Outline Map of Papua New Guinea

Gray Location Map of Papua New Guinea

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

The gray location map represents one of many map types and styles available. Look at Papua New Guinea from different perspectives.

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Maps of Papua New Guinea

Maphill is a collection of map images. This image combines a gray map with the globe centered on Papua New Guinea. Use the buttons under the image to switch to different map types.

Each map style has its advantages. No map type is the best. The best is that Maphill enables you to look at the same country from many different angles.

Sure, this gray location map is nice. But there is good chance you will like some other styles of Papua New Guinea map even more. Select another style in the above table and look at the Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea map. Maphill is the largest map gallery on the web. But the number of maps is certainly not the only reason to visit Maphill.

You can embed, print or download the map just like any other image. All Papua New Guinea location maps are available in a common image format. Enrich your website or blog with hiqh quality map graphics.

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. That's certainly true. But you can experience much more when you visit Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea has a lot to offer and a lot to see. It is not 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 (Gray Location Map of Papua New Guinea).

The grey colored map. Papua New Guinea is highlighted in white. This color scheme is similar to silver styled maps, but compared to the latter, a darker shade of gray is used.

This map is enhanced with hill-shading. Hillshading creates a three-dimensional effect that provides a sense of the landscape relief even on a flat map image. Shadows drawn on a map simulate the effect of sunlight over the surface of the land.

The location map of Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea appears more realistic than almost any other projection.

Facts

Administrative classification
country
Subregions
20
South
11° 38' 33" S
North
1° 21' 19" S
West
140° 51' 31" E
East
155° 58' 0" E
Minimal elevation
-9008 m
Maximal elevation
4534 m
Land/Water
coastal, lakes

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The Maphill difference

It's neither this gray 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 Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea 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.

Spread the beauty

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