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Glasgow
Location
WGS84	55° 51′ 44.86″ N, 4° 15′ 13.35″ W (55.86246, -4.253709)
UTM	30U 421534 6191483
Antipole	-55.86246, 175.746291

Object
Type
Within	GB
Scale	± 1:25000
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Lookup services

HTML

The following HTML markup is provided for use in other websites - add closing slashes for XHTML if appropriate. Please use the relevant template (e.g. {{coord}}) or infobox to add coordinates to articles in Wikipedia.

Geo microformat (simple, with semicolon)	`<span class="geo">55.86246;-4.253709</span>`
Geo microformat (verbose, with comma)	`<span class="geo"><span class="latitude">55.86246</span>, <span class="longitude">-4.253709</span></span>`
ICBM (note comma)	`<meta name="ICBM" content="55.86246, -4.253709">`
geo.position (note semi-colon)	`<meta name="geo.position" content="55.86246; -4.253709">`
Dublin Core	`<meta name="DC.Coverage.Spatial.Lat" content="55.86246"> <meta name="DC.Coverage.Spatial.Long" content="-4.253709">`
GeoTags	`geotagged geo:lat=55.86246 geo:lon=-4.253709`
Geo URI (will only work on Geo URI-aware systems)	geo:55.86246,-4.253709

XML

KML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2">
<Placemark>
  <name><![CDATA[Glasgow]]</name>
    <Point>
     <coordinates>-4.253709,55.86246</coordinates>
    </Point>
   <description><![CDATA[From Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow]]</description>
</Placemark>
</kml>

GPX

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gpx version="1.1" creator="Wikipedia" xmlns:xsi="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1"
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd">
<metadata>
 <copyright author="Wikipedia Contributors, see article history">
  <license>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GFDL</license>
 </copyright>
 <keywords>GB,Glasgow,Wikipedia</keywords>
</metadata>
<wpt lat="55.86246" lon="-4.253709">
 <name><![CDATA[Glasgow]]></name>
 <desc><![CDATA[Glasgow]]></desc>
 <src><![CDATA[From the Wikipedia article 'Glasgow']]></src>
 <link href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow"></link>
</wpt>
</gpx>

Wiki markup

Legend

"Display": article is display inline with text, title will display in top corner of page
Bolding: This is the code that you most likely want
Input format: d = Degrees, dm = Degree-Minutes, dms = Degree-Minutes-Seconds

English Wikipedia

The following {{Coord}} code is provided for use in the English Wikipedia, and others where supported.

Input	Display		Markup
d	article		{{coord\|55.86246\|-4.253709\|type:_region:GB}}
d	article	title	{{coord\|55.86246\|-4.253709\|type:_region:GB\|display=inline,title}}
d		title	{{coord\|55.86246\|-4.253709\|type:_region:GB\|display=title}}

Wikimedia Commons

Type	Input	Markup
Camera location	d	{{location dec\|55.86246\|-4.253709\|heading:?_region:GB_source:enwiki}}
Camera location	dms	{{location\|55\|51\|44.86\|N\|4\|15\|13.35\|W\|heading:?_region:GB_source:enwiki}}
Object location	d	{{object location dec\|55.86246\|-4.253709\|type:_region:GB_source:enwiki}}
Object location	dms	{{object location\|55\|51\|44.86\|N\|4\|15\|13.35\|W\|type:_region:GB_source:enwiki}}

More information: Commons Geocoding

Other wikis

The following code is provided for use in other Wikipedias.

Coor * templates

Input	Display		Markup
d	article		{{coor d\|55\|N\|4\|W\|type:_region:GB_source:enwiki}}
d	article	title	{{coor at d\|55\|N\|4\|W\|type:_region:GB_source:enwiki}}
d		title	{{coor title d\|55\|N\|4\|W\|type:_region:GB_source:enwiki}}
dm	article		{{coor dm\|55\|51.7476\|N\|4\|15.2225\|W\|type:_region:GB_source:enwiki}}
dm	article	title	{{coor at dm\|55\|51.7476\|N\|4\|15.2225\|W\|type:_region:GB_source:enwiki}}
dm		title	{{coor title dm\|55\|51.7476\|N\|4\|15.2225\|W\|type:_region:GB_source:enwiki}}
dms	article		{{coor dms\|55\|51\|44.86\|N\|4\|15\|13.35\|W\|type:_region:GB_source:enwiki}}
dms	article	title	{{coor at dms\|55\|51\|44.86\|N\|4\|15\|13.35\|W\|type:_region:GB_source:enwiki}}
dms		title	{{coor title dms\|55\|51\|44.86\|N\|4\|15\|13.35\|W\|type:_region:GB_source:enwiki}}

Coord template

Input	Display		Markup
d	article		{{coord\|55.86246\|-4.253709\|type:_region:GB_source:enwiki}}
d	article	title	{{coord\|55.86246\|-4.253709\|type:_region:GB_source:enwiki\|display=inline,title}}
d		title	{{coord\|55.86246\|-4.253709\|type:_region:GB\|display=title}}

Coordinate template

Input	Display		Markup
dms	article	title	{{Coordinate \|text=DMS \|article=/ \|NS=55.86246 \|EW=-4.253709 \|type= \|pop= \|elevation= \|dim= \|name=Glasgow \|region=GB}}
dms	article		{{Coordinate \|text=DMS \|NS=55.86246 \|EW=-4.253709 \|type= \|pop= \|elevation= \|dim= \|name=Glasgow \|region=GB}}
dm	article		{{Coordinate \|text=DM \|NS=55.86246 \|EW=-4.253709 \|type= \|pop= \|elevation= \|dim= \|name=Glasgow \|region=GB}}
dec	article		{{Coordinate \|text=DEC \|NS=55.86246 \|EW=-4.253709 \|type= \|pop= \|elevation= \|dim= \|name=Glasgow \|region=GB}}
CH1903	article		{{Coordinate \|text=CH1903 \|NS=55.86246 \|EW=-4.253709 \|type= \|pop= \|elevation= \|dim= \|name=Glasgow \|region=GB}}

gis geo tag

Code for wikis using the gis Extension

Input	Display		Markup
dms			<geo> 55 51 44.86 N 4 15 13.35 W type: region:GB </geo>

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