Help:Locations

Location also known as Archival Geography, refers to all places within Middle-earth that have borders and maps including Lands, Regions, Areas, Settlements, and other places inhabited and governed by all Races within this realm.

What are Locations

Locations are separated into different categories:

Examples of the different location text sizes and colours

• Lands

Locations viewed on the first layer of the Middle-earth map -- (all Lands)

Currently there are six lands: Eriador, Rhovanion, Rohan, Gondor, Mordor, and Haradwaith

• Regions

Locations viewed on the second layer of the Middle-earth map; found on the land maps -- (all Regions)

Pop-up Text: Large sized, beige text

Examples: Angmar, Bree-land, Dunland, East Rohan, Central Gondor

• Sub-regions

Locations viewed on the third layer of the Middle-earth map; found on the region maps, which have their own map -- (all Sub-regions)

Pop-up Text: Medium sized, yellow text

Examples: Redhorn Lodes, The East Wall, Wildermore, Zelem-melek

• Areas

Locations viewed on the third or fourth layer of the Middle-earth map; found on the region maps if without their own map -- (all Areas)

Pop-up Text: Medium sized, yellow text

Examples: Fords of Isen, Agarnaith, Sutcrofts

• Settlements

Locations viewed on any layer of the Middle-earth map (except the Land maps); found on a region, sub-region or area map (these are named places that may or may not have their own map) -- (all Settlements)

Pop-up Text: Large settlements depict Medium sized, yellow text (some large settlements show both yellow text name and white text name)

Pop-up Text: Small settlements depict Small sized, white text

• City: has a map -- (all Cities)
• Town: shows area text (may or may not show landmark text as well) -- (all Towns)
• Village: shows landmark text -- (all Villages)
• Camp: shows the blue icon on map -- (all Camps)

Examples: Rivendell, Isengard, Edoras, Minas Tirith

• Landmarks

Locations viewed on the Middle-earth map that represent buildings, structures, city sections, and other noteworthy locations that are of outstanding, historical, aesthetic, or cultural importance.

POIs (red flag) are Landmarks, but some Landmarks do not show flag.

Pop-up Text: Small sized, white text

Examples: Market Square, Lady's Rest, Brandywine Bridge, Bones of Smaug

Special PvMP locations viewed on the Middle-earth map that represent locations that are controlled by one side and contested by another represented by one of two icons.

• Keep: Must be flipped by the opposing faction (Freeps vs. Creeps)
• Outpost: Can be flipped by either the opposing faction or by The Delving of Frór NPCs.

• Interiors

Locations that require a character to step into an instance, whether they step through a door into a building or through a cave entrance into a network of tunnels or crypts - (all Interiors)

Examples: The Forsaken Inn, Lalia's Market, Caves of the Avorrim, Lake-town Trading Hall

• Instances

Locations that are separate from the world, sometimes duplicate copies of places, which are used for Quest Instances, Skirmishes, Public Dungeons and World Instances - - (see all Instances)

Examples: Goblin-town, Defence of Minas Tirith, The Siege of Gondamon, The Rift of Nûrz Ghâshu (Raid)

Adding Map Coordinates

When documenting a location, you can add interactive map coordinates using the {{Tooltip Coords}} template. Readers who hover over the coordinates will see the region map with a marker at that exact spot.

Basic usage:

{{Tooltip Coords|Bree-land|29.8S|51.3W}}

This displays as a clickable coordinate link like [29.8S, 51.3W]. Hovering shows the Bree-land map with a marker at that position.

Multiple locations on one map: Use the {{LocationList}} template to show several points on the same map when the reader hovers over any of them:

{{LocationList
| The Shire | 31.4S | 71.1W | Hobbiton
| The Shire | 28.0S | 76.0W | Needlehole
| The Shire | 33.3S | 65.7W | Woodhall
}}

For detailed documentation on the coordinate system — including how to add new maps, set up aliases, handle instance maps with shifted coordinate systems, and customise marker colours — see User:Eleazaros/coords.js/doc.

The coordinate overlays are provided by the coords gadget.

Naming Locations

Naming has always been a topic of contention, here on Lotro-Wiki we strive to be consistent (which does not always follow the game) and we do our best to keep things easy to find and organized.

Naming convention guidelines are as follows:

• Map name - if a location has a map use the name on that map.
• Mini-map - if a location does not have a map use the name shown under the mini-map
• Pop up text - when in doubt check the name text size and colour when entering the location

• Large, beige text = Region
• Medium yellow text = Sub-region
• Medium yellow text = Area or Settlement
• Small white text = Landmark

Note: when labeling settlements use the description in the settlement section based on if it shows area or landmark text, or both.

See Also

• Help:Gadgets — interactive site features including map coordinates, item tooltips, and more
• Template:Tooltip Coords — template documentation for adding coordinates
• User:Eleazaros/coords.js/doc — full coordinate system documentation (adding maps, aliases, instance maps)