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Longitude

Longitude[pos]
gives the longitude in degrees of a geographic position specified by pos.

Longitude[pos, datum]
gives the longitude referred to the specified geodetic datum.

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

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

Extract the longitude from a geodetic position:

Compute the longitude corresponding to a projected coordinate:

Extract the longitude from a geodetic position:

Compute the longitude corresponding to a projected coordinate:

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