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This file explains the the significance of a digit's value placement of a geo-coordinate in meters.
Explains the the significance of a digit's value placement in meters.
0,0 is where the equator and the meridian line meet.
+/-180° to create a full circle.
+/-XYZ.ABCDEFGHIJ
+/- North/South, East/West according to the equator and the meridian line.
X Non-zero tell us we are using Longitude.
Y Position to about 1000km - Continent or Ocean location.
Z Position to about 111km - State or Country.
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A 1. Position to about 11.1km - Distinguish one city from another.
B 2. Position to about 1.11km - Distinguish one village from another.
C 3. Position to about 111m - Distinguish agricultural field from a institutional campus.
D 4. Position to about 11.1m - Distinguish a parcel of land.
E 5. Position to about 1.11m - Distinguish trees from each other.
F 6. Position to about 0.111m/11.1cm/111mm - Used for laying out structures.
G 7. Position to about 11.1mm/1,11cm - Used for land surveying
H 8. Position to about 1.11mm - Used to chart motions of tectonic plates.
I 9. Position to about 111 microns - Microscopic use.
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