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Location map of Hesse
name Hesse
border
coordinates
51.756153
7.597045 ←↕→ 10.3364
49.31706
map center 50°32′12″N 8°58′00″E / 50.5366065°N 8.9667225°E / 50.5366065; 8.9667225
image Hesse location map.svg
image1 Hesse relief location map.svg


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

Map definition

  • name = Hesse
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = 49.31706
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = 7.597045
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = 10.3364
    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 2.7394 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.0137 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0027 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 2.4391 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.0122 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0024 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions