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Automatic label placement, sometimes called text placement or name placement, comprises the computer methods of placing labels automatically on a map or chart. This is related to the typographic design of such labels .
Usage: These maps are used especially by Template:Location map which uses geolocalisations to add a location mark (like ) and/or a label onto the map in the browser.They are also used as background for locator maps to enlight the place and area of major subdivisions in a country, of a species range, etc.
The other option is to store the location and style of each label in the map data, just like the rest of the map; this is typically called annotation. [21] Text can be modeled as a Geometric primitive , like points, lines, and polygons, and in graphics software , it is stored in the map document in the same way as other geometry, allowing for ...
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Shows an image of a map, and draws user-specified images/icons on top of it using latitude/longitude coordinates. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status data 1 Comma separated list of JSON objects that describing what data to draw on the map String suggested width width Total width of the graph Number optional height height Total height of the graph Default ...
Geopositioning yields a set of geographic coordinates (such as latitude and longitude) in a given map datum. Geographic positions may also be expressed indirectly, as a distance in linear referencing or as a bearing and range from a known landmark. In turn, positions can determine a meaningful location, such as a street address.
A mark can be any image file. The default mark is Red pog.svg and it works well because it is easy to pick up visually on most maps. Some examples are below. Click on an image to see the file description page.
This template places one or more location marks on a map. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Map name 1 The name of the map to be used String required Map width width Determines the width of the map in pixels, overriding any default values. Do not include "px", for example: "300", not "300px". Number optional Default width default_width Determines the ...