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Location map of North Rhine-Westphalia
name North Rhine-Westphalia
border
coordinates
52.552
5.834 ←↕→ 9.481
50.315
map center 51°26′01″N 7°39′27″E / 51.4335°N 7.6575°E / 51.4335; 7.6575
image North Rhine-Westphalia location map 01.svg
image1 North Rhine-Westphalia relief location map.jpg


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

Map definition

  • name = North Rhine-Westphalia
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = 50.315
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = 5.834
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = 9.481
    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 3.647 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.0182 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0036 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 2.237 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.0112 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0022 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions