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Location map of German Democratic Republic
name German Democratic Republic
border
coordinates
54.825
9.616 ←↕→ 15.413
50.043
map center 52°26′02″N 12°30′52″E / 52.434°N 12.5145°E / 52.434; 12.5145
image Germany, German Demorcratic Republic location map w·o FRG July 1952 - October 1990.svg


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

Map definition

  • name = German Democratic Republic
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = 50.043
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = 9.616
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = 15.413
    Longitude at right edge of map, in decimal degrees

Precision

Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 5.797 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.029 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0058 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 4.782 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.0239 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0048 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions