MyWiki:Mapframe maps in infoboxes

Mapframe maps in infoboxes
Example of a mapframe map in an infobox

This project page tracks the deployment of mapframe maps to infobox templates. The Infobox mapframe module assists in producing maps with limited or no additional inputs needed when an infobox is used in an article.

Background

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Mapframe maps in infoboxes was held in mid-2020. See the RFC for complete details, but a summary of the closes is:

1. Mapframe mapping capability, and standard parameters for displaying mapframe maps (i.e. use of Module:Infobox mapframe), should be added to infoboxes
2. No consensus for mapframe maps to be on by default, nor a consensus on whether mapframes should be on by default if there are no other maps present.
3. Map placement should be determined by local consensus at each infobox
4. If users do not specify coordinates in a parameter, coordinates from Wikidata should be used
5. Switcher functionality should not be enabled by default

There are various ways in which individual infobox templates can customise how mapframe maps are used, including:

• Either on or off by default (with a parameter like |mapframe= no or yes to override the default)
• Default symbol, colour, zoom
• Using or not using Wikidata coordinates (when local values for coordinates are not provided)
• Showing a default geomask like (P17) or (P131), if such values are present on the page's Wikidata item

Process

1. Check the chosen infobox template for potential, such as:
   • presence of other map-related features in the infobox template and in the articles that use it, such as {{Coord}}, {{Location map}}, {{OSM Location map}}, {{Maplink}}, image maps etc
   • how often the infobox already has infobox mapframe transcluded manually, such as with these search engine queries:
     • with two hastemplate: keywords, or
     • with a hastemplate: keyword and an insource: keyword
2. Examine the infobox talk page for any signs of map-related controversy
3. If the latter check brings up anything, propose any changes first, and notify relevant wikiprojects
4. Discuss any implementation nuances with infobox users/maintainers
   • Positioning inside the template
   • Whether to render wikidata coordinates / shapes by default
   • Whether to turn on mapframes by default, or to supply them when no other maps are present
   • If there are multiple coordinates parameters, the choice of which one is rendered by mapframe
   • Matching widths of maps and images
   • Marker icon
   • Mapping of length/area parameters
5. Update the template sandbox, per normal template editing
   • For instructions on how to add to infoboxes, see Module:Infobox mapframe#Automatic maps in infoboxes
   • See also Template:Infobox mapframe#Examples
6. Update the template test cases to make sure mapframe rendering is tested, esp. if defaults are changed
7. Check for manual transclusions which don't use an identifiable map parameter, but rather some free-form parameter, which in turn may have to be fixed manually (to avoid mapframe duplication)
   • If they exist and you can't attend to them all immediately, disable the mapframe by default on them with something like this in an onByDefault check:

   {{#invoke:String|match|s= {{{embedded|}}}{{{module|}}} |pattern= mapframe |ignore_errors= true}}

8. Update the live template (ideally by copying the tested sandbox version verbatim)
9. Update the documentation
10. Update the tracking table below
11. Update any manual invocations of infobox mapframe to new syntax
12. Check Category:Pages with script errors for any fresh errors related to the change. Typical issues include:
    • coordinates present but not formatted with {{coord}} - make sure template specifies it as such and fix broken call sites
    • broken coordinates parameters

    A poor man's check for weirdness in coordinates parameters: with a hastemplate: keyword and an insource: keyword

    If you can't attend to all of the coordinates parameters breakages immediately, disable the mapframe rendering on them by wrapping the call in {{ifnoerror then show}}

Tracking

Column descriptions:

Mapframe maps

"Y" if the infobox can show mapframe maps (without users filling out a complete {{maplink}} template or <mapframe> tag)

"checkY Standard" if the infobox uses {{#invoke:Infobox mapframe|auto}} for standard parameters, per Q1 of the RFC

