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  2. Geographic coordinate conversion - Wikipedia

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    Geographic coordinate conversion has applications in cartography, surveying, navigation and geographic information systems. In geodesy, geographic coordinate conversion is defined as translation among different coordinate formats or map projections all referenced to the same geodetic datum. [1]

  3. Locatable Address Conversion System - Wikipedia

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    Locatable Address Conversion System (LACS) is a service offered by the United States Postal Service to update mailing addresses when a street is renamed or the address is updated for 911. In the case of 911, the address is changed from a rural route format to an urban/city route format.

  4. Open Location Code - Wikipedia

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    Address Coordinate 1 87C4VXQ7+QV 10 VXQ7+QV, Washington, District of Columbia, USA 6 digits (14 m) Washington Monument 2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States 38.889437,-77.035313 2 9C3XGV3C+8X 10 GV3C+8X, London, United Kingdom 6 digits (14 m) 10 Downing Street 10 Downing St, London SW1A 2AA, United Kingdom 51.503312,-0.127562 3

  5. Decimal degrees - Wikipedia

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    Decimal degrees (DD) is a notation for expressing latitude and longitude geographic coordinates as decimal fractions of a degree.DD are used in many geographic information systems (GIS), web mapping applications such as OpenStreetMap, and GPS devices.

  6. Address geocoding - Wikipedia

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    Address geocoding, or simply geocoding, is the process of taking a text-based description of a location, such as an address or the name of a place, and returning geographic coordinates, frequently latitude/longitude pair, to identify a location on the Earth's surface. [1]

  7. United States National Grid - Wikipedia

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    Utility to convert latitude and longitude to USNG (NOAA/NGS) Programmer resource: JavaScript utility for converting between lat/long and MGRS/USNG; Emergency Location Marker (ELM) system brief introductory videos: Cook & Lake Counties (MN) (49s) Cobb County (GA): "Cobb County Expands Trail Marker Program" (1m 59s)

  8. Reverse geocoding - Wikipedia

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    Reverse geocoding is the process of converting a location as described by geographic coordinates (latitude, longitude) to a human-readable address or place name. It is the opposite of forward geocoding (often referred to as address geocoding or simply "geocoding"), hence the term reverse. Reverse geocoding permits the identification of nearby ...

  9. Wikipedia:Obtaining geographic coordinates - Wikipedia

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    The coordinate format can be chosen via Tools → Options → 3D View → Show Lat/Long. There are many ways to obtain coordinates: There are many ways to obtain coordinates: Move the mouse pointer to where you want, then use the keyboard to select the Menu item Edit → Copy View Location to copy the coordinates to the clipboard.