Indicates questions asking about the use and meaning of specific technical words in GIS.
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Difference between lon and lng
When browsing the web and documentation I see the abbreviation lon and lng used for the longitude part of geometry.
I was wondering if there is any difference between lng and lon.
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What's a term for Sea Level Distance which is usable by novice users?
I've been using the term Sea Level Distance to describe the total length of a line string where I ignore the elevation and just calculate the distance from point to point along the ellipsoid and sum ...
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Correct use of the terms geographic, path, and Euclidean distance
I often use the terms geographic and Euclidean distance interchangeably when referring to the length of the shortest straight-line distance between two points on a map. Is this correct?
I use the ...
