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://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?pagename=Editing_Template:Coord/doc¶ms=, then displays the coordinates. Clicking the blue globe activates the WikiMiniAtlas (needs Javascript).
The template outputs data in:
{{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.
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}} |
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: .)
See also Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Geographical coordinates.
{{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:
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) 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.{{coord|43.651234|-79.383333}}
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Toronto - Fully decimal - N & W | |
{{coord|43.65|-79.38}}
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Toronto - less precise | |
{{coord|43.6500|-79.3800}}
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Toronto - medium precision with trailing zeroes | |
{{coord|43.651234|N|79.383333|W}}
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Toronto - decimal with Northing & Westing | |
{{coord|43|29|N|79|23|W}}
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Toronto - degrees & minutes | |
{{coord|43|29|4|N|79|23|0|W}}
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Toronto - degrees, minutes & seconds | |
{{coord|43|29|4.5|N|79|23|0.5|W}}
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Toronto - degrees, minutes, seconds & fractions of seconds | |
{{coord|55.752222|N|37.615556|E}}
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Moscow - N & E | |
{{coord|55.752222|N|37.615556|E|format=dms}}
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Convert to dms format | |
{{coord|39.098095|-94.587307|format=dms}}
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Decimal conversion without N/S/E/W | |
{{coord|55.752222|N|37.615556|E|format=dec|name=Moscow}}
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Convert to decimal and label on some maps | |
{{coord|33|55|S|18|25|E}}
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Cape Town - S & E | |
{{coord|35|00|N|105|00|E}}
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China, People's Republic of | |
{{coord|22|54|30|S|43|14|37|W}}
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Rio - S & W | |
{{coord|22|S|43|W}}
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A degree confluence | |
{{coord|52|28|59|N|1|53|37|W|display=inline,title|region:GB_type:city}}
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Coordinates: | Birmingham - with display and parameter settings; note display also in title of this page. |
The class names geo, latitude and longitude are used to generate the microformat and MUST NOT be changed.