User:Billingd/maps

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Playing around with maps

Wikipedia resources[edit]

Some wikipedia resources:

Projections for Australian maps[edit]

According to the Australian Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM) here:

The Lambert Conformal Conic is the preferred projection for regional maps in mid-latitudes. In Australia the national mapping agency prefers to use this projection using 18° and 36° South as the two Standard Parallels. Projection information: Lambert Conformal Conic; centred on 140° East and 25° South, and two Standard Parallels 18° and 36° South.

Cosgrove track[edit]

The Cosgrove volcano hotspot track is a theorized chain of volcanoes through eastern Australia.[1][2]

I want to create an image like this. Coordinate data from Davies[1], Extended Data Table 1

Template:Location map+ places one or more location marks on a map, with optional labels. One of the examples is a map of Australia using Module:Location map/data/Australia with base map image Commons:File:Australia_location_map.svg.

Billingd/maps is located in Australia
Sydney
Sydney
Melbourne
Melbourne
Example from template docs

OK. Looks OK for a start

Billingd/maps is located in Australia
Hillsborough
Hillsborough
Nebo
Nebo
Peak Range
Peak Range
Springsure
Springsure
Buckland
Buckland
Byrock
Byrock
Begargo
Begargo
Griffith
Griffith
Cosgrove
Cosgrove
Cosgrove volcano hotspot track

Maps with overlays[edit]

Looking for examples of maps with overlays:

Play with Uganda example

Billingd/maps is located in Uganda
Kampala
Kampala
Gulu
Gulu

and with image_overlay added

Billingd/maps is located in Uganda
Kampala
Kampala
Gulu
Gulu

Tasmantid Seamount Chain[edit]

Maps and tables for Tasmantid Seamount Chain.[3][4][5][6]

Coordinates from GEBCO Undersea Feature Names [1].

Some info on Mellish Reef here [2].

Another base map is Commons:File:Australasia_and_South_Pacific_locator_map.svg

Here are some Commons:location markers

First attempt at overlay is Commons:File:Tasmantid seamount track overlay.svg

Seamount Location Age (Ma) Notes
Mellish Reef 17°25′S 155°50′E / 17.42°S 155.83°E / -17.42; 155.83 (Mellish Reef) Possible northern extension
Kenn Reef 21°16′S 155°48′E / 21.26°S 155.8°E / -21.26; 155.8 (Kenn Reef)
Wreck Reefs 22°11′S 155°20′E / 22.18°S 155.33°E / -22.18; 155.33 (Wreck Reefs) 33.2±1.5 to 30.0±1.2[5]
Cato Island 23°15′S 155°32′E / 23.25°S 155.53°E / -23.25; 155.53 (Cato Reef) 31.6±0.7[5]
Fraser Seamount 24°24′S 155°17′E / 24.40°S 155.29°E / -24.40; 155.29 (Fraser Seamount)
Recorder Seamounts 25°10′S 154°55′E / 25.17°S 154.91°E / -25.17; 154.91 (Recorder Seamount) 26.4±1.0[5]
Moreton Seamount 25°58′S 154°57′E / 25.96°S 154.95°E / -25.96; 154.95 (Moreton Seamount)
Brisbane Seamounts 26°27′S 155°00′E / 26.45°S 155.0°E / -26.45; 155.0 (Brisbane Seamount) 25.1±0.7[5]
Queensland Guyot 27°30′S 155°18′E / 27.50°S 155.30°E / -27.50; 155.30 (Queensland Guyot) 24.9±0.5[5]
Britannia Guyots 28°38′S 155°30′E / 28.63°S 155.50°E / -28.63; 155.50 (Britannia Seamount) 22.7±0.8 to 19.7±1.1[5]
Stradbroke Seamount 29°04′S 155°46′E / 29.07°S 155.76°E / -29.07; 155.76 (Stradbroke Seamount) 19.8±0.4 to 17.3±0.9[5]
Derwent-Hunter Guyot 30°51′S 155°48′E / 30.85°S 155.8°E / -30.85; 155.8 (Derwent-Hunter Guyot) 16.1±0.2 to 14.7±0.4[5]
Barcoo Bank 32°35′S 156°15′E / 32.58°S 156.25°E / -32.58; 156.25 (Barcoo Bank)
Taupo Bank 33°06′S 156°17′E / 33.1°S 156.28°E / -33.1; 156.28 (Taupo Bank) 11.3±0.2 to 10.5±0.1[6]
Kimbla Seamount 35°30′S 156°18′E / 35.5°S 156.30°E / -35.5; 156.30 (Kimbla Seamount)
Gascoyne Seamount 36°40′S 156°12′E / 36.66°S 156.20°E / -36.66; 156.20 (Gascoyne Seamount) 6.5±0.6[5]
Tasmantid Hotspot 39°00′S 156°00′E / 39.0°S 156.0°E / -39.0; 156.0 (Tasmantid Hotspot) Presumed location[4]
Billingd/maps is located in Australia and New Zealand
Fraser S
Fraser S
Recorder S
Recorder S
Moreton S
Moreton S
Brisbane S
Brisbane S
Queensland G
Queensland G
Britannia G
Britannia G
Stradbroke S
Stradbroke S
Derwent Hunter G
Derwent Hunter G
Barcoo B
Barcoo B
Taupo B
Taupo B
Kimbla S
Kimbla S
Tasmantid Hotspot
Tasmantid Hotspot
Tasmantid Seamount Chain. Abbreviations: B=Bank; G=Guyot; I=Island; R=Reef and S=Seamount

