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Location map of Chicago metropolitan area
name Chicago metropolitan area
border
coordinates
42.336
-88.465 ←↕→ -87.304
41.426
map center 41°52′52″N 87°53′04″W / 41.881°N 87.8845°W / 41.881; -87.8845
image Chicago locator map.png


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

Map definition

  • name = Chicago metropolitan area
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = 41.426
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = -88.465
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = -87.304
    Longitude at right edge of map, in decimal degrees

Precision

Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 1.161 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.0058 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0012 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 0.91 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.0045 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0009 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions