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Determining co-ordinates
When using the map extension or one of the information box templates that includes a map, you need to supply co-ordinates for the map. This lists two ways of obtaining those co-ordinates by using Google Maps.
Standard Google Maps
This method will work on the basic Google maps.
- Locate the place on Google Maps.
- Right-click on the place and select "Center map here".
- Click the "link" link at the top right corner of the map.
- Right-click on the 'Page link' edit box, and select Copy.
- Paste the link into the Wiki page edit box and remove everything except the actual co-ordinates themselves.
Google Maps experimental features
An easier way to determine co-ordinates is to activate one of Google Maps' experimental features.
- Activate experimental features
In the top right of a Google Maps window you might see a link to "New!". Click this, then enable the feature LatLng Marker.
- Determine co-ordinates
Then you can use the following steps instead:
- Locate the place on Google Maps.
- Right-click on the place and select "Drop LatLong Marker".
- Select the co-ordinates that appear in a marker box. (One way is to triple-click on the co-ordinates.)
- Press Ctrl-C to copy the co-ordinates to the clipboard.
- Paste the co-ordinates into the Wiki page edit box.
