Template:Location map

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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.

1 Usage
2 Available maps
3 Creating new maps
4 Issues
5 Examples
6 See also

[edit] Usage

{{Location map|location
 |label=label
 |position=left or right - position of the label relative to the mark, defaults to right
 |background=color - background color for the label, defaults to none 
 |lat=latitude in degrees
 |long=longitude in degrees
 |mark=image file name - a red dot by default
 |caption=caption - caption below the map
 |float=left or right or none
 |width=width of 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 Bosnia	Location map Bulgaria
Location map Croatia	Location map Edinburgh	Location map Greater Belfast
Location map Greater London	Location map Greece	Location map India
Location map Iran	Location map Iraq	Location map Ireland
Location map Italy	Location map Italy small	Location map Macedonia
Location map Myanmar	Location map Northern Ireland	Location map Sheffield
Location map Slovenia	Location map Switzerland	Location map United Kingdom
Location map end	Location map marker	Location map of
Location map of Iran	Location map start

[edit] Creating new maps

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