Coordinates
This object represents geographical coordinates in Latitude and Longitude.
Throughout our API we provide coordinates using decimal degrees with a precision of up to 7 decimal places. This guarantees a worse accuracy of 1.1112 centimetres at the Equator.
Decimal coordinates represent degrees of latitude and longitude. Negative values indicate South for Latitude and West for Longitude.
Property | Type | Description |
latitude | number | The decimal latitude, with up to seven decimal places.
Unsigned means positive, for North.
Negative for South. |
longitude | number | The decimal longitude, with up to seven decimal places.
Unsigned means positive, for East.
Negative for West. |
For example:
{
"latitude" : 40.639925,
"longitude" : -73.7786944
}
represent the Coordinates object for New York JFK airport.
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