Module:Infobox dim/doc explained

Code to convert information about physical size of objects into parameters for geohack or mapframes.

The following parameters describe the physical object size:

• length_km
• length_mi
• width_km
• width_mi
• area_km2
• area_mi2
• area_ha
• area_acre

When producing scale or zoom, module can use size of object on screen specified via or . Defaults to 10cm, to match geohack.

In addition, the module can accept and convert between geohack parameters:

• dim
• scale
• type (e.g., "mountain" or "city")
• population (for type="city" only)

Usage

<nowiki>{{</nowiki>#invoke:Infobox dim|dim<nowiki>}}</nowiki>

Generates dim string (e.g, "24km") suitable for geohack link

<nowiki>{{</nowiki>#invoke:Infobox dim|scale<nowiki>}}</nowiki>

Generates scale (e.g, 100000) suitable for geohack link

<nowiki>{{</nowiki>#invoke:Infobox dim|zoom<nowiki>}}</nowiki>

Generates Open Street Map zoom level (e.g, 12) suitable for use in mapframes

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