Spatial reference system
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spatial-reference-system-181-9923395
title:
Spatial reference system
text:
A spatial reference system (SRS) or coordinate reference system (CRS) is a framework used to precisely measure locations on the surface of Earth as coordinates. It is thus the application of the abstract mathematics of coordinate systems and analytic geometry to geographic space. A particular SRS specification comprises a choice of Earth ellipsoid, horizontal datum, map projection, origin point, and unit of measure. Thousands of coordinate systems have been specified for use around the world or
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
System to specify locations on Earth
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_reference_system
date created:
2005-10-21T14:15:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T00:35:42Z
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