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Should infoboxes in general have mapframe mapping capability, and how should such maps operate by default? ~~~~
Maps in infoboxes have traditionally either been static images, which have to be manually created and updated, or pushpin maps, which display location marks on top of a static base map at specified coordinates. Since May 2018, Mapframe maps have been available on English Wikipedia. Mapframe maps show a base map from OpenStreetMap, which when clicked opens a dynamic, interactive full screen map that can be panned and zoomed. One or more features can be (and usually are) displayed over the basemap, either as markers (with or without icons) at specified coordinates, or as highlighted line or shape features (if the relevant item on OSM is tagged with a Wikidata ID).
Of all the current options for creating maps in Wikipedia, Mapframe is the fastest and easiest tool to use, the most likely to be up-to-date, and shows the most information, from street-level detail all the way to a location's position globally.
There are already approximately 40 infoboxes using some form of mapframe mapping.
Mapframe maps are commonly inserted via {{maplink}} templates, but that requires several parameters. An alternative suitable for infoboxes is Module:Infobox mapframe, which can insert a mapframe map with minimal user input – instead using data from existing infobox parameters and/or Wikidata, depending on how it is configured. Such "automatic" maps can be on by default (require a parameter to be specified to turn on), off by default (require a parameter to turn on), or be on by default if another type of map is not already present. Other options, such as marker icon or styles, can have default values specified on an individual infobox basis and/or in individual articles.
This RFC is intended to gauge the broader community consensus on how mapframe maps should be used within infobox templates.
Note: Default settings, including whether such mapframes maps are on or off by default, will depend on either local consensus, or any consenus reached in the questions below.
(a) on by default (and can be turned off in individual articles); or
(b) off by default (and can be turned on in individual articles); or
(c) on by default if another type of map is not already present (and can be turned on or off as required in individual articles)?
Note: This question applies to any infobox which has consensus to display automatic mapframe maps, either local consensus, or any consensus reached in Q1
Q2. Display: Demonstration
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On by default
Off by default
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yes
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no
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switching between three zoom levels: "zoomed in" (default zoom level, or minimum 3), "zoomed out" (zoom level 1, and "zoomed midway" (average of "zoomed in" and "zoomed out")
switching between geomask areas, either manually specified, or automatically found by recursively looking up location (P276) and located in the administrative territorial entity (P131) values on the page's Wikidata item. E.g. that item's city, that city's state, and that state's country
Should switcher functionality be:
(a) enabled by default for zooms (and can be turned off or changed to geomasks in individual articles); or
(b) enabled by default for automatic geomasks (and can be turned off or changed to manually-specified geomasks or changed to zooms in individual articles); or
(c) not enabled by default? (and can be turned on in individual articles)
Q5. Switcher: Demonstration
Switcher
Examples
zooms
Demo
Show zoomed in
Show zoomed midway
Show zoomed out
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Show zoomed in
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Show zoomed out
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geomasks
Demo
Show Buchforst
Show Mülheim
Show Cologne
Show Cologne Government Region
Show North Rhine-Westphalia
Show Germany
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Demo
Show Western Australia
Show Australia
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none
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