Geographic Coordinates

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Geographic Coordinates

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Coordinates defining a point on the surface of the earth, usually latitude and longitude. Also called terrestrial coordinates, geographical coordinates. See coordinate, table, for relationship between geographic coordinates and celestial coordinates. </dd>
Geographic coordinates can refer to either astronomical or geodetic coordinates. </dd>

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use