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A version of the {{t1|coord}} template where the latitude and longitude are specified by signed decimal numbers. It has been designed to work well with the [[WP:VE/TD|Visual Editor/TemplateData]] system.
== Usage ==

'''Usage'''
<code><nowiki>{{coordDec| ''decimal latitude'' | ''decimal longitude'' | display=inline,title}}</nowiki></code>

'''Example'''
<code><nowiki>{{coordDec| -41.289 | 174.777 | display=inline}}</nowiki></code> gives {{coordDec| -41.289 | 174.777|display=inline}}

No alternate set of parameter are available for this template. See {{tl|coordDMS}} for angles specified in degrees minutes and seconds, and {{tl|coordDM}} for when just degrees and minutes are specified.

These [[Geographic coordinate system|coordinates]] are in [[Degree (angle)|degrees]] and [[Minute of arc|minutes]].

* [[Geodetic system|Map datum]] must be WGS84 (except for off-earth bodies).
* Avoid [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates#Precision|excessive precision]] (0.0001° is <11 m, 1″ is <31 m).
* Latitude (N/S) must appear before longitude (E/W).

Optional parameters the are all named parameters in the form <code>name=value</code>
*'''display'''
*: {{Para|display|inline}} (the default) to display in the body of the article only,
*: {{Para|display|title}} to display at the top of the article only, or
*: {{Para|display|inline,title}} to display in both places.
*'''name'''
*: {{Para|name|X}} to label the place on maps (default is [[mw:Help:Magic words#Page names|PAGENAME]])
*'''Notes'''
*: {{Para|notes}} text displayed immediately following the coordinates,
*'''format''' How the coordinates are displayed
*:{{Para|format|dec}} decimal format
*:{{Para|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: '''<code><nowiki>{{CoordDec | -41.289 | 174.777 | dim=30 | region=US-WI | type=event | display=inline,title | name=accident site}}</nowiki></code>'''

Use {{Para|display|title}} (or {{Para|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 [[Wikipedia:Navigation templates|navigation templates]], but before any [[Wikipedia:Persondata|Persondata]] or [[Help:Category#Default sort key|Defaultsort]] templates, or [[Wikipedia:Categorization|Categories]].
* For full details, refer to {{tl|Coord/doc}}.
* Additional guidance is available: [[Wikipedia:Obtaining geographic coordinates|obtaining coordinates]], [[Geographic coordinate conversion|converting coordinates]]

===Template Data===
<templatedata>{
"description": "Encodes the latitude and longitude coordinates of a location specified in degrees and minutes, provides a link to map of the location.",
"params": {
"1": {
"label": "Latitude",
"description": "The latitude in decimal format with negative for south eg -79.38. Avoid excessive precision, 0.01° is approximately 1k m and 0.0001° is approximately 10 m",
"type": "number",
"required": true
},
"2": {
"label": "Longitude",
"description": "The longitude in decimal format, negative for west eg -79.38. Avoid excessive precision, 0.01° is approximately 1k m and 0.0001° is approximately 10 m",
"type": "number",
"required": true
},

"display": {
"label": "Display",
"description": "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",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"name": {
"label": "Name",
"description": "a label to place on maps (default is PAGENAME)",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"notes": {
"label": "Notes",
"description": "text displayed immediately following the coordinates",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"format": {
"label": "Format",
"description": "How the coordinates are displayed, either 'dec' or 'dms'",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"dim": {
"label": "Dim",
"description": "approximate size of the object, used to scale the map to fit.",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"scale": {
"label": "Scale",
"description": "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.",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"globe": {
"label": "Globe",
"description": "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",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"region": {
"label": "Region",
"description": "[[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": "string",
"required": false
},
"type": {
"label": "Type",
"description": "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.",
"type": "string",
"required": false
}
}}</templatedata>

== See also ==
*{{t1|coord}} the base template has more details on some of the parameters
*{{t1|coordDMS}} an alternative version where degrees, minutes and seconds are specified
*{{t1|coordDM}} an alternative version where just degrees and minutes are specified

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[[Category:Coordinates templates]]
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