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Location map of Washington Metropolitan Area
name Washington Metropolitan Area
border
coordinates
39.728953
-78.391863 ←↕→ -76.362749
37.990552
map center 38°51′35″N 77°22′38″W / 38.8597525°N 77.377306°W / 38.8597525; -77.377306
image USA Washington Metropolitan Area location map.svg


Module:Location map/data/USA Washington Metropolitan Area is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Washington Metropolitan Area. 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 "USA Washington Metropolitan Area":

Map definition

  • name = Washington Metropolitan Area
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = 37.990552
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = -78.391863
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = -76.362749
    Longitude at right edge of map, in decimal degrees

Precision

Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 2.0291 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.0101 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.002 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 1.7384 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.0087 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0017 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions