iThemplethi:Coord
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Quick guide
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]Purpose
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]{{Coord}}
provides a standard notation for encoding locations by their latitude and longitude coordinates. It is primarily for specifying the WGS84 geographic coordinates of locations on Earth, at the same time emitting a machine-readable Geo microformat. However, it can also encode locations on natural satellites, dwarf planets, and planets other than Earth.
- To specify celestial coordinates, use {{Sky}} instead.
- Tag articles which lack coordinates (but need them) with {{Coord missing}}.
- If the subject's location is truly unknown or disputed, note this with {{coord unknown}}.
See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates.
Features
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]Latitude and longitude may be specified (with appropriate precision) either in decimal notation or as degrees/minutes/seconds. By default, coordinates appear in the format used to specify them. However, the format=
parameter can be used to force display in a particular format.
The template displays the formatted coordinates with a hyperlink to GeoHack. GeoHack displays information customized to the location, including links to external mapping services.
For terrestrial locations, a blue globe () appears to the left of the hyperlink. Clicking on the globe activates the WikiMiniAtlas (requires JavaScript).
By default, coordinates appear "in line" with the adjacent text. However, the display=
parameter can be used to move the coordinates up near the page title—or display them in both places at once.
The template outputs coordinates in three formats:
- Degree/minutes/seconds ("DMS", precision is degrees, or degrees/minutes, or degrees/minutes/seconds, based on input precision).
- Decimal degrees (varying the number of decimal places based on input precision)
- A machine readable Geo microformat.
Logged-in users can customize how coordinates appear in their browsers.
Caveats
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]The template must not be modified without prior discussion.
Tools which read Wikipedia database dumps (such as Google Earth) often ignore inline coordinates. To ensure that coordinates are seen by these tools, one set should be displayed beside the title. See How do I get my Wikipedia article to show up in the Google Earth Geographic Web layer?. However, if multiple title coordinates appear on a single page, they will overlap, making them illegible.
Superseded templates
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]This single template supersedes {{coor d}}, (and others in that family which have since been redirected to it), plus the Geolinks and Mapit templates. Most parameters can be used as before – see Usage.
Examples:
{{coord|10.2|N|-20.3|E|type:city}} | Replaces {{coor d|10.2|N|-20.3|E|city}} |
{{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}} |
{{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}}
The hemisphere identifiers (N/S) and (E/W), if used, must be adjacent to the enclosing pipe "|
" characters, and cannot be preceded or succeeded by spaces.
There are two kinds of parameters, all optional:
- Coordinate parameters are parameters that {{Coord}} passes to the map server. These have the format parameter:value and are separated from each other by the underscore character ( _ ). The supported coordinate parameters are dim:, globe:, region:, scale:, source:, and type:. See coordinate parameters for details and examples.
- Template parameters are parameters used by the {{Coord}} template. These have format parameter=value and are separated from each other by the pipe character ( | ). The supported template parameters are display=, format=, name=, and notes=.
- display= can be one of the following:
display=inline
– Display the coordinate inline (default)display=title
– Display the coordinate at the top of the article, beside the article's title (replaces {{coor title dms}} family)- shortcut:
display=t
- shortcut:
display=inline,title
– Display the coordinate both inline and beside the article's title (replaces {{coor at dms}} family)- shortcut:
display=it
- shortcut:
display=title,inline
has the same effect asdisplay=inline,title
- Note: the
title
attribute indicates that the coordinates apply to the entire 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.
format=dec
reformats the coordinates to decimal degrees format.format=dms
reformats the coordinates to degrees | minutes | seconds format.
- name= can be used to annotate inline coordinates for display in map services such as the WikiMiniAtlas. If omitted, the article's title (PAGENAME) is assumed.
- Note: a name= parameter causes {{Coord}} 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.
- notes= specifies text to be displayed immediately following the coordinates. This is primarily intended for adding footnotes to coordinates displayed beside the title.
Displaying all coordinate links on one map
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]The template {{GeoGroup}} can be used in an article with coordinates. This template creates links to Google Maps and Bing which display all the coordinates on a single map, and links to other services which allow the coordinates to be used or downloaded in a variety of formats.
