Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Puerto Rico/Archives/2019/July

Welcome to PR map on archive - Explaining why I removed links to "original" domain and left the link to same maps on archive.org

Those maps from the Welcome to PR domain are on archive.org. My faith in the accuracy of those maps is not very big-but I what do I know? Wanted to mention a few years ago, the Welcome to PR site owner, once or twice on edits to wikipedia articles implored editors of Wikipedia to not add her website to Wikipedia, because of the strain on her servers. For that reason, I went in (a while ago) and removed the original link (from refs) leading to maps to her domain and replaced the reference links with same maps, but found on archive.org . Explaining--The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 11:56, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

Making a map for wards and would like your ideas

@Mercy11: asking for your comments, but if you're busy I completely understand. It's just that...
I'll be making a map for the barrio articles similar to the ones in the Ponce articles.
I liked the Ponce barrios map format but I read the map conventions and so changed the colors of the maps I created to match map conventions.

Here's an example of a pretty good one, IMHO: Camarones - I think this one is okay but the labels may be blurry on some screens. Here are the Map Conventions The colors of the surrounding barrios are = to #FDFBEA or R:253 V:251 B:234. While the labels are a little blurry when viewed on some screens, they look perfectly clear on others, and when the image itself is clicked on. Notice the insert of the Puerto Rico map shows the 902 barrio borders, not the municipality borders.
Here's another: Morovis - I like it. It's okay.
Here's another: Tierras Nuevas Poniente - I don't like this one much because it's missing the smaller Puerto Rico map insert and there's a yellow color bleeding in the borders. This was my first so it has issues.
What else? Any comments are welcome. --The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 16:39, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

• I'll give you my personal opinion even though I am not a map expert, I really like the Camarones one. However, I believe in you and like your style of doing things, so do what you think is best. Tony the Marine (talk) 18:53, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
• @The Eloquent Peasant:. Before I make my comments, let me ask one question. Will you be making the maps yourself once you decide which map style to use? And I mean, making them from scratch, as in working off U.S. map datasets. If you are, then imo you call all the shots, including the map style to use (which is at the hear of your notes above). However, if you plan to submit a request for the maps to be made for you, then I think you can request they be made in certain style but ultimately it may be up to the mapmaker to deliver them in the requested style. That is, I wouldn't assume that all mapmakers are versed in all map styles, nor that mapmakers do not already have a preferred style that they already use by default. Also, I took a look at your map conventions link, looking for clues as to whose convention it is. Perhaps I am wrong, but it appears to be a single person's "convention". If that's the case, then it's not a "convention", but an opinion piece, and you are free to edit. Mercy11 (talk) 01:53, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

@Mercy11:, I'm making the maps. I don't like to ask people for stuff. I had been poking around for months and finally found a free software (gvSIG) - but the software did something to my work PC. Luckily I had a backup computer. It downloaded all night, I was shocked when it worked in the morning, when I was able to open the data. I'm basing them on Ponce's look + map conventions (and I didn't realize it's one person's conventions) You know most people don't follow conventions anyway but it was a place to start for ideas. I wish I could figure out how to use the software. So far, I just know the very basics. I wish I could figure out how to darken the borders but anyway, it's good enough and the Camarones map and the Pueblo Viejo, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico map looks even better. So I'll keep doing them like that. Anyway at this rate, I'll be done in like the year 2030. @Tony the Marine:, thanks for the compliment! You know, I did all this to learn about PR - anyway... there was a lot I didn't know. It's kept me busy and out of trouble.--The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 02:09, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

If you asked for the maps to show elevation I would tell you I wish I could do that. I once asked a friend what she wanted me to crochet for her, she answered "socks". I responded how about a hat or a blanket? Have a nice week! --The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 13:02, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

A lot of people are using OpenStreetMaps for the wiki article maps. Maybe that is the way to go. In the meantime, because I haven't decided if I spend the time to practice with OpenStreetMaps, I may continue to just add maps the old way, filling the barrios in red.--The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 11:49, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

A lot of people are using OpenStreetMaps and having those maps show up on Wikipedia Articles, however, the maps which come from Wikidata item, may have misspelled city, place names. For Example: San Juan has multiple spellings on OpenStreetMap, because of spelling differing in languages from around the world. Be aware of the maps that show up on articles to ensure that if they have wrong spelling,, they be removed or corrected somehow. I've yet to figure out how to correct a map that comes from Wikidata, from OSM when it has a wrong spelling.--The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 15:50, 24 July 2019 (UTC)

• @The Eloquent Peasant: Comment: Are you talking to yourself? I hope not! Just a thought: Since this is a project page that's supposed to be watched by all project members, perhaps both (or all) parties in the conversation can keep the entire thread within this project page so other project members can chime in where/if possible. I was just having difficulty understanding what the discussion here was. Just a comment. Mercy11 (talk) 00:50, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

@Mercy11: Yes it's sad. Yeah, I was talking to myself but you're here now. I talk to people all day and most of them are very boring. I was writing here on this page to you and others. So this here. I had to delete this info from the wikidata item for La Fortaleza because 1) it was pulling in a map from OSM with the spelling of the capital = to "S A N H U A N" .. I saw this not only happening on La Fortaleza article but on other articles. So my comment (one of them) above was to be aware of this, in case you see it happening on any articles. So while it seems that using OSM is the current trend, there are issues. It's not a perfect system. In the beginning I thought it was vandalism, then realized it's just that OSM has the name in multiple languages. When the map is added to the wikidata item it ends up being populated in the article--The Eloquent Peasant (talk) 01:07, 25 July 2019 (UTC)