Motorway Services Online

This template is used to create the specific service station maps, such as at Map:Strensham, and should be used as follows, and like all templates most of the variables aren't necessary:

{{Map
|overall-lat - if more than one marker is being displayed on the map, you'll need to specify the centre of the map with this
|overall-lon - as above, but for the longitude
|lat1 - the latitude of the services (where the marker should be)
|lon1 - as above, but for the longitude
|dir1 - if the services are direction-specific, put "north"/"south"/"west"/"east" here. Each one is short for northbound and so on, not the services location relative to the road
|lat2 - if there are two sides to the services, but the latitude of the second marker here
|lon2 - as above, but for the longitude
|dir2 - the side of the services this marker applies to
|directions - simple directions from the motorway to the services
}}

The latitude and longitude is widely available from online services. Note that we need the location to be previse, because this data may be used by sat navs. The icon should point to the slip road leading in to the service area, at the last possible point before the user needs to pick which parking area or facility they want (in other words, at any point before a sat nav might pick up another road on its map that it could send you down).

Note that the map guesses what colour icon should be used by looking for the appropriate Template:Services, so the page name should be the same. This creates a bug, where truckstops will be shown in their road colour, rather than their more common black.

This template adds dedicated map pages for each service area.

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Name	name	The name of the service area, if it's not obvious from the page name. Default {{PAGENAME}} Example Keele	String	optional
Latitude	lat1	The latitude of the service area entrance (where it leaves the road). If there are two sides, use the north or westbound side. Example 52.992885	Number	required
Longitude	lon1	The longitude of the service area entrance (where it leaves the road). If there are two sides, use the north or westbound side. Remember longitudes are often negative! Example -2.287377	Number	required
Direction	dir1	If there are two sides to the service area, explain which one the first one was. Example north or west	String	optional
Latitude 2	lat2	If there is a second side to the services, give the latitude to its entrance (where it leaves the road) here. Example 52.992885	Number	optional
Longitude 2	lon2	If there is a second side to the services, give the longitude to its entrance (where it leaves the road) here. Remember longitudes are often negative! Example -2.287377	Number	optional
Direction 2	dir2	If the service area has two sides, explain what the second side was. Example south or east	String	optional
Overall Latitude	overview-lat	If there are two sides to the service area, define a central point that the map can focus on. Default will take latitude 1 Example 52.992885	Number	optional
Overall Longitude	overview-lon	If there are two sides to the service area, define a central point for the map to focus on. Remember longitudes are often negative! Default Will take longitude 1 Example -2.287377	Number	optional
Directions	directions	Give directions of how to get to the service area from each approach (excluding minor roads).	Content	required
Type	type	If set to closed or planned, it will change the structure of the page. Embed disables many features. Example closed	String	optional
Class	class	For embedded pages, set the road type. Example motorway	String	optional
Grid Reference	gridref	For embedded pages - the OS grid reference. Example SJ962050	String	suggested
Country	country	If this page is about a service area in Ireland, it needs to be stated, as different maps will be provided. Default UK Example Ireland	String	optional