Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Map workshop

Changes to Y-DNA haplogroups in the Americas

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  World map of Y-DNA haplogroups

Article(s)

Human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup

Request

Could someone remove haplogroup R1b from Northeast America and add haplogroup Q-M3 to the Caribbean? The scientific consensus is that the presence of haplogroup R1b in contemporary Indigenous American populations is a result of post-contact admixture, and the vast majority of pre-Columbian Y-DNA samples from the Caribbean belong to haplogroup Q-M3 or one of its subclades. – Treetoes023 (talk) 00:55, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

Flag maps of Europe - Syrian flag update

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  Flag of Syria since 2025.

Article(s)

All articles these are already on or may be used on.

Request

Could somebody please update the above flag maps of Europe with the new flag of Syria, which has been officially in use since 2025? Thanks. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 16:25, 8 September 2026 (UTC) Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 04:41, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

 DoneThis was already done by someone here. Cesiumslate9 (talk) 19:02, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

I understand, but I’d still prefer to have the above maps modified as well. Snow Lion Fenian (talk) 18:58, 24 September 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

Map for Austro-Tai languages

Article(s)

Austro-Tai languages

Request

Can someone please make a map of the Austro-Tai languages? The map would just be the map of the Tai-Kadai languages, and the Austronesian languages in one map. The map on the Austric languages article could be used as a basis, as it already includes both.

Discussion

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mosaic24 (talk • contribs) 18:46, 2 October 2026 (UTC)

1796 U.S. presidential election map

Article(s): 1796 United States presidential election

Request

Convert ElectoralCollege1796 second vote.svg to a human-editable plain text format.

I have made maps for the 4 presidential elections in the U.S. before the 12th Amendment that show how electors cast their second votes but the SVG editor I use makes my maps look a little different from the other maps. I fixed this for other election maps I've made by manually editing the SVG code to give them a human-editable plain text format but the 1796 election map is just too complicated so I can't do this one.

I ran into the same problem with my 1788-89 map and I asked for assistance in the Commons Map workshop but I never got a response and eventually I was able to fix it. not sure I can't do that here though as this one is even more complicated thanks to the electors in Virginia and North Carolina.PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 21:53, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

A map of JS Bach residence places

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  Places where Bach lived
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  Germany map

Article(s)

Johann_Sebastian_Bach in various languages.

Request

Could someone please overlay the above map of Germany with the dots (towns) shown in the above left Figure? At the moment, the left Figure is used but it quite not telling. The various towns shown have precise coordinates given in wikipedia. The lines in the left Figure indicate quite badly (they are undirected) the "itinerary" of Bach through his life:

• Eisenach
• Ohrdruf
• Lüneburg
• Weimar
• Arnstadt
• Mühlhausen
• Weimar
• Köthen
• Leipzig

So, the lines are useful, but if used they should be directed (arrow-like) but they may clutter the picture...

-- Frederic Y Bois (talk) 17:29, 25 October 2026 (UTC)

 Request taken by outsetAlchemist (t•c) 23:54, 9 November 2026 (UTC).

 Done As I said below, I uploaded two variants, with and without the arrows, as I figured they'd be useful:

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  Version without arrows
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  Version with arrows

Let me know if I should make any modifications. outsetAlchemist (t•c) 01:35, 10 November 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

I have no skill with maps or drawings. I just want to say that in my opinion this would be better without any lines - just a map of Germany with these nine places correctly shown in the normal way. The lines do show what they are meant to show, but in my opinion they block the view so much that they aren't worth it. (However, I might be persuaded differently if the lines were very very faint.) TooManyFingers (he/him · talk) 19:32, 27 October 2026 (UTC)

I'll upload a couple of versions, as I figure the arrows may come in handy in some contexts where this map might be used. Very faint arrows would pose an accessibility problem, as low contrast can make the map harder or impossible to read for some, but having a version with and without them should cover most use cases. outsetAlchemist (t•c) 23:54, 9 November 2026 (UTC)

Watershed of Wollaston Lake

Article(s)

