tools/wiki-place: Extract geocoordinates from Wikipedia article

[Amgine0]

Most en.WP place articles include coordinates in a machine-readable format:

<span id="coordinates">
    <a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a>: <span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="//tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=%C3%98stfold&amp;params=59_20_00_N_11_20_00_E_source:itwiki_region:NO_type:adm1st">
        <span class="geo-default">
            <span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">
                <span class="latitude">59°20′00″N</span> 
                <span class="longitude">11°20′00″E</span>
            </span>
        </span>
        <span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span>
        <span class="geo-nondefault">
            <span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">59.33333°N 11.33333°E</span>
            <span style="display:none"> / 
                <span class="geo">59.33333; 11.33333</span>
            </span>
        </span>
    </a>
</span>

These are added using the {{coord}} template if you are parsing the wikitax. In this example: {{coord|59|20|00|N|11|20|00|E|source:itwiki_region:NO_type:adm1st|display=title}} from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98stfold

[magicsunday]

Maybe its easier to use the GeoData extension of the Mediawiki API?

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query%2Bcoordinates
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GeoData#prop=coordinates

Coordinates of Østfold:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=coordinates&format=json&titles=%C3%98stfold

Coordinates of London, Berlin and Paris:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=coordinates&format=json&titles=London|Berlin|Paris

[fisharebest]

That looks very useful.