EPSG:32881

Geocentric radius

Attributes

Unit: metre

Data source: EPSG

Information source: Open GIS Consortium

Revision date: 2002-02-12

Orientation: up

Abbreviation: R

Axis order: 3..

Remarks: Used to avoid the singularity when the two angles in a 3D polar coordinate system lie in the same plane.

Coordinate system: Spherical 3D CS. Axes: latitude, longitude, radius. Orientations: north, east, up. UoM: degrees, degrees, metres.

Description: The distance from the (geocentric) coordinate system origin to a point. The third axis of a spherical coordinate system.

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