Thread:Extension talk:Maps/Status with service link?/reply (2)

set up links to display a map of a particular coordinate in a separate page.

The disadvantage of embedding maps in a wiki page is that it slows down the loading of the page, so to speed things up an alternative is to have a link to open a map in a separate tab/window. If you just have one, you can simply put that in a standard template, but if you have several different mapbases or, for example, if you want to combine the display with data from other sources, then the service link provides an inbuilt 'popup' for users to choose which one they want.