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prop=coordinates (co)

(main | query | coordinates)

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Source: GeoData
License: WTFPL

Returns coordinates of the given pages.

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:GeoData#prop.3Dcoordinates

Parameters:

colimit

How many coordinates to return.

Type: integer or max

The value must be between 1 and 500.

Default: 10

cocontinue

When more results are available, use this to continue.

coprop

Which additional coordinate properties to return. (Properties that are always returned: lat, lon, and either primary or secondary as a boolean flag.)

type: Type of the object the coordinates point to. See mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:GeoData#Usage for details.
name: Name of the object.
dim: Approximate size of the object in meters.
country: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g. US or RU).
region: ISO 3166-2 region code (the part of the ISO 3166-2 code after the dash; e.g. FL or MOS).
globe: Which terrestrial body the coordinates are relative to (e.g. moon or pluto). Defaults to Earth. See mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:GeoData#Glossary for details.

Values (separate with | or alternative): country, dim, globe, name, region, type

Default: globe

coprimary

Which kind of coordinates to return.

primary: The location of the subject of the article. There is at most one primary coordinate per title.
secondary: The location of some object that's mentioned in the article. Any number of secondary coordinates can be associated with a title.
all: Return both primary and secondary coordinates.

One of the following values: all, primary, secondary

Default: primary

codistancefrompoint

Return distance in meters from the geographical coordinates of every valid result from the given coordinates.

Format: Latitude and longitude separated by pipe (|).

codistancefrompage

Return distance in meters from the geographical coordinates of every valid result from the coordinates of this page.

Example:

Get a list of coordinates of the Main Page: api.php?action=query&prop=coordinates&titles=Main%20Page [open in sandbox]