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Decimal degrees

Decimal degrees (DD) is a notation for expressing latitude and longitude geographic coordinates as decimal fractions of a degree. DD are used in many geographic information systems (GIS), web mapping applications such as OpenStreetMap, and GPS devices. Decimal degrees are an alternative to using degrees-minutes-seconds (DMS) notation. As with latitude…

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Decimal degrees

Nodes32
Edges31
Triples10
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.0625
Components1

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related to Precision · 5
Decimal degrees → As, Because, Earth, Elevation, The
related to Example · 2
Decimal degrees → DMS, For

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OpenStreetMapinstance ofweb mapping applications0.80text
and GPS devicesinstance ofweb mapping applications0.80text
Google Earth or OpenStreetMapinstance ofreferencing system0.80text
Decimal degreesrelated to ExampleDMS0.60section
Decimal degreesrelated to ExampleFor0.60section
Decimal degreesrelated to PrecisionThe0.60section
Decimal degreesrelated to PrecisionEarth0.60section
Decimal degreesrelated to PrecisionAs0.60section
Decimal degreesrelated to PrecisionElevation0.60section
Decimal degreesrelated to PrecisionBecause0.60section

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