User talk:Kmusser

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Welcome! This is the best place to ask questions about my maps or to make requests. Questions about sources might already be answered on my data sources page. I do make mistakes, if you find one I've made let me know here and I'll attempt to fix it promptly. I'm much more likely to see messages left here than on individual map talk pages. I can also be reached via AIM at musserk.

Archives:
Archive 1 (2005-2006)
Archive 2 (2007)

Contents

[edit] Corrections on MNL map

Hey Kmusser, once again I thank you for making the map on MNL. But there seems to have a few corrections.

  • Cuyo (CYU) is not on the map, South East Asian Airlines has a non-stop flight to CYU every Monday on DG745.
  • El Nido (ENI) should be marked as a direct flight, South East Asian Airlines operates only direct flights to ENI every Sunday on DG745 (MNL-USU-ENI), Wednesday on DG463 (MNL-USU-ENI), and Friday on DG741 (MNL-USU-ENI).
  • Jeju (CJU) is not in the map, Philippine Airlines has a seasonal non-stop flight to CJU every Wednesday and Saturday on PR4860.
  • Las Vegas (LAS) should be listed as a direct flight, Philippine Airlines operates only direct flights to LAS every Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday on PR106 (MNL-YVR-LAS).
  • Nanning (NNG) is not in the map, Shenzhen Airlines has a non-stop flight to NNG every Wednesday.
  • Yap (YAP) is not in the map, Continental Micronesia has a direct flight to YAP every Wednesday on C0892 (MNL-ROR-YAP-GUM).

I would be very thankful if you could change it. Thanks! -chris^_^ (talk) 07:41, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

I was able to confirm all of those except the MNL-CJU flight, which appears to be a charter. I should have a updated map on Tuesday. Kmusser (talk) 16:20, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Done. Kmusser (talk) 17:21, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How about a Mesoamerican river??

Karl, I have long been a fan of your maps of US rivers and I appreciate your tending the Maps request page. Please keep up the good work.

I am working on an article on the Epi-Olmec culture, which was centered around the Papaloapan River in the present-day Mexican state of Veracruz. It would be nice to use a map of the Papaloapan basin as a basis for a map showing the Epi-Olmec sites. Unfortunately, I do not know of any maps that I could use which show the river basin. Would you know where to find such a map?? Let me know, and thanks, Madman (talk) 14:31, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

I can make one for the basin, I already have data for Mexico downloaded, will get to it sometime next week. If you have or find an existing map of the sites you want I could overlay those to get them onto the same map. Kmusser (talk) 14:43, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Speedy response!! I do have some archaeological sites that I would like to add to the map, but I don't have all my ducks in a row yet. Why don't you create the Papaloapan river map and we can use it in the Papaloapan River article - there's one in the Spanish, Dutch, and Bulgarian Wikipedias, too -- and I can build on that for a map showing the sites of the Epi-Olmec culture?
Thanks, Karl!! Madman (talk) 15:03, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Done, I made it a little more detailed than my usual river maps, I hope that's a good thing.Kmusser (talk) 17:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the map. I was a bit surprised that the Papaloapan does not have any tributaries on the Left Bank (as facing downstream. Very interesting.
As mentioned, I will be using the map as a basis for a map of the Epi-Olmec culture. The article is nearly done, just not uploaded. Thanks again, Madman (talk) 23:35, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
That area is all swamp, without a clear drainage pattern, I thought about adding swamp on there and still might, the area between the San Juan and the Tesechoacan is all swamp as well. If you need any help adopting it for Epi-Olmec just let me know. Kmusser (talk) 01:38, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Swamp, eh? Swamps would be interesting. What would you use to represent the swamp, the typical swamp icon?
I want to make an SVG map of the area, similar to my other maps, in particular Olmec Heartland Overview. You could help me by uploading (at least temporarily, until I could download it) a text-less map. Contour outlines would also help but are in no way critical. Thanks again, Madman (talk) 03:55, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Sure I'll upload a text-less version at max resolution for you to vectorize this evening. Kmusser (talk) 14:39, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
It's at Image:Papaloapanrivermap highres.png, sadly my elevation data is too fuzzy to get decent contour lines.Kmusser (talk) 01:08, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your map. I used the shorelines and the river(s) to create this map of the Epi-Olmec culture.
I also took a look at your gallery, and I was astounded. That body of work calls for nothing less than the Tireless Contributor Barnstar, which "may be awarded to especially tireless Wikipedians who contribute an especially large body of work without sacrificing quality." Madman (talk) 22:08, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For a consistently high-quality and "especially large body of work" (in this case, wonderful maps), I am pleased to award Kmusser the Tireless Contributor Barnstar. Madman (talk) 22:08, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fens Waterways Link