Examples
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]{{coord|43.651234|-79.383333}}
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43°39′04″N 79°23′00″W / 43.651234°N 79.383333°W | Toronto – Fully decimal – western hemisphere implied by negation |
{{coord|43.65|-79.38}}
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43°39′N 79°23′W / 43.65°N 79.38°W | Toronto – low precision decimal |
{{coord|43.6500|-79.3800}}
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43°39′00″N 79°22′48″W / 43.6500°N 79.3800°W | Toronto – medium precision decimal with trailing zeroes |
{{coord|43.651234|N|79.383333|W}}
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43°39′04″N 79°23′00″W / 43.651234°N 79.383333°W | Toronto – high precision decimal with explicit hemisphere notation |
{{coord|43|29|N|79|23|W}}
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43°29′N 79°23′W / 43.483°N 79.383°W | Toronto – degrees & minutes |
{{coord|43|29|4|N|79|23|0|W}}
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43°29′4″N 79°23′0″W / 43.48444°N 79.38333°W | Toronto – degrees, minutes & seconds |
{{coord|43|29|4.5|N|79|23|0.5|W}}
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43°29′4.5″N 79°23′0.5″W / 43.484583°N 79.383472°W | Toronto – degrees, minutes, seconds & fractions of seconds |
{{coord|55.752222|N|37.615556|E}}
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55°45′08″N 37°36′56″E / 55.752222°N 37.615556°E | Moscow – N & E |
{{coord|55.752222|N|37.615556|E|format=dms}}
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55°45′08″N 37°36′56″E / 55.752222°N 37.615556°E | Convert to dms format |
{{coord|39.098095|-94.587307|format=dms}}
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39°05′53″N 94°35′14″W / 39.098095°N 94.587307°W | Decimal conversion without N/S/E/W |
{{coord|55.752222|N|37.615556|E|format=dec|name=Moscow}}
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55°45′08″N 37°36′56″E / 55.752222°N 37.615556°E | Convert to decimal and label on some maps |
{{coord|33|55|S|18|25|E}}
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33°55′S 18°25′E / 33.917°S 18.417°E | Cape Town – S & E |
{{coord|35|00|N|105|00|E}}
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35°00′N 105°00′E / 35.000°N 105.000°E | People's Republic of China |
{{coord|22|54|30|S|43|14|37|W}}
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22°54′30″S 43°14′37″W / 22.90833°S 43.24361°W | Rio – S & W |
{{coord|22|S|43|W}}
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22°S 43°W / 22°S 43°W | A degree confluence. |
{{coord|52|28|N|1|55|W|region:GB_type:city|notes=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UK/0/Birmingham.html|title=Birmingham}}</ref>|display=inline,title}}
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52°28′N 1°55′W / 52.467°N 1.917°W[1]Coordinates: 52°28′N 1°55′W / 52.467°N 1.917°W[1] | Birmingham – with display, notes, and parameter settings; note that these coordinates are also displayed at the top of this page. |
References
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]Coordinate parameters
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]The first unnamed parameter following the longitude is an optional string of coordinate parameters, separated by underscores. These parameters help GeoHack select suitable map resources, and they will become more important when Wikimaps becomes fully functional.
type:T
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates/type:
scale:N
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates/scale:
region:R
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates/region:
globe:G
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates/globe:
source:S
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates/source:
Per-user display customization
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]Incorrect uses and maintenance category
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]The template has some input checks built in. Most errors display a bold, red message inline and categorize the article in the hidden maintenance category Pages with malformed coordinate tags. There are currently 0 pages in that category. See the category description for further instructions.
A more thorough daily report of coordinates needing repair is at tools:~dispenser/view/File viewer#log:coord-enwiki.log.
See also: WT:GEO#To do
Internals
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]See Template:Coord/doc/internals and Category:Coord template.
Subtemplates
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]Coordinates in PDF
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]For generating PDF, printed books, and Open Office export format, two templates are substituted for the regular templates:
- Template:Coord/display/title/Print for {{Coord/display/title}}
- Template:Coord/link/Print for {{Coord/link}}
- Template:Coord/display/inline,title/Print for {{Coord/display/inline,title}}
Samples are available at:
Class names
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]The class names geo, latitude and longitude are used to generate the microformat and MUST NOT be changed.
Template Data
[Yenza izilungiso kokubhaliweyo]Encodes the latitude and longitude coordinates of a location, provides a link to map of the location.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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Latitude degrees | 1 | The degrees part of the latitude. This can either be a whole number in which case minutes and seconds can also be provided in subsequent parameters, or in decimal format, negative for south eg -79.38. | Number | required |
Latitude minutes | 2 | The minutes part of the latitude. Do not be overly precise, 1' is approximately 1.5km, Not used if decimal degrees are specified. | Number | optional |
Latitude seconds | 3 | The minutes part of the latitude. Do not be overly precise, 1" is approximately 30m. Not used if decimal degrees are specified. | Number | optional |
Latitude direction | 4 | Direction part of latitude: N or S. Not used if decimal degrees are specified. | String | optional |
Longitude degrees | 5 | The degrees part of the longitude. This can either be a whole number in which case minutes and seconds can also be provided in subsequent parameters, or in decimal format, negative for west eg -79.38. | Number | required |
Longitude minutes | 6 | The minutes part of the longitude. Do not be overly precise 1' is approximately 1.5km. Not used if decimal degrees are specified. | Number | optional |
Longitude seconds | 7 | The minutes part of the longitude. Do not be overly precise 1" is approximately 30m. Not used if decimal degrees are specified. | Number | optional |
Longitude direction | 8 | Direction part of longitude: E or W. Not used if decimal degrees are specified. | String | optional |
Coordinate parameters | 9 | Optional parameters separated by an underscore '_', dim:N (viewing diameter in metres), region:R (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 or ISO 3166-2 code), type:T (eg landmark or city(30,000)). For example 'dim:30_region:US-WI_type:event' | String | optional |
Display | display | Where it is displayed. Can be one of: 'inline' in the body of the article (default), 'title' at the top of the article or 'inline,title' both | String | optional |
Name | name | a label to place on maps (default is PAGENAME) | String | optional |
Notes | notes | text displayed immediately following the coordinates | String | optional |
Format | format | How the coordinates are displayed, either 'dec' or 'dms' | String | optional |
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