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Your phone uses these coordinates to pinpoint locations with incredible accuracy—often down to a few meters. Aviation and Shipping:

: Stores raw data using angular units (Degrees, Minutes, Seconds) based on a datum like Projected Coordinate System (PCS) : Flattens the 3D Earth into 2D. A common choice is the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) meridian coordinates

When someone says , they might also refer to: Your phone uses these coordinates to pinpoint locations

This is the "starting line" of the world’s coordinate system. It is designated as 0° longitude and passes directly through Greenwich, England. meridian coordinates