coord How-To

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

"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.

{{Coord|44.112|N|87.913|W|display=title}}

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

{{Coord|44.112|-87.913|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).

• 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 all Categories, including the {{Defaultsort}} template.
• For full details, refer to {{Coord/doc}}.
• Additional guidance is available: obtaining coordinates, converting coordinates