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Most of these conventions are supported by active groups of map makers, and have been created and improved through long and serious discussions. The main intentions are: to display efficiently selected data; to create screen, web, print, creation & share friendly maps; to create a wiki style free of nationalism issues.
Templates are pages that are embedded (transcluded) into other pages to allow for the repetition of information. Help:A quick guide to templates, a brief introduction on templates for beginners; Help:Template, the main technical help page on templates, provides information on creating and using templates
If the template has a separate documentation page (usually called "Template:template name/doc"), add [[Category:Map templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Map templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last ...
Location map templates as of 5 Nov 2014. To find the best location map template covering a given place, open the SVG file in a Web browser and use arrow keys and zoom function. Hovering over a region shows its name and highlights it. Clicking it loads its page. This is a list of all Location map templates as of July 22, 2021.
A variety of templates and styles are available to create timelines. The {{Graphical timeline}} template allows representations of extensive timelines. The template offers complex formatting and labeling options to control the output. Typically, each use is made into its own template, and the template is then transcluded into the article.
For presidential elections, use Template:United States presidential election imagemap. To create maps, use the base map File:Blank USA, w territories.svg, and fill it with colors from Wikipedia:WikiProject Elections and Referendums/USA Legend Colors § Seat control.
This template is used to display a clickable world map to help users navigate a large list of countries by continent. Include the following where you want the map to appear: {{world image map}} The image map assumes that in-page links to all the continents exist, e.g., #Africa, and in some cases, individual countries, e.g., #Canada.
Maps should present necessary geographic details, not every possible detail. The level of detail on a map should be selected so as to make the map useful to experts familiar with the subject, and also to users who are not at all familiar with it. Some information that an expert may not deem necessary might be necessary to others.