decimalLatitude

Term name
decimalLatitude

Definition
The geographic latitude (in decimal degrees, using the spatial reference system given in geodeticDatum) of the geographic center of a Location. Positive values are north of the Equator, negative values are south of it. Legal values lie between -90 and 90, 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