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(Undid revision 969782638 by Moxy (talk) who is suggesting removing sources? The point is that you don't specify too many decimal places, as that would be misleading - if a town is two miles across, you shouldn't give it's location to a precision of a few feet)
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These [[Geographic coordinate system|coordinates]] are in [[Degree (angle)|degrees]], [[Minute of arc|minutes]], and seconds of arc.
 
These [[Geographic coordinate system|coordinates]] are in [[Degree (angle)|degrees]], [[Minute of arc|minutes]], and seconds of arc.
  
"title" means that the coordinates will be displayed next to the article's title at the top of the page and before any other text or images.
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"title" means that the coordinates will be displayed next to the article's title at the top of the page (in desktop view only; title coordinates do not display in mobile view) and before any other text or images.
 
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<div style="border-bottom: 1px solid #a2a9b1; padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">
 
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*[[Template:Coord#Display|display]]
 
*[[Template:Coord#Display|display]]
 
*: {{Para|display|inline}} (the default) to display in the body of the article only,
 
*: {{Para|display|inline}} (the default) to display in the body of the article only,
*: {{Para|display|title}} to display at the top of the article only, or
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*: {{Para|display|title}} to display at the top of the article only (in desktop view only; title coordinates do not display in mobile view), or
 
*: {{Para|display|inline,title}} to display in both places.
 
*: {{Para|display|inline,title}} to display in both places.
 
*[[Template:Coord#Name|name]]
 
*[[Template:Coord#Name|name]]

Revision as of 17:01, 6 October 2020

Quick how to

To add Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. to the top of an article, use {{Coord}}, thus:

{{Coord|57|18|22|N|4|27|32|W|display=title}}

These coordinates are in degrees, minutes, and seconds of arc.

"title" means that the coordinates will be displayed next to the article's title at the top of the page (in desktop view only; title coordinates do not display in mobile view) and before any other text or images.

To add Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. to the top of an article, use either

{{Coord|44.1124|N|87.9130|W|display=title}}

(which does not require minutes or seconds but does require the user to specify north/ south and east/west) or

{{Coord|44.1124|-87.9130|display=title}}

(in which the north and east are presumed by positive values while the south and west are negative ones) These coordinates are in decimal degrees.

  • Degrees, minutes and seconds, when used, must each be separated by a pipe ("|").
  • Map datum must be WGS84 (except for off-Earth bodies).
  • Avoid excessive precision (0.0001° is <11 m, 1″ is <31 m).
  • Maintain consistency of decimal places or minutes/seconds between latitude and longitude.
  • Latitude (N/S) must appear before longitude (E/W).

Optional coordinate parameters follow the longitude and are separated by an underscore ("_"):

Other optional parameters are separated by a pipe ("|"):

  • display
    |display=inline (the default) to display in the body of the article only,
    |display=title to display at the top of the article only (in desktop view only; title coordinates do not display in mobile view), or
    |display=inline,title to display in both places.
  • name
    name=X to label the place on maps (default is PAGENAME)

Thus: {{Coord|44.1172|-87.9135|dim:30_region:US-WI_type:event

|display=inline,title|name=accident site}}

Use |display=title (or |display=inline,title) once per article, for the subject of the article, where appropriate.

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