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Address—geocode latitude, degrees minutes seconds Xd{d}{mm}{ss}{.ss}

Definition

The geographic latitude of an address point on the earth, measured in degrees, minutes and seconds north or south of the equator.

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Address—geocode latitude, degrees minutes seconds Xd{d}{mm}{ss}{.ss}

Comments

Origin:

Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand 2008. AS/NZS ISO6709:2008—Standard representation of latitude, longitude and altitude for geographic point locations. Sydney/Wellington: Standards Australia/Standards NZ.

Comments:

Geographical coordinates (latitudes and longitudes) are the universal system for defining spatial position. A set of geographic coordinates on a datum is complete and unique, worldwide.

Positions of geographic features can be defined in space by a set of coordinates. In order for coordinates to be unique, the coordinate reference system needs to be fully defined.

A coordinate reference system is realised by a reference frame, which comprises a datum and a coordinate system.

Latitude can also be expressed in decimal degrees (e.g. -40.090905), see METeOR for this related item. A conversion to decimal degrees from the degrees, minutes and seconds format can be calculated with the following formula: Decimal Degrees = Degrees + ((Minutes / 60) + (Seconds / 3600)). (REF: https://www2.landgate.wa.gov.au/slip/portal/home/Graticule.html)

Example: DMS: -75° 59' 32.483" converts to -75.992356389 decimal degrees (rounded up to 9 decimal places).

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This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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