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Location map of Pacific Islands
name Pacific Islands
border
coordinates
22.8
140.4 ←↕→ -135.8
-23.5
map center 0°21′S 177°42′W / 0.35°S 177.7°W / -0.35; -177.7
image Pacific Islands.png


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

Map definition

  • name = Pacific Islands
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = -23.5
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = 140.4
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = -135.8
    Longitude at right edge of map, in decimal degrees

Precision

Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 83.8 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.419 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0838 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 46.3 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.2315 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0463 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions