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LatitudeLongitude

LatitudeLongitude[pos]
gives a list of the latitude and longitude in degrees of a geographic position specified by pos.

LatitudeLongitude[pos, datum]
gives the latitude and longitude referred to the specified geodetic datum.

The position pos in LatitutdeLongitude[pos] can be a GeoPosition, GeoGridPosition or other position object.

LatitudeLongitude gives the geodetic latitude; GeodesyData gives conversions to other forms of latitude.

If no datum is given, LatitudeLongitude assumes positions to refer to the International Terrestrial Reference Frame 2000.

Extract the latitude and longitude from a geodetic position: