Category:Location maps

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Categorization Warning: "Locator maps" and "Location maps" while similar and of similar purpose, are technically different— for a single location map can replace dozens of locator maps. e l h

This category should only contain blank maps compatible with Wikimedia Foundation computerized geo-location standards.

• The purpose of the geo-locations standard is to enable an overlay of a locator dot to a map created with a GIS software using an equirectangular or conical projection for high latitudes areas and for which the geographic limits are perfectly known.
• A geo-location coordinate is used to generate the location's overlay, and optionally, a label via a template.

English: This is the parent category of location maps of all types. A location map is a Equalarea projection upon which a computerized location dot and optional label can be overlayed, as opposed to a locator map, which has fixed dots and annotations.

Those that have been made in the German Kartenwerkstatt (Map Lab) with a new standard graphic or by compatible standards are subcategorized within category:Location maps (2008 standard).

See also: