Template:Location map GermanyNeckar

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[edit] Template:Location_map_GermanyNeckar

This is a map locator for the Germany Neckar River map, allowing a specified marker-image (parameter "mark=") of set size (defaults "marksize=8") plus an optional name-label to be placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map (or a given image).

This template is used by the parent "Template:Location map" which must be invoked with parameter "GermanyNeckar" to process the options before it uses this template. Specify each of the individual parameters by using vertical bars: {{Location map | GermanyNeckar | ...}}.

Because the map is not equirectangular, the coordinates will need to be adjusted to match northern-area mapping, or use skewed coordinates with "Template:Location map skew".

See: {{Location map}} for description of parameters, or Examples below.

Coordinates
Top	49.71
Bottom	48.0
Left	8.0
Right	9.67
skew	0.86

[edit] Examples

Example labeling "Heilbronn":

{{Location map

| GermanyNeckar

| label = Heilbronn

| label_size = 90 <--percent 0-900%

| caption = Show "Heilbronn" on map

| lat_deg = 49 | lat_min = 9

| lon_deg = 09 | lon_min = 13

| background = #FFFF99

| float = right

| width = 250

}}

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Example for orange "Rottweil" at bottom:

{{Location map

| GermanyNeckar

| label=Rottweil | position=left

| label_size = 90 <--percent 0-900%

| caption = Show "Rottweil" on map

| lat_deg=48 | lat_min=10

| lon_deg=08 | lon_min=37

| background = <!--orange-->#FFCC66

| float = right

| width = 220

| AlternativeMap = <!--none(default)-->

}}

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Two examples, showing "Rottweil" & "Mannheim" with map position aligned (by using parameters "float=left" and "float=right"). Note that the marker for "Mannheim" is west of the mark, due to narrow longitudes far north (on non-equirectangular map).

Longitude lines converge to the center, so center towns would be positioned more accurately. The "polar" skew factor should be used (as in Template:Location_map_skew) to scale longitude smaller near polar latitudes (relative to map height), and position longitudes from map center, rather than left-side base longitude (see example below).

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[edit] Example skewing Rottweil/Mannheim

Example showing "Rottweil" (and "Mannheim") on one map.

{{Location map skew | GermanyNeckar

| Show "Mannheim" & "Rottweil"

| skew=0.86

| label = Mannheim

| label_size = <!-- 0-900%--> 82

| lat=49.489 | long=8.469

| marksize=7 | position=top

| bg = <!--gold-->#CCCC11

| label2=Rottweil | label2_size=103

| skew2=0.86 | pos2=bottom

| lat2_deg=48 |lat2_min=10

| lon2_deg=08 |lon2_min=37.5

| bg2 = <!--bluegreen-->#66BBDD

| label3 = Anytown

| label3_size=93 | pos3=top

| lat3_deg=49 | lat3_min=1.1

| lon3_deg=8.5 | lon3_min=0.0

| bg3 = <!--yellow-->#EEEE11

| float = right | width = 250

}}

The map uses alternate Template:Location_map_skew. Note that the marker for "Mannheim" has been placed correctly now (had been west of the mark, due to narrow longitudes far north, on the non-equirectangular map).

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Example labeling "Rottweil" on wrong-scale map:

{{Location map

| GermanyNeckar

| label = Rottweil | position = top

| label_size = <!-- 0-900%--> 128

| caption = "Rottweil" put on wrong-scale map

| lat_deg=48 | lat_min=10

| lon_deg=08 | lon_min=37.5

| background = #FFFF99

| float = right

| width = 200

| AlternativeMap = Karte Deutschland.png

}}