User:Yug/Recommendations

Overview of the needs

Recommendations needs (all is still under discussion)

Recommendation need	Aim	Background, Style & Tools	Current status, Various notes, and current emerging proposal.
Basis
World projection	Display the world in the most suitable projection for wp use. Ease both the creation and the reading of World maps.	BlankMap-World6.svg (Robinson) ? Adopt the Winkel tripel ? the Mollweide projection ?	The current BlankMap is in Robinson projection : a/ do we keep it or change for an other one ? (-> Winkel ? Plate carree ?) b/ Do we display Antartic ?
Introduction: Upload and Legend advices	General advices for mapmakers: Font, Naming conventions, License, Legend, Category. Map-relate wiki technologies-introduction (Template {Legende}, others)	{{Maplegend}}, {{Mapcolor}}, {{Légende cartographique}}, further SVG tools & technologies welcome.	helpfull proposed palette currently waiting approval New global and medium proposal, waiting comments before approval. This is a medium proposal between English strong colors and French soft colors. Some other ideas and icons have been picked up from various maps styles.
Color theory: Research for optimized colors	General advices to set optimized palets : web safe colors, attractives, non-aggressive but clearly distinguishable.	en:Color theory, en:Web colors, web tools to harmonize colors (such this one).
Very last review:	Review by some color blind users, coherence between naming conventions, etc.
Maps' types
Basis
Standard Wikimaps background	World: Display all current Countries on a neutral color World map.	Style: wikimaps. Borders: administrative ones. Labels: no. Projection : ?	color example It seems we are going to a light-yellow/light-orange/grey style such on the left, following the New global and medium proposal. Note: far and close up views will be allow. Close up will be « position » maps displaying the area and it's 1st level administrative divisions. The Far view will be the « locator » view, puting the country in its continent.
	Small area: to later display an area on its geographic context (i.e: Wales out of the Britanic Islands ; neutral color map).
Easy types (all the following maps will have background colors according to previous "Wikimaps background" colors)
Location maps	Mainly for geolocation purposes. Just display the subject (most of time a country) in its geographic close context	Style: wikimaps Projection: equirectangular (conical for higher latitudes). Borders: subject ones + it's sub-divions. Labels: no.	Location maps for cities These 3 may be merge [(State) Location + Bio-locator + CIA-Locator]. Simple CIA maps Use the Position map + georeference template to add the dozen of label. Example: old practice (depreciated) ; new practice using georeference-templates. Gradiant maps The question is here to choice suitable + neutral + serious + soft colors.
Simple CIA maps	Display a country or region with the dozen of very importants things to notice	Will be replaced by better ones in time.
Gradiant maps	Display Wikimaps background + the area need colorated according to their % (rate) or rank.	Style and projection: wikimaps. Borders: subjects ones. Labels and legend: if necessary. Color set: under construction (Yug+LoH)
Locator maps (area) * Country locator * Bio-locator etc.	Ease the localisation of a subject on its continent and on the earth	Style: basic topo style (4 positive, 3 negative levels). Borders: continental and subject ones. Labels: no. Projection: ? Color set: need 1 recommended color for the subject + some other	Good example to improve and vectorise. The map on the left is the best locator map series we have. It would be great if we can spread this basic topo style, make it in SVG, and for all continents. Biolocator 3 countries Find suitable colors for vegetal/walking/swimming/flying
Expert types
Geopolitical maps	The common, multi-purpose map in an article page. Display most stratigical informations such railroads, highspeed, harbors, etc.	Improved French standard style.
Exchanges maps	Display roads, train, planes lines, economic exchanges, etc. with numeral values	Put on the geopolitical maps ? or on topographic ones ?. Which color /icone set ?
Physical maps (relief / topographic)	Display topo-hydro(-human?) datas.	will likely follow the improved French standard style.
Historical maps	Display territories, contested area, wars and battles, extensions and move of armies	Which color /icone set ?
Currently cancelled
Biosphere maps	Display bio datas (forest of *,*,* ; human's created forest ; fields of *,*,* ; human habitat ; ).	Which color /icone set ?
Geologic maps	Canceled (not manageable with current knowledge.)	need advices from a geologist

Advancement

= planned ; and = currently under discussion ; = almost approved ;  Done = approved, wait last reviews to be put into force.