Editing Template:Coord/doc (section)

==Features==
Latitude and longitude may be specified (with appropriate precision) either in decimal notation or as degrees/minutes/seconds.  By default, coordinates appear in the format used to specify them.  However, the <code>format=</code> parameter can be used to force display in a particular format.  The template also accepts and displays coordinates formatted as degrees and decimal minutes as found on charts and maritime references.

The template displays the formatted coordinates with a [[hyperlink]] to [[mw:GeoHack|GeoHack]]. GeoHack displays information customized to the location, including links to external mapping services.

For terrestrial locations, a blue globe ([[Image:Erioll_world.svg|18px]]) appears to the left of the hyperlink. Clicking on the globe activates the [[:meta:WikiMiniAtlas|WikiMiniAtlas]] (requires [[JavaScript]]).

By default, coordinates appear "in line" with the adjacent text.  However, the <code>display=</code> parameter can be used to move the coordinates up near the page title (in desktop view only; title coordinates do not display in mobile view)—or display them in both places at once.

The template outputs coordinates in three formats:
* [[Degree (angle)|Degree]]/[[Minute of arc|minutes]]/[[Second of arc|seconds]] ("DMS", precision is degrees, or degrees/minutes, or degrees/minutes/seconds, based on input precision).
* [[Decimal degrees]] (varying the number of decimal places based on input precision)
* A machine readable [[Geo (microformat)|Geo microformat]].

Additional features
* Logged-in users can [[#Per-user_display_customization|customize]] how coordinates appear in their browsers.
* You can get coordinates from Wikidata by transcluding this template without any numbered arguments.
* You can extract information from the Coord template for use in mathematical expressions. For details, see [[:Module:Coordinates]].
* All coordinates used in a page through this template are registered in the [[mw:API:Geosearch|geosearch API]]. If a coordinate is using title display, then these coordinates will be marked as the primary coordinates with regards to the page and therefore the topic of that page.