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== Usage ==
===Blank templates===
See [[Template:Geobox/type]] for descriptions of each feature type: Protected area, Region, River, Settlement, etc.

Blank templates for each feature type:
* [[Template:Geobox/type/all]] – using all fields
* [[Template:Geobox/type/bell]] – using <code><nowiki>{{Geobox|Monument</nowiki></code>
* [[Template:Geobox/type/building]] – using <code><nowiki>{{Geobox|Building</nowiki></code>
* [[Template:Geobox/type/nature]] – using <code><nowiki>{{Geobox|Protected area</nowiki></code>
* [[Template:Geobox/type/range]] – using <code><nowiki>{{Geobox|Range</nowiki></code>
* [[Template:Geobox/type/region]] – using <code><nowiki>{{Geobox|Region</nowiki></code>
* [[Template:Geobox/type/river]] – using <code><nowiki>{{Geobox|River</nowiki></code>
* [[Template:Geobox/type/settlement]] – using <code><nowiki>{{Geobox|Settlement</nowiki></code>
* [[Template:Geobox/type/valley]] – using <code><nowiki>{{Geobox|Valley</nowiki></code>

===Examples===
See the following for examples of template usage:
* [[Template:Geobox/sample]] – using all fields
* [[Template:Geobox/doc/Protected area]] – using <code><nowiki>{{Geobox|Protected area</nowiki></code>
* [[Template:Geobox/doc/Range]] – using <code><nowiki>{{Geobox|Range</nowiki></code>
* [[Template:Geobox/doc/Region]] – using <code><nowiki>{{Geobox|Region</nowiki></code>
* [[Template:Geobox/doc/River]] – using <code><nowiki>{{Geobox|River</nowiki></code>
* [[Template:Geobox/doc/Settlement]] – using <code><nowiki>{{Geobox|Settlement</nowiki></code>

== Parameters ==
A full list of the parameters available can be found at [[Template:Geobox/legend#Fields]].

== Purpose ==
These geoboxes were created:
* To provide a means for creating consistently-formatted tables and summarizing information
* To improve navigation between articles within closely-related subjects
* To maximize the ease of creating and upgrading infoboxes
* To improve the ease of transferring information to other language Wikipedias by using standardized, database-like fields

== Features ==
* no need to format the input data in any way; it is handled by the template
* automated locator dot placement on maps, based on coordinates or X/Y values
* automated unit conversion from metric to imperial or reverse
* automated wikilinking
* additional fields
* background maps
* foldable list on all multiple fields
* international categories, (e.g., [[World Heritage Site]]), eliminating the need for a second infobox on the same page

== Tracking categories ==

* [[:Category:Geobox usage tracking]]

== Other guidelines ==
This general, multi-purpose geobox template duplicates features contained in various other, more specific [[:Category:Geography and place infobox templates|geography and place infobox templates]] (like {{tl|Infobox settlement}} for settlements, and {{tl|Infobox protected area}} for protected areas. Editors should not change from one to the other without good reason or broad consensus.

* The use of this template for mountains is '''''deprecated'''''. Use {{tl|Infobox mountain}} instead. All instances have been replaced.
* The use of this template for mountain ranges is '''''deprecated'''''. Use {{tl|Infobox mountain range}} instead. All instances have been replaced.
* The use of this template for provinces is '''''deprecated'''''. Use {{tl|Infobox settlement}} instead. The [[:Category:Geobox usage tracking for province type|former instances]] have been replaced.

== See also ==

* [[Help:Infobox]] – from the Editor Handbook
* [[Template:Geobox/history|History]] – version notes
* [[Template:Geobox/legend|Legend]] – instructions for each field
* [[Template:Geobox/sample|Samples]] – several completed examples to view for reference
* [[Template:Geobox/type|Types]] – sample templates for buildings, nature protected areas, regions, settlements and water, etc.

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