Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Resources/Tutorials

Note: For help with image creation and editing ask at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Map workshop.

Notes

Current translation effort (fr-en)

Some map-related tutorials in the process of translation from French into English at :

• User:JaneVannin/translations/topographic (80%)

Drawing tutorials

• Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Resources/Starting Inkscape
• PDF conversion to SVG
• PDF conversion to SVG/Adobe Illustrator

French team have the following set of tutorials: French graphic tutorials. Translations welcome !

Map tutorials

There is a list of existing map tutorials; more are welcome. French users have provided some, and translations into English would be welcome.

The best places to obtain SVG map backgrounds are listed in SVG maps, particularly Location_maps (2008 standard) and their sub-pages. The Map conventions and toolbox also provide six helpful conventions, some strongly supported by specific teams. The tutorials below follow the training of a hypothetical new map maker: the deeper you go, the more complexity and beauty you find.

Demonstration of how an SVG map is built layer by layer:
1.Valley; 2.Plain; 3.Hill; 4.Rivers; 5.Troops; 6.Moves; 7.Text; 8.Locator map; 9.Legend.

Topographic map with English information on it. The level 2 tutorials on the left describe its creation.

Page or file	fr	Software	Introduction
Level 0 tutorials
Change the colors of a country	fr	Inkscape	Quickly change the color of a zone already delimited on a map
Translate an SVG	fr	Inkscape	Translate or modify a map or diagram without redrawing it entirely (svg or bitmap)
Copy a bitmap map into SVG	fr	Inkscape	Copy a bitmap map into SVG
Centre or crop an image	fr	Inkscape or The Gimp	Centre or crop an image
Level 1 tutorials
media:Tutorial-cartography_(basic).svg		Inkscape	Introduction to vector map making with Inkscape: download, open with Inkscape and follow the exercises
Create and color map zones	fr	Inkscape	Create and color map zones freehand. Create and color independent zones in Inkscape starting from a map showing borders of countries or other zones. (See also next tutorial.)
Cut a map into several sub-areas	fr	Inkscape	Cut a map into several sub-areas. (Should replace the preceding tutorial.)
Draw roads and railroads	fr	Inkscape	For roads, freeways, railroads, etc. Download and watch the English video.
Draw topological maps	fr	Inkscape	Draw subway line maps
Draw a cartogram	fr	Scapetoad	Draw a cartogram
Level 2 tutorials: topography Creation of maps using GIS (fr:SIG) and DEM
Open JUMP GIS		Open JUMP GIS	Creating a general map with Open JUMP GIS
QGIS lesson 0: Get ready		QGIS	Introduction to QGIS
QGIS lesson 1: Create a topographic background	fr	QGIS	Introduction to QGIS, GIS technology, load GIS file into QGIS, edit the color style, output the topographic background.
QGIS lesson 2: Merge tiles and Shaded reliefs	fr	QGIS	Introduction to QGIS, GIS technology, load GIS file into QGIS, edit the color style, output the topographic background.
Calculate the scale of a map	fr	Néant	Determine the scale of a map from the precision of its data
First steps with GRASS	fr	GRASS GIS	Detailed installation of GRASS GIS under Windows and first steps with this free GIS for map creation using digital terrain models
Georeferenced digital cartography * Optimizing relief * SVG topography	fr	3DEM GRASS GIS Inkscape GIMP	Map creation from digital data. A collection of tutorials for geographical, relief and topographic map creation using digital map data
Note: Inkscape, the convenient free vector editor used by most wikigraphists, can be downloaded here.

Web tools

ShareMap.org is community tool that allows creating map on Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0 ) license in SVG format. More information can be found here.

Map resources

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Category:Maps - to find categorized maps. Category:Wikipedia maps - a work category concerning maps. commons:Commons:Map resources - links to map resources across various Wikimedia projects. commons:Category:Commons maps - a Commons work category concerning maps, templates, etc.. commons:Commons:Project Mapmaking Wiki Standards — Mostly dead Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Image workshop Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps#Participants Wikipedia:WikiProject Illustration fr:Wikipédia:Atelier graphique/Cartes - Specific page of the French Graphic Lab for map creation or modification.

Other

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The overall category for working on maps is Category:Wikipedia maps. For categorized maps themselves see Category:Maps. Wikipedia maps Map-related navigational boxes Images of fictional maps Wikipedia geographic image maps WikiProject Geographical coordinates Wikipedia OSM maps User map galleries WikiProject Maps Coordinates templates Map formatting and function templates See also the many resource and help links here: meta:Maps meta:Map generator meta:Geographical data meta:Wikiatlas Category:Maps Category:Wikipedia maps - for map work, help, templates, etc.. Portal:Atlas/ Wikimedia Atlas Upload, to upload your free work. When adding maps to 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 resources Commons:Map resources - sources for maps, help, tools. Source materials (up to date?) Wikipedia:Blank maps User:Brion VIBBER/Maps and images for Wikipedia (out to date page, no longer needed) Libre Map Project boundary maps - Blank boundary maps for all 50 United States including state, county, and county subdivisions in PNG and SVG formats. (helpful) See also Location maps (2008 international recommendations for location maps) Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Cartographers (Table with ancient or current cartographers) Help map makers This page is a collection point for map resources for use in Wikipedia. The overall category for working on maps is Category:Wikipedia maps. See also Commons:Map resources. For categorized maps themselves see Category:Maps. To access all the subpages of WikiProject Maps go to Special:PrefixIndex/Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps. }}