Global Land 1-KM AVHRR Project
Geographic Coordinate Formats
Geographic coorinates can be entered in either decimal degrees or degrees, minutes and seconds (the minutes and seconds are optional). Northern latitudes and eastern longitudes are positive and southern latitudes and western longitudes are negative. Direction designations of "N", "S", "E" or "W" can also be used. For example, all of the following refer to the same latitude:
Similarly, all of the following represent the same longitude:
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
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Page Last Modified: June 23, 2008
