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Chikyu Earth地球

A line-drawn globe of the world's countries that turns at the Earth's own rate, with an optional realistic Earth from space and markers for any place.

Chikyu is the Japanese word 地球 for the Earth. About the name

Contents

Reference · Printable sheets: the globe and a world map to colour, my country, day and night, the seasons

Placetype

A continent or an ocean, with where its name is written on a globe and on the flat map.

Import it

import type { Place } from "@johnmorrisdotca/chikyu-earth/sheets";

Definition

interface Place {
    id: string;
    kind: PlaceKind;
    en: readonly string[];
    ja: readonly string[];
    kanji: string;
    at: readonly [
        number,
        number
    ];
    mapAt?: readonly [
        number,
        number
    ];
    oneLine?: boolean;
}

Members

NameTypeDescription
idstring
kindPlaceKind
enreadonly string[]

The name in lines of words that are written one under the other.

jareadonly string[]

The Japanese name as a child reads it (the reading), and the kanji with it for a title.

kanjistring
atreadonly [number, number]

Longitude and latitude where the name is centred.

mapAt (optional)readonly [number, number] | undefined

Where it is centred on the flat world map, when that is not at.

oneLine (optional)boolean | undefined

On the flat map the name is one line, for the narrow band of sea it is written in.

Examples

import { PLACES, type Place } from "@johnmorrisdotca/chikyu-earth/sheets";

const africa: Place | undefined = PLACES.find((place) => place.id === "africa");
console.log(africa?.en, africa?.ja);
[ 'Africa' ] [ 'アフリカ' ]

What it prints (run when this page was built)

View sourceEdit on GitHubMade from the source of @johnmorrisdotca/chikyu-earth 0.51.1.