Template:Location map start

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Creates a location map as a composite image of an existing map in orthographic projection with a marker and a label superimposed onto it.

Contents 1 Usage 2 Available maps 3 Creating new maps 4 Issues 5 Examples

[edit] Usage

{{Location map start|location
 |float=left or right or none
 |width=width of the map
}}

{{Location map marker|location
 |lat=latitude in degrees
 |long=longitude in degrees
 |background=color - background color for the label, defaults to none 
 |mark=image file name - a red dot by default
 |mark size= default is 8x8px
 |label=label
 |position=left or right - position of the label relative to the mark, defaults to right
}}

{{Location map end|location
 |caption=caption - caption below the map
}}

Parameter location refers to Template:Location map location containing the name and coordinates of a map. For example Template:Location map Slovenia (talk, backlinks, edit), which in turn refers to Image:Obcine Slovenija 2005.png.

[edit] Available maps

List of templates Template:Location map location (here without prefix "Template:"):

Location map	Location map/Temp	Location map/Temp/Infobox
Location map Alberta	Location map Belgium	Location map Bolivia
Location map Bosnia	Location map Bulgaria	Location map Chennai
Location map Cheshire	Location map Croatia	Location map Edinburgh
Location map Germany	Location map Greater Belfast	Location map Greater London
Location map Greater London postal	Location map Greater Manchester	Location map Greece
Location map Greece (with prefectures)	Location map Guangdong	Location map Hungary
Location map India	Location map Indonesia	Location map Iran
Location map Iraq	Location map Ireland	Location map Italy
Location map Italy small	Location map Lebanon	Location map Macedonia
Location map Montenegro	Location map Morocco	Location map Mumbai
Location map Myanmar	Location map New York	Location map Northern Ireland
Location map Pennsylvania	Location map Russia	Location map Scotland
Location map Serbia	Location map Sheffield	Location map Slovenia
Location map Smile	Location map Smile2	Location map South Yorkshire
Location map Southampton	Location map Switzerland	Location map Texas
Location map Tyne and Wear	Location map USA	Location map United Kingdom
Location map Uruguay	Location map Wales Dyfed	Location map Wales Gwynedd
Location map West Midlands	Location map end	Location map marker
Location map of	Location map of Iran	Location map start

[edit] Creating new maps

1. Find an appropriate blank map in an orthographic projection.
2. Create a template named Template:Location map location (copy the content of any other map template into it and enter appropriate values).

[edit] Issues

Doesn't handle longitude properly for maps crossing the +/- 180 meridian yet.

For coordinates with western longitude don't forget the minus sign!

example: {{Location map marker|Westernland|label=Westerntown|lat=46.05|long=-14.5}}

[edit] Examples

{{Location map start|Slovenia|float=left|width=100}}
{{Location map marker|Slovenia|label=Ljubljana|lat=46.05|long=14.5}}
{{Location map end|Slovenia|caption=Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia}}

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{{Location map start|Slovenia|float=right}}
{{Location map marker|Slovenia|label=Nova Gorica|lat=45.95|long=13.63|background=white}}
{{Loctiona map marker|Slovenia|label=Maribor|lat=46.55|long=15.64}}
{{Location map end|Slovenia}}