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Location map of Northwest South America
name Northwest South America
border
coordinates
12.6
-82.65 ←↕→ -57.45
-18.7
map center 3°03′S 70°03′W / 3.05°S 70.05°W / -3.05; -70.05
image Northwest South America.png


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

Map definition

  • name = Northwest South America
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = -18.7
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = -82.65
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = -57.45
    Longitude at right edge of map, in decimal degrees

Precision

Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 25.2 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.126 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0252 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 31.3 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.1565 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0313 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions