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Usage

Location map of Eastern Mediterranean
name Eastern Mediterranean
border
coordinates
38
29 ←↕→ 42.5
29
map center 33°30′N 35°45′E / 33.5°N 35.75°E / 33.5; 35.75
image Mediterranean Sea East location map.svg
Map of the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Module:Location map/data/Mediterranean east is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Eastern Mediterranean. 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 "Mediterranean east":

Map definition

  • name = Eastern Mediterranean
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = 29
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = 29
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = 42.5
    Longitude at right edge of map, in decimal degrees

Precision

Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 13.5 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.0675 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0135 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 9 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.045 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.009 degrees per pixel.

Examples using location map templates

Location map, using default map (image)

Map of the modern-day eastern Mediterranean showing important sites that were occupied in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (clickable map)

{{#invoke:Location map/data/Mediterranean east|''function_name''}}

See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions