Template:2009 Standard Location maps

This category should only contain blank "Location maps" created for geo-location purposes which follow a same uniform standard, and have been created with a Geographic information system (GIS) software program using a compatible equirectangular or conical projection and for which the geographic coordinate system is known. For more information or questions see the wikiproject: German Wikipedia:Kartenwerkstatt/Positionskarten and this discussion page.

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This documentation is transcluded from Template:2009 Standard Location maps/doc.

This template uniformly tags categories pages with the above notice and categorizes Location maps that are both SVG and produced to the 2008 Maps Standards which originated on de.wikipedia and fr.wikipedia. The below notice may (probably should) also appear on these category pages.

Categorization Warning: "Locator maps" and "Location maps" while similar and of similar purpose, are technically different – a single location map can replace dozens of locator maps.
This category should only contain blank maps compatible with Wikimedia Commons computerized geo-location framework and standards (such as en:Template:Location map).

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• The purpose of the geo-locations standard is to enable an overlay of a locator dot to a map created with a GIS software using an equirectangular or conical projection for high latitudes areas and for which the geographic limits are perfectly known.
• A geo-location coordinate is used to generate the location's overlay, and optionally, a label via a template.
• The file name conventions for location maps are:
  • for states: »(state name in English) location map.svg«
  • for administrative subdivisions: »(state name in English) (name of administrative subdivision in English) location map.svg«

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Usage

{{2009 Standard Location maps |1= |inhibit= }}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
1	This template takes this argument to properly pipetrick the category page this template heads. (Note: the autocategorization and {{{1}}} handling, as currently written is useful only on "categories by regions"; location maps centered on countries will likely need additional handling.)		empty	optional
inhibit	This template takes this argument to suppress autocategorization should using it be desired on a non-SVG or non-category:Location maps (2008 standard) category page.		empty	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Category namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Placement: At the top of the page

Localization

English ∙ français

This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}. The layout of the template can be found under Template:2009 Standard Location maps/layout.

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:2009 Standard Location maps/en (or any other language version you prefer to translate) and replace the text strings in there (the form below can be used to create a translation, the English version is preloaded in the edit box). Please change the parameter lang from en (or whatever language you are translating) to the language code of your language.