Template:Coord
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Template documentationQuick guide
| Quick "how to" |
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To add the coordinates 57°18′22"N 4°27′32"W to the top of an article, use
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For decimal coordinates, such as 44.112°N 86.913°W, use one of
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| Values (including degrees, minutes and seconds) are separated by Vertical bar. Latitude (N/S) before longitude (E/W). Map datum is WGS84. Please don't be overly precise (0.0001° is <11 m, 1′′ is <31 m). |
| Optional parameters: Full example: {{coord|44.112|-87.913|region:US-WI_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |
| For full details on the use of {{coord}}, see Template:Coord See also: Obtaining coordinates, Geographic coordinate conversion |
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Purpose
This template, {{coord}}, produces a link to a list of map sources, based on the geographical coordinates and other parameters, and provides a standardized notation for the coordinates.
The template is for WGS84 geographical coordinates (Latitude;Longitude) on Earth, which can be entered in either decimal notation, or degrees/minutes/seconds parameters, with the appropriate precision.
It links to http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Template:Coord¶ms=, then displays the coordinates. Clicking the blue globe 
activates the Meta:WikiMiniAtlas (needs Javascript).
The template outputs data in:
- Degree/minutes/seconds ("DMS", precision is degrees, or degrees/minutes, or degrees/minutes/seconds, based on input). Some conversions from decimal degrees to dms need fixing (see Coord/doc)
- Decimal (precision by number of decimal places, based on input)
- Geo (microformat).
{{coord}} is used by tools which parse the raw Wikipedia database dumps, such as Google Earth. To ensure that the coordinates are parsed correctly display=title must be used. See How do I get my Wikipedia article to show up in the Google Earth Geographic Web layer?. The template must not be modified without prior discussion.
For articles which have no coordinates, but need them, use {{coord missing}}.
See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates.
Superseded templates
This single template supersedes {{coor d}}, {{coor dm}}, {{coor dms}}, {{coor at d}}, {{coor at dm}}, {{coor at dms}}, {{coor title d}}, {{coor title dm}}, {{coor title dms}}, and the Geolinks and Mapit templates. All parameters can be used as before - see Usage.
Examples:
| {{coord|12|N|45|W|display=title}} | Replaces {{coor title d|12|N|45|W}} |
| {{coord|12|34|N|45|33|W|display=title}} | Replaces {{coor title dm|12|34|N|45|33|W}} |
| {{coord|12|34|56|N|45|33|22|W|display=title}} | Replaces {{coor title dms|12|34|56|N|45|33|8|W}} |
| {{coord|12|34|12|N|45|33|45|W|display=inline,title}} | Replaces {{coor at dms|12|34|12|N|45|33|45|W}} |
| {{coord|10.2|-20.3|display=inline}} or {{coord|10.2|-20.3}} | Replaces {{coor d|10.2|N|-20.3|E}} |
| {{coord|44.4|-111.1|type:city_region:US|display=inline,title}} | Replaces {{Geolinks-US-cityscale|44.4|-111.1}} |
| {{coord|51.01234|-1.56789|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | Replaces {{Geolinks-UK-buildingscale|51.01234|-1.56789}} |
| {{coord|-35.5|150.1|type:landmark_region:AU|display=inline,title}} | Replaces {{Mapit-AUS-suburbscale|lat=-35.5|long=150.1}} |
| {{coord|12|34|12|N|45|33|45|W|display=title}} | Replaces {{CoorHeader|12|34|12|N|45|33|45|W}} |
Usage
{{coord|latitude|longitude|coordinate parameters|template parameters}}
{{coord|dd|N/S|dd|E/W|coordinate parameters|template parameters}}
{{coord|dd|mm|N/S|dd|mm|E/W|coordinate parameters|template parameters}}
{{coord|dd|mm|ss|N/S|dd|mm|ss|E/W|coordinate parameters|template parameters}}
There are two kinds of parameters, all optional:
- Coordinate parameters: Recognised by the map server, given in the format parameter:value and separated from each other with the underscore character '_'. Common coordinate parameters include type, region, and scale. See coordinate parameters for a comprehensive list.
- Template parameters: Used by the template itself, given in the format parameter=value and separated from each other with the pipe character '|'. The supported template parameters are display, name and format.
- display can be one of the following:
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display=inline- Display the coordinate inline (default) -
display=title- Display the coordinate by the article title (replaces {{coor title dms}} family), shortcut:display=t -
display=inline,title- Display the coordinate both inline and at title (replaces {{coor at dms}} family)
Note: using thetitleattribute indicates that the coordinates apply to the article, and not just one of (perhaps many) places mentioned in it — so it should only be omitted in the latter case.display=title,inlineworks also. Shortcut:display=it
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- format can be used to force dec or dms coordinate display for all readers
- name can be used to annotate inline coordinates for display in map services and other external use. It should not be used with coordinates in the article title or within an infobox, as in those cases the name is implicit from the article title.
