latitude-longitude

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A spherical reference system used to measure locations on the Earth's surface. Latitude and longitude are angles measured from the Earth's center to locations on the Earth's surface. Latitude measures angles in a north-south direction. Longitude measures angles in the east-west direction.

  • City of High Point, NC — GIS Glossary retrieved 2014-05-27

A spherical reference system used to measure locations on surface. Latitude measures angles in the north south direction and longitude measures angles in the east west direction.

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