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Location map of Marquesas Islands
name Marquesas Islands
border
coordinates
-7.5
-141 ←↕→ -138
-11
map center 9°15′S 139°30′W / 9.25°S 139.5°W / -9.25; -139.5
image Marquesas Islands location map.svg


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

Map definition

  • name = Marquesas Islands
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = -11
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = -141
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = -138
    Longitude at right edge of map, in decimal degrees

Precision

Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 3 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.015 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.003 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 3.5 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.0175 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0035 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions