On March 16, 2012, I wrote a blog post for http://transitofvenus.nl outlining a simple proposal: If you translate a set of phrases describing the visibility of the transit of Venus, then I will make a map for your language. Below are translated maps of the 2012 transit of Venus for dozens of languages.

These maps can be freely used for astronomy web sites, social media, newspapers, and broadcast media. These maps are provided for educational purposes and there are no copyright restrictions on any of these maps. If you wish to add a credit, please cite “Michael Zeiler, eclipse-maps.com” plus the translator of the respective map. The translators’ names are given in the detail maps.

If your language is not provided, you can help add a new map by following the simple instructions at http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/2012/03/16/a-transit-map-for-your-language/

You can view more maps of the transit of Venus at http://eclipse-maps.com/Eclipse-Maps/Transits.html and http://eclipse-maps.com/Eclipse-Maps/Gallery/Pages/Transits_of_Venus,_1631_to_2125.html.

You can find circumstances for the transit of Venus at http://www.imcce.fr/fr/ephemerides/phenomenes/passages/html_passage/VenusP2012.php and http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/transit12.html

If you wish to find local contact times, visit http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/where-when/local-transit-times/

Norwegian

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

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suitable for printing.

Armenian

Dutch

Brazilian Portuguese

English

French

German

Greek

Gujarati

Korean

Hindi

Russian

Scots Gaelic

Farsi

Update, April 8, 2012: Below are the set of completed maps. Urdu is in progress now.

If your language is here, you can help add a new map by following the simple instructions at http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/2012/03/16/a-transit-map-for-your-language/

Spanish (Castilian)

If you are developing a web page or documentation for the transit of Venus in your language, you can augment the maps below with these graphics showing the Earth from the vantage of Venus at the begin and end of the transit as well as the path of Venus across the Sun’s disk. Right-click and Save... on the graphics to download a high-resolution file.

A view of Earth at the beginning of the transit from the Sun’s perspective

A view of Earth at the end of the transit from the Sun’s perspective

The transit of Venus showing the four contacts and point of mid-transit

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

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suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

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suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

Click on map below for high-resolution map

suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

Click on map below for high-resolution map

suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

Click on map below for high-resolution map

suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

Click on map below for high-resolution map

suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

Click on map below for high-resolution map

suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

Click on map below for high-resolution map

suitable for printing.

There are two maps for each language. The map on the left is a simplified map for directly embedding within a web page. The smaller map to the right is a high-resolution map suitable for including in a PDF or page-size printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

Click on map below for high-resolution map

suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

Click on map below for high-resolution map

suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

Click on map below for high-resolution map

suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

Click on map below for high-resolution map

suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

Click on map below for high-resolution map

suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

Click on map below for high-resolution map

suitable for printing.

Catalan

Chinese

Indonesian

Irish Gaelic

Portuguese

Romanian

Slovak

Spanish (Latin America)

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

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suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

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suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

Click on map below for high-resolution map

suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

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suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

Click on map below for high-resolution map

suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

Click on map below for high-resolution map

suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

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suitable for printing.

Map to left is for embedding on a web page.

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suitable for printing.

Aragonese

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Arabic

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Filipino

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Hebrew

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Kannada

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Nepali

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Ukrainian

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Vietnamese

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Italian

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Turkish

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suitable for printing.