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WorldGraphics

Some of the functionality of the World Plotting Package is now available in CountryData.

WorldGraphics[primitives, options]
represents a planetary map. It applies to standard graphics primitives.

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To use WorldGraphics, you first need to load the World Plotting Package using Needs["WorldPlot`"].

Unscaled Line, Polygon, Point, and Text locations are given in minutes of latitude and longitude, and transformed to x and y coordinates by the specified projection.

The following options can be given:

	WorldBackground	None	specify a background for the resulting graphic
	WorldClipping	Full	specify the clipping to be done on polygons
	WorldFrame	Automatic	specify the style of frame
	WorldFrameParts	{1,1,1,1}	determine which parts of the frame are shown
	WorldGrid	Automatic	specify the spacing of gridlines
	WorldGridBehind	True	specify whether the grid lay behind the graphic
	WorldGridStyle	Thickness[0.001]	specify the style of the gridlines
	WorldPoints	100	specify the number of divisions in the range
	WorldProjection	Equirectangular	specify the projection to use
	WorldRange	Automatic	specify the latitudes and longitudes to be plotted
	WorldRotatedRange	False	specify whether the plotted range takes WorldRotation into account
	WorldRotation	{0,0,0}	transform a projection into a transverse or oblique projection

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