User talk:Planemad/Archive 1

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Hello there

Hello there.. real nice work on the map of India. It would be great if you enhance it with a couple of things (as time permits) it would be great: [1] create a version with standard map colors as per Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Maps - which could make it enter into the atlas wikiproject as well. [2] make available a SVG version, along with a blank map (no text at all - this would make your work usable across wiki projects and those that use different languages). Keep up the good work :-) Thanks & Cheers! --ΜιĿːtalk 07:29, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

noted, im a little short of time and get net access only on sundays, so it could be a while before i get all those done--PlaneMad 13:10, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Maps

Hi! I've noticed your nice maps being circulated around wikipedia. I have a few points to add:

1. Wikipedia is moving towards .svg type maps rather than .png. Please would you make maps in this format?
2. The LoC in Kashmir appears to be incorrect.
3. The CC licence and the Indian Wikiproject logo should not appear on the maps.

Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 12:59, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

i dont think its possible to add text in svg, atleast it doesnt seem to be working for me in illustrator.
The loc was traced from one of the available maps, if you can point me to some maps with accurate position of the loc, i shall fix them.
once i fix the loc, ill update the maps without including the logo, no problem.--PlaneMad 13:08, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

You'll have to unflow the text. If you are unsucessful, just email me ( my wikipedia username @gmail) the svg file. [Else you could download inkscape, select all the text and unflow.]. I'll scout around for a better reference map. =Nichalp «Talk»= 14:38, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

thankyou!

I would like to thank you for your Climate of India#Monsoons annual precipitation map. I happy with glee. Nastajus 07:00, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

my pleasure--PlaneMad 07:29, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

font and maps - good!!

The maps are really good, but the fonts seem to be in a totally different level... can you tell me what font/package you used to create them? thanks ... dormant25 another chennaite.

Glad you liked the maps, im using a font called Myriad--PlaneMad 06:58, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Awesome thanks. User:dormant25

Greetings

Holi greetings. --Bhadani 16:13, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Maps

I saw the maps you created on the Commons. I was awestruck! Maps like Image:Railway network schematic map.png were simply too fantabulous. Is that Indian maps wikiproject on the Commons still on? It would be great if sometime you could take a look at the requested history of India maps. Regards, deeptrivia (talk) 14:01, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliments deeptrivia, and ill get down to making those historical maps next week, no prob.--PlaneMad 12:39, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Maps

Thanks for the compliment and good luck on the state's maps. I had planned to make the state locator maps, but unfortunately don't have much time on my hands these days. Once you do finish with the states, could I request you to make the map on the lines of Image:Map of USA with state names.svg? Another thing, if you don't mind: could you dual licence the derivatives under GFDL, cc-by-sa 1.0,2.0,2.5? It would make it compatible with all wikimedia projects. Thanks and regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:15, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Map

Make sure you delete the bitmap in the image. The <image> tag. =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:03, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Did you trace the map from somewhere? =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:09, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I don't have any idea. Why don't you ask at the Village Pump in commons:? =Nichalp «Talk»= 06:04, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

So what was the problem with the rendering? Also, do you want me to delete the two test images? =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:08, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I've deleted the image. =Nichalp «Talk»= 02:59, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

At what resolution have you traced the borders? I had zoomed 4-6x of the original to get a really accurate border. =Nichalp «Talk»= 01:31, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

a barnstar for you

I, Ganeshk, award you this Graphic designer's barnstar for your Indian map contributions to Wikipedia. Awesome stuff! - Thank you, Ganeshk (talk) 18:57, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Maps Wikiproject

Hi! I request you to use the colours defined as per Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps. PS Could you also add the Tropic of Cancer on a separate layer? =Nichalp «Talk»= 01:47, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject India Maps

Hi! I invite you to join Wikipedia:WikiProject India Maps =Nichalp «Talk»= 09:41, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Maps

I'd like to make a map similar to Image:Map of USA with state names.svg. Which of your versions would be most suitable? =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:00, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Railway Map

Hi,

I see the excellent work you've done on Image:Railway_network_schematic_map.png! I've just got a little bit of feedback for you:

• Jalandhar has been misspelt (see Punjab, where it is spelt Jalandher)
• For the key, all the words begin with a capital except for the Metre guage line. Seems slightly inconsistent.
• In the key, I think it should read Headquarters and not just Headquarter.

