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> Latitude/longitude is quite an inefficient and cumbersome way of representing points on a sphere Using lat/lon absolves you of storing projection metadata
by kardos 8y ago
> Latitude/longitude is quite an inefficient and cumbersome way of representing points on a sphere
Using lat/lon absolves you of storing projection metadata
- jacobolus 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitude#Geodetic_and_geocentric_latitudes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitude#Geodetic_and_geocentr... “The definition must be accompanied with a specification of the ellipsoid.” etc.