Template:Coord/doc: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 07:34, 7 April 2007

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/doc&params=, then displays the coordinates.

The template outputs data in:

Degree/minutes/seconds ("DMS", precision is degrees, or degrees/minutes, or degrees/minutes/seconds, based on input)
Decimal (precision by number of decimal places, based on input)
- A computer-readable Geo microformat.

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}}, and {{coor title dms}}

{{coord}} will also be used by tools which parse the raw Wikipedia database dumps. It must not be modified without reference to that project [link needed].

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 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 }

Usage

{{coord|latitude|longitude|parameters|display=display}}
{{coord|dd|N/S|dd|E/W|parameters|display=display}}
{{coord|dd|mm|N/S|dd|mm|E/W|parameters|display=display}}
{{coord|dd|mm|ss|N/S|dd|mm|ss|E/W|parameters|display=display}}

parameters, which are optional, can be any type:, region:, or scale: setting which is recognised by the map server, such as the popular type:city and type:landmark options. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates#Parameters for a comprehensive list.

display, which is optional, can be one of the following:
- inline (default): display the coordinate inline
- title: display the coordinate by the article title, right-justified (replaces {{coor title dms}} family)
- inline,title: display both inline at title (replaces {{coor at dms}} family)

Examples

(These are live geo-microformats and should be detected on this page by parsers)

Template:Template example row Template:Template example row Template:Template example row Template:Template example row Template:Template example row Template:Template example row Template:Template example row Template:Template example row Template:Template example row Template:Template example row Template:Template example row

Class names

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

@@ Line 14: / Line 14: @@
 ** [[Image:Geo-microformat-button.png|button to indicate the presence of a Geo microformat|This button indicates the presence of a Geo microformat on a page]] A computer-readable [[Geo (microformat)|Geo microformat]].
-'''This single template supersedes {{tl|coor d}}, {{tl|coor dm}}, and {{tl|coor dms}}.''' It is hoped that, in future, it will supersede the similar {{tl|coor title dms}} and {{tl|coor at dms}} template families.
+'''This single template supersedes {{tl|coor d}}, {{tl|coor dm}}, {{tl|coor dms}}, {{tl|coor at d}}, {{tl|coor at dm}}, {{tl|coor at dms}}, {{tl|coor title d}}, {{tl|coor title dm}}, and {{tl|coor title dms}}'''
 {{tl|coord}} will also be used by tools which parse the raw Wikipedia database dumps. It '''must not''' be modified without reference to that project [link needed].
@@ Line 36: / Line 36: @@
 == Usage ==
-  &#123;{coord|''latitude''|''longitude''}&#125;
+  &#123;{coord|''latitude''|''longitude''|''parameters''|display=''display''}&#125;
-  &#123;{coord|''dd''|''N/S''|''dd''|''E/W''}&#125;
+  &#123;{coord|''dd''|''N/S''|''dd''|''E/W''|''parameters''|display=''display''}&#125;
-  &#123;{coord|''dd''|''mm''|''N/S''|''dd''|''mm''|''E/W''}&#125;
+  &#123;{coord|''dd''|''mm''|''N/S''|''dd''|''mm''|''E/W''|''parameters''|display=''display''}&#125;
-  &#123;{coord|''dd''|''mm''|''ss''|''N/S''|''dd''|''mm''|''ss''|''E/W''}&#125;
+  &#123;{coord|''dd''|''mm''|''ss''|''N/S''|''dd''|''mm''|''ss''|''E/W''|''parameters''|display=''display''}&#125;
+* ''parameters'', which are optional, can be any ''type:'', ''region:'', or ''scale:'' setting which is recognised by the map server, such as the popular <code>type:city</code> and <code>type:landmark options</code>. See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates#Parameters]] for a comprehensive list.
+* ''display'', which is optional, can be one of the following:
+** <code>inline</code> (default): display the coordinate inline
+** <code>title</code>: display the coordinate by the article title, right-justified (replaces {{tl|coor title dms}} family)
+** <code>inline,title</code>: display both inline at title (replaces {{tl|coor at dms}} family)
 == Examples ==
@@ Line 54: / Line 61: @@
 {{template example row|22|54|30|S|43|14|37|W|notes=Rio - S & W}}
 {{template example row|22|S|43|W|notes=A [[Degree Confluence Project|degree confluence]]}}
+{{template example row|52|28|59|N|1|53|37|W|display=inline,title|region:GB_type:city|notes=Birmingham with display and parameter settings}}
 </table>

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