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Location map of Kuril Islands
name Kuril Islands
border
coordinates
51.3837
144.7492 ←↕→ 157.3007
42.9694
map center 47°10′36″N 151°01′30″E / 47.17655°N 151.02495°E / 47.17655; 151.02495
image Kurily.svg
image1 Relief Map of Kurily.png


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

Map definition

  • name = Kuril Islands
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = 42.9694
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = 144.7492
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = 157.3007
    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 12.5515 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.0628 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0126 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 8.4143 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.0421 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0084 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions