Template:Location map notice
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| 40x40px | 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 Foundation computerized geo-location standards. • 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:
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- This template is used as a header on Maps Location and Locator maps pages.
- Usage
- It takes upto two parameters:
- {{{nonstandard}}} is a toggle, which when defined changes the message wording for tagging noncompliant Locator maps category pages.
- {{{comment|}}} is an optional field which takes effect if and only if nonstandard is defined. This can be used to amplify how the category is noncompliant with the 2008 standard.
