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Location map of Asia-Pacific
name Asia-Pacific
border
coordinates
55.286
67.143 ←↕→ 180
-48.429
map center 3°25′43″N 123°34′17″E / 3.4285°N 123.5715°E / 3.4285; 123.5715
image Asia-Pacific location map equirectangular.svg
image1 Asia-Pacific location map equirectangular.svg


Module:Location map/data/Asia-Pacific is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Asia-Pacific. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.

Usage

These definitions are used by the following templates when invoked with parameter "Asia-Pacific":

Map definition

  • name = Asia-Pacific
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = -48.429
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = 67.143
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = 180
    Longitude at right edge of map, in decimal degrees

Alternative map

The {{Location map}}, {{Location map many}}, and {{Location map+}} templates have parameters to specify an alternative map image. The map displayed as image1 can be used with the relief or AlternativeMap parameters. Examples may be found below or in the following:

Precision

Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 112.857 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.5643 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.1129 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 103.715 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.5186 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.1037 degrees per pixel.


See also


Location map templates

Creating new map definitions