) 01:29, 9 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::For vector editing, you&amp;#039;ll probably want Inkscape; it&amp;#039;s free, powerful, and probably the most commonly used on Wikipedia. [[User:Dewclouds|Dewclouds]] ([[User talk:Dewclouds|talk]]) 02:35, 9 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
== Moose distribution ==&lt;br /&gt;
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File:Moose distribution.png|This is the current map, which is wrong in many regards&lt;br /&gt;
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: See [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File_talk:Moose_distribution.png this talk page on Commons]. The map currently used by many projects is riddled with fairly obvious errors. I wish I had thought about this a month ago as my  free subscription to [[Highbeam Research]] just expired. If anyone can access highbeam or otherwise find the journal &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Alces&amp;#039;&amp;#039; I&amp;#039;m sure it would have more accurate data to use. (It&amp;#039;s a journal entirely dedicated tot he scientific study of moose) If possible, it would be good to directly upload it to Commons as a replacement for the bad map that is currently used by many different projects.  -- [[User:Beeblebrox|Beeblebrox]] ([[User talk:Beeblebrox|talk]]) 18:50, 10 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I fixed the worst of the problems, the sources I found were pretty marginal though, if you can find a better source I could probably make it better. [[User:Kmusser|Kmusser]] ([[User talk:Kmusser|talk]]) 16:50, 11 May 2013 (UTC)  &lt;br /&gt;
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{{Done}}: when the request is done.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Locator icon problem ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{resolved}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map+|Ukraine|float=right|width=420|caption=Some symbols that show up well&lt;br /&gt;
|places=&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=52  |long=22   |label=Pfeil oben.svg|mark=Pfeil oben.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=51  |long=22   |label=Pfeil unten.svg|mark=Pfeil unten.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50  |long=22   |label=Pfeil rechts.svg|mark=Pfeil rechts.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49  |long=22   |label=Pfeil links.svg|mark=Pfeil links.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48  |long=22   |label=Pfeil rechts oben.svg|mark=Pfeil rechts oben.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=47  |long=22   |label=Pfeil rechts unten.svg|mark=Pfeil rechts unten.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=46  |long=22   |label=Pfeil links oben.svg|mark=Pfeil links oben.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=45  |long=22   |label=Pfeil links unten.svg|mark=Pfeil links unten.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=52  |long=27   |label=Point carte.svg|mark=Point carte.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=51  |long=27   |label=Square city locator.png|mark=Square city locator.png}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50  |long=27   |label=Red.svg|mark=Red.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49  |long=27   |label=Solid blue.svg|mark=Solid blue.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48  |long=27   |label=Fadenkreuz.svg|mark=Fadenkreuz.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=47  |long=27   |label=Crosshairs Red.svg|mark=Crosshairs Red.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=46  |long=27   |label=Purple pog.svg|mark=Purple pog.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=45  |long=27   |label=Yellow pog.svg|mark=Yellow pog.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=52  |long=31   |label=Map-Pin.png|mark=Map-Pin.png}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=51  |long=31   |label=Dot-yellow.svg|mark=Dot-yellow.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50  |long=31   |label=Blue-circle.gif|mark=Blue-circle.gif}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49  |long=31   |label=Flashspot.gif|mark=Flashspot.gif}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48  |long=31   |label=Location dot blue.svg|mark=Location dot blue.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=47  |long=31   |label=Location dot black.svg|mark=Location dot black.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=46  |long=31   |label=Arrows 12x12 nw.svg|mark=Arrows 12x12 nw.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=45  |long=31   |position=bottom|label=Arrows 12x12 ne.svg|mark=Arrows 12x12 ne.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=52  |long=35   |position=right|label=Fire.svg|mark=Fire.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=51  |long=35   |position=right|label=Black triangle2.svg|mark=Black triangle2.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50  |long=35   |position=right|label=Blue Fire.svg|mark=Blue Fire.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49  |long=35   |position=right|label=City locator Montagne.svg|&lt;br /&gt;
mark=City locator Montagne.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48  |long=35   |position=right|label=Cercle rouge 100%.svg| &lt;br /&gt;
mark=Cercle rouge 100%.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=47  |long=35   |position=right|label=White flag icon.svg|mark=White flag icon.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=46  |long=35   |position=right|label=Legenda miejsce bitwy.svg&lt;br /&gt;
|mark=Legenda miejsce bitwy.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=45  |long=35   |position=bottom|label=X solid black 17.gif|mark=X solid black 17.gif}}&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map+|Ukraine|float=right|width=420|caption=Random map icons&lt;br /&gt;
|places=&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=52  |long=22   |label=City locator 0.svg|mark=City locator 0.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=51  |long=22   |label=City locator 1.svg|mark=City locator 1.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50  |long=22   |label=City locator 2.svg|mark=City locator 2.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49  |long=22   |label=City locator 6.svg|mark=City locator 6.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48  |long=22   |label=City locator 7.svg|mark=City locator 7.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=47  |long=22   |label=City locator 8.svg|mark=City locator 8.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=46  |long=22   |label=City locator 9.svg|mark=City locator 9.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=45  |long=22   |label=City locator 10.svg|mark=City locator 10.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=52  |long=27   |label=City locator 11.svg|mark=City locator 11.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=51  |long=27   |label=City locator 13.svg|mark=City locator 13.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50  |long=27   |label=City locator 21.svg|mark=City locator 21.