Is there a name for the shape of the area defined by two sets of geographic coordinates, for example by a northwestern and southeastern corner? In other words, the shape bounded by two degrees of longitudes and two degrees of latitude? Since it's on a sphere/ellipsoid, it's not a rectangle or a trapezoid. Is there another good name for it then? A quadrangle? I've looked on wikipedia, google and stackexchange, but couldn't find anything.
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4spherical trapezoid...– Cyril MikhalchenkoCommented May 15, 2020 at 13:49
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4may be bounding box?– Ian TurtonCommented May 15, 2020 at 15:44
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2Since you seem to be the first one to express the need to name it, let's call it a "Niaedu shape" :-)– julienCommented May 15, 2020 at 16:56
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I would say it depends on how you define the boundaries that span the limits, let alone how they wrap in longitude– mdsumnerCommented May 16, 2020 at 4:50
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A quadrangle?
Yes, it is named: spheroidal quadrangle.
answered May 18, 2020 at 0:24
More informally than a spherioidal quadrangle, a much more common and useful term is "bounding box", sometimes shortened to "bbox".
answered May 18, 2020 at 0:57