Thanks for your interest. Notwithstanding my disclaimer, I'm making slow and painful progress towards making a usable map, but I'll drop it at once if someone more skilled (as you obviously are) is taking it on. However, I'm assuming from other entries on your talk page that you mostly deal with U.S. topics. All the best. --Old Moonraker (talk) 19:19, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

I was just categorizing requests, I'm not planning to do that one anytime in the near future. Kmusser (talk) 19:23, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks again. Back to Inkscape it is!--Old Moonraker (talk) 19:35, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Watershed maps

Your maps are really fabulous. I've long wanted to see a map that clearly illustrates all the divides/watersheds of the US, but have never been able to locate one. It looks like your individual river maps contain most of the info for such a master map, and I'm curious if you've ever put it all together. Craig Butz (talk) 05:50, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

USGS publishes some decent ones, details here and here.Kmusser (talk) 12:43, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Karl. I am the editor of a newsletter in Arizona, and our next issue is about the Colorado River. I love the map you put together of the river, and I was wondering if you have any that are just the river in Arizona. The image posted on the web is too low resolution to crop to just AZ. Thanks! Tasprague (talk) 20:57, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

E-mail me at karl dot musser at gmail and I can send you the high-res original. Kmusser (talk) 22:41, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Update on ALB map

I would just like to inform you that there are no more flights from ALB to BUF, SLK, BOS, and PIT. I hope that you would be able to update this. pikdig (talk) 06:19, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Done, though I left BOS and BUF since they're scheduled to resume soon.Kmusser (talk) 14:35, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] PlymouthColonyMap.png

Thanks for the terrific map of Plymouth Colony. Two suggestions - the modern spelling of 'Rehobeth' is 'Rehoboth' and 'Middlebourough' is 'Middleborough.' —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ssturgis (talk • contribs) 18:12, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Done Kmusser (talk) 14:06, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] PHX map

would it be possible to get a map up of destinations from PHX? Thanks!!!Daltnpapi4u (talk) 17:45, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

PHX done, sorry it took so long, real life kept interrupting. Kmusser (talk) 21:21, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

hey, can this also be done for Miami? Lots of changes, new destinations, and returning airlines. -- 12.47.205.126 (talk) 16:21, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Miami updated. Kmusser (talk) 18:58, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Earthquake map

Hi Kmusser. Could you make the earthquake map on the site here? There needs to be a map for the Anahim hotspot seismology as it's an area of much interest from volcanologists and seismologists (it's perhaps the first recorded volcanic activity in Canada since the 19th century). Black Tusk 20:56, 6 Febuary 2008 (UTC)

Not really - I can't make anything much more detailed than Image:Anahim Volcanic Belt-en.svg. I mean I could crop that image down to just the hot spot, but I don't think that really gains you much. The sources for that more detailed map are all copyrighted. I'd just put a note next to that reference that it includes a more detailed map.Kmusser (talk) 19:15, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Sorry I haven't been replying to you. So what kind of maps are you able to do? Just want to know because then I know what kind of maps you can make. Is there anything that might be important or useful in the Anahim hotspot article? By the way the old discussion about the Rainbow, Ilgachuz and Itcha Ranges is on the Rainbow Range talk page if you have any ideas about making maps for those three ranges. I understand what you said before about the three ranges being on the Anahim Volcanic Belt map, but that map is for volcanology and not the ranges themselves (i.e. volcano vs. mountain range). Black Tusk 19:23, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
For geologic features it's mostly a matter of scale, the elevation data I have access to only has a data point once every km, so the feature I'm mapping should be at least 100 km or so long/wide for the map to show more than a blur. While not a map per se, you might be able to find satellite images that might do the same job. Anything from USGS would be copyright-free, I haven't used it but http://glovis.usgs.gov/ looks like it might be able to generate something decent for that area. Kmusser (talk) 03:42, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
What about if the geologic feature is underwater or under the surface? i.e. the Temagami Magmatic Anomaly. See here and here. Black Tusk 18:23, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
I do have bathymetry, but at an even lower resolution - I could do a locater map just to show where it is on the earth (similar to Image:Marianatrenchmap.png, but again wouldn't offer much detail - to give you an idea the bathymetry was too blurry to use for a map covering the North Sea (Image:Silverpitlocatormap.png). I don't know of a source of public domain magnetic data the would allow me to re-create that Natural Resources Canada map - so yeah, best I could probably do there is a dot locater map.
I guess that isn't the best then. Can you make diagrams? Just an idea for the Anahim hotspot (i.e. how it works etc). Black Tusk 20:23, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
A diagram would be cool - for that you should ask one of our Inkscape/SVG gurus as SVG is a much better format for diagrams and I haven't gotten the hang of using Inkscape yet - I'd try some of the folks listed at Wikipedia:Graphic_Lab/Wikigraphist_abilities. Kmusser (talk) 02:30, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
I guess you could try some of the folks. There's a diagram for the Anahim hotspot here, but perhaps it could be more detailed. Black Tusk 07:12, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DC Meetup on May 17th

