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Location map of Afro-Eurasia
name Afro-Eurasia
border
coordinates
67
4 ←↕→ 71.3
18
map center 42°30′N 37°39′E / 42.5°N 37.65°E / 42.5; 37.65
image Afro-Eurasia location map2.svg


Module:Location map/data/Afro-Eurasia equirectangular is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Afro-Eurasia. 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 "Afro-Eurasia equirectangular":

Map definition

  • name = Afro-Eurasia
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = 18
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = 4
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = 71.3
    Longitude at right edge of map, in decimal degrees

Precision

Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 67.3 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.3365 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0673 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 49 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.245 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.049 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions