Template:Attached KML

This template uses Lua: Module:Attached KML (sandbox)

This template tracks and uses Wikidata property:

• KML file (P3096) (see uses)

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.

• 1 Usage
  • 1.1 Normal
  • 1.2 Other options
• 2 Tracking categories
• 3 See also
• 4 TemplateData

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.

{{Attached KML}}

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.

{{Attached KML
|wikidata=
|from=
|display=
|header=
|title=
}}

• 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.)

The following may be added via Module:Attached KML

• Category:Attached KML errors (5) – tracks errors: malformed_qid, bad_qid, no_item, bad_from, error_nokml
• Category:Articles using KML from Wikidata (9,470) – tracks mainspace articles using KML from Wikidata
• Category:Articles using KML not from Wikidata (4,319) – tracks mainspace articles not using KML from Wikidata

• 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).

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