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Location map of Ascension Island
name Ascension Island
border
coordinates
-7.8824
-14.4312 ←↕→ -14.2833
-8.0001
map center 7°56′29″S 14°21′26″W / 7.94125°S 14.35725°W / -7.94125; -14.35725
image United Kingdom Ascension location map.svg
image1 United Kingdom Ascension relief location map.svg


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

Map definition

  • name = Ascension Island
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = -8.0001
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = -14.4312
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = -14.2833
    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 0.1479 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.0007 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0001 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 0.1177 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.0006 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0001 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions