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An alternative map image, usually a relief map, which can be displayed via the relief or AlternativeMap parameters; top = 28 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 7 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = -93 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees; right = -58 Longitude at right edge of map, in ...
Map of San Francsico Bay Area. Module:Location map/data/San Francisco Bay Area is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of San Francisco Bay Area. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Longitude before the telescope. Eratosthenes in the 3rd century BCE first proposed a system of latitude and longitude for a map of the world. His prime meridian (line of longitude) passed through Alexandria and Rhodes, while his parallels (lines of latitude) were not regularly spaced, but passed through known locations, often at the expense of being straight lines.
In Cartography and Maps, the traditional way of works are local datum. With a local datum the land can be mapped on relative small areas as a country. With the need of global systems, the transformations on between datum became a problem, so geodetic datum have been created. More than 150 local datum have been used in the world. See also
Module:Location map/data/United States Hawaii (island) Module:Location map/data/United States Hawaii (island) is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Hawaii (island). The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Gozan no Okuribi (五山送り火, roughly "The Five Mountainous Send-Off Fires"), more commonly known as Daimonji (大文字, roughly "big letter"), is a festival in Kyoto, Japan. It is the culmination of the Obon festival on August 16, in which five giant bonfires are lit on mountains surrounding the city. It signifies the moment when the ...
Location map of USA Midwest. / 42.825; -92.25. Module:Location map/data/USA Midwest is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of USA Midwest. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
The World Geographic Reference System ( GEOREF) is a geocode, a grid-based method of specifying locations on the surface of the Earth. GEOREF is essentially based on the geographic system of latitude and longitude, but using a simpler and more flexible notation. GEOREF was used primarily in aeronautical charts for air navigation, [1 ...