Module:Location map/data/United States Chicago

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Location map of Chicago
name Chicago
border
coordinates
41.9653
-87.7738 ←↕→ -87.5658
41.8096
map center 41°53′15″N 87°40′11″W / 41.88745°N 87.6698°W / 41.88745; -87.6698
image Location map Chicago.png
Location map Chicago.png


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

Map definition

  • name = Chicago
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = 41.8096
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = -87.7738
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = -87.5658
    Longitude at right edge of map, in decimal degrees

Precision

Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 0.208 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.001 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0002 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 0.1557 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.0008 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0002 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions


return {
	name = 'Chicago',
	top = 41.9653,
	bottom = 41.8096,
	left = -87.7738,
	right = -87.5658,
	image = 'Location map Chicago.png'
}