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geographic coordinate system

system to specify locations on Earth
Class type of: coordinate system, geographic entity, physical reference system Q22664

Facts

11 properties
Subclass of
coordinate system, geographic entity, physical reference system[3]
Part of
spatial reference system[4]
Has use
geographic coordinate[5]
Described by source
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Otto's encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6][7][8]
Different from
geographic location[12]
Main Wikidata property
P625, P9149[10][11]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[16]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]
P14541
1gn05g[17]
Topic has template
Template:Coord[9]
Uses
circle of latitude, meridian[13][14]
🏷️ Also known as
en geographic coordinate system en geographic coördinate system en global coordinated system en geographic references en geodetic coordinate system en geographical coordinate system en geographic location ar إحداثيات جغرافية ar الإحداثيّات الجغرافية ar خطوط الطول ودوائر العرض ar نظام الاحداثيات الجغرافي ar خطوط الطول والعرض ar نظام الإحداثيات الجغرافيه ar نظام الإحداثيات الجغرافية ar الاحداثيات الجغرافية ar نظام إحداثي جغرافي ar الإحداثيات الجغرافية ar نظام إحداثيات جغرافية cs zeměpisné souřadnice cs geokoordináty
🔖 Identifiers · 29
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85053984
GND ID
4270106-5
OpenAlex ID
C123046963
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Azimutalprojektion-schief kl-cropped.png ↗
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/4438
BBC Things ID
55d73c0e-1951-4877-891e-1f5cd9f4d907
BNCF Thesaurus ID
7499
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11979864x
Dewey Decimal Classification
526.6
Elhuyar ZTH ID
033370
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
439k (170k–595k, n=3)
Equivalent class
w3id.org
Show all 29 identifiers +17
FactGrid item ID
Rava
Freebase ID
/m/0cyks
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
geografiske_koordinater
Gujarati Vishwakosh entry
અક્ષાંશ-રેખાંશ
Iconclass notation
25A15
KBpedia ID
GeographicCoordinateSystem
MetaSat ID
coordinates
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
123046963
NL CR AUT ID
ph534686
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007562984105171
PSH ID
4244
ProofWiki ID
Definition:Geographical_Coordinates
Quora topic ID
Geographic-Coordinate-System
SVKKL authority ID
0396911-zemepisne-souradnice
Topic's main category
Category:Geographic coordinate systems
Wellcome Collection concept ID
sjfz46fc
Yale LUX ID
concept/820b0908-a59d-4d10-8add-ce4af670a72e

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
← Template has topic 3
Template:Coord, Module:Coordinates, Template:Infobox coord
Examples 2
Irish grid reference system, Palestine grid
Uses 2
meridian, circle of latitude
← Field of work 2
Charles Étienne Louis Camus, Yvon Villarceau
Belongs to 1
spatial reference system
Different from 1
geographic location
FactGrid item ID 1
Rava
Has use 1
geographic coordinate
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Part of 1
spatial reference system
People who died here 1
Gentile Budrioli
Subclass of 1
coordinate system
Subtypes 1
geographic coordinate conversion
Topic has template 1
Template:Coord
Topic's main category 1
Category:Geographic coordinate systems
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Coordinates templates
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Geographic coordinate systems
← Different from 1
geographic location
← Has use 1
GLONASS
← Headquarters location 1
Baku Electronics
← Main subject 1
WikiProject Geographical coordinates
← Uses 1
geographic coordinate
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Summary

geographic coordinate system is a type of coordinate system[1] and geographic entity[2].

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Fgnievinski · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 175
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'ace', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'av', 'a
    Subclass of → coordinate system, geographic entity, physical reference system
    In defining formula → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ In defining formula: \varphi"
  2. 9w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → coordinate system, geographic entity, physical reference system
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: spatial reference system"
  3. 13w ago · Chalmd · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BBC Things ID → 55d73c0e-1951-4877-891e-1f5cd9f4d907
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ BBC Things ID: 55d73c0e-1951-4877-891e-1f5cd9f4d907, Adding BBC Things ID"
  4. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1gn05g
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0396911-zemepisne-souradnice
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0396911-zemepisne-souradnice, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  6. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → spatial reference system
    Topic's main category → Category:Geographic coordinate systems
    Uses → circle of latitude, meridian
    Has use → geographic coordinate
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007562984105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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