Your help is needed in planning Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 4! Any comments or suggestions you have are greatly appreciated. The Placebo Effect (talk) 19:40, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My condolences

Hi Karl, I saw the note about your loss on your user page and wanted to express my sincere condolences. My thoughts and prayers are with you, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:57, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Kmusser (talk) 14:01, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Columbia

Welcome back - saw what you are now working on (in your User page). Columbia River is a recent GA and has a group of editors working on it together very nicely. I notice it does not have one of your beautiful watershed maps (hint, hint). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 14:06, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
I never did the Columbia because I thought the map that it did have was actually nicer than mine, I could do one though. Kmusser (talk) 14:17, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Maybe this is something that should discussed on the Columbia River talk page then. I like the satellite photo / map Image:Roll On Columbia.png full size but it is not very clear at lower resolutions and does not show political boundaries. I like the watershed and dam map Image:Columbia.png but it does not label most of the tributaries. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 14:40, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Spokane River

Right, I didn't get around to mapping the Spokane River -- nor quite a few other tributaries. As usual got side-tracked into other things. Pfly (talk) 19:23, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New Orleans voyage map

Thank you for you offer to create a map for the journey of the New Orleans at WP:Requested maps.--Michael WhiteT·C 16:10, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

It looks great! Thanks so much. Yes, Natchez should be in there.--Michael WhiteT·C 18:08, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Columbia District

On the Columbia District talk page there was some discussion about map edits a while ago. You said you'd make changes to your map if you got a chance. I've come across some nice sources and would be happy to make a map, or two, for the page. Just wanted to make sure you aren't already working on something like that before I got down to it. Pfly (talk) 03:19, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Watershed maps

Hi there. User:Daniel Case told me that you are taking requests for watershed maps. Would you mind making up a quick map of the Wappinger Creek watershed so I can start working on that article? Thanks in advance, Juliancolton The storm still blows... 13:52, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Will do. Kmusser (talk) 15:46, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you. :) Juliancolton The storm still blows... 01:53, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Done, also both the reference in the article and Topozone show the source being Thompson Pond rather than Hunns Lake. There's a Hunns Lake Creek that connects the latter to the Wappinger.Kmusser (talk) 16:29, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
That looks great! Thank you very much. :) Now I can start work on the article when I have a chance. Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 00:01, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] See comments at WikiCommons

See comments left at commons:User talk:Kmusser. CJLippert (talk) 14:02, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Answered there.Kmusser (talk) 14:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
More there. CJLippert (talk) 02:18, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Need some advice

Hey Kmusser! I was wondering if you would be able to teach me how to make airport route maps? pikdig (talk) 02:23, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

I was actually planning to make a route map (with lines) of the routes I've flown and some airport destination maps. pikdig (talk) 02:25, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Watershed map

Hi. I've been admiring your work for several months, and today I'm writing to ask for help. I'm working on a creek article Johnson Creek (Willamette River) that I'd like to nominate for FA. It was promoted to GA yesterday by User:Ruhrfisch, whose Larrys Creek was my main model. I'm able to make rudimentary linear maps using Paint.net, but I have no clear idea of how to make a watershed map. Would you consider making one for me or advising me how to go about making my own? Any help or advice would be appreciated. Finetooth (talk) 22:20, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

I'll see if I can make one - most watershed maps are made using GIS software and data from the National Atlas. For bigger rivers you can get a decent map off the National Atlas web application, but smaller rivers are a little trickier (especially now that topozone is gone, that was my main reference). Kmusser (talk) 13:05, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
I don't know if it's any help to look at topo maps done elsewhere, but Oregon Trout has published a nice one that I've linked to here. Finetooth (talk) 17:00, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
With a lot of good advice from Ruhrfisch and some tips from the map project page, I was able to make my first watershed map today, of Johnson Creek. I thought I'd better tell you right away lest you spend time making another one. The new dude is Image:Johnson Creek watershed map.png. Any advice on improvements would be welcome. The colors on the Johnson Creek course map I made a couple of weeks ago now look garish, and I plan to change them. Finetooth (talk) 04:00, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Very nice, the only thing I'd try to add if you have it available is the Portland city limits just to add another reference point. Kmusser (talk) 12:23, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

<outdent> Thank you for both sets of advice. I did not know that dark blue italics are standard for bodies of water, and I will make this further change to the map and also flip the city names to non-italic. I appreciate this help. I'd like to get as good at this as I possibly can. Finetooth (talk) 19:19, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

I wanted to say thank you again for your help on this article, which made FA this evening. The watershed map was fun, and I learned a lot while doing it. The text for watery things is in dark blue italics in the latest version, and the text for cities has been flipped to regular instead of italics. Ruhrfisch added a dot map, which improved things further, and User:Northwesterner1 added a photo map that knocked my socks off. With a map from the Commons that shows where the Clackamas tribe lived, we ended up with four maps. Finetooth (talk) 02:50, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Request for Mediation?

