In matplotlib, the word `location` is used to determine the location of the ticks along the `axis` -- for example we want ticks at the locations `x == 1` and `x == 2`, and the word `Locator` is used to describe the algorithms that select locations.

For this concept, on which axes the ticks are to appear, the word `position` is used.  Subtle difference for two words that are virtually synonymous, but I think the consistency with matplotlib would help here.

Matplotlib has the methods `set_ticks_position` that analogous to this concept, so we should probably use the same spelling.