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The Graphics Lab is a project to improve the graphical content of the Wikimedia projects. Requests for image improvements can be added to the workshop pages: Illustrations, Photographs and Maps. For questions or suggestions one can use the talk pages: Talk:Graphics Lab, Talk:Illustrations, Talk:Photographs and Talk:Maps.
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As a followup to my previous question, I need some additional assistance with a routemap

The routemap in question is at Template:The Stourbridge Line and viewing it shows two errors which I cannot fix.
The first is an alignment issue on the main line between the Brown Street to White Mills sections where 'SHI1+r' appears to be the wrong icon to use. I cannot find a better one.
The second is a small chunk which seems to be missing from the icon 'BS2r' as shown just above the passing siding above Brown Street. Not sure what's going on there.
Thank you for any help Kether83 (talk) 03:54, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have fixed this issue with the help of Laberinto.app which is an online bsicon generator. At this point I just wish there were a thin line grade crossing icon to use for Brown St. but it looks like there just isn't one. Kether83 (talk) 15:16, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I need help displaying a map properly; I have an Openstreetmap relation, just can't get it to show up in the article.

I tried to get this to work for some time but had no luck. The relation in question is here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/19476256 and the article in question is The Stourbridge Line (note the commented code right in the infobox).

Thanks in advance to whomever can help! Kether83 (talk) 17:24, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Kether83:

Your code: {{maplink|frame=yes|id=Q7620588|type=line|zoom=6|text=The Stourbridge Line route}}

I created an OSM account and sent a user who recent edited Stourbridge data a message. I can't seem to edit or even query features in OSM.

Bascially, https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/97356533 (Stourbridge Railroad) is different to https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/19476256 (The Stourbridge Line). Could it be an historical subset?

Wikidata's Stourbridge Railroad (Q7620588) links to 19476256, but 19476256 doesn't link to wikidata.

However, OSM 97356533 does link to wikidata.

Something needs to be adjusted on OSM. Commander Keane (talk) 14:25, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Kether83: on OpenStreetMap, I have added Q7620588 to the relation and removed it from the way (I message Veronica_G on there and they said they didn't finish the way or something).

mw:Help:Extension:Kartographer/OSM says it can take up to one day for Wikimedia to sync with OpenStreetMap, so now we wait and see if I did the right thing. Commander Keane (talk) 04:59, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to be working now. I have uncommented your code in the infobox in The Stourbridge Line to get it to display. Commander Keane (talk) 06:55, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome thank you! Kether83 (talk) 07:19, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have a small followup and am not sure if this is the right place to ask - I created a routemap for this article as well but am having trouble with a couple of icons, as shown: Template:The Stourbridge Line

Would you be able to help or at least direct me to it? Thanks so much. Kether83 (talk) 19:56, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kether83. I suggest posting a new Help desk desk question, and include the exact problems.

For example: I can see the problematic gap (derailment!) between White Mills Road and Brown Street, but did you want three sidings or switchbacks (as used)? Maybe I can learn the fixes by reading Wikipedia:Route_diagram_template, bit I may get stuck - it is complicated :-(.

I will ping @Jackdude101 (they edited the icons on {{Channel Tunnel RDT}} at one stage) ahead of your new Help desk question. If you don't get an answer after some time in your new question we will find another place to post. Commander Keane (talk) 00:10, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds great, thanks. Posting it now. And yeah I just sort of need it shifted over (I guess?) Kether83 (talk) 03:36, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Map of Sudan (1956–2011)

Hi, I'm looking for someone to create the Sudan grey–green orthographic map from 1956 to 2011.

Old map:

Thanks in advance. Nguyenduong2601 (talk) 16:01, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Nguyenduong2601 are the boundaries just those of Sudan and South Sudan merged? Do you want this to be overlaid on a contemporary or historical map? – Isochrone (talk) 13:52, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

They are. Cornerstone1949 (talk) 03:40, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yugoslavia

Map of the administrative division of Greater Yugoslavia, which includes Albania and Bulgaria (8 republics).

https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0:Yugoslavia_(1946-1990)_location_map.svg Car Bodin (talk) 20:04, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Antilles

