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Geographical coordinates

GeoTemplate is of interest to WikiProject Geographical coordinates, which encourages the use of geographical coordinates in Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.Geographical coordinatesWikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinatesTemplate:WikiProject Geographical coordinatesGeographical coordinates

Microformats

GeoTemplate is part of, or of interest to, WikiProject Microformats, which encourages the deployment of microformats in Wikipedia, and documents them in the article space. If you would like to participate, visit the project page.MicroformatsWikipedia:WikiProject MicroformatsTemplate:WikiProject MicroformatsMicroformats

Note: changes to this template may take several days to propagate to Toolforge.

This template is for use by the geohack.php tool, currently located at Toolforge. It is not for use directly within articles. Template:coord and associated templates create links to geohack.

The template has a sandbox for design work and testing. If changes are not immediately visible try purging the cache (Purge GeoTemplate). Other globes or bodies are located on subpages, such as Template:GeoTemplate/moon. Some of their talk pages redirect here. Do not delete these subpages even if they do not appear to be used! For test coordinates, see /test coordinates.

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Frequently asked questions

Q: Which World Geodetic System is used?

A: Wikipedia uses the WGS84 datum ellipsoid for all coordinates, which is also used for GPS. This model can vary as much as ±100 m when compared to the geoid, which represents mean sea level.

Q: How can I report an error?

A: Report it on this page, with this link.

Q: Why do I see two markers on Google Maps?

A: Google Maps has introduced a reverse-geocoding feature, which gives priority to the closest object in their database, instead of the desired coordinates. The closest object is shown with a bright red marker with the map centered on it, and the requested coordinates are given a green marker that often blends into the background or is outside the displayed area. It might be called the "you must have meant this" feature. Our use of the Google Maps KML generator for Google Earth links is also affected. That's not something that can be fixed here.

Q: What is "UTM"? Does it use the WGS84 geoid?

A: UTM stands for Universal Transverse Mercator which is a map projection. Maps using UTM are usually based on WGS84 but, notably, the Ordnance Survey grids for Great Britain and Ireland are based on slightly different geoids: OSGB36.

Q: How can I get to Google maps quicker?

A: A user script is available, but easiest is to use WikiMiniAtlas. Click on the

to the left of the coordinate link will open a frame with a map of the surrounding location populated with Wikipedia articles.

Other common questions? edit

Archives

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Wikimedia maps not always shown?

If I go to [1] (the coordinate link in the upper right of the article Bad Salzuflen), I see a scrollable and zoomable Wikimedia map, but if I go to [2] (the coordinate link on Kursk), there is no Wikimedia map. Is this intentional? AxelBoldt (talk) 20:12, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Google Earth link should have a download icon

Google Earth link should have a download icon, because it causes a download (kml) instead of going to a webpage. 65.95.194.171 (talk) 09:05, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

DuckDuckGo device-neutral front-end to Apple Maps

Currently, our links to Apple Maps are only available to users of Apple's operating systems. DuckDuckGo provides a front-end to their same data in a way that preserves privacy and works on all modern browsers and operating systems. We should add a link to that source, either as its own entry or on the Apple Maps row in the "More" column.

A previous request was made to make such an edit, but it was quickly closed as premature, since there was no attempt to obtain consensus. I would like to revive that discussion to obtain such consensus. I've made an edit to the Sandbox to mock up what such a link would look like, and would appreciate others' opinions on making such a change to the template. Thanks. —LinkTiger (talk) 21:26, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Old-maps.co.uk

This page appears to be no longer available, is it worth deleting (or commenting out) the link? 2A02:C7F:A6FB:DE00:89E3:4C58:7C01:43BA (talk) 05:58, 6 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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 A [[Template talk:GeoTemplate/Archive 15#DuckDuckGo Maps as a web frontend for Apple Maps|previous request]] was made to make such an edit, but it was quickly closed as premature, since there was no attempt to obtain consensus. I would like to revive that discussion to obtain such consensus. I've made [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Template:GeoTemplate/sandbox&oldid=1111207570 an edit to the Sandbox] to mock up what such a link would look like, and would appreciate others' opinions on making such a change to the template. Thanks. —[[User:LinkTiger|LinkTiger]] ([[User talk:LinkTiger|talk]]) 21:26, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
+== Old-maps.co.uk ==
+This page appears to be no longer available, is it worth deleting (or commenting out) the link? [[Special:Contributions/2A02:C7F:A6FB:DE00:89E3:4C58:7C01:43BA|2A02:C7F:A6FB:DE00:89E3:4C58:7C01:43BA]] ([[User talk:2A02:C7F:A6FB:DE00:89E3:4C58:7C01:43BA|talk]]) 05:58, 6 October 2022 (UTC)