- ISO 6709
The
International standard ISO 6709 of theInternational Organization for Standardization is the standard representation oflatitude ,longitude andaltitude for geographic point locations. The order of the elements is the latitude, the longitude and the altitude.Formats
Latitude and longitude
Altitude
The representation of altitude is optional. The unit is the
metre unless the foot is specified. +mmmm ≥ 0000 -mmmm < 0000Examples
*
Atlantic Ocean +00-025/
*France +46+002/
**Paris +4852+00220/
***Eiffel Tower +48.8577+002.295/
*Mount Everest +27.5916+086.5640+8850/
*North Pole +90+000/
*Pacific Ocean +00-160/
*South Pole -90+000+2800/
*United States +38-097/
**New York City +40.75-074.00/
***Statue of Liberty +40.6894-074.0447/External links
* [http://blog.svg-map.com/2006/11/iso6709bnf_5e17.html BNF]
* [http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/geo/Wiki/LatitudeLongitudeAltitude Profile by W3C GeoXG]Implementations
* [http://daylightchart.sourceforge.net/pointlocation6709/index.html Point Location 6709 - an open-source Java parser and formatter]
* [http://blog.svg-map.com/2006/12/iso6709tool_for.html Java Implementation]
* [http://blog.svg-map.com/2006/12/iso6.html Java Script Implementation]
* [http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/Coordinate.aspx C# Implementation]
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