Wollaston Lake, Arctic Divide

Request

Wollaston Lake is the world's largest natural bifurcation lake. Nevertheless, I haven't been able to find a good map even off-wiki of its watershed. Many maps, even official Canadian ones, incorrectly show the Arctic Divide going through the lake itself, which is nonsensical. (This confusion is likely because the Canadian National Hydro Network map assigns a "work unit" boundary going through the lake, but work units are not intended to necessarily reflect watershed boundaries.) The map should show both the boundaries of the Wollaston Lake watershed, and the nearby path of the Arctic Divide outside it but not within or bordering it. Thanks. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 23:03, 28 October 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

How good are the Canadian NHN and American USGS maps of its watershed? I'd be willing to make a map for its watershed but I cannot say I know much about hydrology and will probably base it off of those (assuming they're decent, of course.) outsetAlchemist (t•c) 01:57, 10 November 2026 (UTC)

US Map

Article(s)

David Duke 1992 presidential campaign

Electoral history of David Duke

David Duke

Request

I am just wondering can @Cmglee: (I liked the map you done on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buchanan_votes_in_2000_presidential_election_map.svg ) make a heat map for David Duke's 1992 Republican Party presidential primary results. Higher the % of vote in a state, the Darker the color, the lower the vote, the ligher the color.

Can the color be red. Here is a Source. Thanks. Muaza Husni (talk) 07:21, 6 November 2026 (UTC)

This one would be easier becouse he didn't run in all states.Muaza Husni (talk) 07:31, 6 November 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

 Request taken. That would be a good use-case for file:template_map_of_US_states_and_District_of_Columbia.svg cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add {{ping|cmglee}} to your reply) 00:53, 14 November 2026 (UTC)

Iranian Plateau: PNG to SVG conversion request

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  Orthographic map of the Iranian Plateau, created by me using Paint.NET with File:Iran (orthographic projection).svg used as a base template. More info can be found on the description page there.
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  The vectorised version

Article(s)

Iranian Plateau

Request

Basically, I want this exact image converted to SVG. The portions highlighted in green should remain green; the portions in grey, stay grey. The geographic limits I used for this projection are detailed on the Commons page. -- Kurtis ^(talk) 09:22, 6 November 2026 (UTC)

To be clear, it's okay if the coloring is slightly off. Just try to get it as close as you can. Kurtis ^(talk) 06:34, 9 November 2026 (UTC)

Got it! Have a look over once I upload it.  Request taken by outsetAlchemist (t•c) 02:19, 10 November 2026 (UTC).

 Done. Please let me know if any modifications are needed. outsetAlchemist (t•c) 02:51, 10 November 2026 (UTC)

@OutsetAlchemist: Thank you very much, OA—there's just a few additional details that I'll also need the vector to incorporate: the international boundaries between the countries, and the latitudinal and longitudinal lines going through the plateau. Are you able to do that? Kurtis ^(talk) 21:52, 10 November 2026 (UTC)

 Done! It was just a layering issue, which should be resolved now. Again, please let me know about any further modifications if needed. outsetAlchemist (t•c) 16:14, 11 November 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much. I'm having a hard time accessing the larger resolutions, though; they flash on-screen for a moment, and then just disappear. Is that just a problem on my end? Kurtis ^(talk) 17:36, 11 November 2026 (UTC)

Never mind, was checking the wrong page. Kurtis ^(talk) 17:37, 11 November 2026 (UTC)

However, you seem to have erased the portions of green that were in Iraq, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan—those need to be restored. Kurtis ^(talk) 17:39, 11 November 2026 (UTC)

Should be fixed now! Sorry for the trouble. Also, you may need to do a hard refresh - the flickering might be from caching issues. outsetAlchemist (t•c) 18:53, 11 November 2026 (UTC)

Perfect! Thank you so much. :) Also, it wasn't actually "flickering"; the alternate sizes showed up only upon loading the page, but disappeared immediately thereafter and only reappeared when I reloaded the page (but once again for a split second). The problem seems to have resolved itself, though. Kurtis ^(talk) 19:41, 11 November 2026 (UTC)

Discussion

Correct American Goldfinch Range map

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  Spinus tristis (American Goldfinch) range map
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  Use as base map

Article(s)

American Goldfinch

Request

Could someone correct the American Goldfinch range map to actually reflect it's cited map's ranges? Original source maps: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22720407/94669207 https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Goldfinch/maps-range

To whomever doing this, please use a proper projection. Cropping a world map highly distorts the continent's shape. Thanks, cmɢʟee τaʟκ (please add {{ping|cmglee}} to your reply) 00:50, 14 November 2026 (UTC)