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Location map of Venus
name Venus
border
coordinates
90
-180 ←↕→ 180
-90
map center 0°N 0°E / 0°N 0°E / 0; 0
image Venus map NASA JPL Magellan-Venera-Pioneer.jpg


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

Map definition

  • name = Venus
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = -90
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = -180
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = 180
    Longitude at right edge of map, in decimal degrees

Precision

Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 0 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 180 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.9 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.18 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions