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Definition

The geographic latitude of an address point on the earth, measured in decimal degrees north or south of the equator.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Latitude decimal degrees XNN.N(9) ".
Data Type LATITUDE
Unit Of Measure Decimal Degree
Format XNN.N(9)
Maximum character length 12

Comments

Geographical coordinates (latitudes and longitudes) are the universal system for defining spatial position. A set of geographic coordinates on a datum is complete and unique, worldwide.

Positions of geographic features can be defined in space by a set of coordinates. In order for coordinates to be unique, the coordinate reference system needs to be fully defined.

A coordinate reference system is realised by a reference frame, which comprises a datum and a coordinate system.

Latitudes can also be expressed in degrees, minutes and seconds (e.g. + 66° 33′ 39″), see METeOR for this related item. A conversion to decimal degrees from the degrees, minutes and seconds format can be calculated with the following formula: Decimal Degrees = Degrees + ((Minutes / 60) + (Seconds / 3600)). (REF:
https://www2.landgate.wa.gov.au/slip/portal/
home/Graticule.html
)

Usage example: -75° 59' 32.483" converts to -75.992356389 in decimal degrees (rounded up to 9 decimal places).

 

Origin

Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. Sydney: Standards Australia.

References

G-NAF: ADDRESS_DEFAULT_GEOCODE.LATITUDE

NSW Point output: geoNorthSouthCoordinate

Related content

Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 1
Inclusion in Data Distributions 8
As a numerator in an Indicator 1
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0