Friday, 29 January 2016

coordinate system - Is there a name for 0,0?


Is there a name for the latitude/longitude pair 0,0? On a graph, (0,0) is referred to as the "origin" but I'm not sure if that term also applies to the location 0,0 in cartography.



Answer




Yes, you still reference coordinates (0, 0) as the origin in respect to the coordinate system as a whole.


In essence, coordinate systems are grids in themselves. Therefore, terminology between the two are shared.


See how ArcGIS refers to the "Grid" location as the origin.


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