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A enthusiastic reader of Wikipedia and occasional contributor. Contributions tend to focus on Western New York State, the Adirondacks, Northern Virginia, literature, and film.
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[edit] Cool NY map-making discovery
I just discovered this here: Template:GBNewYorkState -- This template displays a map of New York State Image:GBNewYorkState.png and places a red dot Image:GBRedDot.png in an appropriate place. Call is of the form
- {{GBNewYorkState|Px|Py}}
where Px and Py are numbers which specify the location of the dot. If the longitude Lx and Latitude Ly are known, the pixel positions for the dot can be calculated by
- Px = (-32.434 × Lx) + 2591.4
- Py = (-45.363 × Ly) + 2041.8
The latitude and longitude must be in degrees and fractions of a degree, and longitude is a positive number (contrary to convention). For example, Buffalo, NY is at latitude 42 degrees, 54 minutes, 17 seconds. In degrees thats Ly=42+54/60+17/3600=42.9047 degrees. The pixel position Py is then -45.363 x 42.9047 + 2041.8 = 95. Similarly, Px=34 and so, to display the map with a red dot at Buffalo, NY one would use
- {{GBNewYorkState|34|95}}
Due to distortions and other reasons, these numbers can be off by a noticeable amount, so they should be checked and corrected before saving. PAR 21:07, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
- I tried this for my hometown of Williamson, NY at 43.231446° -77.186508° (+43° 13' 53.21", -77° 11' 11.43") and it worked beautifully. Kudos to the developer.
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Jim Dunning 16:41, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
- Creating the map image works beautifully, but using it with the Template:Infobox Towns NY presents some issues (I suspect the same issues apply for all similar Infoboxes). Contacting the creator of the Infobox for NY towns to suggest a mod that permits use of this map image template. Jim Dunning 17:23, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
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