Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Physical Political World Map.jpg

Physical and Political World Map

Reason: High Resolution World Map Of Large-Format Print Quality
Proposed caption: This is a composite of the Physical and the Political World Maps from the CIA World Factbook website surrounded by images of constellations and a stary background from NASA.
Articles this image appears in: World Map, Eye
Creator: IMtheEyeInTheSky

Support as nominator Eye 03:05, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

* Oppose reluctantly - it looks like the classic map, but there are a lot of unnecessary border elements, and mostly the smallest text is not legible at full rez. de Bivort 22:50, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

I corrected the formatting, as you suggested, which cleared up the legibility issue of the minute 6pt text of original source files. I even went so far as to print this out on a 54" Roland SolJet III Wide-Format Printer (45" x 27") to test print legibility. IMHEO the jpg's text is most legible, in print and even on my monitor with my poor eyesight. I fully appreciate it that every one can have their helpful opinions. (c.f. World Map of 1689 from Amsterdam. Too much ornamentation there, too, eh?) :-) Eye —Preceding comment was added at 03:44, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry - I forgot to recheck the image after the type conversion. Yes - it is more legible. There are jpeg artifacts now, which make me hesitant to support, so I'll hold off on voting for a little while. de Bivort 06:40, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Fat ugly border lines that make it impossible to tell where anything is in Europe. Plus a giant border around the thing filled with useless/unclear info --⁪ffroth 06:55, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Why is Cancer a lobster? de Bivort 07:38, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Good question. We should probably take this image out of every article until that is fixed. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-10-22 12:54Z
  - Actually, it looks like in the past, Cancer was also referred to as a lobster or a crayfish. Although for its purpose here, it's probably best to use the currently-most-popular representation. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-10-22 12:59Z
Oppose - incorrect crustacean, and the borders (around the map and between countries) are overkill. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-10-22 12:54Z
Oppose - Some text is illegible, such as the text below where it says "Death Valley" in the US. Huge borders. --Aqwis 14:31, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. What are the criteria for including, or not including, a city on this map? Spikebrennan 20:24, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - excessive ornamentation (national borders, backdrop to map, etc.), arbitrary inclusion of cities, no legend regarding elevations, "Cancer the lobster", etc. Matt Deres 00:55, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 01:49, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]