Template:Coord/doc
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. Clicking the blue globe 
activates the 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)
- Decimal (precision by number of decimal places, based on input)
- A computer-readable 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.
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Superseded templates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|34|N|45|33|W|display=title}} | Replaces {{coor title dm|12|34|N|45|67|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}} | ||||||||||||||||||
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. (The cache for Common.css takes 31 days to expire, and the changes were made 2007-04-04. You can either clear your cache or manually refresh this URL: [1].)
See also Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Geographical coordinates.
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 Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates#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:
display=inline- Display the coordinate inline (default)display=title- Display the coordinate by the article title (replaces {{coor title dms}} family)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.
- 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}}
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Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Toronto - Fully decimal - N & W |
{{coord|43.65|-79.38}}
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Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Toronto - less precise |
{{coord|43.6500|-79.3800}}
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Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Toronto - medium precision with trailing zeroes |
{{coord|43.651234|N|79.383333|W}}
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Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Toronto - decimal with Northing & Westing |
{{coord|43|29|N|79|23|W}}
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Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Toronto - degrees & minutes |
{{coord|43|29|4|N|79|23|0|W}}
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Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Toronto - degrees, minutes & seconds |
{{coord|43|29|4.5|N|79|23|0.5|W}}
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Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Toronto - degrees, minutes, seconds & fractions of seconds |
{{coord|55.752222|N|37.615556|E}}
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Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Moscow - N & E |
{{coord|55.752222|N|37.615556|E|format=dms}}
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Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Convert to dms format |
{{coord|39.098095|-94.587307|format=dms}}
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Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Decimal conversion without N/S/E/W |
{{coord|55.752222|N|37.615556|E|format=dec|name=Moscow}}
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Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Convert to decimal and label on some maps |
{{coord|33|55|S|18|25|E}}
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Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Cape Town - S & E |
{{coord|35|00|N|105|00|E}}
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Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | China, People's Republic of |
{{coord|22|54|30|S|43|14|37|W}}
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Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Rio - S & W |
{{coord|22|S|43|W}}
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Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | A degree confluence |
{{coord|52|28|59|N|1|53|37|W|display=inline,title|region:GB_type:city}}
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Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | Birmingham - with display and parameter settings; note display also in title of this page. |
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. Will also set the default map scale. Types are:
| Type | Description | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| country | (e.g. "type:country") | 1:10,000,000 |
| state | Where applicable e.g. U.S. states |
1:3,000,000 |
| adm1st | Administrative unit of country, 1st level (province, county) e.g. County (United States), Cantons of Switzerland |
1:1,000,000 |
| adm2nd | Administrative unit of country, 2nd level | 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 |
| 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 |
Scales in parentheses aren't yet defined in the extension.
Sample:
- {{coor dm|46|43|N|7|58|E|type:mountain}} gives Template:Coor dm
scale:N
Sets the desired map scale as 1:N. This will override the default scale. The scale: parameter can be omitted.
region:R
Sets the preferred map region of coverage, used in selecting appropriate map resources for the area. The region should be supplied as either a two character ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, or an ISO 3166-2 region code. Examples:
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Sample:
- {{coord|46.9524|N|7.4396|E|region:CH}} focuses the section for Switzerland at Template:Coor d.
- {{coord|52.5164|N|13.3775|E|region:DE-BB}} focuses the section for Germany at Template:Coor d.
globe:G
Specifies other worlds than Earth. Such as Moon.
source:S
Specifies, where present, the data source and data 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.
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.
