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Section B.4. Geographic metadata
B.4. Geographic metadata
A set of basic geographic metadata to describe the spatial extent of content.
ALTITUDE— The altitude, measured in some units (height, millibars, and so on) of this content at the time it was generated.
LATITUDE— The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth’s equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
LONGITUDE— The angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
