Template:CoordDMS/doc

A version of the {{Coord}} template where degrees, minutes and seconds are specified.

Usage

To add 57°18′22″N 4°27′32″W to the top of an article, use {{CoordDMS}}, thus:

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

No alternate set of parameter are available for this template. See {{CoordDec}} for angles specified as signed decimal degrees, and {{CoordDM}} for when just degrees and minutes are specified.

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

• 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 parameters are all named parameters in the form name=value

• 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)

• notes

  |notes= text displayed immediately following the coordinates,

• format How the coordinates are displayed

  |format=dec decimal format

  |format=dms degrees minutes and seconds format

Optional geodata coordinates parameters, the old geohack format with colon and underscore is not supported

• dim: approximate size of the object, used to scale the map to fit.
• scale: Scale of map display for this object, e.g. scale of 300 is 1:300. Gets converted into dim internally using formula dim = scale / 10. If both scale and dim are set, dim has precedence.
• globe: earth by default, can be one of earth, mercury, venus, moon, mars, phobos, deimos, ganymede, callisto, io, europa, mimas, enceladus, tethys, dione, rhea, titan, hyperion, iapetus, phoebe, miranda, ariel, umbriel, titania, oberon, triton and pluto
• name: name of this point, up to 255 bytes (UTF-8).
• region: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g. US or RU) or an ISO 3166-2 region code (e.g. US-FL or RU-MOS). This parameter is always capitalised internally.
• type: type of object with these coordinates, can be one of the following: country, satellite, state, adm1st, adm2nd, adm3rd, city, isle, mountain, river, waterbody, event, forest, glacier, airport, railwaystation, edu, pass, camera, landmark.

Thus: {{CoordDMS|57|18|22|N|4|27|42|W| 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 Defaultsort templates, or Categories.
• For full details, refer to Template:Coord/doc.
• Additional guidance is available: obtaining coordinates, converting coordinates

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:CoordDMS in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for CoordDMS

Encodes the latitude and longitude coordinates of a location as degrees, minutes and seconds. Displays the coordinates and provides a link to map of the location.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Latitude degrees	1	The degrees part of the latitude, a positive whole number.	Number	required
Latitude minutes	2	The minutes part of the latitude. Do not be overly precise, 1' is approximately 1.5 km.	Number	required
Latitude seconds	3	The seconds part of the latitude. Do not be overly precise, 1" is approximately 30 m.	Number	required
Latitude direction	4	Direction part of latitude: N or S.	String	required
Longitude degrees	5	The degrees part of the longitude, a positive whole number.	Number	required
Longitude minutes	6	The minutes part of the longitude. Do not be overly precise 1' is approximately 1.5 km.	Number	required
Longitude seconds	7	The seconds part of the longitude. Do not be overly precise 1" is approximately 30 m.	Number	required
Longitude direction	8	Direction part of longitude: E or W.	String	required
Display	display	Where it is displayed. Can be one of: 'inline' in the body of the article (default), 'title' at the top of the article or 'inline,title' both	String	optional
Name	name	a label to place on maps (default is PAGENAME)	String	optional
Notes	notes	text displayed immediately following the coordinates	String	optional
Format	format	How the coordinates are displayed, either 'dec' or 'dms'	String	optional
Dim	dim	approximate size of the object, used to scale the map to fit.	String	optional
Scale	scale	Scale of map display for this object, e.g. scale of 300 is 1:300. Gets converted into ''dim'' internally using formula ''dim = scale / 10''. If both scale and dim are set, dim has precedence.	String	optional
Globe	globe	earth by default, can be one of earth, mercury, venus, moon, mars, phobos, deimos, ganymede, callisto, io, europa, mimas, enceladus, tethys, dione, rhea, titan, hyperion, iapetus, phoebe, miranda, ariel, umbriel, titania, oberon, triton and pluto	String	optional
Region	region	[[ISO 3166-1 alpha-2]] country code (e.g. ''US'' or ''RU'') or an [[ISO 3166-2]] region code (e.g. ''US-FL'' or ''RU-MOS''). This parameter is always capitalised internally.	String	optional
Type	type	type of object with these coordinates, can be one of the following: country, satellite, state, adm1st, adm2nd, adm3rd, city, isle, mountain, river, waterbody, event, forest, glacier, airport, railwaystation, edu, pass, camera, landmark.	String	optional

See also

• {{Coord}} the base template has more details on some of the parameters
• {{CoordDec}} an alternative version where signed decimal degrees are specified
• {{CoordDM}} an alternative version just degrees and minutes are specified