I hope my feedback helped! Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 12:07, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing it out. will be updating the map in a month. if you notice any more typos pls notify me.

National Highway Map

Hi,

Just a friendly message saying that Jalandhar is misspelt on [1]. Thanks. Sukh | ਸੁਖ | Talk 13:51, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Surprise!

		The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
		I =Nichalp «Talk»=, award you for your amazing contributions to India-related maps. Keep it up! =Nichalp «Talk»= 14:18, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

POV

It's not what the world maps potray that matters, but what is claimed and counterclaimed as part of it's territory. I was doubtful on the middle sectors, but there are no clear and unambigious indications of it being resolved. (Rediff-2003), TNI. Unless we have clear and explicit official statements by both sides, we'd have to stick to the 1988 version. From the forum there seems to be a pro-India tilt (quite understandable). But the map just states that region 1 is undisputed, region 2 is claimed by India, and region 3 is claimed by China. =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:08, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Image:Mumbai suburban rail map.svg

Hey Planemad, I can't see the map...it's all white. Do you know what the problem is? Regards, deeptrivia (talk) 15:21, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, works for me! deeptrivia (talk) 13:26, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

railway/metro map

I saw your Image:Mumbai suburban rail map.svg and I want to produce something like this for Vienna (underground). I use Inkscape to create SVG-files. Perhaps you can give me a quick hint how to make just one say red line with white "stations". (U know what I mean?). Plaese answer here or on my german wikipedia-page. my images are at de:Benutzer:Thire/Bilder#Skizzen. --128.130.51.96 11:41, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

I answered in my discussion. Thanks. --85.255.153.126 10:53, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello

I noticed that you have been able to modify your signature to display "Planemad" in colored lettering, while also adding a link for you talk page. Can you please tell me how I can modify the formatting as such? I do not know exactly what codes should be used within that option in "My Preferences". How can I also add the link for my discussion page? Thank you. Matt (mcshadypl) 01:55, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Need help

Hi! Need some help . Regarding Image:India West Bengal locator map.svg. The image shows less number of distritcs in the state than there really is. I could not find an updated map in the web. Will try to and let you know so that you can help to create the proper map. Thanks a lot.--Dwaipayan (talk) 18:34, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Indian annual rainfall map

Hallo, your nice Image:Annual_precipitation_map.png seems to have error in units. There should be cm/year or 10x greater nubers at scale. Please see Talk:Climate_of_India. --Vladimír Fuka 09:43, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

For you

File:Interlingual Barnstar.png		The Geography Barnstar
		For doing stuff with maps that I can only dream of!! -- Lost(talk) 18:30, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Need urgent help

This is regarding the map if West Bengal — Image:India West Bengal locator map.svg. As I told you, the map does not show all the districts. And I have not been able to find out a proper map on the web. However, I have found out a way ro build a proper map.

See this map. Now go to this website, and download "List of AC Name" from "Download data". An excel file will be downloaded listing all the assembly constituencies with their districts. From this data and the map, a map showing east and west Midnapur can be developed. What do you think?

I do not know how to create maps. So I request you to kindly see into the matter and help develope a correct map. Thabks a lot. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 16:21, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

I do not know anything about how to make a map! Can you please see this website where there is a relatively simpler map? Thanks a lot. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 17:03, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Map request

Hi Planemad. Thanks a lot for creating some amazing maps. Could you take a look at these maps - [2], [3] - and see if it is possible to create a map based on those? It would really help to illustrate Earthquake hazard zoning of India. - Aksi_great (talk - review me) 17:43, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Take your time. - Aksi_great (talk) 18:22, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Excellent work. Thanks a lot. Both the maps are wonderful. - Aksi_great (talk) 11:35, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the compliment. Really appreciate it. doniv 14:52, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

THANK YOU

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON CLIMATE OF INDIA! YOU DESERVE AN AWARD. Ketankhare 59.182.33.126 19:22, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

West Bengal map: update and request

A correct png map of West Bengal is now available, Image:WestBengalDistrictscurrent.png. Can you please help render the West Bengal locator map correctly using the png image as guide? Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 15:44, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Shipping Corporation of India

Shipping Corporation of India great article. thnx.

