GeoCoordinates

Canonical URL: http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates

Thing > Intangible > StructuredValue > GeoCoordinates

The geographic coordinates of a place or event.

Usage: Between 100,000 and 250,000 domains
PropertyExpected TypeDescription
Properties from GeoCoordinates
address PostalAddress  or
Text 		Physical address of the item.
addressCountry Country  or
Text 		The country. For example, USA. You can also provide the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
elevation Number  or
Text 		The elevation of a location (WGS 84).
latitude Number  or
Text 		The latitude of a location. For example 37.42242 (WGS 84).
longitude Number  or
Text 		The longitude of a location. For example -122.08585 (WGS 84).
postalCode Text The postal code. For example, 94043.
Properties from Thing
additionalType URL An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
alternateName Text An alias for the item.
description Text A description of the item.
disambiguatingDescription Text A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
identifier PropertyValue  or
Text  or
URL 		The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details.
image ImageObject  or
URL 		An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
mainEntityOfPage CreativeWork  or
URL 		Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
Inverse property: mainEntity.
name Text The name of the item.
potentialAction Action Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
sameAs URL URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.
url URL URL of the item.


Instances of GeoCoordinates may appear as values for the following properties

PropertyOn TypesDescription
geo Place The geo coordinates of the place.
geoMidpoint GeoCircle Indicates the GeoCoordinates at the centre of a GeoShape e.g. GeoCircle.


Examples

Example 1
Without Markup Microdata RDFa JSON-LD 
This example is in microdata only.

<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Hotel">
  <h1><span itemprop="name">ACME Hotel Innsbruck</span></h1>
  <span itemprop="description">A beautifully located business hotel right in the
heart of the alps. Watch the sun rise over the scenic Inn valley while
enjoying your morning coffee.</span>
  <div itemprop="address" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PostalAddress">
    <span itemprop="streetAddress">Technikerstrasse 21</span>
    <span itemprop="postalCode">6020</span>
    <span itemprop="addressLocality">Innsbruck</span>
    <span itemprop="addressRegion">Tyrol</span>,
    <span itemprop="addressCountry">Austria</span>
  </div>
  <div itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates">
    <meta itemprop="latitude" content="47.2649990" />
    <meta itemprop="longitude" content="11.3428720" />
  </div>
</div>

This example is in microdata only.

This example is in microdata only.
Example 2
Without Markup Microdata RDFa JSON-LD 
<h1>What is the latitude and longitude of the Empire State Building?</h1>
Answer:
Latitude: 40 deg 44 min 54.36 sec N
Longitude: 73 deg 59 min 8.5 sec W

<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place">
  <h1>What is the latitude and longitude of the <span itemprop="name">Empire State Building</span>?</h1>
  Answer:
  <div itemprop="geo" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/GeoCoordinates">
    Latitude: 40 deg 44 min 54.36 sec N
    Longitude: 73 deg 59 min 8.5 dec W
    <meta itemprop="latitude" content="40.75" />
    <meta itemprop="longitude" content="73.98" />
  </div>
</div>

<div vocab="http://schema.org/" typeof="Place">
  <h1>What is the latitude and longitude of the <span property="name">Empire State Building</span>?</h1>
  Answer:
  <div property="geo" typeof="GeoCoordinates">
    Latitude: 40 deg 44 min 54.36 sec N
    Longitude: 73 deg 59 min 8.5 dec W
    <meta property="latitude" content="40.75" />
    <meta property="longitude" content="73.98" />
  </div>
</div>

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "http://schema.org",
  "@type": "Place",
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": "40.75",
    "longitude": "73.98"
  },
  "name": "Empire State Building"
}
</script>

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