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prop=coordinates (co)
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- Source: GeoData
- License: WTFPL
Returns coordinates of the given pages.
Parameters:
- colimit
How many coordinates to return.
- No more than 500 (5,000 for bots) allowed.
- Type: integer or max
- 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: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:Extension:GeoData#Glossary for details.
- Values (separate with | or alternative): type, name, dim, country, region, globe
- 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: primary, secondary, all
- 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]