Is it possible to make a reference to the page where a figure is rendered?
I would like to write something like
see figure~\ref{figure-xyz} on page NN
where NN will automatically be maintained by LaTeX. The figure that prompted my question is almost a page so it may be floated further in the doc.
I suppose it's possible, after all the figure-to-page mapping is generated by \listoffigures.
see figure~\ref{figure-xyz} on page~\pageref{figure-xyz}
Also see the varioref package which lets you write see figure~\vref{figure-xyz} which will automatically add the "on page NN" iff the figure is not on the current page.
Just use \pageref{}, so in your case:
see figure \ref{figure-xyz} on page \pageref{figure-xyz}
~. Without it, it could happen, that figure is placed at the end of the line and the number \ref{} at the beginning of the next line. ~ inserts an unbreakable space so that the number can't be divided from figure which is good typography. Same for ~\cite etc.
– Mensch
Sep 04 '12 at 23:31
A quite complete solution for page references at package cleveref (Cleveref documentation). You don't have to write "page" or "pages" when cross-referencing, neither "figure" or "figures" (!).
if you want a page reference, use
\cpageref(and don’t write “page” in front), if you want a page range, use\cpagerefrange, and if you want to refer to multiple pages, simply throw all your comma separated labels into a single\cpageref.
In your case, I would use \cpageref{} for the page and \cref{} for the figure itself, for example,
%At preamble
\usepackage{cleveref}
%...
see \cref{figure-xyz} on \cpageref{figure-xyz}
By the way, as an extra plus, you do not have to mind the ~ between Figure and \ref. All these issues are managed by the package =)
~before\vref. Any ordinary space will be converted into an unbreakable space. – Ricardo Cruz May 16 '15 at 12:12