India roadway map

Hi,

Why don't you nominate India roadway map.svg as SPC on enwiki. I am sure it will get selected. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 09:42, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Oops. Didn't see you had already done that. Anyways, great map. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 09:46, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Why

The reason is no one helps me in my research. I have requested articles about India Import Tax, India Export Tax; but, to no avail.

I want to also know how much it costs for shipping 1 ton from India to Canada.

There more than a million categories in Wikipedia which are so redundant and the admins are slacking; lol;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Categories

Lastly I was wondering if there were any indicators to the housing market in India esp. Mumbai (Bombay), like how Canada and US has; for example US states that housing is going into recession, and in Canada it is split by provinces with the Western Provinces booming, and eastern provinces like Ontario will go into recession. --Endgame1 12:15, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I do not know of any specific indicators which indicate the direction in which home prices are going. But real estate market in India is booming. This article talks about the future of real-estate in India. But each city has different trends. For example This article talks about prices in Chandigarh. - Aksi_great (talk) 15:20, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Diwali greetings

Hi! A belated happy Diwali!--Dwaipayan (talk) 19:30, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Re:SVG image support

I just noticed what you posted on meta about the SVG you uploaded. I don't know why, but I thought you might be interested to know this problem isn't restricted to SVGs (it just seems to happen to some files). I've had the same problem a few times and also found it was only solvable by reuploading under a new name. - ^Рэд_хот^{(t • c • l • e)} 21:43, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you.

Thank you.. Much needs to be done. Will be working over it for the next few days. You are welcome too coz Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

Cheerz! Jisha C J

Featured picture promotion!

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Hey congrats man!!! -- Lost^(talk) 17:24, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Add mine too. Great work with all those maps. Congrats!--thunderboltz^(Deepu) 14:24, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

POTD

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Delhi Metro

Great map for the Delhi Metro -- but isn't the airport link going to connect to Connaught Place (Rajiv Chowk), not New Delhi RS? Jpatokal 10:23, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

India road map

I am absolutely in awe of your work on the Indian road map. It inspired me to - stupidly and insanely, I'm sure - attempt the same with the United States. What program(s) did you use? Inkscape, or another SVG program? --Golbez 11:37, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

I let my insanity get the better of me, fired up Illustrator, and started working on this. I'm placing cities first, I figured that would make drawing the highways easier. How did you go about it? The main reason, however, for this comment is to ask how you drew the highways. I've never used Illustrator before, just had a copy of the suite around, and I'm trying to draw the double line style that you use. I've turned it into a brush and use the drawing tool or line tool, but unless it's a very simple curve, the sides get distorted. How did you do it? Thank you very much for any help you can give! --Golbez 22:56, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

LOOK! LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO! ahem. But anyway. Thanks for all your help so far, I have yet another question. Where roads intersect, I notice you have like a T intersection - that is, the line has a gap in it for the new road. Er, good example on your map is the beltway around Chennai, or the intersection of highway 7 and future highway 18 near Kumool. How did you do that, did you link the paths together or manually draw it or what? Thanks again. --Golbez 03:29, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Update request

Hi PM,

I have an update request. Can you update this image made by you, and convert it to a svg one. Also, the WP India and CC Logo need to go. The former is even illegal. Can you also check if the ports mentioned are up-to-date. It would be great. Regards, — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 17:58, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

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Merry Christmas

Hi Planemad, Merry Christmas to you too. :) Wish you also a Happy New Year 2007. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 05:43, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Here's wishing you and your loved ones a very Merry Xmas and a prosperous '07 ahead!--thunderboltz^(Deepu) 10:31, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

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Mumbai map

Amazing work once again. Could I also interest you in marking the rivers and lakes? Suggestion. Could the legend be moved to the bottom right corner? Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:04, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

great job with the map dude!!!

dude...this is Rahul from Trichy...jus took a look at your map...it's top notch...but just one suggestion...could you try and label the roads also...if you do that...that'd be really really great!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 59.92.63.73 (talk) 04:43, 12 February 2007 (UTC).

