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Location map of UK motorways
name UK motorways
border
coordinates
56.4433
-6.75 ←↕→ 1.4436
50.5
map center 53°28′18″N 2°39′12″W / 53.47165°N 2.6532°W / 53.47165; -2.6532
image UK motorways map (pale lines).svg


Module:Location map/data/United Kingdom motorways is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of UK motorways. 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 "United Kingdom motorways":

Map definition

  • name = UK motorways
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = 50.5
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = -6.75
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = 1.4436
    Longitude at right edge of map, in decimal degrees

Precision

Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 8.1936 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.041 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0082 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 5.9433 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.0297 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0059 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions