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Location map of Metropole de Lyon
name Metropole de Lyon
border
coordinates
45.949
4.663 ←↕→ 5.095
45.55
map center 45°44′58″N 4°52′44″E / 45.7495°N 4.879°E / 45.7495; 4.879
image Metropole of Lyon map-locator-blank-2015.svg
image1 Geoloc Metropole de Lyon Relief.svg


Module:Location map/data/Grand Lyon is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Metropole de Lyon. 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 "Grand Lyon":

Map definition

  • name = Metropole de Lyon
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = 45.55
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = 4.663
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = 5.095
    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 0.432 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.0022 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0004 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 0.399 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.002 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