decimalLongitude
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Darwin Core
Term name
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.
Apple Core
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. It looks like it should be 6? See also my comments under the term coordinatePrecision]
Controlled vocabulary
CONTROLLED VOCABULARY OR LINK OR SENTENCE
Usage examples
| Example # | verbatimCoordinates | verbatimLatitude | verbatimLongitude | decimalLatitude | decimalLongitude | geodeticDatum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46° 32' N 70° 08' W | 46° 32' N | 70° 08' W | 46.5583333 | -70.1916667 | unknown |
| 2 | 41° 09' S 71° 18' W | 41° 09' 05" S | 71° 18' 10" W | -41.15138888888889 | -71.30277777777778 | unknows |
Other resources
LINKS TO RESOURCES, PERHAPS WITH EXPLANATION
