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Earth-centered, Earth-fixed coordinate system

The Earth-centered, Earth-fixed coordinate system (acronym ECEF), also known as the geocentric coordinate system, is a cartesian spatial reference system that represents locations in the vicinity of the Earth (including its surface, interior, atmosphere, and surrounding outer space) as X, Y, and Z measurements from its center of mass. Its most common use…

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Earth-centered, Earth-fixed coordinate system

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ecef reference earth center geocentric system coordinates coordinate geodetic surface also used ellipsoid axis longitude locations cartesian wgs 84 use

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tracking crustal motion.The distance from a given point of interest to the center of Earth is called the geocentric distanceinstance ofbut it is also used in applications0.80text
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NAD 83 may also be usedinstance ofOther local datums0.80text

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