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Location map of Africa West
name Africa West
border
coordinates
29.3
-25.4 ←↕→ 4.3
4.35
map center 16°49′30″N 10°33′00″W / 16.825°N 10.55°W / 16.825; -10.55
image Africa West.png


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

Map definition

  • name = Africa West
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = 4.35
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = -25.4
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = 4.3
    Longitude at right edge of map, in decimal degrees

Precision

Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 29.7 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.1485 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0297 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 24.95 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.1248 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.025 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions