Template:Layer

{{{name}}}

Template documentation

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Note to editors: Please don't categorize this template by editing it directly. Instead, place the category in its documentation page, in its "includeonly" section.

Usage

Common template

{{Layer
 | name=Sample Layer
 | author=Author1;[[User:Author2|Author2]]
 | screenshot=NameToFile.ext
 | screenshot_caption=City, Country
 | slippy_web=[[https://example.com/linkToSlippyMap example.com]]
}}

Complete template

{{Layer
 | name=
 | discontinued=
 | alt_name=
 | author=
 | screenshot=
 | screenshot_caption=
 | based_on=
 | slippy_web=
 | usage_policy=
 | tiles_languages=
 | tiles_languagesurl=
 | tiles_license=
 | style_web=
 | style=license=
 | description=
 | repo=
 | notlayer=
}}

Parameters

name (required)

Name of the layer

discontinued (optional)

Set discontinued = yes if the tiles layer has been disabled

alt_name (optional)

Other names than name, Multiple values shall be seperated by semicolons (;)

author (optional)

Name of the author or a link to their OSM-Wiki profile page

screenshot (optional)

Name of the image to be displayed in the infobox
Example: screenshot = Baclaran and Pasay Rotunda - in Standard map layer.png

screenshot_caption (optional)

Displays caption below the image defined with screenshot
Requires: screenshot

based_on (optional)

Multiple values shall be seperated by semicolons (;)

slippy_web (optional)

Provide a link to a Slippy Map (website where you can view tiles as map) here
Example: slippy_web = [https://example.com/map/carto example.com]

usage_policy (optional)

tiles_languages (optional)

List of languages supported by the layer seperated by semicolons (;), Use ISO 639-1 and order alphabetically
Exampe: tiles_languages = de;en;fr

tiles_languagesurl (optional)

Used to associate a link to all languages defined by tiles_languages
Requires: tiles_languages
Example: tiles_languagesurl = https://example.com/de

tiles_license (optional)

style_web (optional)

style_license (optional)

description (optional)

repo (optional)

General link to source code, style_web shall be preferred if possible

notlayer (optional)

Normally the category Category:Tiles layer is added on every page which includes this template. To disable this behaviour set notlayer = yes

tiles_web (deprecated)

Categories

Category:Slippy map

Added to every article, if slippy_web is set

Category:Tiles layer

Added to every article which includes this template. Can be disabled by setting notlayer = yes

Category:Maintenance/Template:Layer

Added, if a deprecated parameter is used

See also