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Map of Alaska (click on map to see larger image)

Template:Location map USA Alaska is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of the U.S. state of Alaska. 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 "USA Alaska":

Map definition

Technical details

For a map using an equirectangular projection which does not cross +/-180 longitude, or +/-90 latitude, the following expressions can be used:

x = 100*(long - left)/(right - left)
y = 100*(lat - top)/(bottom - top)

where lat and long are the degrees latitude and longitude respectively. Here, top and bottom are the degrees latitude of the top and bottom edges of the map, left and right are the degrees latitude of the left and right edges of the map.

Things are a bit more complicated when the map crosses +/-180 longitude, and some sort of "modulo arithmetic" is required. Here, we add 360 if the longitude is less than 0, then use a mapping based on positive coordinates. The following table can be used to check if the expressions are working as desired:

location lat long (x,y) test (x,y) exact
top/left 72 172 (Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".,Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".) (0,0)
top/right 72 -129 (Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".,Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".) (100,0)
bottom/left 51 172 (Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".,Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".) (0,100)
bottom/right 51 -129 (Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".,Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".) (100,100)
center 61.5 201.5 (Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".,Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".) (50,50)

Alternative map

The map defined as image1 (Template:Location map/data/USA Alaska) can be displayed by using the relief or AlternativeMap parameters in {{Location map}}, {{Location map many}} and {{Location map+}}. The map defined as image2 (Template:Location map/data/USA Alaska) can only be displayed by using the AlternativeMap parameter. The use of these two parameters is shown in the examples below. Additional examples can be found at:

Examples using location map templates

Location map: Eastern hemisphere, Deg/Min/Sec coordinates

Attu Island is located in Alaska
Attu Island
Attu Island
Attu Island (Alaska)
{{Location map | USA Alaska
| width = 250
| float = right
| label = Attu Island
| position = right
| lat_deg =  52 | lat_min= 54 | lat_sec = 09 | lat_dir = N
| lon_deg = 172 | lon_min= 54 | lon_sec = 34 | lon_dir = E
}}

Location map: Eastern hemisphere, Decimal coordinates

Attu Island is located in Alaska
Attu Island
Attu Island
Attu Island (Alaska)
{{Location map | USA Alaska
| width = 250
| float = right
| label = Attu Island
| position = right
| lat = 52.9025
| long = 172.909444
}}

Location map: Western hemisphere, Deg/Min/Sec coordinates, Relief map

Ketchikan is located in Alaska
Ketchikan
Ketchikan
Location of Ketchikan in Alaska
{{Location map | USA Alaska
| relief = yes
| width = 250
| float = right
| label = Ketchikan
| position = left
| caption = Location of [[Ketchikan]] in Alaska
| lat_deg =  55 | lat_min= 21 | lat_sec = 00 | lat_dir = N
| lon_deg = 131 | lon_min= 40 | lon_sec = 24 | lon_dir = W
}}

Location map: Western hemisphere, Decimal coordinates, AlternativeMap

Ketchikan is located in Alaska
Ketchikan
Ketchikan
Location of Ketchikan in Alaska
{{Location map | USA Alaska
| AlternativeMap = 800x598 Carte Alaska R3.jpg
| width = 250
| float = right
| label = Ketchikan
| position = left
| caption = Location of [[Ketchikan]] in Alaska
| lat = 55.35
| long = -131.673333
}}

Location map many: Deg/Min/Sec

Location map/data/USA Alaska/doc is located in Alaska
Attu Island
Attu Island
Ketchikan
Ketchikan
{{Location map many | USA Alaska
| float = right | width = 300
| caption = [[Attu Island]] and [[Ketchikan]] in Alaska
| label = Attu Island | label_size = 90 | pos = right
| lat_deg =  52 | lat_min= 54 | lat_sec = 09 | lat_dir = N
| lon_deg = 172 | lon_min= 54 | lon_sec = 34 | lon_dir = E
| label2 = Ketchikan | label2_size = 90 | pos2 = left
| lat2_deg =  55 | lat2_min= 21 | lat2_sec = 00 | lat2_dir = N
| lon2_deg = 131 | lon2_min= 40 | lon2_sec = 24 | lon2_dir = W
}}

Location map many: Decimal coordinates

Location map/data/USA Alaska/doc is located in Alaska
Attu Island
Attu Island
Ketchikan
Ketchikan
{{Location map many | USA Alaska
| float = right | width = 300
| caption = [[Attu Island]] and [[Ketchikan]] in Alaska
| label = Attu Island | label_size = 90 | pos = right
| lat = 52.9025
| long = 172.909444
| label2 = Ketchikan | label2_size = 90 | pos2 = left
| lat2 = 55.35
| long2 = -131.673333
}}

See also

Location map templates
Infobox templates incorporating (passing values to) the Location map template
List