GeoRangePadding
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GeoRangePadding
is an option for GeoGraphics that specifies what padding to use when extending beyond the original ranges of latitude and longitude.
Details

- The settings can be of the following forms:
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p the same padding in all directions {plat,plon} different padding for latitude and longitude {{pS,pN},{pW,pE}} different padding for south, north, west, and east - For each direction the following forms can be used:
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Automatic an automatic amount of padding None no padding quantity a Quantity object Scaled[s] a fraction of the angular latitude and longitude ranges
- GeoRangePadding->Full pads to cover the whole region shown by the map's PlotRange. GeoRangePadding->{padspec,Full} pads the geo range as specified by padspec and then adds extra padding to cover the whole region shown by the map's PlotRange.
- GeoRangePadding can take Quantity angles and lengths. Angles are interpreted as directly extending the angular geo range, while lengths are used as radii for geo disks around the corners of the geo range. Raw numbers are taken to be lengths in meters.
- GeoRangePadding extends GeoRange before projection.
Examples
open allclose allBasic Examples (3)Summary of the most common use cases
By default, some padding is added around objects in maps:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-0525t6

Use GeoRangePaddingNone to remove padding:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-0178qp

Use GeoRangePadding{…,Full} to complete a rectangular map:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-ivf6xk

Use 50 kilometers of padding on each side of the map:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-xnpnnb

Specify padding for latitude only:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-6ii2dl

Specify different padding on each side of the map:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-qea2hr


https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-nfjom4

Scope (4)Survey of the scope of standard use cases
By default, there is automatic padding of the geo background:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-ed69kd

Restrict to the given geo range:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-wk8pf1

Padding can be specified as a Quantity angle, extending the original latitude and longitude ranges:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-gi4hed

Or as a Quantity length:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-pq2fja

Raw numbers are interpreted as distances in meters:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-kc8jrd

Specify padding as a fraction of the original geo range:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-zwweem

Explicit padding for longitude and no padding for latitude:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-x403cg

Specify different paddings on each side of the map:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-g9kuy

Properties & Relations (3)Properties of the function, and connections to other functions
Construct the corners of a geo range:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-bser1g
Extend to a new geo range by adding geo disks of a given radius at those corners:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-y0wdct
Visualize the original and padded geo rectangles:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-wqargt

Compare the region covered by the original and padded geo rectangles:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-2dkcps

The padded geo rectangle corresponds to the original one with given padding:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-1x6sr9

GeoRangePadding adds padding before projection:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-74gtz9

GeoGridRangePadding adds padding after projection:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-7t4niy

An angle specification of padding extends the angular geo ranges:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-ih8eh2

It is equivalent to a direct extension of the geo range in each direction:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0mldu1owhiwi-4aq5vq

Wolfram Research (2014), GeoRangePadding, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoRangePadding.html.
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Wolfram Research (2014), GeoRangePadding, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoRangePadding.html.
Wolfram Research (2014), GeoRangePadding, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoRangePadding.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2014. "GeoRangePadding." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoRangePadding.html.
Wolfram Language. 2014. "GeoRangePadding." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoRangePadding.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2014). GeoRangePadding. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoRangePadding.html
Wolfram Language. (2014). GeoRangePadding. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoRangePadding.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_georangepadding, author="Wolfram Research", title="{GeoRangePadding}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoRangePadding.html}", note=[Accessed: 19-June-2025
]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_georangepadding, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={GeoRangePadding}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoRangePadding.html}, note=[Accessed: 19-June-2025
]}