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All data and queries are Free. If the data could be formatted in a more convenient way, let me know. - Redjar 14:14, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC) GeoCode Eagle will give you coordinates for up to 25 U.S. addresses free. TopoZone can give you coordinates for a number of U.S. place names free. From the USGS, so biased towards natural/national landmarks.
This template is designed to convert a set of Swiss coordinates into either the corresponding WGS84 decimal latitude or longitude. It is intended to facilitate the usage of geodata (see {}) in articles about subjects for which only Swiss coordinates are readily available. The template should always be substituted.
Coordinate conversion is composed of a number of different types of conversion: format change of geographic coordinates, conversion of coordinate systems, or transformation to different geodetic datums. Geographic coordinate conversion has applications in cartography, surveying, navigation and geographic information systems.
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 ...
For example, on a GEOREF chart, Naval Air Station Patuxent River (38°17′10″N 76°24′42″W) / (38.286108, -76.4291704) is located (to the nearest minute) at position GJPJ3417. To locate the position from the coordinates, proceed as follows: Right from 180° longitude to longitude zone G; Up from the South Pole to latitude zone J
Geodetic latitude and geocentric latitude have different definitions. Geodetic latitude is defined as the angle between the equatorial plane and the surface normal at a point on the ellipsoid, whereas geocentric latitude is defined as the angle between the equatorial plane and a radial line connecting the centre of the ellipsoid to a point on the surface (see figure).
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Using it, it becomes possible to convert regional surveying points into the WGS84 locations used by GPS. For example, starting with the Gauss–Krüger coordinate, x and y, plus the height, h, are converted into 3D values in steps: Undo the map projection: calculation of the ellipsoidal latitude, longitude and height (W, L, H)