Outline Map of Colima, rectangular outline

Shaded Relief Location Map of Colima

This is not just a map. It's a piece of the world captured in the image.

The shaded relief location map represents one of many map types and styles available. Look at Colima, San Jose, Costa Rica from different perspectives.

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Maps of Colima

Maphill is a collection of map images. This image combines a shaded relief map with the globe centered on Colima. Use the buttons under the image to switch to different map types.

Each map type has its advantages. No map style is the best. The best is that Maphill lets you look at each place from many different angles.

Sure, this shaded relief location map is nice. But there is good chance you will like other map styles even more. Select another style in the above table. See Colima and San Jose from a different view.

What to do when you like this map?

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Use the buttons for Facebook, Twitter or Google+ to share a link to this shaded relief map of Colima. Maphill is the largest map gallery on the web. The number of maps is, however, not the only reason to visit Maphill.

You can embed, print or download the map just like any other image. All Colima and San Jose maps are available in a common image format. Free images are available under Free map link located above the map.

Is there anything more than this map?

Sure, there is. It has been said that Maphill maps are worth a thousand words. No doubt about that. But you can experience much more when you visit Colima.

San Jose has a lot to offer. Each place is different. Each place is worth a visit. It will never be possible to capture all the beauty in the map.

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Learn more about the map styles

Each map type offers different information and each map style is designed for a different purpose. Read about the styles and map projection used in the above map (Shaded Relief Location Map of Colima).

Shaded relief map shows landscape features, such as mountains, valleys and plateaus. Flat areas are smooth on the map, areas with steep slopes and mountains appear more rough. The above map of Colima was created using a digital elevation model.

Zoom in to see major highways, railroads and airports. Railroad network is marked with wide dashed red and white line. Major highways are marked with wide white line. Switch to the detailed view for far more detailed navigation map with live traffic updates, GPS navigation and travel directions.

The location map of Colima combines two projections: the orthographic azimuthal projection for the globe and the simple geographic projection for the rectangular part of the map. Geographic projection has straight meridians and parallels, each degree of latitude and longitude is the same size over the entire world map.

The orthographic azimuthal projection is a perspective projection from infinite distance. It was already known to the Egyptians and Greeks more than 2,000 years ago. It gives the appearance of the Earth viewed from outer space. Only one hemisphere can be viewed at a time. The globe centered on Colima appears more realistic than almost any other projection.

Facts

Administrative classification
world atlas region
Subregions
n/a
South
9° 49' 55" N
North
10° 24' 47" N
West
84° 32' 59" W
East
83° 35' 59" W
Minimal elevation
21 m
Maximal elevation
3415 m
Land/Water
mainland

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Shaded Relief Horizon Map of Colima

The Maphill difference

It's neither this shaded relief location map nor any other of the many millions of maps. The value of a map gallery is not determined by the number of pictures, but by the possibility to see the world from many different perspectives.

Technology

We unlock the value hidden in the geographic data. Thanks to automating the complex process of turning data into map graphics, we are able to create maps in higher quality, faster and cheaper than was possible before.

Forever free

We created Maphill to make the web a more beautiful place. Without you having to pay for it. Maphill maps are and will always be available for free.

Real Earth data

Do you think the maps are too beautiful not to be painted? No, this is not art. All location maps of Colima are created based on real Earth data. This is how the world looks like.

Easy to use

This map is available in a common image format. You can copy, print or embed the map very easily. Just like any other image.

Different perspectives

The value of Maphill lies in the possibility to look at the same area from several perspectives. Maphill presents the map of Colima in a wide variety of map types and styles.

Vector quality

We build each location map individually with regard to the characteristics of the map area and the chosen graphic style. Maps are assembled and kept in a high resolution vector format throughout the entire process of their creation.

Experience of discovering

Maphill maps will never be as detailed as Google maps or as precise as designed by professional cartographers. Our goal is different. We want to redefine the experience of discovering the world through the maps.

Fast anywhere

Maps are served from a large number of servers spread all over the world. Globally distributed map delivery network ensures low latency and fast loading times, no matter where on Earth you happen to be.

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