User:Talibeh/Scratchpad2/Add Condmap Walkthrough

This walkthrough covers only the most basic and commonly used settings for sizing the map, displaying a location, and choosing a marker. See the main Maps page if you want more information on each of these features.

Copy/paste the map framework text to your page source.

{{CondMap|
<!--central maps go here-->

<!--map locations go here-->

<!--center, size, zoom settings go here-->
}}

Add centrally-stored locations to the map.

Examples of centrally-stored and -maintained locations include:

• Chariot stops
• Resources (tar, limestone, white sand, etc.)
• Public mines and smelters

You can find a list of central map data on the Maps page.

Once you've chosen a type of data to add, and looked up the page name, add the following text on a new line below the "central maps go here" comment:

{{:PathToMap|contentonly=yes}}

For example, if you want to include chariot stops on your map, the list of central map data tells you that the page is at Maps/Chariot Stops. Add the following line:

{{:Maps/Chariot Stops|contentonly=yes}}

To add locations from multiple central files, add something like:

{{:Maps/Public Mines/Alcyone|contentonly=yes}}
{{:Maps/Public Smelters/Alcyone|contentonly=yes}}

Add your own location to the map.

For a map location, you can choose a marker (or use the default), and you can set a text description that will pop up when your mouse hovers over the marker.

First, find the coordinates in-game by looking at the top center of your screen or at the top of your minimap. Then, to add the location most simply, just type the coordinates on a new line below the "map locations go here" comment:

400, 2250

To add the same location with the description 'My home compound (400, 2550)', type the following below the "map locations go here" comment:

400, 2250, My home compound (400, 2250)

Now, when you hover your mouse over that location marker on your map, everything after the first two numbers will pop up as a description.

Finally, to add the same location to the map, but this time with both the description and a marker, type the following below the "map locations go here" comment:

(GH) 400, 2250, My home compound (400, 2550)

You will end up with:

{{CondMap|
<!--central maps go here-->

<!--map locations go here-->
(GH) 400, 2250, My home compound (400, 2550)

<!--center, size, zoom settings go here-->
}}

(Choosing markers)

&&&

Size, zoom, and re-center the map.

If you want your map to show all of Egypt, at a standard size that will fit on a wiki page, there is no need to do anything more. (The default settings will do all of that without you needing to type anything else in.)

If you want to change where your map is centered, its size in pixels, or how far in/out it is zoomed, you will need to add those settings. You can change just one setting from the default, two settings, or all three.

Create a new line just before the last line and after the "center, size, zoom settings go here" comment. To change all the settings away from the default, the new line will look something like:

|lat=212|lon=991|width=300|height=100|zoom=4

If you want to change only one of these settings, keep reading.

Centering

If you want your map to be centered on your home at -212, 991, then add:

|lat=-212|lon=991

Sizing

For a map that is 300 pixels wide and 150 pixels tall, add:

|width=300|height=150

Zooming

You can set the zoom value anywhere between 1 and 6: the higher the number, the closer in the zoom. Most maps you see on the wiki are set to a zoom of 2. To zoom your map to level 4, add:

|zoom=4

Cut-and-Paste Examples

For a default-sized and -zoomed map, showing only your compound (located at 400, -2250).

{{CondMap|
<!--central maps go here-->

<!--map locations go here-->
(GH) 400, -2250, My home compound (400, -2550)

<!--center, size, zoom settings go here-->
}}

For a map zoomed into your neighborhood, and showing your copper mine and vineyard:

{{CondMap|
<!--central maps go here-->

<!--map locations go here-->
(GH) 400, -2250, My home compound (400, -2550)
(MtCu) 412, -2129, My copper mine (412, -2129)
(grape)495, -2271, My vineyard (495, -2271)

<!--center, size, zoom settings go here-->
|lat=400|lon=-2250|width=500|height=500|zoom=5
}}

Here are also examples of maps, empty except for chariot stops, zoomed in to various regions.

Alcyone:

{{CondMap|
<!--central maps go here-->
{{:Maps/Chariot Stops|contentonly=yes}}

<!--map locations go here-->

<!--center, size, zoom settings go here-->
|lat=1655|lon=2000|width=415|height=255|zoom=3
}}

Celaeno:

{{CondMap|
<!--central maps go here-->
{{:Maps/Chariot Stops|contentonly=yes}}

<!--map locations go here-->

<!--center, size, zoom settings go here-->
|lat=-1530|lon=930|width=390|height=890|zoom=3
}}

Maia:

{{CondMap|
<!--central maps go here-->
{{:Maps/Chariot Stops|contentonly=yes}}

<!--map locations go here-->

<!--center, size, zoom settings go here-->
|lat=1025|lon=-5400|width=515|height=355|zoom=2
}}

Merope:

{{CondMap|
<!--central maps go here-->
{{:Maps/Chariot Stops|contentonly=yes}}

<!--map locations go here-->

<!--center, size, zoom settings go here-->
|lat=-1530|lon=6325|width=388|height=475|zoom=3
}}

Sinai:

{{CondMap|
<!--central maps go here-->
{{:Maps/Chariot Stops|contentonly=yes}}

<!--map locations go here-->

<!--center, size, zoom settings go here-->
|lat=3563|lon=4600|width=393|height=903|zoom=3
}}

Sterope:

{{CondMap|
<!--central maps go here-->
{{:Maps/Chariot Stops|contentonly=yes}}

<!--map locations go here-->

<!--center, size, zoom settings go here-->
|lat=2565|lon=-800|width=640|height=453|zoom=3
}}

Taygete:

{{CondMap|
<!--central maps go here-->
{{:Maps/Chariot Stops|contentonly=yes}}

<!--map locations go here-->

<!--center, size, zoom settings go here-->
|lat=1005|lon=5600|width=255|height=655|zoom=3
}}