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Use this template to add several pushpins (eg for businesses or events with several locations) on a single map. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Map 1 Which map to use. Consult Template:Location map/List for the full list. Example Albania String required Width width The width in pixels. If not specified, it defaults to 240. This should be a number only ...
The standard style for OpenStreetMap, like most Web maps, uses the Web Mercator projection. Web Mercator, Google Web Mercator, Spherical Mercator, WGS 84 Web Mercator [1] or WGS 84/Pseudo-Mercator is a variant of the Mercator map projection and is the de facto standard for Web mapping applications. It rose to prominence when Google Maps adopted ...
New for 2024, label-size can have additions to place a background fill and/or an outline around a label. text-size=12,background will use the standard background map-color as a solid fill under the area of the text - handy if the label is being confused by other map details.
[234] Jason Parker of CNET, calling it "the king of maps", said, "With its iOS Maps app, Google sets the standard for what mobile navigation should be and more." [235] Bree Fowler of the Associated Press compared Google's and Apple's map applications, saying: "The one clear advantage that Apple has is style. Like Apple devices, the maps are ...
map_relief – optional – "yes" if the location map is a relief map; see {{location map}} for more details. map_size – optional – width of the location map in pixels (px), e.g. "150"; defaults to: "220". map_mark – optional – the name of a file to use as the location map marker, e.g. Green_pog.svg; defaults to: "Red_pog.svg".
Google Map Maker was a map editing service launched by Google in June 2008. [2] In geographies where it is hard to find providers of good map data, user contributions were used to increase map quality. Changes to Google Map Maker were intended to appear on Google Maps only after sufficient review by
It was created by Keyhole, Inc, which was acquired by Google in 2004. KML became an international standard of the Open Geospatial Consortium in 2008. [1] [2] Google Earth was the first program able to view and graphically edit KML files, but KML support is now available in many GIS software applications, such as Marble, [3] QGIS, [4] and ArcGIS ...
The Google Maps pin showing a location in the Google Maps app Google Maps logo as of 2020 The pin in Google headquarters, next to a Google Maps Street View vehicle. The Google Maps pin is the inverted-drop-shaped icon that marks locations in Google Maps. The pin is protected under a U.S. design patent as "teardrop-shaped marker icon including a ...