Element Description: Decimal Latitude

The latitude of the geographic center of a location where an event occurred (organism collected, observation made), expressed in decimal degrees. Positive values are North of the Equator, negative values are South of the Equator. Describes the point-radius representation of the location, along with DecimalLongitude, GeodeticDatum, and CoordinateUncertaintyInMeters. Example: -41.0983423

Change Log:

• 02 Aug 2005 - wording changes in description, no functional change ( JohnWieczorek, per Ginzbarg).

• 22 May 2008 - wording changes in description, no functional change ( JohnWieczorek, per O Tuama).

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