Documentation

"Y" If the documentation has been updated

"checkY Standard" if the documentation uses {{Infobox mapframe/doc/parameters}}

"File:Yellow check.svg Partly done" if there is incomplete documentation

Template:Infobox	Mapframe maps	Documentation	Notes	Expected marker
aerial lift line	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y aerialway
aircraft occurrence	checkY Standard	checkY Standard	can't autodetect good zoom for oceans	?
airport	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y airport
Albanian settlement				Y town or city
amusement park	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y amusement park
ancient site	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N ancient site/ruin, indigenous settlement
artwork	checkY Standard	checkY Standard	Can not be turned on if pushpin map is specified. Coding could be simplified (the {{yesno}} isn't needed).	☒N ?
artwork/wikidata	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N ?
Australian electorate			Probably not too useful unless geoJSON maps of the boundaries are made/uploaded.	Y N/A
Australian place	checkY Standard	Y	Wrapper of Infobox settlement	Y town or city
Australian road	checkY Standard	checkY Standard	Mapframe documentation collapsed, as per the rest of the doc	Y N/A
Belgium municipality			Wrapper for Infobox settlement	Y town or city
bell	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N bell
Berg			Wrapper for Infobox mountain	Y mountain
body of water	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N lake
brewery	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y beer
bridge	Y	Y		Y bridge
building	checkY Standard	checkY Standard	no default marker is set	Y building, building-alt1
Burg			Wrapper for Infobox military installation	☒N military base, fort or Y airfield, castle
business park	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y commercial
campground	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y campsite
Cape Verde settlement			Wrapper for Infobox settlement	Y town or city
casino	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y casino
castrum	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N military base, fort
cave	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N cave
cemetery	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y cemetery
church	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y religious-christian
civil conflict	Y	Y		☒N ?
civilian attack	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N ?
climbing area	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N ?
climbing route				☒N ?
concentration camp	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y observation-tower Y prison?
convention center	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N ?
country				Y N/A
crater				☒N crater
cycling championship				☒N ?
dam	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y dam
desalination plant	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N ?
diplomatic mission	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y embassy
distillery	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N distillery
ecoregion				Y N/A
Egyptian tomb				☒N tomb or mausoleum
event	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		?
exchange				☒N ?
factory	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y industrial
farm	Y	checkY Standard	Parameters standard, needs caption standardized	Y farm
Fluss				Y N/A
forest				☒N forest
former subdivision				Y N/A
frazione				Y town or city
French commune			Wrapper for Infobox settlement, with a custom hidden mapframe in image_map1	☒N town or city
Gebirgsgruppe				Y N/A
German place	Y	Y	Wrapper for Infobox settlement, with a custom hidden mapframe in image_map except if a custom template exists	Y town or city
glacier				☒N ?
golf facility	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y golf
government agency	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N government building
Greece place				Y town or city
heritage railway				Y rail or N/A
Hindu temple			Partial wrapper around {{Infobox religious building}}	☒N religious-hindu, Y place-of-worship
historic site	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		checkY [multiple options, some missing]
Holocaust event				?
hospital	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y hospital, doctor, dentist
housing project	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N ?
Hungarian georegion	checkY Standard	checkY Standard
hut				☒N hut
institute	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N ?
islands	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y N/A
Israel village				Y town or city
Italian comune	Y		Always displayed collapsed if available	Y town or city
kommune				Y town or city
launch pad	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N ?
landform	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y [multiple]
language				Y N/A
LDS Temple				Y place-of-worship
library	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y library
lighthouse	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y lighthouse
London station				Y rail, bus, or ☒N transit station
military conflict	checkY Standard	checkY Standard	Lua module call; can't override global defaults	☒N military conflict/battle
military installation	checkY Standard	checkY Standard	Default zoom not helped by free-form site_area	Y castle or Y observation-tower or ☒N military base/fort
military memorial	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y monument
military operation				☒N military conflict/battle
mill building				☒N ?
mine				☒N cave?
mining				☒N cave?
MMA training association				☒N ?
monastery	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y multiple
monument	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y monument
motorway services				Y fuel
mountain	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y mountain, volcano
mountain pass	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N ?
museum	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y museum
New York City Subway station				Y rail or ☒N transit station
NRHP	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		checkY [multiple options, some missing]
nuclear weapons test	Y			☒N ?
observatory	checkY Standard	checkY Standard	uses {{Wikidata location map}}	☒N observatory
oil field				Y oil-well
oil refinery				Y oil-well or industrial
oil spill	Y			☒N ?
organization	checkY Standard	checkY Standard	probably excessive by default despite the existence of coordinates, should be hidden	checkY [multiple options, some missing]
park	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y park
Pennsylvania historic site				checkY [multiple options, some missing]
pier				Y harbor?
pipeline				Y N/A
port	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y harbor
port-of-entry	Y			Y entrance?
Portuguese subdivision				Y town or city
power station	Y	Y		Y power station, solar farm
power transmission line				Y N/A
prison	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y prison
protected area	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		checkY [multiple options, some missing]
public transit accident	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N ?
pyramid				☒N pyramid
racecourse	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y racetrack, racetrack-boat, racetrack-cycling, racetrack-horse
railway depot	checkY Standard	checkY Standard	no default marker set	Y rail?
reactor				☒N nuclear power plant
retail market	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N marketplace/food hall
religious building	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		checkY [multiple options, some missing]
residential college				☒N ?
restaurant	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y restaurant
river	checkY Standard	checkY Standard	mapframe-coordinates not specified, other maps use mouth_coordinates	Y water
road	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N car, bus?
road junction	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N ?
Russian district				Y N/A
Russian federal subject				Y city or N/A
Russian inhabited locality	☒N	☒N	Wrapper for Infobox settlement, with a custom hidden mapframe in image_map1	Y town or city
school	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y school
school district				Y school or N/A
Scottish island				Y N/A
seamount	checkY Standard	checkY Standard	Parses frame-width from another parameter, custom logic for geomask=yes	Y mountain
settlement	checkY Standard	checkY Standard	(largest known use case)	Y town, city, or ☒N indigenous settlement
shopping mall	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y shopping mall
Site of Special Scientific Interest				checkY [multiple options, some missing]
ski area				Y skiing
ski jumping hill				Y skiing
Spanish missions in the Americas				Y religious-christian
sport supporter group				☒N ?
sports rivalry				☒N ?
spring	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N ?
station	checkY Standard	checkY Standard	chooses default marker based on d:Property:P31	Y rail, bus, or ☒N transit station
street	checkY Standard	checkY Standard	no obvious marker icon available	Y N/A
swimming pool				Y swimming
Switzerland municipality	Y		Always displayed collapsed if available	Y [multiple]
telescope			uses {{Wikidata location map}}	☒N telescope
television station				Y communications-tower
terrestrial impact site				☒N ?
Tibetan Buddhist monastery				Y place-of-worship
transmitter				Y communications-tower
tunnel	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y tunnel
Turkey place				☒N ?
U.S. county				Y N/A
UK country				Y N/A
UK place				Y town or city
university	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y college
UNESCO World Heritage Site				Y [multiple]
urban feature	checkY Standard	checkY Standard	type landmark too wide?	Y [multiple]
valley	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		☒N natural?
venue				checkY [multiple options, some missing]
volcanic hotspot				☒N ?
waterfall				Y waterfall
waterlock				Y dam?
wildfire				☒N fire
windmill	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y windmill
winery				☒N winery
zoo	checkY Standard	checkY Standard		Y zoo, aquarium, or ☒N aviary

See also

• Wikipedia:Maplink
• Wikipedia:Why mapframe maps?
• Module:Mapframe
• Template:Maplink
• Wikipedia:Coordinates in infoboxes