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After right-clicking the shape you want to map (for instance, Scioto Audubon Metro Park), click 'Query features' to bring up the lefthand toolbar. Select the feature name to bring up its relation. Go to OpenStreetMap and zoom into the general area where the shape is. Right-click (control-click on Macs) on the shape and select 'Query features'.
The template can accept parameters that describe the size of the object on the screen: |viewport_cm= or |viewport_px=. The template also accepts other geohack parameters to generate the scale argument: dim; type (e.g., "mountain" or "city") population (for type="city" only)
shape: OSM Location map can use either an external image as a location marker, or one of various shapes. The mark-size setting will require different numbers of items for different types of shape. Shapes that just need a width: circle, square, diamond, triangle. Shapes requiring width and height: box, ellipse, i-triangle, panel.
This template provides a standardised colour/Color pallete for use with OSM Location Maps. The following color descriptors (not following any particular external precedent) can be used within OSM maps to provide a consistent and sympathetic color scheme for text labels and shape colors, using pastel shades that fit well alongside the existing map colors:-
This map was generated by OpenStreetMap contributors using GPS data, and other 'free' sources. (see ) In data : OSM mapping is licensed under the Open Database Licence and Database Contents Licence; In tiles:
Image:Macau Parish Locator (template map).png – Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. commons:Category:Maps of India – India Image:BlankMap-PersianGulf.png – Persian Gulf area, showing all of Kuwait , Bahrain , Qatar , and the United Arab Emirates , as well as large parts of other countries like Saudi ...
Maps are useful in presenting key facts within a geographical context and enabling a descriptive overview of a complex concept to be accessed easily and quickly. WikiProject Maps encourages the creation of free maps and their upload on Wikimedia Commons. On the project's pages can be found advice, tools, links to resources, and map conventions.
These are not forks but rather auxiliary pages and must have names following the pattern "Module:Location map/data/location" or "Template:Location map location", where location is the name of the area covered by the map. The template space is supported only for backward compatibility; all new map definitions should be created as modules.