- display can be one of the following:
Examples
{{coord|43.651234|-79.383333}}
| Toronto - Fully decimal - N & W | |
{{coord|43.65|-79.38}}
| Toronto - less precise | |
{{coord|43.6500|-79.3800}}
| Toronto - medium precision with trailing zeroes | |
{{coord|43.651234|N|79.383333|W}}
| Toronto - decimal with Northing & Westing | |
{{coord|43|29|N|79|23|W}}
| Toronto - degrees & minutes | |
{{coord|43|29|4|N|79|23|0|W}}
| Toronto - degrees, minutes & seconds | |
{{coord|43|29|4.5|N|79|23|0.5|W}}
| Toronto - degrees, minutes, seconds & fractions of seconds | |
{{coord|55.752222|N|37.615556|E}}
| Moscow - N & E | |
{{coord|55.752222|N|37.615556|E|format=dms}}
| Convert to dms format | |
{{coord|39.098095|-94.587307|format=dms}}
| Decimal conversion without N/S/E/W | |
{{coord|55.752222|N|37.615556|E|format=dec|name=Moscow}}
| Convert to decimal and label on some maps | |
{{coord|33|55|S|18|25|E}}
| Cape Town - S & E | |
{{coord|35|00|N|105|00|E}}
| China, People's Republic of | |
{{coord|22|54|30|S|43|14|37|W}}
| Rio - S & W | |
{{coord|22|S|43|W}}
| A Degree Confluence Project | |
{{coord|52|28|59|N|1|53|37|W|display=inline,title|region:GB_type:city}}
| Geographic coordinate system: | Birmingham - with display and parameter settings; note display also in title of this page. |
Coordinate parameters
Following the geographical coordinate, further parameters can optionally be supplied, separated by underscores. This will help in finding suitable map resources, and will become more important when the Wikimaps become fully functional.
type:T
Sets the type of this location, which will be used for the reverse mapping of the points. Type will set default map scale. If the default map scale is not appropriate, consider adding a scale:N parameter.
It is also used to select marker icons for the WikiMiniAtlas.
Types are:
| Type | Description | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| country | (e.g. "type:country") | 1:10,000,000 |
| satellite | geo-stationary satellites | (1:10,000,000) |
| adm1st | Administrative unit of country, 1st level (province, state), see Table of administrative country subdivisions by country, e.g. U.S. state | 1:1,000,000 |
| adm2nd | Administrative unit of country, 2nd level, see Table of administrative country subdivisions by country, e.g. County (United States) | 1:300,000 |
| city(pop) | City, town or village with specified population. Commas will be ignored in pop. There should be no blanks. | 1:30,000 ... 1:300,000 |
| city | City, town or village, unspecified population. Will be treated as a minor city. | 1:100,000 |
| airport | 1:30,000 | |
| mountain | peaks, mountain ranges | 1:100,000 |
| isle | Isles, islands | 1:100,000 |
| waterbody | Bays, fjords, lakes, reservoirs, ponds, lochs, loughs, meres, lagoons, estuaries, inland seas... | 1:100,000 |
| forest | Forests and woodlands | 1:50,000 |
| river | Rivers and canals | 1:100,000 |
| glacier | Glaciers, ice caps | 1:50,000 |
| event | One-time or regular events and incidents that occurred on a specific location, e.g. battles | (1:50,000) |
| edu | Schools, colleges, universities | 1:10,000 |
| pass | mountain passes | 1:10,000 |
| railwaystation | stations and stops of railway, train, railroad, metro, rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, etc. | 1:10,000 |
| landmark | Cultural landmark, building of special interest, tourist attraction and other points of interest. | 1:10,000 |
| Default scale: if no type is used or the type is not defined in the geohack extension | 1:300,000 |
Scales in parentheses aren't defined yet in the geohack extension. type:state was withdrawn from the list.
Sample:
- {{coord|46|43|N|7|58|E|type:mountain}} gives
scale:N
Sets the desired map Scale (map) as 1:N. This will override the scale determined by the type:T parameter. If no type and scale parameters are defined, the default scale of the extension will be used (1:300,000).
