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Definition

A numeric measurement of longitude in decimal degrees.

Conceptual Domain

Geospatial
Statuses: [NSW Education Statistical Standards Committee: Candidate, Nov. 2, 2023] [FACSIAR Data Governance Committee: Qualified, March 2, 2023]
Geospatial information is data specific to objects or phenomena that are directly or indirectly associated with a location relative to...

Representation

Data Type LONGITUDE
Unit Of Measure Decimal Degree
Format XNNN.N(9)
Maximum character length 13

Origin

Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand 2008. AS/NZS ISO6709:2008—Standard representation of latitude, longitude and altitude for geographic point locations. Sydney/Wellington: Standards Australia/Standards NZ.

Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. Sydney: Standards Australia.

Related content

Relation Count
Data Elements implementing this Value Domain 4