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Geographic Map Projection
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geographic coordinates presented as cartesians= Platt-Carree projection
Hipparchos of Nicaea first used geographic coordinates (longitude/latitude) for describing geographic positions [Wells 1990].
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geographic coordinates: longitude and latitude of sphere and ellipsoid
References
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References
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Why do many Datum Parameters exist?
On Map Projections and Geodetic Reference Systems
About Geographic Coordinates
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Sobel Dana: Longitude/ Längengrad
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