Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Miletus Bay Silting Map

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Original – Map in English showing the silting evolution of Miletus Bay due to the alluvium brought by the Maeander River during Antiquity.

Reason: This is a beautiful and very informative map showing the progressive silting of Miletus Bay over the centuries by the Meander River. The image is an accessible SVG with a great deal of encyclopedic value.
Articles in which this image appears: Büyük Menderes River, Miletus, Mycale, 8+
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator: Sting

Support as nominator – Veggies (talk) 16:51, 14 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The purple lines are confusing. For example, look at the line labelled "Late Antiquity". Where it reaches Miletus, it splits in two, one branch heading to the west and the other to the east. It is physically impossible for this combination of lines to consitute a single coastline at any point in history. Similar problems exist elsewhere in various other places on the map. 31.49.180.169 (talk) 20:51, 14 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- From what I gather, the eastward branch belongs to the Hellenistic and Roman Periods. I agree that it can be confusing though. --Paul_012 (talk) 17:47, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Neat concept, but I think if you are talking about time, some dates (even date ranges) would be needed along the purple lines. Mattximus (talk) 01:35, 15 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:52, 24 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]