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NALT Full

Preferred term

geographic coordinate systems

Type

Topic

Definition

Any of the standardized systems used to indicate the location of points on the surface of the Earth, such as longitude and latitude coordinates.
Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Concept scheme: NALT Full
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

geospatial technology

Related concepts

In other languages

sistema de coordenadas geográficas

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/68453

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