Hello - you participated in Gavin.collins' Request for Comment, so I am alerting you that we are preparing a Request for Mediation regarding him. BOZ (talk) 03:16, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I am alerting you that we are now considering a Request for Arbitration regarding him as an alternative to mediation, and would like your opinion on the matter. BOZ (talk) 13:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New source for USGS Topo maps

Hi Kurt, not sure if you knew this or not, but http://mapper.acme.com/ has the USGS topo maps and is somewhat more user friendly for panning than TopoZone was (though the red + is missing, there is a way to get coordinates). Ruhrfisch ><>°° 14:30, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] BNA Map

Greetings! I was going to put together a destinations map for Nashville International and I was wondering if you could give me some advice and/or base maps to work with. First time at doing such a thing... nf utvol (talk) 18:51, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Some details on how I make them are in User:Kmusser/Sources#Airports, but that's probably more than you'd need for Nashville - you should be able to just draw in the destinations using regular graphics software if you can find a suitable basemap. I just took a look and I didn't see a good North America basemap in commons, but I think I already have one somewhere, I'll see if I can find it and get back to you. Kmusser (talk) 17:26, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
I uploaded what should be a suitable basemap at Image:Blanknorthamericamap.png, I made it big enough to use for anything in North America, just crop out the part that you need. Kmusser (talk) 15:29, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Delaware Valley Map

Hey Kmusser,

Thanks for the map. Generally, I am very impressed with the map. However, allow me to make a few suggestions. First, you extend the map all the way to New York and into Maryland. I don't have a problem with that per se, but if you're going to include cities, I think you should include New York City and Baltimore, MD. Otherwise, perhaps you should compress the map a little bit at the top and bottom. Second, I am a little confused about your designations of Berks County, PA and Mercer County, NJ. Berks is part of the Delaware Valley and Mercer is part of New York. I don't agree that there should be divided shading because they can be misleading. Further, if you must do the divided shadings, you must also use gray for Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May counties, NJ. My recommendation is to only highlight the areas that are officially part of the Delaware Valley. Then, include other major cities such as New York and Baltimore, along with Trenton and Atlantic City. The current configuration is confusing and does not reflect current census designations. That said, I like the picture and its quality. If you could just make those slight changes, I think the article will be better off. Thanks for your contributions. They are appreciated. Jps57 (talk) 00:31, 2 May 2008 (UTC)jps57

The map is entirely based on the Census definitions, the cities shown are just those the Census designated as "central cities" of the MSA. The shading indicates the most recent changes to the MSA definition (Mercer being dropped in 2000 and Berks being added in 2005). I think it's helpful to show that the MSA definition isn't a constant. There is a description on the image page explaining that, part of that could be added to the article if you think it would help. I could zoom in a bit, but I was worried about the user being able to tell where in the country they were looking, though I could add a locater map inset to show where in the U.S. it is. Kmusser (talk) 14:05, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 4

Please note that there is a DC Meetup planned for May 17th at 5:00 p.m., though a place has not yet been set. You're receiving this notice because you posted to the page for the prior meetup - Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 3 - but haven't indicated whether or not you're interested in attending this one. (Apologies if in fact you have.) BetacommandBot (talk) 01:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] KIAH

I was wondering if you could make a map of destinations for this airport. It does seem like you are overloaded with requests, so if there is anything I can do to help I would be more than happy! Cheers! Urban909 (talk) 13:22, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Done. Kmusser (talk) 21:45, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you so much!!!Urban909 (talk) 14:36, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia meetup

As someone who may live or work near Washington D.C., you may be interested - if you've not heard already - about the meetup scheduled for Saturday, May 17th, at Union Station. For details, please see Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 4.

You are receiving this automated message because your userpage appears in Category:Wikipedians in Maryland. Melon‑Bot (STOP!) 18:50, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] GREAT

Thanks for all the maps you've done. Im doing a project on Virginia's Watersheds, and your maps are the only good ones. Try a google images search, the rest are bad. Keep up the great work!!! 68.227.214.131 (talk) 22:56, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Kmusser (talk) 01:22, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

btw, can you do a graphic on the York River? 68.227.214.131 (talk) 02:35, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

I already had one but it got deleted from the article. I've restored it.Kmusser (talk) 00:18, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
thanks! 72.205.45.57 (talk) 21:26, 28 May 2008 (UTC)