Geography

Sovereign state Flags

Type: 
Card Collection
Compatibility: 
Mnemosyne 1.1 +
Status: 
Complete
Author: 
Lieven Vanholme
Source: 

197 images of flags:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sovereign-state_flags
The flags got a small grey border in order to display them correct on the white mnemosyne background.

Description: 

Flags of 197 sovereign states

Installation instructions:
- Extract the ZIP file.
- Move the 'Sovereign-state_flags' folder into '.mnemosyne/images' directory.
Hence have: .../.mnemosyne/images/Sovereign-state_flags/
- Import the XML file with mnemosyne >> file >> import >> Browse to XML file

U.S. State Capitals

Type: 
Card Collection
Compatibility: 
Mnemosyne 1.x +
Status: 
Complete
Author: 
Joshua Swink
Description: 

The 50 U.S. State capitals. The questions are asked in normal and reverse, for a total of 100.

Chinese Regions and their Capitals (includes Chinese characters and pinyin)

Type: 
Card Collection
Compatibility: 
Mnemosyne 1.1 +
Status: 
Complete
Author: 
Konrad Wojas
Description: 

These are cards of all Chinese provinces and autonomous regions and their capitals, and Taiwan which is also claimed as a province by the PRC.

Features:
- maps
- names in Chinese characters (both traditional and simplified)
- pinyin

The following categories are available:
- Chinese Regions (map to name)
- Chinese Regions (name to map)
- Chinese Region Capitals (by region)
- Chinese Region Capitals (by capital)

Installation instructions:
- Extract the ZIP file.
- Move the 'maps' folder into your '.mnemosyne' directory.
- Import one of the six XML files, depending on your character and map resolution preference.

Note about map size: for the detailed maps ('largemaps') you will need a screen with a *vertical* resolution
of at least 1024 pixels.

Download URL of latest version: http://home.wojas.nl/mnemosyne-chinese-regions/

These cards are similar to WheresWiliam's cards, which I only noticed after creating my own. His cards don't contain Chinese characters, pinyin and capitals, but the maps he uses are better, so I'm considering replacing my maps with his in the future.

New in 2.0: Added Hong Kong and Macau, removed English names that are toneless pinyin from cards,
added optional large maps that are used in WheresWiliam's cards.

People's Republic of China Province-Level Divisions

Type: 
Card Collection
Compatibility: 
Mnemosyne 1.1 +
Status: 
Complete
Author: 
WheresWilliam
Source: 

The image source is: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:SVG_maps_of_China

A description is in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_divisions_of_China

The list of 23 provinces includes areas claimed by PRC as its Taiwan Province, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_(China)#Map_and_list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Province,_People%27s_Republic_of_Chi...

The list of four municipalities, five autonomous regions, and two special administrative regions
are from the following pages:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-controlled_municipality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_regions_of_China
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Administrative_Region_of_the_People...

Countries of Europe

Type: 
Card Collection
Status: 
Complete
Author: 
Paul Chivers
Source: 

Cards created from a modified version of http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Blank_map_of_Europe.svg, using Timothy Burke's svgtoquiz script (http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~tbourke/software/svgtoquiz.html).

Description: 

This set of cards contains maps of most of the countries in Europe.

See the included readme.txt for installation instructions and notes on countries included and excluded.

Japanese Prefectures

Type: 
Card Collection
Status: 
Complete
Author: 
Marcin Hurkala
Source: 

Source images from Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia (123). Spelling from Wikipedia.
Most (46/48) pictures were taken directly from there and only resized. The full map was made by merging two files together with Paint. Tokushima map is made by me (based on the full map), since I couldn't find it in Wikipedia.

Description: 

Japanese prefectures (47), names in kanji, hiragana and English.

Installation:
Unzip to your .mnemosyne directory (C:\Documents and Settings\(my username)\.mnemosyne\), you should end up with \maps\Prefectures_of_Japan folder and there should be Japanese_prefectures.xml file inside that folder.

Now open your Mnemosyne and select File -> import -> XML and select the Japanese_prefectures.xml file inside that folder. I reset the learning data when I exported the package, but you might want to select the "Reset learning data on import" just in case.

Germany: States

Type: 
Card Collection
Status: 
Complete
Author: 
Timothy Bourke
Source: 

The source image can be downloaded from Wikimedia Commons.
(This file is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 Germany License)

The individual images and export file were automatically generated using a
script: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~tbourke/software/svgtoquiz.html

Description: 

The states (Länder) of Germany. Names are in German with English names in brackets.

Netherlands: Provinces

Type: 
Card Collection
Status: 
Complete
Author: 
Timothy Bourke
Source: 

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Provinces_of_the_Netherlands.svg
(This image is (in part or entirely) based on geographical data from
Statistics Netherlands (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek). It was created by Mtcv)

The individual images and export file were automatically generated using a
script: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~tbourke/software/svgtoquiz.html

Description: 

NB: Names are in Dutch. Some of the provinces have different names in English:

  • Noord-Holland is North Holland
  • Zuid-Holland is South Holland
  • Noord-Brabant is North Brabant
  • Zeeland is Zealand

France: Departments

Type: 
Card Collection
Status: 
Complete
Author: 
Timothy Bourke
Source: 

The source image can be downloaded from Wikimedia Commons (This file is in the Public Domain)

The individual images and export file were automatically generated using a
script: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~tbourke/software/svgtoquiz.html

Description: 

These maps only consider Metropolitan France and Corsica, i.e. they do not include Guyane, Guadeloupe, Martinique, or Réunion.

Names are in French. Some of the French regions have different names in English:

  • Bourgogne (Burgundy)
  • Bretagne (Brittany)
  • Basse-Normandie (Lower Normandy)
  • Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy)
  • Picardie (Picardy)

A full description of how to recreate the cards is distributed with svg to quiz. These images support a proposed feature of mnemosyne whereby the answer image replaces the question image rather than appearing below it. They are thus larger than they would be otherwise.

France: Regions

Type: 
Card Collection
Status: 
Complete
Author: 
Timothy Bourke
Source: 

The source image can be downloaded from Wikimedia Commons (This file is in the Public Domain)

The individual images and export file were automatically generated using a
script: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~tbourke/software/svgtoquiz.html

Description: 

These maps only consider Metropolitan France and Corsica, i.e. they do not include Guyane, Guadeloupe, Martinique, or Réunion.

Names are in French.

A full description of how to recreate the cards is distributed with svg to quiz. These images support a proposed feature of mnemosyne whereby the answer image replaces the question image rather than appearing below it. They are thus larger than they would be otherwise.

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