{{Coord}} provides a standard notation for encoding locations by theirlatitude andlongitude coordinates. It is primarily for specifying theWGS84 geographic coordinates of locations onEarth. 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 alsoWikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates.
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, theformat= parameter can be used to force display in a particular format.
The template displays the formatted coordinates with ahyperlink toGeoHack. GeoHack displays information customized to the location, including links to external mapping services.
Forterrestrial locations, a blue globe (
) appears to the left of the hyperlink. Clicking on the globe activates theWikiMiniAtlas (requiresJavaScript).
By default, coordinates appear "in line" with the adjacent text. However, thedisplay= 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)
- Geo microformat.
Logged-in users can customize how coordinates appear in their browsers.
The templatemust not be modified without prior discussion.
Tools which read Wikipedia database dumps (such asGoogle Earth) often ignore inline coordinates. To ensure that coordinates are seen by these tools, one set should be displayed in the title. SeeHow 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.
This single template supersedes {{coor d}}, (and others in that family which have since been redirected to it), plus theGeolinks andMapit templates. Most parameters can be used as before – seeUsage.
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 formatparameter:value and are separated from each other by the underscore character ( _ ). The supported coordinate parameters aredim:,globe:,region:,scale:,source:, andtype:. Seecoordinate parameters for details and examples.
- Template parameters are parameters used by the {{Coord}} template. These have formatparameter=value and are separated from each other by the pipe character ( | ). The supported template parameters aredisplay=,format=,name=, andnotes=.
- display= can be one of the following:
display=inline – Display the coordinate inline (default)display=title – Display the coordinate near the article title (replaces {{coor title dms}} family)display=inline,title – Display the coordinate both inline and at title (replaces {{coor at dms}} family)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 forcedec ordms coordinate display.
format=dec reformats the coordinates todecimal degrees format.format=dms reformats the coordinates todegrees | minutes | seconds format.
- name= can be used to annotate inline coordinates for display in map services such as theWikiMiniAtlas. If omitted, the article title (PAGENAME) is assumed.
- Note: aname= parameter causes {{Coord}} to emit anhCardmicroformat 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 title coordinates.
The first unnamed parameter following the longitude is an optional string of coordinate parameters, separated by underscores. These parameters helpGeoHack select suitable map resources, and they will become more important whenWikimaps becomes fully functional.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates/type:
Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates/scale:
Thedim: parameter defines thediameter of a viewing circle centered on the coordinate. While the default unit of measurement ismetres, thekm suffix may be appended to indicatekilometres.
GeoHack usesdim: to select amap scale such that the viewing circle appears roughly 10 centimetres (Templet:Convert/pround in) in diameter on a 72dpi computer monitor. If nodim:,type:, orscale: parameters are provided, GeoHack uses its default viewing circle of 30 kilometres (19 mi).
Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates/region:
Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates/globe:
Templet:Coord-doc-source
To always display coordinates as DMS values, add this toyour 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 toyour 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 toyour 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 ofMediaWiki: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 toyour monobook.js
var wma_settings = {enabled:false}
Note that this will disableWikiMiniAtlas
See alsoWikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Geographical coordinates.
The template has some input checks built in. Most errors display a message inline and categorize the article in thehiddenmaintenance categoryCoord template needing repair. There is/are currently1 page(s) in that category. See the category description for further instructions.
A daily report of coordinates needing repair is attools:~dispenser/view/File viewer#log:coord-enwiki.log.
See also:WT:GEO#To do
SeeTemplate:Coord/doc/internals andCategory:Coord template.
Templet:Coord/sub doc
For generating PDF, printed books, and Open Office export format, two templates aresubstituted for the regular templates:
Samples are available at:
The class namesgeo,latitude andlongitude are used to generate the microformat andMUST NOT be changed.
