Address—geocode longitude, decimal degrees XN[NN][.N(9)]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Geocode longitude decimal degrees |
Synonymous names:![]() | Longitude |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 430469 |
Registration status:![]() | Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 05/10/2016 Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013 |
Definition:![]() | The geographic longitude of an address point on the earth, measured in decimal degrees east or west of the Greenwich Meridian. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Address—geocode longitude |
Value Domain:![]() | Longitude decimal degrees XN[NN][.N(9)] |
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Representational attributes | ||
Representation class:![]() | Identifier | |
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Data type:![]() | Geospatial | |
Format:![]() | XN[NN][.N(9)] | |
Maximum character length:![]() | 13 | |
Unit of measure:![]() | Decimal degree |
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Collection and usage attributes | |
Comments:![]() | Geographical coordinates (latitudes and longitudes) are the universal system for defining spatial position. A set of geographic coordinates on a datum is complete and unique, worldwide. Positions of geographic features can be defined in space by a set of coordinates. In order for coordinates to be unique, the coordinate reference system needs to be fully defined. A coordinate reference system is realised by a reference frame, which comprises a datum and a coordinate system. Longitudes can also be expressed in degrees, minutes and seconds (e.g. 150° 54' 45".98), see METeOR for this related item. A conversion to decimal degrees from the degrees, minutes and seconds format can be calculated with the following formula: Decimal Degrees = Degrees + ((Minutes / 60) + (Seconds / 3600)). (REF: Usage example: -75° 59' 32.483" converts to -75.992356389 in decimal degrees (rounded up to 9 decimal places). |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin:![]() | Standards Australia 2006. AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
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Related metadata references:![]() | See also Address—geocode latitude, decimal degrees XN[N][.N(9)] Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 05/10/2016 Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013 See also Address—geocode latitude, degrees minutes seconds Xd{d}{mm}{ss}{.ss} Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 See also Address—geocode longitude, degrees minutes seconds Xd[dd]{mm}{ss}{.ss} Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Address details data dictionary Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Address geocode cluster Health, Standard 05/10/2016 Aged care address cluster Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Conditional obligation: Conditional on the data being known. Dwelling address details cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013 DSS specific information: Unknown values are recorded as "U". Dwelling address details cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013 Implementation start date: 28/09/2011 Indigenous Community Housing DSS 2018- Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 DSS specific information: Record unknown values as ‘U’. Indigenous community housing dwelling address details cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 Indigenous, Standard 01/05/2013 DSS specific information: Unknown values should be recorded as "U". Indigenous community housing dwelling address details cluster Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 DSS specific information: Unknown values should be recorded as "U". |