Module:Location map/data/Earth

Lua module

AI overview

This is a behind-the-scenes tool that Wikipedia uses to place location markers accurately on map images of Earth for articles. It provides the technical data needed so that when Wikipedia editors add a map to an article, the locations they mark show up in the correct geographic spots.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

In the Vinony graph

The entry is geolocated on the map.

It is catalogued under the topic Location map modules.

Vinony links it to 80 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Depicts: Earth

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Encyclopedic overview

Module documentation

Module:Location map/data/Earth is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Earth. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Module:Location map/data/Earth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.