Template:Infobox protected area/doc

This template is part of the Protected areas WikiProject.

Usage
These selected parameters can be used to form a completely functional Infobox. This markup can be pasted into a new article. See below for working examples.



Parameter descriptions
This table describes all parameters which can be used in building infoboxes. Only the  parameter must be assigned a value.

IUCN Categories
Depending on the value of the  parameter, one of the following banners will be displayed below the name. Valid values are Ia, Ib, II, III, IV, V and VI. For more information read the World Commission on Protected Areas article,

Alternate parameters
A few cells allow alternate parameter names which can be used to generate an appropriate label. Editors should probably not be overly concerned with using the correct label unless using the wrong label would be a blatant error.

Protected areas are often created as the result of a governmental procedure. For example, in the United States, national parks are established by an act of congress, National Monuments are usually created by presidential proclamation, and wilderness areas are designated by an act of congress. National Park Service Affiliated Areas are authorized.
 * → Authorized
 * → Created
 * → Designated
 * → Established

Some areas are privately owned, and it might be inappropriate to use the label Governing body. For example, the Aleutian World War II National Historic Area is affiliated with the National Park Service but is owned by the Ounalashka Corporation.
 * → Governing body
 * → Administrator
 * → Owner

Map display methods
Any image of a map showing the location of the protected area can be used. There are two methods by which maps using a marker can be displayed.

Display a marker on a map using a template and geographic coordinates
A marker can be superimposed on one of a set of special map templates. If a valid map name is specified this is the method the template will attempt to use. To display a marker the geographic coordinates must be specified using the parameters,  , etc. The marker will not be displayed if the coord template is used. See the documentation for Location map. The parameters for this template map to a subset of the parameters for Location map. A map template can be found using these sources:
 * List of templates - Many of the listed items are redirects and a few templates may not function as expected.
 * Category:Location map templates - templates sorted by category.
 * Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Location map/Info - a search that might help.
 * Special:Prefixindex/Template:Location map - another search that might help.

All of the names begin with the words "Location map" followed by the area covered. The value you need to specify is the area name. The map template for the for Alberta, Canada is Location map Canada Alberta. In this case specify. For example:



Many of the maps for large areas in this set of templates use equirectangular projection. Large scale maps, using this projection, look different than those with which most are familiar. However, there are some large area maps that that use a familiar map projection. A list of large area maps that do not use equirectangular projection can be found here.

To use the USA shaded relief map use  and   or use. Other relief maps are available. See Category:Location relief map by country templates

Display a marker on any map image
To display a marker on any map use the x and y parameters.

In the example below the marker is 7.8% of the way across the map from the left side and 29% of the way down from the top.



Coordinate syntax
See template:Infobox map/coordinate syntax.

With map only


With photograph only


With no photograph or map


With photograph and map


Microformat
The articles created using this template include an hCard microformat. For more information read this.