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 Text  or
PostalAddress 		Physical address of the item.
addressCountry Text  or
Country 		The country. For example, USA. You can also provide the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
elevation Text  or
Number 		The elevation of a location (WGS 84).
latitude Text  or
Number 		The latitude of a location. For example 37.42242 (WGS 84).
longitude Text  or
Number 		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 short description of the item.
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, Freebase page, 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

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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