On the article for the Antilles, the Lucayan Archipelago is highlighted in the map as it is a map for the West Indies. Could a seperate map with the Lucayan Archipelago be made to actually represent the Antilles as the current map is borderline misinformation. Also, I am reviewing the map and noticed that the Leeward Antilles is not included in the current map. Both maps probably should have it. ✶Quxyz✶ (talk) 13:42, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

North Dakota counties on Mountain Time

North Dakota Counties Observing Mountain Time Zone
Typical ND county locator map

Article(s)

Time in North Dakota

Request

The current map of MST counties in ND is awkward because it doesn't show the rest of the state at all; if you don't know the geography well at all, you won't know if they're farther west or east, and even if you know this, you won't know if they're farther north or south. Could you take the typical locator map and highlight the MST counties with the same colouration? This way we'd get the whole state, so it's easy to see where in the state the MST counties are found. -- Nyttend (talk) 18:58, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Check it out! Looks better now. Infinitehoax (talk) 21:12, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Couldn't update/overwrite it. So, it's available here:

Infinitehoax (talk) 21:18, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

South Sudan visa map

Request

The current map of visa requirements for South Sudanese citizens indicates that visas are required for the U.S., however since it was created, travel was banned by the U.S. government. This indicates that the U.S. should be coloured black rather than the current gray, as is done in the map for Israeli citizens for countries they are refused travel to. I have included both for reference.

Cornerstone1949 (talk) 03:45, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Request: Pinpoint locations for wolf toponyms in Great Britain and Ireland

Map template
I was thinking of something visually similar to this

Articles

Wolves in Great Britain and Wolves in Ireland

Request

A map of the British Isles with the locations of all settlements, villages, towns etc. named after wolves, be they in English, Scots, Gaelic, Irish or Welsh. The names of the localities are listed here: Place-Name Evidence for the Former Distribution and Status of Wolves...in Britain. As to where they are located exactly, that will require someone with a greater knowledge of British/Irish geography than I to work out. I know this will be hard work, so anyone willing to take this on will have my sincerest thanks.
: P.S., an already completed map is apparently available here on Wiley.com, but it's subscription only. Mariomassone (talk) 11:46, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby

Range map for the Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby

Article(s): Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby; List of macropodiformes; 25 other pages on 24 other projects
Request: Could you remove the big square and replace it with a circle around each of the isolated locations where this species lives? (Right now it's hard to distinguish most of the locations from dust spots on my screen.) I believe it's fine to overwrite the existing map with the new, since it's just an improvement rather than a major change. Most of the other projects don't have captions for the map, and (based on Google Translate) all that have captions say simple things like "Distribution map", so there aren't any references to the square itself that would be confused by an overwrite. Nyttend (talk) 19:15, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion: As it's a PNG, that's quite tedious work. It's better to recreate it as an SVG file. Regardless, rather than cropping Australia from a world map, it's preferable to choose a projection centred on Australia. cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add {{ping|cmglee}} to your reply) 05:37, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request: Administrative divisions in Oran province

Oran Province map1
Oran Province map2

Articles

Multiples

Request

Hi, I have two requests, if you don't mind. I might be mistaken, but it seems to me that picture 2 is overwritten. If so, is it possible to adjust it?
My second request is, if possible, to add the administrative divisions as shown in picture 1. Thank you. --Fayçal.09 (talk) 12:16, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Request: Relief Location Map for Iloilo Province, can be used for location pins on Wiki pages.

Description of first image

Description of first image
Description of second image (if needed)

Description of second image (if needed)
Description of third image (if needed; don't request too many at once, though)

Description of third image (if needed; don't request too many at once, though)

Article(s): [[]]
Request: Details of your request go here... -- Retdar (talk) 03:48, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion

Map of fish distribution

Here we have a map of the northern coast of South America, showing the distribution of three fish species: Poecilia koperi, Poecilia wandae, and Poecilia boesemani. A fourth species, Poecilia vandepolli, can be easily added as it inhabits Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, three small islands off the coast of Venezuela.

I would be very grateful for either a simple map or a Maplink map; Peter once made a wonderful interactive distribution map for Limia#Species, quite possible the best distribution map I have seen.

This map would be useful in articles Poecilia koperi, Poecilia wandae, Poecilia boesemani. and Poecilia vandepolli (currently a FA candidate). Surtsicna (talk) 10:46, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]