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Encyclopedia > ISO 6709

The International standard ISO 6709 of the International Organization for Standardization is the standard representation of latitude, longitude and altitude for geographic point locations. The order of the elements is the latitude, the longitude and the altitude. Standards are produced by many organizations, some for internal usage only, others for use by a groups of people, groups of companies, or a subsection of an industry. ... “ISO” redirects here. ... This article is about the geographical term. ... Longitude is the east-west geographic coordinate measurement most commonly utilized in cartography and global navigation. ... Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum. ...

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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. This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ...

 +mmmm ≥ 0000 -mmmm < 0000 

Examples

This article is about the capital of France. ... The Eiffel Tower (French: , ) is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the River Seine in Paris. ... Everest redirects here. ... For other uses, see North Pole (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see South Pole (disambiguation). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For other monuments to freedom, see Monument of Liberty. ...

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