Category talk:Maps

Big, big category
A chat with Lordganon has led me to set the quixotic goal of putting this category in order. Thanks to the tireless work of LG and others, this category is enormous. Unfortunately, as I said on LG's talk page, a category with more than 2000 files is only a little more useful for browsing and finding things than no category at all. There are already some subcategories based on timelines (Category:Maps (Aztec Empire), for example). Some more are needed based on geography, and, possibly, map type.

I know that there may never come a time when this task would be finished, but even a little progress would be really useful in getting these maps cleaned up and - this is the point - allowing people to browse the categories for maps they can use. Here is an idea for a subcategory scheme. The "Mediterranean" category would be for maps of the entire basin, showing more than one continent. Africa is not very subdivided because I don't think there are clear boundaries between West, East, Central, and Southern Africa, which would be the likely subregions. Same with Europe: outside Scandinavia and the British Isles, it's hard to draw a line between different European subregions, which anyway would be defined differently depending on the timeline.

The "country" categories would include modern and historical nations. Unusual AH nations would be put under the regional category, or one of the country categories if appropriate; best not to be too prescriptive here.

Maps by type Locator maps Maps by location Maps of Africa Maps of North Africa Maps of the Mediterranean Maps of Egypt Maps of Libya Maps of Carthage Maps of Morocco ...etc. Maps of Sub-Saharan Africa Maps of Cameroon Maps of the Congo Maps of Ethiopia Maps of Niger Maps of Nigeria Maps of South Africa Maps of Zimbabwe ...etc. Maps of Asia Maps of the Middle East Maps of the Byzantine Empire Maps of Crusader states Maps of the Mediterranean Maps of Mesopotamia Maps of Iraq Maps of Israel Maps of Palestine Maps of the Roman Empire Maps of Turkey ....etc. Maps of Central Asia Maps of Afghanistan Maps of the Mongol Empire ...etc. Maps of South Asia Maps of India Maps of Indian states Maps of Pakistan Maps of Sri Lanka ...etc. Maps of East Asia Maps of China Maps of Taiwan Maps of Tibet Maps of Japan Maps of Korea ...etc. Maps of Southeast Asia Maps of Indonesia Maps of Malaysia Maps of Srivijaya ...etc. Maps of Australia and Oceania Maps of Australia Maps of the Pacific Maps of Europe Maps of the British Isles Maps of England Maps of Ireland Maps of Scotland Maps of Wales Maps of the United Kingdom Maps of the Byzantine Empire Maps of France Maps of Germany Maps of the Holy Roman Empire Maps of Iberia Maps of Andalusia Maps of Portugal Maps of Spain Maps of the Mediterranean Maps of Poland Maps of Scandinavia ...etc. Maps of North America Maps of Canada Maps of the Caribbean Maps of Central America Maps of the United States Maps of US states Maps of South America Maps of Argentina Maps of Brazil Maps of Chile ...etc.

Benkarnell 02:50, July 11, 2011 (UTC)