The International standard ISO 6709 of the International Organization for Standardization is the standard representation of latitude, longitude and altitude for geographic point locations. International standards are Standards developed by international Standards organisations International standards are available for consideration and use worldwide Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi ( Φ) gives the location of a place on Earth (or other planetary body north or south of the Longitude (ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd or ˈlɒŋgɪˌtjuːd symbolized by the Greek character Lambda (λ is the east-west Geographic coordinate measurement Altitude is the Elevation of a point or object from a known level or datum (plural data The order of the elements is the latitude, the longitude and the altitude.
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Formats
Latitude and longitude
| ±DD. DDDD±DDD. DDDD | degrees |
| ±DDMM. MMM±DDDMM. MMM | degrees and minutes |
| ±DDMMSS. SS±DDDMMSS. SS | degrees, minutes and seconds |
| +DD > +00 | north latitudes |
| +DD = +00 | equator |
| -DD < +00 | south latitudes |
| +000 < +DDD < +180 | east longitudes |
| +000 = +DDD | prime meridian |
| -180 < -DDD < +000 | west longitudes |
| -180 = -DDD | 180th meridian |
Altitude
The representation of altitude is optional. The unit is the metre unless the foot is specified. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit
+mmmm ≥ 0000 -mmmm < 0000
Examples
- Atlantic Ocean +00-025/
- France +46+002/
- Paris +4852+00220/
- Eiffel Tower +48. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Eiffel Tower (Tour Eiffel /tuʀ ɛfɛl/ is an Iron Tower built 8577+002. 295/
- Paris +4852+00220/
- Mount Everest +27. Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha (सगरमाथा meaning Head of the Sky) or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma (in 5916+086. 5640+8850/
- North Pole +90+000/
- Pacific Ocean +00-160/
- South Pole -90+000+2800/
- United States +38-097/
- New York City +40. The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is subject to the caveats explained below defined as the point in the northern The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The City of New York 75-074. 00/
- Statue of Liberty +40. Liberty Enlightening the World (La liberté éclairant le monde commonly known as the Statue of Liberty (Statue de la Liberté was presented 6894-074. 0447/
- New York City +40. The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is subject to the caveats explained below defined as the point in the northern The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The City of New York 75-074. 00/
External links
Implementations
- Point Location 6709 - an open-source Java parser and formatter
- Java Implementation
- Java Script Implementation
- C# Implementation
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