# latitude - Schema.org Property

> Source: https://schema.org/latitude
> Extracted: 2026-02-16T18:48:13.200Z

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The latitude of a location. For example `37.42242` ([WGS 84](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Geodetic_System)).

**Subproperty of:**

-   cmns-loc:hasLatitude

  

### Values expected to be one of these types

`-   [Number](https://schema.org/Number "Number") -   [Text](https://schema.org/Text "Text")`

### Examples

Example notes or example HTML without markup.

<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

Example encoded as [Microdata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdata_\(HTML\)) embedded in HTML.

<div itemscope itemtype="https://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="https://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>

Example encoded as [RDFa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDFa) embedded in HTML.

<div vocab="https://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>

Example encoded as [JSON-LD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON-LD) in a HTML script tag.

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

Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.