Template:Location/doc

Syntax #1: decimal degrees

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To view the template page itself, see Template:Location.

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Template used for geocoding Commons images, providing camera location using decimal or degrees/minutes/seconds (DMS) syntax. See Commons:Geocoding for more information.

{{Location}} is the main template of the {{Location}}, {{Object location}} and {{Globe location}} family and is supposed to be used to define the coordinates and heading of the location of the camera.

The template automatically sets the following categories: Depending on namespace:

• Category:Media with locations (for files)
• Category:Galleries with coordinates (for galleries)
• Category:Categories with coordinates (for categories)

In case of errors:

• Category:Media with default location (set by the template in case of lat=0 and lon=0 coordinates)
• Category:Media with erroneous locations (set by the template for other issues)
• Category:Pages with malformed coordinate tags (set by {{#coordinates:}})

Usage

{{Location |1= |2= |3= }}

Should be placed directly above or below {{Information}}, {{Artwork}} or other similar template.
Note: some users prefer to include location template(s) into the "Description" field of {{Information}} template in order to group all location information together – objections are in point of graphic design not ideal adjusted for such use. See this and this discussion.

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
1	Latitude	Degrees of Latitude. The sign indicates hemisphere: + (North) and - (South).	empty	required
2	Longitude	Degrees of Longitude. The sign indicates hemisphere: + (East) and - (West).	empty	required
3	attributes	Information attributes - used to pass to GeoHack server metadata about the coordinates. Apart from heading, this information is not used by {{Location/doc}} template. Attributes have to be in the format field1:value1_field2:value2_field3:value3, etc. The following fields are supported: region:XX-YYY specifies the political region, used to select appropriate map resources. See here for more info. XX is an ISO 3166-1 alpha 2 country code abbreviation, and YYY is a 1-, 2- or 3- characters ISO 3166-2 (see w:ISO 3166-2#Format for details) province/region/state code abbreviation (typically the same as a local postal code abbreviation). heading: indicates the direction in which the camera was pointing. It is given as degree values 0–360 (clockwise with north as 0) or a compass point abbreviation (up to four letters) as defined in Points of the compass. (Example: heading:NW). It should be very similar for both {{Location}} and {{Object location}} templates when used in the same image. For example "heading:N" means that the camera was pointing North when the photograph was taken. In case of {{Object location}} template that might mean that we are looking at a South wall/side of the structure/object. scale:N specifies the desired map scale as 1:N. Since most images are at the lowest scale, the parameter should be given only if values different from the default are desired. See here for more info. dim:<width><units> specifies the width of the object in meters or kilometers (example: dim:120m or dim:10km). Since most images are at the lowest scale, the parameter should be given only if values different from the default are desired. See here for more info. source: where the data come from class:object is a hard-coded value which will be added automatically to all images to tag this location as the "object" location. class:object is hard-coded value which will be added automatically to all images to tag this location as the ""object location	empty	optional
bare	"bare=1" will show only field value without field's name ("Object location")		empty	optional
prec	By default the georeference precision is about 0.3 meters or 1/100 of a second on the equator. To show less digits add parameter "prec" with a measurement precisions expressed in meters.		~0.3 meters	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Syntax #2: Degrees/Minutes/Seconds (DMS)

This subpage contains documentation, categories, or other content that is not part of the template.
To view the template page itself, see Template:Location.

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Alternative DMS syntax.

Usage

{{Location |1= |2= |3= |4= |5= |6= |7= |8= |9= }}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
1	Degrees of Latitude		empty	required
2	Minutes of Latitude		empty	required
3	Seconds of Latitude		empty	required
4	Latitude Direction (N or S)		empty	required
5	Degrees of Longitude		empty	required
6	Minutes of Longitude		empty	required
7	Seconds of Longitude		empty	required
8	Longitude Direction (W or E)		empty	required
9	See parameter #3 in the decimal degrees syntax		empty	optional
bare	"bare=1" will show only field value without field's name ("Camera location")		empty	optional
prec	By default the georeference precision is about 0.3 meters or 1/100 of a second on the equator. To show less digits add parameter "prec" with a measurement precisions expressed in meters.		~0.3 meters	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: all content namespaces

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Relies on:
Module:Coordinates

See also

• Other templates from the family:

• {{Location}} – used to provide camera location using
• {{Object location}} – used to provide object location using
• {{Globe location}} – used to provide object location on other globes, like Moon, Mars, etc.

• Related templates

• {{Location-Panorama}}
• {{Location map notice}}
• {{Location possible}}, mark pictures without defined location
• {{Location required}}

• old documentation

== Localization ==

All translations at Module:I18n/coordinates

Examples

Syntax #1

Code	{{Location|34.02427|-116.15830|region:DE-NI_scale:10000}}
Produces	34.0243° N 116.1583° W

Syntax #2

Code	{{Location|34|1|27.37|N|116|9|29.88|W|...}}
Produces	34.0243° N 116.1583° W

Main syntax

Code	{{Location|34|1|27.37|N|116|9|29.88|W|...}}
Produces	34.0243° N 116.1583° W