Template:Coord/doc

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 Template:Coor URL, then displays the coordinates.

The template outputs data in:

• Degree/minutes/seconds ("DMS", precision is degrees, or degrees/minutes, or degrees/minutes/seconds, based on input)
• Decimal (precision by number of decimal places, based on input)
  • A computer-readable Geo microformat.

{{coord}} will be used by tools which parse the raw Wikipedia database dumps. It must not be modified without reference to that project [link needed].

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Superseded templates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}}, and {{coor title dms}}

Examples:

{{coord|12|34|N|45|67|W|display=title}}	Replaces {{coor title dm|12|34|N|45|67|W}}
{{coord|12|34|12|N|45|67|45|W|display=inline,title}}	Replaces {{coor at dms|12|34|12|N|45|67|45|W}}
{{coord|10.2|-20.3|display=inline}} or {{coord|10.2|-20.3}}	Replaces {{coor d|10.2|N|-20.3|E}}

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 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 }

See also Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Geographical coordinates.

Usage

{{coord|latitude|longitude|parameters|display=display}}
{{coord|dd|N/S|dd|E/W|parameters|display=display}}
{{coord|dd|mm|N/S|dd|mm|E/W|parameters|display=display}}
{{coord|dd|mm|ss|N/S|dd|mm|ss|E/W|parameters|display=display}}

• parameters, which are optional, can be any type:, region:, or scale: setting which is recognised by the map server, such as the popular type:city and type:landmark options. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates#Parameters for a comprehensive list.

• display, which is optional, can be one of the following:
  • inline (default): display the coordinate inline
  • title: display the coordinate by the article title, right-justified (replaces {{coor title dms}} family)
  • inline,title: display both inline at title (replaces {{coor at dms}} family)

Note: using the title attribute 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. It will be used to add the article to services such as Google Earth layers.

Examples

(These are live geo-microformats and should be detected on this page by parsers)

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{{coord|52|28|59|N|1|53|37|W |display=inline,title|region:GB_type:city}}

Birmingham - with display and parameter settings; note display also in title of this page.

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]