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Element pointCoordinates

This element represents a point based on coordinates using the WGS84 system. The World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84) is the coordinate reference system for the Earth and is designed for GPS. WGS84 is the default system used by GPS receivers (though other coordinate reference systems can be set). As a result, WGS84 is one of the most commonly used global coordinate reference systems.

The PointCoordinates type is often used as the type for an element within a parent element, such as in coordinatesForDisplay.

Elements

Element Required
latitude Yes
longitude Yes

Example

Below is an example of the pointCoordinates element used within the coordinatesForDisplay field:

<coordinatesForDisplay>
    <latitude>52.0210724</latitude>
    <longitude>5.81813145</longitude>
</coordinatesForDisplay>
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