Thanks. Labelling is not a prority for me since its quite time consuming, although i wish someone would download my map and reupload them with names etc. -- ^{PlaneMad|YakYak} 11:11, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Good Work and small correction request

These are really outstanding maps.

One small correction, if you can rename the Uttaranchal state locator map to Uttarakhand, that would be great. The name of the state has changed as of January 1, 2007. Changes have been made almost everywhere else on wikipedia.

Ceti 23:54, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

New Delhi map

Hi! Could this map be recreated? [dcnewdelhi.delhigovt.nic.in/ images/ndmap.gif]? =Nichalp «Talk»= 10:29, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Since Delhi is now featured, we plan to reuse the content to make New Delhi featured. As the article is weak, it would be useful to have a map alongside. =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:29, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Maps

Hi. I was told by user:Dwaipayanc that you like to draw maps. Do you have the time to draw me three maps pertaining to Kingdoms. I can scan and email you the page from my reference books. You may take your time though. thanks.Dineshkannambadi 03:02, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Congratulations Bhadani, for having made it to the newspapers. You were mentioned in today's print edition (Chennai) of The Hindu. Keep up the good work -- ^{PlaneMad|YakYak} 15:55, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you Wikipedia!

By the way, the Economic Times shall publish an interview which I gave on the next Friday though I am not sure. --Bhadani 17:50, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

greetings

Happy Holi !!--Dwaipayan (talk) 06:03, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Re:Delhi map

Looks nice. :) Hope we can see the ND map soon. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:13, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

New Delhi Map

Thanks Planemade. We'll not try and get the city featured. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 14:57, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Infobox

Yes, you have a good idea there. I was actually working on an updated infobox at User:Saravask/Sandbox (see User:Saravask/Test for example) in order to update the code and clean up problems with the map/skyline alignment and give it a neater appearance (like they've been doing at {{Infobox Australian Place}}). I think your design for {{Infobox Chennai place}} *much* neater, so I'll integrate its code (including params) into my sandbox today. Or if you want us to work out of {{Infobox Chennai place}} instead, then move it to {{Infobox Indian Place}}, that's fine too. Thanks. Saravask 18:53, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

ND Map

Thanks! But could the borders of the city be highlighted? Thanks! =Nichalp «Talk»= 14:04, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Errr, New Delhi city limits, not NCTD. The boundaries are not very prominent. =Nichalp «Talk»= 15:54, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

The grey would look better. :) =Nichalp «Talk»= 16:27, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Cool thanks! =Nichalp «Talk»= 14:55, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

hi

hey

I wanted to ask or to seek your permission for using the image: Mumbai_Suburban_Rail.Map.svg for my academic purpose for my masters thesis, in Canada. I am writing a master's thesis on rail terminals of Mumbai. The licence policy says tht I can use it for free as long as I attribute it properly,which I will by giving the source and proper refrence.

Awaiting your positive reply, you can email me on hamirs@hotmail.com as it will be useful.

Thanks

Hamir

award

Thanks, but if you hadn't drawn the actual map, then what I did would look like this! You must be much better at it though, since you managed to do this; I still can't figure out how you could use the tracing engine to render so finely without doing manual manipulation.

PS: I'm taking a break from finishing the WP:IIJ integration (see this for what's been done so far. My brain was melting from only looking at code, so I need to do some article writing before returning to it. But if you have other ideas about infoboxes, please let me know though. Saravask 20:35, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Population growth map

Hey Planemad,

You contributions to maps are awesome!. I was wondering whether you would know where I can get the data you used for the Population Growth Map (preferably in the form of a table). If it isn't too much trouble please email me.

Looking forward to stumbling over more of your work.

best Gautam (gautam -at- ccs.in) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.254.107.205 (talk) 08:19, 23 March 2007 (UTC).

