Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Map of London, 1300
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Jun 2012 at 09:23:27 (UTC)
- Reason
- A vector version of a map by William R. Shepherd - a good pedigree. Much better readability and dare I say aesthetics than the original (I had to look up some of the labels while making it). A map of London at this time period is obviously an essential feature of the History of London page; given that we don't have maps for hundreds of years before or after (that I can find) seems to contribute strongly to the summarised version at London. The spellings are Shepherd's, which is at least verifiability if not truth.
- Articles in which this image appears
- History of London, London, City of London, Watling Street, Lower Marsh (all replaced raster version).
- FP category for this image
- Diagrams, drawings, and maps
- Creator
- William R. Shepherd, User:Grandiose
- Support as nominator --Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 09:23, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
- Comment I'm not sure I agree on the aesthetics, but that aside, there are several omissions/errors in the labels: St Martin Outwich is shown as St Martin Oubwich, Elsing Spital is shown as Rising Spital(!), St Helen's Priory of Nuns is missing, Lambeth moor is clearly rendered as one word whereas in the original there is some room for doubt, the numbering scheme in the key is all to cock after 31, and the labels for 35,36, and 37 are missing from the map. Yomanganitalk 12:39, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
- Problems now corrected; I really don't think Lambethmoor is two words on the original. The spacing is identical to moorfields and internally. I spent ages trying to work out what "Elsing" was, had trouble finding anything that matched on Google. Shows how unclear the original is. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 12:56, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
- William Elsing was the founder of the hospital. Yomanganitalk 13:02, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
- You're also missing a church symbol for St Boltolph Aldgate. Yomanganitalk 13:06, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
- Both corrected. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 13:15, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
- Problems now corrected; I really don't think Lambethmoor is two words on the original. The spacing is identical to moorfields and internally. I spent ages trying to work out what "Elsing" was, had trouble finding anything that matched on Google. Shows how unclear the original is. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 12:56, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
- Support Good EV. Dusty777 19:13, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
- Comment As it is it looks more like a map of the greenery around London than London itself. I would make the city darker and the green lighter. Note how on the original the streets are much better visible. Also Lambethmoor seems to be the most important thing on the map as it is emphasized both by the dark colour and the largest font size. Otherwise very happy to see good work being done on city maps! --ELEKHHT 08:03, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 18:24, 28 June 2012 (UTC)