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Location map of Greater Manchester
name Greater Manchester
border
coordinates
53.7
-2.8 ←↕→ -1.9
53.32
map center 53°31′N 2°21′W / 53.51°N 2.35°W / 53.51; -2.35
image Greater Manchester UK location map 2.svg
image1 Greater Manchester UK relief location map.jpg
image3 Greater Manchester with former districts.png


Module:Location map/data/United Kingdom Greater Manchester is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Greater Manchester. 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 "United Kingdom Greater Manchester":

Map definition

  • name = Greater Manchester
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = 53.32
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = -2.8
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = -1.9
    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 0.9 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.0045 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0009 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 0.38 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.0019 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0004 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions