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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. technology
  3. geospatial technology
  4. geographic coordinate systems
  1. Fields of Study
  2. geospatial science and technology
  3. geospatial technology
  4. geographic coordinate systems
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. geospatial science and technology
  3. geospatial technology
  4. geographic coordinate systems

Preferred term

geographic coordinate systems

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information 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

    Type: Concept definition

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

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