Template:Coord

Shortcut: WP:COORD

Quick guide

Quick "how to"
To add the coordinates 57°18′22"N 4°27′32"W to the top of an article, use {{coord|57|18|22|N|4|27|32|W|display=title}} These coordinates are in the format degrees/minutes/seconds
For decimal coordinates, such as 44.112°N 86.913°W, use one of {{coord|44.112|N|87.913|W|display=title}} {{coord|44.112|-87.913|display=title}}
Values (including degrees, minutes and seconds) are separated by a pipe ("|"). Latitude (N/S) before longitude (E/W). Map datum is WGS84. To display the coordinates in the article as well, use "display=inline,title" instead of "display=title". Please don't be overly precise (0.0001° is <11 m, 1′′ is <31 m).
Optional parameters: region: region:XX_ (uses ISO 3166-2 code) type: type:XXX display: |display=inline,title or variant 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, coordinate conversion

Contents 1 Quick guide 2 Purpose 3 Superseded templates 4 Usage 5 Examples 6 Coordinate parameters 6.1 type:T 6.2 scale:N 6.3 region:R 6.4 globe:G 6.5 source:S 7 Display 8 Name 9 Incorrect uses and maintenance category 10 Subtemplates 11 Coordinates in PDF 12 Class names

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&params=, 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). Some conversions from decimal degrees to dms need fixing (see talk)
• 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: Recognized 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:
    • 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 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. display=title,inline works also. Shortcut: display=it
  • 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.

Examples

{{coord|43.651234|-79.383333}}	43°39′04″N 79°23′00″W / 43.651234°N 79.383333°W / 43.651234; -79.383333	Toronto - Fully decimal - N & W
{{coord|43.65|-79.38}}	43°39′N 79°23′W / 43.65°N 79.38°W / 43.65; -79.38	Toronto - less precise
{{coord|43.6500|-79.3800}}	43°39′00″N 79°22′48″W / 43.6500°N 79.3800°W / 43.6500; -79.3800	Toronto - medium precision with trailing zeroes
{{coord|43.651234|N|79.383333|W}}	43°39′04″N 79°23′00″W / 43.651234°N 79.383333°W / 43.651234; -79.383333	Toronto - decimal with Northing & Westing
{{coord|43|29|N|79|23|W}}	43°29′N 79°23′W / 43.483°N 79.383°W / 43.483; -79.383	Toronto - degrees & minutes
{{coord|43|29|4|N|79|23|0|W}}	43°29′4″N 79°23′0″W / 43.48444°N 79.38333°W / 43.48444; -79.38333	Toronto - degrees, minutes & seconds
{{coord|43|29|4.5|N|79|23|0.5|W}}	43°29′4.5″N 79°23′0.5″W / 43.484583°N 79.383472°W / 43.484583; -79.383472	Toronto - degrees, minutes, seconds & fractions of seconds
{{coord|55.752222|N|37.615556|E}}	55°45′08″N 37°36′56″E / 55.752222°N 37.615556°E / 55.752222; 37.615556	Moscow - N & E
{{coord|55.752222|N|37.615556|E|format=dms}}	55°45′08″N 37°36′56″E / 55.752222°N 37.615556°E / 55.752222; 37.615556	Convert to dms format
{{coord|39.098095|-94.587307|format=dms}}	39°05′53″N 94°35′14″W / 39.098095°N 94.587307°W / 39.098095; -94.587307	Decimal conversion without N/S/E/W
{{coord|55.752222|N|37.615556|E|​format=dec|name=Moscow}}	55°45′08″N 37°36′56″E / 55.752222°N 37.615556°E / 55.752222; 37.615556 (Moscow)	Convert to decimal and label on some maps
{{coord|33|55|S|18|25|E}}	33°55′S 18°25′E / 33.917°S 18.417°E / -33.917; 18.417	Cape Town - S & E
{{coord|35|00|N|105|00|E}}	35°00′N 105°00′E / 35°N 105°E / 35; 105	China, People's Republic of
{{coord|22|54|30|S|43|14|37|W}}	22°54′30″S 43°14′37″W / 22.90833°S 43.24361°W / -22.90833; -43.24361	Rio - S & W
{{coord|22|S|43|W}}	22°S 43°W / 22°S 43°W / -22; -43	A degree confluence
{{coord|52|28|59|N|1|53|37|W|​display=inline,title|region:GB_type:city}}	52°28′59″N 1°53′37″W / 52.48306°N 1.89361°W / 52.48306; -1.89361Coordinates: 52°28′59″N 1°53′37″W / 52.48306°N 1.89361°W / 52.48306; -1.89361	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, e.g. U.S. states	1:1,000,000
adm2nd	Administrative unit of country, 2nd level, see table, e.g. County (United States)	1:300,000
adm3rd	Administrative unit of country, 3rd level, see table	1:100,000
state	Former country or administrative unit of country, undefined level	(1:100,000)
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. The definition of type:state was changed.

Sample:

• {{coord|46|43|N|7|58|E|type:mountain}} gives 46°43′N 7°58′E / 46.717°N 7.967°E / 46.717; 7.967

scale:N

Sets the desired map scale 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.

Samples

Scale	Markup	Result
1:1000	{{coord|51.500611|N|0.124611|W|scale:1000}}	51°30′02″N 0°07′29″W / 51.500611°N 0.124611°W / 51.500611; -0.124611
1:10,000	{{coord|51.500611|N|0.124611|W|scale:10000}}	51°30′02″N 0°07′29″W / 51.500611°N 0.124611°W / 51.500611; -0.124611
1:100,000	{{coord|51.500611|N|0.124611|W|scale:100000}}	51°30′02″N 0°07′29″W / 51.500611°N 0.124611°W / 51.500611; -0.124611
1:1,000,000	{{coord|51.500611|N|0.124611|W|scale:1000000}}	51°30′02″N 0°07′29″W / 51.500611°N 0.124611°W / 51.500611; -0.124611

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:

AQ Antarctica AU Australia BR Brazil CA Canada CH Switzerland DE Germany DE-TH Thuringia FR France

GB United Kingdom GB-BIR Birmingham IN India LK Sri Lanka NL Netherlands NO-03 Oslo, Norway US United States US-NY New York

Samples:

• {{coord|46.9524|N|7.4396|E|region:CH}} focuses the section for Switzerland at 46°57′09″N 7°26′23″E / 46.9524°N 7.4396°E / 46.9524; 7.4396.
• {{coord|52.5164|N|13.3775|E|region:DE-BE}} focuses the section for Germany at 52°30′59″N 13°22′39″E / 52.5164°N 13.3775°E / 52.5164; 13.3775.

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.

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 National Grid Reference 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 WGS84 datum. Similarly, U.S. locations sourced from the similar public domain GNIS 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 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 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 150 pages in that category.

A general list of coordinates needing repair is at tools:~dispenser/view/File viewer#log:coord-enwiki.log.

See also: WT:GEO#To do

Subtemplates

See Template:Coord/doc/internals and Category:Coord template

name	function
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

Coordinates in PDF

For the generation of the PDF version, 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:

• Help:Books/Feedback/Tests/coord 1
• Help:Books/Feedback/Tests/coord 2

Class names

The class names geo, latitude and longitude are used to generate the microformat and MUST NOT be changed.