Template:Location

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Syntax #1: decimal degrees

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

{{Location}} = {{Camera location}} is the main template of the {{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 locations (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:}})

Wikidata related:

• Category:Pages with local object coordinates and matching Wikidata coordinates
• Category:Pages with local coordinates and similar Wikidata coordinates
• Category:Pages with local object coordinates and missing Wikidata coordinates
• Category:Pages with local object coordinates and mismatching Wikidata 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 to group all location information – objections contend that graphic design is not ideally 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). DMS format is also allowed, for example 50° 37′ 50.63″ N.	empty	optional
2	Longitude	Degrees of Longitude. The sign indicates hemisphere: +(East) and -(West). DMS format is also allowed, for example 6° 01′ 57.61″ E.	empty	optional
3 attributes	attributes	Information attributes - used to pass to GeoHack server metadata about the coordinates. Apart from heading, this information is not used by {{Location}} 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 en: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.	empty	optional
wikidata Wikidata	wikidata	Wikidata Q-code of an item with coordinate location (P625). Alternative to latitude and longitude.	empty	optional
bare	bare	"bare=1" will show only field value without field's name ("Object location")	empty	optional
secondary	secondary	secondary=1 will tag this set of coordinates as secondary. This template calls {{#coordinates:}} parser function, one of the parameters of which is primary vs. secondary label. Primary coordinates define file's camera location and are the default, but each file can only have single primary location tag.	empty	optional
prec	precision	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. For example 40 meter uncertainty would be expressed as "prec=40". At the moment this parameter only affects the display of the coordinates.	0.3	optional
lang	language	language code (only needs to be provided if the language shall be fixed and independent from the user's preferences)	language code of the user language ({{int:Lang}})	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

Localization

This template is not intended to be localized.

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

Alternative DMS syntax.

Usage

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

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
1	latitude degrees	Degrees of Latitude	empty	required
2	latitude minutes	Minutes of Latitude	empty	required
3	latitude seconds	Seconds of Latitude	empty	required
4	North/South hemisphere	Latitude Direction or North/South hemisphere (N or S)	empty	required
5	longitude degrees	Degrees of Longitude	empty	required
6	longitude minutes	Minutes of Longitude	empty	required
7	longitude seconds	Seconds of Longitude	empty	required
8	East/West hemisphere	Longitude Direction or East/West Hemisphere (W or E)	empty	required
9 attributes	attributes	Information attributes - used to pass to GeoHack server metadata about the coordinates. Apart from heading, this information is not used by {{Location}} 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 en: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.	empty	optional
bare	bare	"bare=1" will show only field value without field's name ("Camera location")	empty	optional
prec	precision	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. For example 40 meter uncertainty would be expressed as "prec=40". At the moment this parameter only affects the display of the coordinates.	0.3	optional
lang	language	language code (only needs to be provided if the language shall be fixed and independent from the user's preferences)	language code of the user language ({{int:Lang}})	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

⧼Seealso⧽

• 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}}
• {{GPS EXIF}}
• {{Location withheld}}
• {{Location estimated}}
• {{Location rounded}}

• old documentation

All translations at Module:I18n/coordinates

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

It is possible to use the output format (of e.g. Location, or Wikimapia) as the input for Location:
The DMS data string can be converted from the symbol format e.g. {{ Location | 1 = 34°01′27.37″N 116°09′29.88″W | ... }}
to the above DMS format; all the other parameters also like above. Additional spaces or commas won't matter.

Examples

Syntax #1 — 2 location values

Code	{{Location|34.02427|-116.15830|region:DE-NI_scale:5000}}
Produces

Syntax #2 — 8 location values

Code	{{Location|34|1|27.37|N|116|9|29.88|W|region:DE-NI_scale:6000}}
Produces

Syntax #2a — 1 parameter

Code	{{Location|34° 01′ 27.37″ N, 116° 09′ 29.88″ W|region:DE-NI_scale:10000_heading:SW}}
Produces

Syntax #2b — 1 parameter

Code	{{Location|34 1 27.37 N 116 9 29.88 W|region:DE-NI_scale:10000_heading:SW}}
Produces

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

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
lat	lat	no description	Unknown	optional
lon	lon	no description	Unknown	optional