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direction relative to location
qualifier for geographical locations to express the direction relative to the object (for direction to the subject, see P560)

Represents	cardinal direction (Q23718), geographic direction (Q13179187)
Data type	Item
Domain	To be used in any situation where it is appropriate to state a relative location (note: this should be moved to the property statements)
Allowed values	According to this template: Cardinal directions, other relative terms like "upstream" or "downstream", et al. According to statements in the property: When possible, data should only be stored as statements
Usage notes	To be used as a qualifier for geographical locations to express relative direction (e.g. "west of Goldsby").
Example	According to this template: <Oklahoma State Highway 132 (Q2174277)> terminus location (P609) <Hennessey (Q2305381)> direction relative to location (P654) <west (Q679)> (i.e. Oklahoma State Highway 132 (Q2174277) has a terminus at a point west (Q679) of Hennessey (Q2305381)) According to statements in the property: Oklahoma State Highway 132 (Q2174277) → west (Q679) Soldiers' Monument (Q74469780) → north (Q659) When possible, data should only be stored as statements
Lists	Most recently created items Items with novalue claims Items with unknown value claims Usage history (total) Usage history (main statement) Chart by item creation date Database reports/Constraint violations/P654
Proposal discussion	Proposal discussion
Current uses	Total 44,564 Main statement 17 <0.1% of uses Qualifier 44,546 >99.9% of uses Reference 1 <0.1% of uses
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Scope is as qualifier (Q54828449): the property must be used by specified way only (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P654#Scope, SPARQL

Value type “direction (Q2151613)”: This property should use items as value that contain property “instance of (P31)”. On these, the value for instance of (P31) should be an item that uses subclass of (P279) with value direction (Q2151613) (or a subclass thereof). (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P654#Value type Q2151613, SPARQL

Allowed entity types are Wikibase item (Q29934200), Wikibase MediaInfo (Q59712033): the property may only be used on a certain entity type (Help)

Exceptions are possible as rare values may exist. Exceptions can be specified using exception to constraint (P2303).
List of violations of this constraint: Database reports/Constraint violations/P654#Entity types

Use P642 instead of P654

The example,

<Oklahoma State Highway 132 (Q2174277)> terminus location (P609) <Hennessey (Q2305381)> direction relative to location (P654) <west (Q679)> (i.e. Oklahoma State Highway 132 (Q2174277) has a terminus at a point west (Q679) of Hennessey (Q2305381))

could be stated without direction relative to location (P654) by using of (P642) like this,

<Oklahoma State Highway 132 (Q2174277)> terminus location (P609) <west (Q679)> of (P642) <Hennessey (Q2305381)>.

So direction relative to location (P654) is redundant and unnecessary. --Ans (talk) 19:19, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

@Ans: I don't think so. The value of "terminus location" (P609) should be a human settlement (Q486972) or administrative territorial entity (Q56061), while "west" (Q679) is not. And "direction relative to location" (P654) can also be a qualifier of other properties such as "located in the administrative territorial entity" (P131). It is appropriate to say that "X is located in the administrative territorial entity' (P131): Y (direction relative to location (P654): west)", not that "X is located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): west (of (P642): Y)". --Neo-Jay (talk) 19:00, 9 August 2021 (UTC)