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Location map of New Britain
name New Britain
border
coordinates
-1.12
147.56 ←↕→ 154.03
-6.75
map center 3°56′06″S 150°47′42″E / 3.935°S 150.795°E / -3.935; 150.795
image Location map New Britain and Ireland.png


Module:Location map/data/Papua New Guinea New Britain and Ireland is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of New Britain. 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 "Papua New Guinea New Britain and Ireland":

Map definition

  • name = New Britain
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = -6.75
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = 147.56
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = 154.03
    Longitude at right edge of map, in decimal degrees

Precision

Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 6.47 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.0324 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0065 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 5.63 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.0282 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0056 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions