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This class comprises spatial descriptions expressed according to the Geographic Coordinate System (GCS), referring to a 3D spherical surface (longitude and latitude) and defining positions on the Earth. It measures locations in angular units—degrees—from the centre of the Earth, with latitude measuring North/South of the Equator and longitude measuring East/West of the Prime Meridian. These pairs of values (long, lat) are situated in the WGS 1984 (EPSG:4326) standard World Geodetic System.

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