LinesOverlay/doc

The {{LinesOverlay}} template uses Module:LinesOverlay to draw lines and place icons based on coordinates. This is intended for marking connections and facilities of the transport networks on the Dogcraft Server to be overlayed on a map. This module uses line by line markup for generating the lines and icons.

This template is intended to be used to create an overlay to be overlayed on a map, but can still be used for other purposes if so desired. The lines it creates are not particularly nice at sharp corners, as due to the limitations of Mediawiki lines are drawn with html <div> elements.

Usage

This template can generate a effectively unlimited number of lines and/or icons. It is important to note however, that this template only accepts a single parameter: a block of text of special markup.

Template opener

Open a LinesOverlay template with the template identifier: {{LinesOverlay|

Lines Overlay Markup

The markup is parsed line by line, meaning that every line of text given to the template acts as one parameter.
Please note that spaces ' ' and line breaks '\n' are significant in markup for this template and should only be used where needed. Generally pieces of information are sperated by a single space ' ' in this templates markup and each line of markup acts like a parameter and provides a full set of information for one element. Every line begins with a line identifier and this is followed by information for this identifier.

This template accepts 3 types of information in markup: info, icon and line

Coordinate blocks

The template markup accepts many sets of coordinates, which are all specified as a coordinate block.
A coordinate block consists of a X and a Z coordinate separated by a comma ','.
For example the coordinates X:500, Z:300 translate to the following coordinate block: 500,300

The info line

info is an optional line that can be specified in markup. If used, this line should be the first under the template opener.
The info line can set a coordinate offset and a specific size and thus aspect ratio of the output.
The info line begins with the info identifier, which is followed by 2 coordinate blocks.
The first coordinate block specifies offset coordinates for the output, which sets the top-left corner of the output to the given coordinates. The default for this is 0,0.
The second coordinate block specifies a custom size of the output. The x coordinate in this case specifies width and the z coordinate specifies height. The default for this is 500,500.