| /latitude | - | degrees, minutes, seconds |
| /longitude | - | or decimal form |
| /north|south | - | latitude direction |
| /east|west | - | longitude direction |
| /city|location | - | A nearby city, instead of lat/lon |
| /date|universal | - | date/time in universal format |
| /julian | - | date/time in Julian format |
| /image|size | - | Image width/height in pixels |
| /colour|color:[colour|color|black|white|night|red] | ||
| skymap 90 0 |
| - at the south pole |
| skymap /lat:21d18m21s /north /lon:157d51m36s /west |
| - Hololulu, Hawaii |
| skymap /city:Paris /date:[2000-01-01,1:00:00] |
| - Paris at the turn of the century |
| skymap /color:night /size:1024 |
| - large, red (night vision) map |