paul@203 | 1 | Map definitions of the form `<bottom left> <top right> <width> <height> <filename>` for each map. Each corner is specified in the form `<latitude> <longitude>` where northern latitudes are positive, southern latitudes are negative, western longitudes are negative, and eastern longitudes are positive. |
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paul@203 | 3 | Latitudes and longitudes are thus written as `[+|-] <degrees> [ : <minutes> [ : <seconds> ] ]` - in other words, a positive or negative number of degrees optionally followed by a colon and a number of minutes, optionally followed by a colon and a number of seconds. |
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paul@203 | 5 | Widths and heights are specified as numbers of pixels. Each filename must refer to an attachment which has been attached to this page and which has the given filename. |
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paul@203 | 7 | europe:: 28 -23 73 37 600 450 europe-600x450.png |
paul@203 | 8 | europe-large:: 28 -23 73 37 900 675 europe-900x675.png |
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paul@203 | 10 | The bundled maps have been generated using [[http://www.mapnik.org/|Mapnik]] according to the [[http://trac.mapnik.org/wiki/GettingStarted|Mapnik tutorial]], together with boundary data (`world_borders.zip`) from [[http://mappinghacks.com/data/|Mapping Hacks]]. |