WikiProject Geographical coordinates aims to better organize location information in articles containing a set of numbers that identifies location on and relative to the Earth. In particular, we aim to establish a standard for uniform handling of latitude and longitude coordinates as given in various Wikipedia articles, somewhat analogous to how ISBN numbers are handled .
This graph illustrate the percentage of geo-referenced articles in the twenty editions of Wikipedia containing the largest number of geo-referenced articles[1]
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NOTE: This is a concept currently under development, so this is subject to change.
To add 57°18′22″ с. ш. 4°27′32″ з. д. H G Я O 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 title.
To add 44°06′43″ с. ш. 87°54′47″ з. д. H G Я O to the top of an article, use either
{{Coord|44.112|N|87.913|W|display=title}}
or
{{Coord|44.112|-87.913|display=title}}
These coordinates are in decimal degrees.
Degrees, minutes and seconds must 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).
Latitude (N/S) must appear before longitude (E/W).
Optional coordinate parameters follow the longitude and are separated by an underscore ("_") :
dim : dim:
N (viewing diameter in metres)
region : region:
R (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 or ISO 3166-2 code)
type : type:
T (landmark
or city(30,000)
, for example)
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, or
| display= inline,title
to display in both places.
name
name=
X to label the place on maps (default is PAGENAME )
Thus: {{Coord|44.117|-87.913|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.
Per WP:ORDER , the template is placed in articles after any navigation templates , but before any Persondata or Defaultsort templates, or Categories .
For full details, refer to { { Coord/doc } } .
Additional guidance is available: obtaining coordinates , converting coordinates
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