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49  |long=27   |label=City locator 29.svg|mark=City locator 29.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48  |long=27   |label=Point rouge croix frontier vert green.svg|mark=Point rouge croix frontier vert green.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=47  |long=27   |label=Wikipedia-Marker-4.png|mark=Wikipedia-Marker-4.png}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=46  |long=27   |label=StarArrowOR.svg|mark=StarArrowOR.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=45  |long=27   |label=Castle.svg|mark=Castle.svg&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=52  |long=31   |label=Crime_symbol_handgun_czeska80px.png|mark=Crime_symbol_handgun_czeska80px.png}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=51  |long=31   |label=Gwiazda LnM.svg|mark=Gwiazda LnM.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50  |long=31   |label=Nuclear plant.svg|mark=Nuclear plant.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49  |long=31   |label=Quake pointer.svg|mark=Quake pointer.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48  |long=31   |label=Rotonda S7.svg|mark=Rotonda S7.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=47  |long=31   |label=Wikipedia-Marker-isle.svg|mark=Wikipedia-Marker-isle.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=46  |long=31   |label=BSicon dB+Slg.svg|mark=BSicon dB+Slg.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=45  |long=31   |position=bottom|label=BSicon ANCHOR.svg|mark=BSicon ANCHOR.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=52  |long=35   |position=right|label=BSicon fSKRZ-Bu.svg|mark=BSicon fSKRZ-Bu.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=51  |long=35   |position=right|label=|mark=}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50  |long=35   |position=right|label=BSicon xtGRENZE.svg |mark=BSicon xtGRENZE.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49  |long=35   |position=right|label=Unesco Cultural Heritage logo.svg &lt;br /&gt;
|mark=Unesco Cultural Heritage logo.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48  |long=35   |position=right|label=Mining symbol.svg| &lt;br /&gt;
mark=Mining symbol.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=47  |long=35   |position=right|label=Zoo icon.jpg|mark=Zoo icon.jpg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=46  |long=35   |position=right|label=Vattenfall blue.svg&lt;br /&gt;
|mark=Vattenfall blue.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=45  |long=35   |position=bottom|label=SymbolAirport.svg|mark=&lt;br /&gt;
SymbolAirport.svg}}&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Can you tell me which group should get this request?&lt;br /&gt;
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A problem with the locator map icons is that they are not WYSIWYG; when placed on maps they look different from what you see on the category pages. After testing a number of them separately I had to make a table similar to the attachment to make a correct selection. Something similar would make it easier for people to select map icons. [[User:Benjamin Trovato|Benjamin Trovato]] ([[User talk:Benjamin Trovato|talk]]) 03:47, 9 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:To extend this I put some random symbols on a map. Many do not show up well. Are these actually used? Is there a WP: page I have missed?[[User:Benjamin Trovato|Benjamin Trovato]] ([[User talk:Benjamin Trovato|talk]]) 06:06, 12 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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::I think these would be useful.  I&amp;#039;m not sure where the best place to put them is though. We do have [[WP:WPMAP|our project page]] or [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Conventions/Location maps|location map conventions]] as possibilities - also the [[:Template:Location map many|template page]] has examples and it could go there, for that matter it could go right in the [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Map_pointers commons category page] - make an example section under the See Also.  [[User:Kmusser|Kmusser]] ([[User talk:Kmusser|talk]]) 14:17, 12 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
::: I put it in Template:Location map many/doc. Someone can remove it if it&amp;#039;s wrong. This section can be closed.[[User:Benjamin Trovato|Benjamin Trovato]] ([[User talk:Benjamin Trovato|talk]]) 07:00, 15 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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{{clear}}&lt;br /&gt;
== Syntax Error ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{resolved}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{multiple image&lt;br /&gt;
|width=280|align=left&lt;br /&gt;
|header=header: Testing &amp;quot;Location map many&amp;quot; inside &amp;quot;multiple image&amp;quot;  bad File:etc appears below&lt;br /&gt;
|footer=footer:Click the unlabeled icons for name |footer_align=center&lt;br /&gt;
|background color=#FF55CC&lt;br /&gt;
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| image1    = {{Location map many|Canada Alberta|relief=yes|width=250|caption=Alberta&lt;br /&gt;
|lat1=54|long1=-118|position1=top   |label1=whiz&lt;br /&gt;
|lat2=54|long2=-114|position2=bottom|label2=bang&lt;br /&gt;
|lat3=58|long3=-116|position3=left  |label3=cussword&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
| image2    ={{Location map many|Canada Saskatchewan|relief=yes|width=250|caption=Saskatchewan&lt;br /&gt;
|lat1=54|long1=-107|mark=Blue Fire.svg|link=Green Lake, Saskatchewan&lt;br /&gt;
|lat2=58|long2=-100|label2=zap&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
| image3   ={{Location map many|Canada Manitoba|relief=yes|width=250|caption=Manitoba&lt;br /&gt;
|lat1=50|long1=-102|label1=pachyderm|mark1=zoo icon.jpg|marksize=32|link=zoo&lt;br /&gt;
|lat2=58|long2=-99 |label2=golly&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Request:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
Please pass this to whoever does the code for &amp;#039;Location map many&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;multiple image&amp;#039;. Thanks. Question: what causes the File:-etc error at top.  I can&amp;#039;t get it out. [[User:Benjamin Trovato|Benjamin Trovato]] ([[User talk:Benjamin Trovato|talk]]) 01:56, 18 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Graphist opinion(s):&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Templates have talk pages for exactly this sort of question, appealing directly to the authors of the template for any template problem should be the first place to go, in this case [[:Template talk:multiple image]] and [[:Template talk:location map many]]. [[User:Kmusser|Kmusser]] ([[User talk:Kmusser|talk]]) 02:39, 18 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
:Moved. Thank you[[User:Benjamin Trovato|Benjamin Trovato]] ([[User talk:Benjamin Trovato|talk]]) 03:32, 18 May 2013 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
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