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Location map of Eastern South America
name Eastern South America
border
coordinates
8.6
-63.2 ←↕→ -34.53
-31.3
map center 11°21′00″S 48°51′54″W / 11.35°S 48.865°W / -11.35; -48.865
image Eastern South America.png


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

Map definition

  • name = Eastern South America
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = -31.3
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = -63.2
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = -34.53
    Longitude at right edge of map, in decimal degrees

Precision

Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 28.67 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.1434 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0287 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 39.9 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.1995 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0399 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions