Module:Location map/data/United Kingdom Lake District/doc

This is the documentation page for Module:Location map/data/United Kingdom Lake District


Location map of Lake District
name Lake District
border
coordinates
54.8
-3.65 ←↕→ -2.6
54.05
map center 54°25′30″N 3°07′30″W / 54.425°N 3.125°W / 54.425; -3.125
image Lake_District_National_Park_UK_location_map.svg
image1 Lake_District_National_Park_UK_relief_location_map.png


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

Map definition

  • name = Lake District
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = 54.05
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = -3.65
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = -2.6
    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 1.05 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.0053 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0011 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 0.75 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.0038 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0008 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions