Template talk:Location map-line

Change the caption?

Hi everyone. Is there a way to use this template but with a supplied caption instead of the normal one? --Billpg (talk) 08:55, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Not easily. What exactly are you wanting to do? Bazonka (talk) 09:07, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm looking at the Mecca Time page. The 40-degree line is close enough to Mecca for the page, but the caption should be changed to "39°49′34″ E". --109.157.24.225 (talk) 20:29, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

Center the map on the Pacific

180°

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180th meridian

Same, with map centered on the Pacific

This template does not work well for drawing meridians close to 180°. A map centered on the Pacific ocean works better for this purpose, as shown by the figures on the right.

I made the second map specifically for the article 180th meridian. This is certainly an improvement, but I am not very happy with my solution because the red line and the label “180°” are part of the image. This has two problems:

• as the image is scaled down to 300 px, the label is not as readable as plain text,
• the inadequacy of this template is not only for the 180th meridian, it is just as bad on 179 E and 179 W.

The real solution would be to either modify this template or make an alternative one, giving the option to have the map centered on the Pacific. I was willing to do it but the template is just too complex for me to understand. Is anyone willing to help? If so, I can upload to commons a version of the map without the red line and the “180°” label. — Edgar.bonet (talk) 14:08, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Use other basemaps

It would be helpful if this template could be used for other basemaps, e.g. to show a specific line across a country. Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 17:41, 19 March 2024 (UTC)