Mapmask/doc

Function

This template overlays a dark polygonal mask on a dynamic map so that the subject area is more clearly delineated. Mask display can be turned on or off by toggling the "GPX tracks / Map mask" layer control.

Usage

See Wikivoyage:How to use dynamic maps#Adding boundaries and tracks for instructions on creating GPX tracks for use with this template.

The points of the mask polygon are marked with {{Mapmask|lat,long|lat,long| ... |lat,long}}

• Required parameters:

|lat,long pairs of geographical co-ordinates for each corner of the masking polygon.

• Example:

{{MapMask|43.28915,-78.19371|43.28928,-78.18969|43.28828,-78.18745|43.28543,-78.18724|43.28555,-78.19381}}

• A working example:

View full screen dynamic map for Brooklyn/Downtown

Useful tools

• Route Editor -- Online editor to create coordinates for Mapmask as a GPX track file.
• OSM Route Manager -- Exporting OpenStreetMap routes as a GPX route file.
• GPX Optimizer -- Simplifier/Optimizer for GPX files.
• Gpx2mapmask -- Converting GPX track or route file to Mapmask format.

Other examples

param name	default	meaning
group	mask	Name of the group to use for the highlighting
latitude	0
longitude	0
zoom	0
text	empty (hides it)	for <maplink>, what text to show
mask	(show as mask)	if set, will show highlight instead of a mask
title		See GeoJson simple style for these
description
fill
fill-opacity	0.3
stroke-width	0.5
stroke
stroke-opacity
tag	maplink	Which tag to use. Can be "maplink", "mapframe", or others like "syntaxhighlight" for debugging
pretty		Useful for debugging - shows json as pretty printed. Do not use for production

Nothing is shown

"{{Mapmask | 10,-30 | 50,-30 | 40,30 | 10,30 }}"
""

With 'text='

{{Mapmask | zoom=2 | text= | 10,-30 | 50,-30 | 40,30 | 10,30 }}

With 'text="Something"'

{{Mapmask | zoom=2 | text=Something | 10,-30 | 50,-30 | 40,30 | 10,30 }}

tag=mapframe

Show highlighted, red-colored area. {{Mapmask | tag=mapframe | align=left | zoom=2 | mask= | fill=#FF0000 | group= | width=420|height=420 |10,-30|50,-30|40,30|10,30}}

Debuging

This will show data as pretty-printed JSON using the syntaxhighlight extension {{Mapmask | tag=syntaxhighlight | pretty= | lang=json | 10,-30 | 50,-30 | 40,30 | 10,30 }}

See also

• {{mapframe}} - Template used to add a dynamic map to an article.
• {{mapshape}} - Used to create a mask, shape or line using data from the OpenStreetMap database; useful for city or region borders, or for showing routes.