File:Wfm area51 map en.png

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current02:27, 4 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 02:27, 4 January 20171,382 × 980 (1.45 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<span class="langlabel-en" lang="en" style="font-weight:bold;">English: </span> Map of federal lands in southern <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a>, including: <ul> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellis_Air_Force_Base" class="extiw" title="en:Nellis Air Force Base">Nellis Air Force Base</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51" class="extiw" title="en:Area 51">Area 51</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonopah_Test_Range" class="extiw" title="en:Tonopah Test Range">Tonopah Test Range</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_Mountain" class="extiw" title="en:Yucca Mountain">Yucca Mountain</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury,_Nevada" class="extiw" title="en:Mercury, Nevada">Mercury</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Test_Site" class="extiw" title="en:Nevada Test Site">Nevada Test Site</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellis_Air_Force_Range" class="extiw" title="en:Nellis Air Force Range">Nellis Air Force Range</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_National_Wildlife_Range" class="extiw" title="en:Desert National Wildlife Range">Desert National Wildlife Range</a> </li> </ul> <dl><dt>Method of production</dt></dl> <ul> <li> a topographic map was rendered using <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www2.demis.nl/mapserver/mapper.asp">Demis' mapserver</a>. This combines public domain datasets and renders an image. Demis allows unlimited use of this: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www2.demis.nl/mapserver/DataSrc.htm">[1]</a> says <i>With this statement DEMIS BV grants you permission to freely copy the PNG images returned by our server and use them for your own purposes, including web pages.</i> </li> <li> A second version was referenced with the same geometry but with all the available layers turned on. This was used as a guideline for the positions of roads and cities, although the second rendered map is not used in the final rendered image. </li> <li> The map was imported in to <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Inkscape" title="Inkscape">Inkscape</a> where annotations were drawn in several layers over the bitmap. </li> <li> Roads were manually traced from the road lines in the detail map, and cities located from that reference. </li> <li> Maps (listed in references) used for reference when placing features (most features are somewhat schematic, with only moderate attention to details of precise size and location). </li> </ul> <dl><dt>Errors</dt></dl> <p>0. Numerous federal land areas are missing </p> <p>1. Names are outdated </p> 2. The scale is not consistent within the image
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