Template:On the map: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 08:18, 17 July 2026

Usage

Places a small 🌐 On the map link at the top right of the page, beside the title — for subjects that resolve to a spot on the map (cities, sites, locations; not continents or countries, which cannot be reduced to a single point). The link opens the Yezur map with a marker dropped at the given coordinates. It renders through MediaWiki's page-status-indicator mechanism, so it works wherever it is placed in the wikitext; by convention, put it on the first line of the article.

{{On the map|38.09735|-70.67385}} — drop a marker there (zoom 8)
{{On the map|38.09735|-70.67385|13}} — same, explicit zoom

For a line or area feature, link its map-object page instead of dropping a marker:

{{On the map|way=123456}} · {{On the map|relation=481363}} · {{On the map|node=60111}}

1, 2, 3: latitude, longitude, zoom (optional, default 8)
node / way / relation: link a map object's page instead of dropping a marker
label: optional text replacing "On the map"

If the template appears more than once on a page, the last use wins (the indicator name is shared).

Live demonstration — top right of this very page:

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-<includeonly>{{#if:{{{node|}}}{{{way|}}}{{{relation|}}}{{{1|}}}|<indicator name="on-the-map"><span class="plainlinks">[{{#if:{{{node|}}}|//yezur.xyz/node/{{{node}}}|{{#if:{{{way|}}}|//yezur.xyz/way/{{{way}}}|{{#if:{{{relation|}}}|//yezur.xyz/relation/{{{relation}}}|{{Coords|{{{1}}}|{{{2}}}|{{{3|8}}}}}}}}}}} 🌐 {{{label|On the map}}}]</span></indicator>}}</includeonly><noinclude>
+<includeonly>{{#if:{{{node|}}}{{{way|}}}{{{relation|}}}{{{1|}}}|<indicator name="on-the-map"><span class="plainlinks">[{{#if:{{{node|}}}|//yezur.xyz/node/{{{node}}}|{{#if:{{{way|}}}|//yezur.xyz/way/{{{way}}}|{{#if:{{{relation|}}}|//yezur.xyz/relation/{{{relation}}}|//yezur.xyz/?mlat={{{1}}}&mlon={{{2}}}#map={{{3|8}}}/{{{1}}}/{{{2}}}}}}}}} 🌐 {{{label|On the map}}}]</span></indicator>}}</includeonly><noinclude>
 === Usage ===
-Places a small '''🌐 On the map''' link at the top right of the page, beside the title, pointing to a location on the Yezur map at yezur.xyz — the page-level counterpart of the inline link templates ([[Template:Node|Node]], [[Template:Coordslink|Coordslink]], …). It renders through MediaWiki's page-status-indicator mechanism, so it works '''wherever it is placed''' in the wikitext; by convention, put it on the first line of the article.
+Places a small '''🌐 On the map''' link at the top right of the page, beside the title — for subjects that resolve to '''a spot on the map''' (cities, sites, locations; ''not'' continents or countries, which cannot be reduced to a single point). The link opens the Yezur map with '''a marker dropped''' at the given coordinates. It renders through MediaWiki's page-status-indicator mechanism, so it works wherever it is placed in the wikitext; by convention, put it on the first line of the article.
-By coordinates:
+* <code><nowiki>{{On the map|38.09735|-70.67385}}</nowiki></code> — drop a marker there (zoom 8)
-* <code><nowiki>{{On the map|12.34|56.78}}</nowiki></code> — centre the map there (zoom 8)
+* <code><nowiki>{{On the map|38.09735|-70.67385|13}}</nowiki></code> — same, explicit zoom
-* <code><nowiki>{{On the map|12.34|56.78|11}}</nowiki></code> — same, explicit zoom
-By map object:
+For a line or area feature, link its map-object page instead of dropping a marker:
-* <code><nowiki>{{On the map|node=60117}}</nowiki></code>
+* <code><nowiki>{{On the map|way=123456}}</nowiki></code> · <code><nowiki>{{On the map|relation=481363}}</nowiki></code> · <code><nowiki>{{On the map|node=60111}}</nowiki></code>
-* <code><nowiki>{{On the map|way=123456}}</nowiki></code>
-* <code><nowiki>{{On the map|relation=481363}}</nowiki></code>
-; <code>1</code>, <code>2</code>, <code>3</code> : latitude, longitude, zoom (optional, default 8) — used when no object id is given
+; <code>1</code>, <code>2</code>, <code>3</code> : latitude, longitude, zoom (optional, default 8)
-; <code>node</code> / <code>way</code> / <code>relation</code> : link to a map object instead of coordinates
+; <code>node</code> / <code>way</code> / <code>relation</code> : link a map object's page instead of dropping a marker
 ; <code>label</code> : optional text replacing "On the map"
-If the template appears more than once on a page, the '''last''' use wins (the indicator name is shared), so a hand-placed call overrides an infobox's automatic one.
+If the template appears more than once on a page, the '''last''' use wins (the indicator name is shared).
-'''Infoboxes add this automatically''': [[Template:Infobox continent]] emits it from <code>map_node</code>, and [[Template:Infobox polity]] from <code>map_relation</code> — no need to add it by hand on those pages.
+Live demonstration — top right of this very page: {{On the map|38.09735|-70.67385|13|label=On the map (demo)}}
-Live demonstration — look at the top right of this very page: {{On the map|node=60117|label=On the map (demo)}}
 [[Category:Link templates]]
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