Maps

Hi. I need the maps. One map is for the Rashtrakuta Dynasty at their peak. The current map on the Rashtrakuta Dynasty page shows their early territories. I have scanned the map from "John Keay, History of India, 2000, Grove publications, New York, ISBN 0-8021-3797-0" page 198. The second map is for the ancient 4-5th century Kadamba Empire of Karnataka. The source is "George M. Moraes (1931), The Kadamba Kula, A History of Ancient and Medieval Karnataka, Asian Educational Services, New Delhi, Madras, 1990 ISBN 81-206-0595-0" page 47. ThanksDineshkannambadi 15:54, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Maps Dinesh message you just left

Dinesh just left a request for maps at India maps, so this is what he wants.[4] Sincerely, --Mattisse 15:54, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Kannauj Triangle

Thanks for the map. Just one request, the map does not show the Rashtrakuta territory including Kannauj, which It should. The Rashtrakutas captured Kannauj multiple times under Dhruva Dharavarsha, Govinda III and Indra III. They held Kannauj longest under Indra III. The north-west boundry also seems a bit narrow compared to the map I sent you. They also had complete control over the western sea board. Could you extend the boundary slightly to the left so the west coast is does not appear left out?. Sorry for being picky. Thanks.Dineshkannambadi 00:27, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Also, for some reason, when I insert the map in the Box in the Rashtrakuta Dynasty page, it does not show up, instead I see a blank. What is he reason for this? Is it the resolution on my monitor?Dineshkannambadi 00:49, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Maps

Thanks for the trouble you are taking. Actually, the format now being followed in India History Maps has the modern Indian states in the background like the map in Vijayanagara Empire.Can you follow this format. I had mentioned this earlier. Also, it is preferred that the names of too many places not appear on the map as it confuses the reader (especially those not from India) . Only the regal capital of the Empire should be present on the map. Is it too late to do this switch? I hope you can change it now.Dineshkannambadi 13:16, 27 March 2007 (UTC) If you have any problems, please talk to user:Nichalp and he can help you.thanks.Dineshkannambadi 13:20, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Some guidelines to follow for current format of maps, 1. Avoid names of multiple towns as it confuses readers. Onlt the regal capital is needed.
2. Use current Political map of India as background showing state boundaries for context.
3. No need to specifically show feudatory ruling families (minor chieftains under major kingdom) as it confuses readers not acquainted with history. They are essentially considered a part of the empire and should not be explicitly depicted.
4. In the Rashtrakuta map, even showing the Pala and Gurjara's is not necessary as it may lead to conflicts. Other authors may depict their empire maps differently and this may cause conflict between users, holding up articles (please see the Pala maps in Pala Dynasty article to get an idea what I mean). Only Rashtrakuta mapp is enough.

good examples of this format are Hoysala Empire, Vijayanagara Empire etc Hope you dont have to repeat the process and spend too much of your valuable time.Dineshkannambadi 13:57, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks for the barnstar. I wish I could become more professional like you too. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:23, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

maps

Hi. Thanks for all your help. Sorry for this nit picking. Regarding the format of maps, user:Nichalp an experienced admin had suggested we use the type that exists in Vijayanagara Empire / Hoysals Empire. So we followed suit. Please talk to him about the rivers in the map issue. Its best if the cartographers get together and hash out a policy, atleast for India related maps.

Hi Dinesh, i can modify the map quite easily. I merely made a replica of the maps you had sent me since you did not mention what you did or did not want included. But i do want to voice my suggestions to the map format in use:

• As a map, i feel that any important city in the empire should be marked, after all the map available here is a free version of a copyright map and we should include all possible details. The capital city can be marked much more prominently so that it can be clearly seen in the infobox.

Reply--> I am fine with this too except we want to avoid conflict regarding what is important and what is not. This can become an issue with large imperial empires who may have had several viceroyalties, important places of architecture, in addition to the main regal capital.The fewer opportunities we give for conflict , he better.Dineshkannambadi 20:01, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

• I feel rivers add more to a historical map than modern state borders, which bear no connection to previous kingdoms, so i dont see how it may add to the context.

Reply--> You are right about the rivers, but people do tend to associate geography with todays political maps. An overlay of rivers over state boundaries is also not unacceptable.Dineshkannambadi 20:01, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem, was just replicating the given map.

Reply ThanksDineshkannambadi 20:01, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Will do. I will split it into three seperate maps.

Reply Thanks Dineshkannambadi 20:01, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

At the end of the day, I dont think there is a "best format" and I am flexible about all this. I was merely pointing out what had been recommended on my previous FA's. Under any circumstance, Thanks for all your efforts.Dineshkannambadi 20:04, 30 March 2007 (UTC)