decimalLongitude

Term name
decimalLongitude

Definition
The geographic longitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it. Legal values lie between -180 and 180, inclusive.

Recommendation
As Applicable

Guidelines
[KCP note: do we want to give a limit of how many decimals after the comma should be given? See examples 2 in example table]

Controlled vocabulary
CONTROLLED VOCABULARY OR LINK OR SENTENCE

Other resources
LINKS TO RESOURCES, PERHAPS WITH EXPLANATION