Location map+ | Australia and New Zealand[edit]

How accurate are locations on Module:Location map/data/Australia and New Zealand using Template:Location map+ ? Very wrong!! Cape Howe and Point Danger are the locations where the state borders meet the coast. Errors are approximately 200 km.

Test location placement: Cape Howe and Point Danger are the locations where the state borders meet the coast. Errors are approximately 200 km.

Asked about this at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Maps#Location_map_of_Australia_and_New_Zealand

Also requested a new map at Wikipedia:Graphics_Lab/Map_workshop

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Davies, D. Rhodri; Rawlinson, N.; Iaffaldano, G.; Campbell, I. H. (Sep 2015). "Lithospheric controls on magma composition along Earth's longest continental hotspot track". Nature. 525: 511–514. doi:10.1038/nature14903.
  2. ^ Gary, Stuart (2015-09-15). "World's longest continental volcanic chain, the Cosgrove hotspot track, discovered in Australia". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  3. ^ Richards, F. D.; Kalnins, L. M.; Watts, A. B.; Cohen, B. E.; Beaman, R. J. (October 2018). "The Morphology of the Tasmantid Seamounts: Interactions Between Tectonic Inheritance and Magmatic Evolution" (PDF). Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 19 (10): 3870–3891. doi:10.1029/2018GC007821.
  4. ^ a b Seton, Maria; Williams, Simon; Mortimer, Nick; Meffre, Sebastien; Micklethwaite, Steven; Zahirovic, Sabin (2019-01-22). "Magma production along the Lord Howe Seamount Chain, northern Zealandia". Geological Magazine. 156 (9): 1605–1617. doi:10.1017/S0016756818000912. ISSN 0016-7568.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Crossingham, Tracey J.; Vasconcelos, Paulo M.; Cunningham, Toby; Knesel, Kurt M. (Sep 2019). "40Ar/39Ar geochronology and volume estimates of the Tasmantid Seamounts: Support for a change in the motion of the Australian plate". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 343: 95–108. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.06.014.
  6. ^ a b McDougall, Ian; Duncan, Robert A. (1988). "Age progressive volcanism in the Tasmantid Seamounts". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 98: 207–220. doi:10.1016/0012-821X(88)90173-2.