User talk:DutchTreat

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Request for Data namespace map help

Howdy User:DutchTreat, big fan of the work you did on the NYC Council Wikipedia article with the dynamic maps. I am trying to replicate the dynamic maps for a different city's article, but am having trouble finding how one adds a page to the Data namespace. Could you kindly point me in the right direction?

Thanks much, --LocalWonk (talk) 05:57, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

@LocalWonk: I would be glad to help you. To create a page with the Data namespace, use the Search box. Type in the name you want "Data:MyCity.map" and search for it. When the results page returns reporting that the page does not exist, there will be a link to create one with that name. If you need more help, let me know. Thanks for your kind words on my NYC Council district maps. Glad they help inspire you to try it yourself. - DutchTreat (talk) 15:25, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you! They're underway now, and I'll be sure to link you when they're done and on the page. I've been using Turf.js to calculate the centroid coordinates (to frame the map view itself), but if you know of a less intensive way, I'm all ears. --LocalWonk (talk) 18:52, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Sorry to be back so soon @DutchTreat: , I've finalized the maps for each council district. The only issue I face now is what I assume is a bug re: my sandbox on Wikipedia. I've duplicated aspects of your table source as it appears on the NYC Council page, and the code works, at least when I click "Show preview". When I actually publish, the sandbox shows a world map, and not the properly zoomed and framed council districts. Do you think you might be able to take a look and determine if there is an issue with my source, or if this is a sandbox environment quirk? Thanks so much! --LocalWonk (talk) 19:50, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

To save you the trouble of looking into this bug, let me relay what I found. I duplicated your NYC Council table on a separate sandbox page, and experienced the exact same behavior. Thus I am willing to bet that this is in fact a sandbox quirk, and that it will work fine when added to the real article. Feel free to check out the sandbox nonetheless! --LocalWonk (talk) 20:04, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

@LocalWonk: Your maps in your sandbox look good! Great work. It's a matter of timing. You need to wait a bit before the backend servers cache the maps. They are all rending fine in my browser (now that that some time as passed.) Not sure how long you need to wait before they appear in Preview. One thing to think about. I am planning on changing the NYC Council maps to use the show/hide template. This will make the table easier to read. See the Chicago Council for an example. That is how I got the idea. - DutchTreat (talk) 10:41, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

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Re: Locator Map projections

Hello DutchTreat. Sorry about the delay of the answer.
First of all, I’m surprised using, for a new location map, a crop from a larger map in conical projection. That leaves the resulting map with a tilted shape. That’s strange for me, but ok, it’s only my opinion.
It makes time I didn’t mess with location templates and I’m not sure having done it on WP-en where I don’t know if they are the same as in WP-fr. And worse, I’m not sure having understood everything about your problem in the discussion.
Anyway, I think, if the templates are equivalent to the ones in WP-fr, that the base parameters that should be used in the projection should be the ones from wikipedia:Module:Location_map/data/USA which uses the whole map. Conical projection templates are/were always tricky: even with a perfectly projected map, some parameters in the templates had to be adjusted to get a satisfactory location template, and that using a centered map like the original one. We make/did this creating an example putting dots on specific points, like here on border points between several States (known coordinates, easy to see on the map), modifying the parameters of the template by hit and miss until getting the dots at the right places. I know, not very practical neither easy to use. Again, this was for maps with the central meridian in the middle of the image. But as I see a template using a cropped version of the original map (USA Northeast) that works, I believe a template with an even closer crop should be possible.
And if it’s “only” about finding the limits of the map, I think using a GIS software or even Google Earth should bring you close to them, making corrections in the template afterwards.
I understand this all might not be of great help for your problem. Let me know if I can be of better help. Greetings. Sting (talk) 21:57, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

@Sting: Thank you for your insights. I also prefer using a standard projection, not the conical one. I am thinking it would be better for me to draw the map myself in QGIS using this projection. Let me think about how to move forward. Again, I appreciate knowing the history about how these existing projection formulas (even if not ideal) were developed. Cheers! - DutchTreat (talk) 20:57, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Don't misunderstand me: I think maps with conic projections are great and well (understand best) appropriated for hight latitudes areas (I didn't check for the NE USA), but they are more tricky to use in templates. Anyway, as you stated in the Graphic Lab's page, creating a new map centered on that specific area of interest, should it be in equirectangular or in conic projection, should ease the creation of the template, working on stable and known bases. Good luck. Sting (talk) 02:03, 15 December 2021 (UTC)