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  2. Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maps

    The use of JPEG is discouraged, since it is a lossy compression format and so will result in a blurry map or diagram. The quality of GIF images is better than JPEG. GIF images allow for the creation of animations. PNG is a lossless, truecolor image format. It is good for all maps and particularly for maps with more than 256 colours.

  3. Wikimapia - Wikipedia

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    The Wikimapia layer is a collection of "objects" with a polygonal outline (like buildings, forests, or lakes) and "linear features" (streets, railroads, rivers, ferry). Streets are connected by intersection points to form a street grid. Both kinds of items may have textual descriptions and photos attached to them.

  4. MapQuest - Wikipedia

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    MapQuest. Screenshot of MapQuest in use on a web browser. MapQuest (stylized as mapquest) is an American free online web mapping service. It was launched in 1996 as the first commercial web mapping service. [1] MapQuest vies for market share with competitors such as Apple Maps, Here and Google Maps.

  5. World map - Wikipedia

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    World map. A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensional surface of the Earth. While this is true of any map, these distortions reach extremes in a world map.

  6. OpenStreetMap - Wikipedia

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    OpenStreetMap ( OSM) is a free, open geographic database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration. Contributors collect data from surveys, trace from aerial imagery and also import from other freely licensed geodata sources. OpenStreetMap is freely licensed under the Open Database License and as a result ...

  7. Web mapping - Wikipedia

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    Web mapping or an online mapping is the process of using, creating, and distributing maps on the World Wide Web (the Web), usually through the use of Web geographic information systems (Web GIS). [1] [2] [3] A web map or an online map is both served and consumed, thus, web mapping is more than just web cartography, it is a service where ...

  8. Wikipedia:Maps for Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Example of a static image map. Many maps on Wikipedia use static image files, in which content does not update dynamically. These files are typically in PNG or SVG format, and are listed at Commons:Category:Maps. In order to update or alter such a map, changes must be made manually using a editing program .

  9. Wikipedia : WikiProject Maps/PDF map conversion to SVG

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    How to convert a PDF to SVG[ edit] Download Inkscape 0.46 from www.inkscape.org. Download the PDF you want to convert. Run Inkscape. Open the PDF file you want convert in Inkscape (not Acrobat) Click OK on the box that comes up. Wait a little while as Inkscape converts it. Click File>Save As..

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