Module:Location map/data/United Kingdom Channel Islands/doc

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Location map of Channel Islands
name Channel Islands
border
coordinates
52
-6.5 ←↕→ 2.4
48
map center 50°00′N 2°03′W
image English Channel location map.svg
image1 Relief Map of English Channel.png


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

Map definition

  • name = Channel Islands
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = 48
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = -6.5
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = 2.4
    Longitude at right edge of map, in decimal degrees

Alternative map

The map defined as image1 (Relief Map of English Channel.png) can be displayed by using the relief or AlternativeMap parameters in {{Location map}}, {{Location map many}} and {{Location map+}}. The use of these two parameters is shown in the examples below. Additional examples can be found at:

Precision

Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 8.9 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.0445 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0089 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 4 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.02 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.004 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates
Creating new map definitions
Infobox templates incorporating (passing values to) the Location map template
List