The scale: parameter can be omitted.
| Scale | Markup | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1:1000 | {{coord|51.500611|N|0.124611|W|scale:1000}} | |
| 1:10,000 | {{coord|51.500611|N|0.124611|W|scale:10000}} | |
| 1:100,000 | {{coord|51.500611|N|0.124611|W|scale:100000}} | |
| 1:1,000,000 | {{coord|51.500611|N|0.124611|W|scale:1000000}} |
If the links to the map sites are correctly configured on GeoTemplate and a map is available for the scale, a corresponding map may be displayed.
region:R
Sets the preferred map region of coverage, used in selecting appropriate map resources for the area. If no region parameter is supplied, the geohack extension attempts to determine it from the coordinates.
The region should be supplied as either a two character ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, or an ISO 3166-2 region code. E.g:
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Samples:
- {{coord|46.9524|N|7.4396|E|region:CH}} focuses the section for Switzerland at .
- {{coord|52.5164|N|13.3775|E|region:DE-BB}} focuses the section for Germany at .
Specific code:
- XZ is used for objects in/above international waters (similar to UN/LOCODE).
- ZZ is used in samples
globe:G
Specifies other worlds than Earth, such as Moon, Mars, Venus, Mercury (planet).
Most features of the geohack extension are not made for other globes.
source:S
Specifies, where present, the data source and data source format/datum, and optionally the original data, presented in parentheses. This is initially primarily intended for use by geotagging robots, so that data is not blindly repeatedly copied from format to format and Wikipedia to Wikipedia, with progressive loss of precision and attributability.
Examples:
- A lat/long geotag derived from a Ordnance Survey British national grid reference system NM 435 355 found in the English-language Wikipedia would be tagged as "source:enwiki-osgb36(NM435355)"
- A latitude-longitude location sourced from data taken from the German-language Wikipedia would be tagged as "source:dewiki" -- and so on, for other language codes;
- A location sourced from the public domain GEOnet Names Server database would be tagged as "source:GNS". No datum or format information is needed, since by default all Wikipedia coordinates are in latitude/longitude format based on the World Geodetic System datum. Similarly, U.S. locations sourced from the similar public domain Geographic Names Information System database would be tagged as "source:GNIS".
Display
By default coordinates are displayed in the format in which they are specified.
To always display coordinates as DMS values, add this to your monobook.css:
.geo-default { display: inline }
.geo-nondefault { display: inline }
.geo-dec { display: none }
.geo-dms { display: inline }
To always display coordinates as decimal values, add this to your monobook.css:
.geo-default { display: inline }
.geo-nondefault { display: inline }
.geo-dec { display: inline }
.geo-dms { display: none }
To display coordinates in both formats, add this to your monobook.css:
.geo-default { display: inline }
.geo-nondefault { display: inline }
.geo-dec { display: inline }
.geo-dms { display: inline }
.geo-multi-punct { display: inline }
If CSS is disabled, or you have an old copy of MediaWiki:Common.css cached, you will see both formats. (You can either clear your cache or manually refresh this URL: [1].)
To disable display of the blue globe adjacent to coordinates, add this to your monobook.js
var wma_settings = {enabled:false}
Note that this will disable Meta:WikiMiniAtlas
See also Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Geographical coordinates.
Name
If an article contains several display=inline coordinates, each of these may be supplied with a unique name. This name will be used to display the coordinate on the Meta:WikiMiniAtlas, and will cause the template to emit an HCard Microformat using that name, even if used within an existing hCard. Do not use when the name is that of a person (e.g for a gravesite), as the generated hCard would be invalid. Also, do not use square brackets in names.
Incorrect uses and maintenance category
The template has a few input checks built in. Basic errors display the message on Coord/input/ERROR (see Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Coord/input/ERROR for pages to fix)
A series of other input errors categorize the pages in the maintenance category Coord template needing repair. See the category description for more details. There are currently 0 pages in that category.
Subtemplates
See Coord template
| name | function |
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| Coord/input/d | converts coordinates from input in degrees format {{coord|12|N|12|W}} |
| Coord/input/dm | converts coordinates from input in degrees/minutes format {{coord|12|12|N|12|12|W}} |
| Coord/input/dms | converts coordinates from input in degrees/minutes/seconds format {{coord|12|12|12|N|12|12|12|W}} |
| Coord/display/inline | creates output to display coordinates inline |
| Coord/display/title | creates output to display above the article (generally to the right of the article's title) |
| Coord/display/inline,title | creates output to display coordinates inline and above the article |
Class names
The class names geo, latitude and longitude are used to generate the microformat and MUST NOT be changed.
External links
- Google Earth Geographic Web Layer FAQ – Information on how Google uses Wikipedia's coordinate information.Af:Sjabloon:Coord
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