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Location issues

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28dates_and_numbers%29#Geographical_coordinates

Geographical coordinates on Earth should be entered using a template. This standardizes the format. It also provides a link to a page with several links to maps of the coordinates, and is part of a new way to handle geographic information in Wikipedia. Depending on the form of the coordinates, three template formats are available. For just degrees, use d mode: DD° N/S DD° E/W For degrees/minutes, use dm mode: DD°MM′N/S DD°MM′E/W For degrees/minutes/seconds, use dms mode: DD°MM′SS″N/S, DD°MM′SS″E/W Where: DD, MM, SS are the degrees, minutes, seconds listed one by one N/S is either N or S, depending on which hemisphere E/W is either E or W, depending on which hemisphere [edit]6.1 Examples For the city of Oslo, located at 59° 55′ N, 10° 44′ E, enter: 59°55′N 10°44′E which becomes 59°55′N 10°44′E

For a country, like Botswana, the d mode is more appropriate: 22° S 24° E which becomes 22° S 24° E

For higher precision, use the dms mode: 33°56′24″N, 118°24′00″W which becomes 33°56′24″N, 118°24′00″W

Examples of articles using geographical coordinates: Airports: London Heathrow Airport Cities: Amsterdam Islands: Jan Mayen Mountains: Mount Baker [edit]6.2 Decimal degrees, minutes, or seconds degrees can be specified with decimals, in d mode minutes can be specified with decimals, in dm mode seconds can be specified with decimals, in dms mode Example: 12.0433° S 77.0283° W Which becomes 12.0433° S 77.0283° W [edit]6.3 Attributes The final field, following the E/W, is available for specification of attributes, such as type, region and scale. For more information, see the geographical coordinates WikiProject. [edit]6.4 Note Due to planned enhancements in functionality, the above template concept is subject to change. As long as the above templates are adhered to, any necessary changes will be performed automatically by a robot.