Template:Attached KML

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This template displays links to the popular web mapping service Google (and previously Bing) on articles, and when coupled with the content of a KML file produces a route line on those maps. If the "KML file" offer is clicked on, a file index.php will be presented for download containing the KML content; such a file will be ignored by the Google Earth system unless renamed, to index.kml for example.

Usage

As KML files cannot currently be uploaded, the text of those files must be copied into a Wikipedia page:

Template:Attached KML/[Article Title]

KML files can also be stored on other wikis which are connected to Wikidata.

Normal

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"></syntaxhighlight>

Simply placing the template in an article generates a box, as seen above—but using the article's related KML file (as found through Wikidata, if available). This is best placed in the External links section, or near the end of an article.

Other options

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"></syntaxhighlight>

• To use a different article's KML file, specify the id (Q-number) of the other KML file's Wikidata item using:
  • |wikidata=Qnumber
• To create a new KML file on this Wikipedia, create a page named like Template:Attached KML/Article title with the text of the KML file.
  • Or, to use KML from a local page named like Template:Attached KML/Another title, specify:
    • |from=Another title
    • Using |wikidata= is preferable as page moves won't cause errors
• The links in the box can also be placed near the top right of an article title, similar to coordinates, by using one of the following options:
  • |display=inline - Only displays the box (you can forego this, as box-only is the default)
  • |display=title - Only displays the title links
  • |display=inline,title - Displays the box as well as title links
  • |display=title,inline - Same as above
• Optional header:
  • |header= short text to appear at the top of the side box when using display=inline (end with <br /><nowiki /> to force a new line after the header)
  • default is no header in side box
  • Use |title= to show a different title to show next to the top links (when using title display mode), if "Route map" is not suitable

This template is intended for linear features:

• Rights-of-way
• Walkways/paths
• Roads
• Rivers
• Subway or train lines
• Ship courses
• Flight paths
• Explorers journeys
• and more...

and can also be used for polygon features, to highlight an area within a boundary (parks, towns, etc.)

Tracking categories

The following may be added via Module:Attached KML

• Category:Attached KML errors (871) – tracks errors: malformed_qid, bad_qid, no_item, bad_from, error_nokml
• Category:Articles using KML from Wikidata (0) – tracks mainspace articles using KML from Wikidata
• Category:Articles using KML not from Wikidata (5,551) – tracks mainspace articles not using KML from Wikidata

See also

• List of Attached KML subpages
• Tutorial on creating a KML file
• Help:Attached KML – help for readers
• Meta:KML files
• Wikipedia:Map data – for attaching Geojson map data that is not suitable for Commons (i.e. non-CC0).

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Attached KML in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Attached KML

A template to display the KML file attached to a page.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Display mode	display	Use "title" for display at the top, "inline" for the box (default), or both (separated by a comma: "inline,title") for both. Default title,inline	String	suggested
Header	header	Header to place on the Attached KML box	String	optional
Use KML from this page	from	The page to use the KML from, if not the page the template is placed on.	Page name	optional
Use KML from this Wikidata item	wikidata	The Wikidata item id (Q-number) for KML file to be used, if not the KML for this page Example Q26267859	Unknown	optional
Title	title	Title to show next to links (when using title display mode) if "Route map" is not suitable Default Route map Example Tornado damage survey map	Unknown	optional

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